Delfina Foundation

United Kingdom

SAHA supports the participation of artists, researchers and curators from Turkey to the residency programs at Delfina Foundation since 2013. Through its seasonal thematic program, Delfina Foundation organizes 4-12 week residency programs, hosting 6-8 participants from different disciplines.

We are delighted to announce that Huo Rf & Lara Ögel will be the artists-in-residence in the upcoming spring 2025 season at Delfina Foundation, supported by SAHA!

During his residency at Delfina Foundation between April-May for six weeks, Huo Rf will focus on deepening his exploration of aging as a multidimensional phenomenon. Drawing from London's rich cultural landscape, including its renowned museums and archives, he aims to investigate the societal, queer, and institutional perspectives on aging. Through this process, he plans to develop a deeper understanding of how aging is represented in art and culture while examining its broader personal and political implications. 

During her 6-week residency at Delfina Foundation between May-June, Lara Ögel will explore the vulnerabilities of the body and the home, focusing on themes of boundaries, regeneration, and the fractured yet transformative nature of reality. Using video, sculpture, and archival materials, her research envisions collective healing and resilience in uncertain times. 

SAHA-supported Participants of the Program
Didem Erbaş
04.01.2024-14.02.2024
Artist in Residence | With the support of SAHA

Didem Erbaş works through installation, painting, photography, and video. Her interests lie the in socio-political issues of the territory on which she lives, Turkey; focusing on subjects including geography, housing, tracing, and the transformation of space. During her residency at Delfina Foundation, Didem will focus on the juxtaposition of materials and explore their associations and politics.

Merve Mepa
15.02.2024-27.03.2024
Artist in Residence | With the support of SAHA

Merve Mepa focuses on intra-actions, ruptures, gaps, and interplays between theory and practice. During her residency at Delfina Foundation, Merve will continue her research into the historical links between women, textiles and the development of computing. She will explore the impact of labour, production and thought paradigms at their intersections, both symbolically and materially

Berkay Tuncay
03.04.2023-12.05.2023
Artist in Residence | With the support of SAHA

Dicle Beştaş
11.07.2022 – 07.08.2022
Curator in Residence | With the support of SAHA

Sena Başöz
02.05.2022 – 29.05.2022
Artist in Residence | With the support of SAHA, in collaboration with Block Universe and Wellcome Collection

09.01.2020 – 28.02.2020
Thematic Programme: Performance as Process: Season 4
Artist in Residence | With the support of SAHA, in collaboration with Block Universe

Burak Arıkan
07.10.2019 – 03.11.2019
Thematic Programme: science, technology, society: Season 1
Artist in Residence | With the support of SAHA 

Murat Adash
02.04.2018 – 24.06.201
8Thematic Programme: Performance as Process: Season
3Artist in Residence | With the support of SAH

Özge Ersoy
A29.05.2017 – 25.06.201
7Thematic Programme: Collecting as Practice: Season
1Curator in Residence | With the support of SAHA

Ali Miharbi
09.01.2017 - 02.04.2017
New artwork commission, Wind Organ | With the support of SAHA & Arts Council England

Serkan Taycan 
23.08.2016 – 18.09.2016
Thematic Programme: The Politics of Food: Season 3
Artist in Residence | With the support of SAHA

Didem Pekün
Of Dice and Men
03.03.2016 - 01.04.2016
Exhibition Project | With the support of SAHA

Onur Gökmen
14.08.2015 – 18.10.2015
Artist in Residence | With the support of SAHA

Işıl Eğrikavuk
12.05.2014 – 23.06.2014
Thematic Programme: The Public Domain: Season 1
Artist in Residence | With the support of SAHA 

Övül Ö. Durmuşoğlu
08.04.2014 – 19.05.2014
Thematic Programme: The Public Domain: Season 1
Curator in Residence | With the support of SAHA

Merve Ünsal
23.09.2013 – 23.12.2013
Artist in Residence | With the support of SAHA, Goldsmiths College, Iniva

About Delfina Foundation

Founded in 2007, Delfina Foundation is an independent, non-profit foundation dedicated to facilitating artistic exchange and developing creative practice through residencies, partnerships and public programming. The institution forges international collaborations to build shared platforms to incubate, to present and to discuss common practices and themes.