Dilsad
Aladag

Awardee

Country

Türkiye

Dilsad Aladag advocates for the environment through her artistic practice.
Themes
Environment / Climate emergency
Indigenous rights
Reexamining history
Disciplines
Artistic Research
Criticism
Media / Journalism
Visual Art
Other(s)
Awards
SEED Award 2023

Profile

Dilsad Aladag is an architect and urbanist based in Turkiye. Dilsad holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Istanbul Technical University and a master’s degree in Urban Studies from Bauhaus University Weimar as a DAAD fellow. Her practice is grounded in art, research, heritage, and ecology. Dilsad explores alternative ways of creating space and resilience in the face of spatial and ecological transformation and loss. She is interested in the potential of artistic and curatorial tools to understand and narrate new possibilities. Therefore, process-oriented artistic research, initiating dialogues, and archives are essential in her practice. Dilsad’s collaborative and individual works have received various grants and have been presented in institutions in the likes of Depo İstanbul, Kunsthaus Hamburg, and the Jewish Museum of Franconia.