The Growing Stone
January 2027
Ordu
The Growing Stone is a representation of states and conditions that emerge from anxieties generated by political and sociological events that have taken place in the past, whose effects are still ongoing, or that may occur in the future, and that manifest themselves in different forms and states.
As an artist and an observer of my own time, I aim to make the relationships I establish with the events and situations I encounter visible and open to questioning through spaces and objects, allowing the processes I experience to take on a tangible form.
The Growing Stone series is also conceived as a narrative and a way of establishing relationships that recalls events between the past and the future through encounters and confrontations. The metaphor of the growing stone represents the accumulation of historical layers formed around all the issues addressed, as well as the burden these issues place on individuals.
Serhat Kır
Serhat Kır (1983) lives and works between Ordu and Istanbul. After completing his BA in Photography at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Kocaeli University in 2012, he pursued an MA in Photography at the Institute of Fine Arts, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He graduated with a thesis titled The Concept of Space in Fictional Approaches to Photography.
Having begun exploring the concept of space during his undergraduate studies, the artist later turned to philosophy and sociology in order to further develop and deepen his practice. His work focuses on the relationships between objects, spaces, and the portrait. His productions draw on personal stories and experiences, and he describes his practice as a semi-documentary and semi-fictional process. He is a member of Gapo Platform.
His work has been exhibited at the Moon and Stars Young Photographers Award Exhibition, Istanbul (2012); FotoIstanbul International Beşiktaş Photography Festival, Istanbul (2014); Gallery Synthesis, Bulgaria (2015); Istanbul Photography Book Festival, Istanbul (2016); Bursa Photography Book Festival, Bursa (2016); Elgiz Museum, Istanbul (2018); Aspect Balkan Photography Festival, Greece (2018); Taşbaşı Art Space, Ordu (2021); 212 Photography Istanbul Festival, Istanbul (2022); the 11th edition of Mamut Art Project, Istanbul (2024); and Art On Istanbul (2024).
He received the 212 Photography Istanbul Festival Award for his project I Almost Remember.
His work has been shortlisted for the Belfast Photo Festival and he was nominated as a photographer from Türkiye for the Prix Pictet.
This page is published on 20 August 2026.
