Çiğdem Boru

She studied Graphic Design & Photography in high school and university. She has showcased in multiple exhibitions and she worked as a video artist on several projects since 2010. She has coordinated the EU photography projects about different ethnic groups/cultures & children. She did an experimental short movie in the village where she spent her childhood. The film was selected and was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016. She has participated in “Lockdown & Locked in” a digital video project about domestic violence with 60 artists around the world. Video has been selected and screened by several film festivals worldwide. She had the best poster award from Barcelona Film Festival with her photo. Recently, working on a documentary series about LGBTQ artists who struggle to become themselves from different countries and cultures.

She photographs stories, portraits and objects about emotions, women and children. She shows a different point of view from her own interpretation of the subjects. Sometimes she directly reflects fear, trauma or emotion, sometimes while often distorting the form from its own perspective.

Besides her artistic career, she works for her own graphic design & photography studio servicing clients commercially on branding and photography in East London.