Saray has been a long-time prolific artist on the Turkish and global art scene, having taken part in over one hundred exhibitions since 2003, all over the world.
He regularly works to further research in the artistic fields; from 2002-2004, he worked as an assistant at Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Communication by the department of Visual Communication Design (VCD) and Film and Television (FTV). His work there led to researching in an assistant role once more in the Department of Basic Design at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts in 2007, and then onto lecturing in the same department in 2008.
Saray later returned to the University as an assistant professor from 2014-15, since when, he has continued there as an associate professor.
Installation (5 Stencil patterns) - Different Dimensions - 2017
Drawing on paper - 100x100 cm - 2017
Installation, video projection on pattern - 150x235 cm - 2013
Scenario - 2011
Highlights
Exhibition
2020 “Places with Suitable Temperatures” – Vision Art Platform, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 “Der Himmel Über Berlin” – Pilot Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 “Spaces of Memory” – Jönköpings Läns Museum, Jönköping, Sweden
2017 “Threshold of Forgetting” – Pilot Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 “Diminishing Time” – Istanbul, Turkey
2014 “Outsider” – Kuad Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 “The Measurable Temperature Inside” – Haussmann Invest, Paris, France
2013 “Grey Corridor” – Cité des Arts, Paris, France
2013 “Open Studio” – Cité des Arts, Paris, France
2011 “4/12: Topographia of a Home” – Daire Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 “I Am the Villain in This Story!” – Daire Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 “Open Studios” – Chashama North Studios, New York, USA
2009 “Off the Record-1” – Alan / Tünel, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 “The Waiting Room” – Apartment Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 “Red Room” – Lokal, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 “Tribute to Handke” – Masa, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 “Red Room” – K2 Contemporary Art Center, Izmir, Turkey
2007 “Red Room: Sequences-2 / End of the Story” – Lucca, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 “Red Room: Sequences-1” – Lucca Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2001 “Memory Boxes-1” – Atatürk Library, Istanbul, Turkey
Residencies
2013 Cite Internationale Des Arts – Paris, France
2010 Chashama North Studios – New York, USA
Press
2010 “Cinema and Narrativity in Contemporary Art” – Sanat Tasarım Dergisi, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Vol.1, July
2013 “And Cinema” / “Derviş Zaim’s Waiting for Heaven and Zeitgeist” – Doruk Press, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 “Painting as a Contemporary Medium: Painting in Turkey” – RH+, January
2009 “Space in Cinema in the Context of Interdisciplinarity” – Cinemascope, Vol.24
2003 “References to Contemporary Art” – Seyir, Vol.1, Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Communication, Istanbul, Turkey