Deniz Ünal
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Deniz Unal is an artist, researcher and educator working predominantly with performance practices.
Deniz Unal is an artist, researcher and educator whose work explores the intersections of performance, pedagogy, and therapeutic practices. Deniz’s practice is informed by queer, decolonial, and feminist strategies as they pertain to questions of intimacy, desire and control. In addition to moving image and performance, she also works with installation, soft sculpture, and textiles.
Academic qualifications
- MFA Fine Art- Piet Zwart Institute, WDKA Academy, Rotterdam 2012
- English Literature- Sussex University, Brighton 2004
Publications and research outputs
Performance
- Princess Diaries V Unal, Deniz ; and Pinaka, AnnaMaria. 2025. Princess Diaries V. In: "Princess Diaries V", ROZENSTRAAT - a rose is a rose is a rose, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7 June 2025.
- Documentation for the performance series: It Was Over Long Before Last Night. Unal, Deniz ; and Christensen, Adam. 2021. Documentation for the performance series: It Was Over Long Before Last Night.. In: "It Was Over Long Before Last Night", Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Denmark, 2021-2025.
Research projects
2021-2025:
It Was Over Long Before Last Night
Presented at Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg; Horsenskunstmuseum, Horsens and Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen. Collaboration with Artist Adam Christensen.
2021-2021:
The Healing Hands of Room Three (or so I would like to believe)
Camden Art Centre, London. Performance, workshops and installation. As part of the program One in the Other
2023-2023:
Where's My Shoe
The Legal Stage, ASC studios, London. Performance
2018-2020:
Characters of Control
Project shown at Kunstraum, London; The Eagle (Rozenstraat), Amsterdam and Almanac, London. With Amy Gwatkin & Nadja Voorham. Performance series with workshops, reading group, sculptures and costume.
Conferences and talks
2023:
Nicola L Panel Discussion
Discussion on Artist Nicola L as part of Book and Exhibition Launch