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Ece Batur
Based in London
ecebatur0198@gmail.com

RCA Student Profile

Education

  • 2025–2026 — MRes, Royal College of Art, London (current)

  • 2024–2025 — MA Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art, London

  • 2023–2024 — Graduate Diploma, Art & Design, Royal College of Art, London

  • 2016–2020 — BA Graphic Design, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Graduated with High Honours

Solo Performances & Installations

  • 2026 — A Quilt to Return To, Live Performance, Research Journeys 2026, Royal College of Art, London

  • 2026 — Against Myself, Repeatedly, Moving Image Screening, Research Journeys 2026, Royal College of Art, London

  • 2025 — Self Demolishes, Yet I Am Still Awake, Live Performance, London

  • 2025 — Obedience Training, Live Performance in collaboration with Hannah Wilder, Cubitt Gallery, London

  • 2024 — I Am Hungry, Performed installation, Royal College of Art, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2026 — Fault Lines, BUoY, Tokyo

  • 2026 — Research Journeys 2026, Royal College of Art, London 

  • 2025 — The Body as a Threshold, Zhen Yi Gallery, Paris

  • 2025 — She Speaks: Voices from Islington, Black Culture Centre, London

  • 2025 — Kaalchara, Group Exhibition, London Design Festival , London

  • 2025 — Royal College of Art Graduate Show 2025, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London

  • 2025 — Drift, Contemporary Art Studio, Royal College of Art, London

  • 2025 — AFTERSENSE: Invisible Threads, Genesis Cinema, London

  • 2025 — AFTERSENSE: CAP LIVE, The Hangar, London

  • 2025 —  AcrossRCA Celebration Exhibition, The Hangar, London

  • 2022 — Young Artists Exhibition, Museum Gazhane, Istanbul

  • 2022 — Reunion Exhibition, Goya Art Community, Istanbul

  • 2022 — Magie D’Istanbul, Fouart Gallery, Paris

Publications​

  • 2026 — BARZAKH: A Return Aflame, Issue 01, Featured Artist & E-zine Publication

  • 2026 — ARK: Repetition, Royal College of Art Writing Programme (Publication & Exhibition)

  • 2026 — Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 20 — Interview & Featured Artist

​https://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/ece-batur-performance-gender-violence-censorship-feminism

  • 2026 — Re:Art Magazine, Issue 3 ​

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/b6520581f2.html

  • 2025 — The JustArt Newspaper Club, Fall Issue 2025 — Featured Artist

  • 2022 — Divit Kalem Art & Literature Magazine, Featured Work

  • 2021 — Münzevi Art Magazine, Featured Work

Workshops & Collaborative Projects

  • 2026 — Performer, ROW by Oishi Dutta, Tate Britain × Girls in Film (Lee Miller Programme), London

  • 2025 — Education for Change: Observation Walk, Collaborative Public Engagement Project, Royal College of Art

  • 2024 — Censored Words Dictionary, AcrossRCA

  • 2024 — Embodied Critique Workshop, RCA x Chelsea, Co-led and curated

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