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Upcoming Exhibitions, Fairs & Other Events
- Tokyo Art Book Fair, The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, JP (11-14 December, 2025)
- Frame Prague Comics Art Festival, DIVADLO X10, Prague, CZ (29–30 November, 2025)
- Snow & Sound Market, Palais Rössl, Vienna, AT (22 November, 2025)
- Sit+Read Artbook Fair, Indecis Artist Run, Timișoara, RO (24–26 October, 2025)
- Vienna Art Book Fair #3, dieAngewandte, Vienna, AT (17-19 October, 2025)
- Hayvanlarin Yasami, Tokatliyan Han, Istanbul, TR (10-12 October, 2025)
- Athens Art Book Fair, Stoa Tristrato, Athens, GR (3-5 October, 2025)
- GHMP Art Book Fair, Troja Château, Prague, CZ (20-21 September, 2025)
- Unlock Book Fair, HALLENKUNST, Chemnitz, DE (29-31 August, 2025)
- Vienna Comix, Marx Halle, Vienna, AT (31.05. -01. 06. 2025)
- Vienna Underground Comix Day & Night, Literaturhaus Wien, AT (28 May, 2025)
- Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair, Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien – Semperdepot, Vienna, AT (16-18 May 2025)
- P.A.G.E.S. Print & Art Book Fair, Palexpo, Halle 3, Geneva, CH (31 Jan. – 02 Feb. 2025)
Deniz Beser is the director and one of the exhibitors of Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair. This event is a significant gathering for artists, zine makers, and book enthusiasts from around the world. Beser coordinated with a diverse range of artists and publishers, curating exhibitions, and promoting the fair to attract a wide audience…
Works
Beser’s practice could be defined as working within a space between painting, zine, video, and ready-made.
Curatorial
- Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair – Online Edition 2021, Director: Deniz Beser
- Open Studio Days Istanbul, since 2014, Director: Deniz Beser
- Zine Matters: Self Publishing From Prague to Vienna, Curators: Deniz Beser & Frantisek Kast
- Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair 2019, Co-Directors: Deniz Beser & Deniz Güvensoy
- Heyt be! Chronology: Mini Zine Archive From Turkey, 2018-2019, Curator: Deniz Beser
About Deniz Beser
Beser is a visual artist, curator, and independent publisher based in Vienna and Istanbul. His multidisciplinary practice operates at the intersection of painting, drawing, zines, artist books, music, video, and ready-mades, reflecting a dynamic engagement with independent publishing and contemporary art.
Beser earned his BA in Ceramics and Glass Design from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul and pursued studies in Painting at the University of Seville in Spain. He is the founder and director of Open Studio Days İstanbul (@openstudiodays) and Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair, key platforms fostering alternative artistic expressions and independent publishing. Additionally, he is the co-founder of Heyt be! Fanzin (@heytbefanzin), a collective exploring the intersection of print culture and contemporary art, and the co-founder & president of Analog Dialog, a Vienna-based art association that initiates experimental projects within the city’s independent art scene.
His work has been exhibited across Europe, Asia, and Canada, with notable presentations at institutions such as Kunsthalle Exnergasse, New Jörg and Kunsthalle Wien (Austria), and Kunsthalle Zürich (Switzerland). His work has been reviewed in Canon Europe, Schwäbisch Tagblatt, The Bridge Magazine and featured in Artribune, renk magazin and Augustin. In 2021, Beser received a grant from READ (Goethe-Institut Skopje & Center for Balkan Cooperation – LOJA) for his solo exhibition and artist residency program in Tetovo, North Macedonia. In 2024-2025, Beser’s organization, Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair, has been granted the right to receive funding through SHIFT, a program by the City of Vienna that supports alternative artistic practices and decentralized cultural initiatives.
At the same time, Beser’s art works are in private collections in Austria, France, Germany, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey. Public Collections include British Library (England), Universität Bern Library (CH) and the University of California (US). He is currently working on painting, zine, video and performance projects.
Press
- The Bridge Magazine, ”DOSSIER: EXCHANGING CREATIVITY”, January, 2022
- Kitaptan Sanattan, Bir Sanatçı Bir Eser: Deniz Beşer ‘Ist-Vie’, January, 2022
- Artfulliving, ”Bağımsız Sanat Alanında Sürdürülebilir Bir Proje: Açık Stüdyo Günleri, January”, 2022
- Kreatif Stüdyo, Radyo Bir, Konuk: Deniz Beşer, October, 2021
- Portalb.mk, Tetovë, u mbajt ekspozita e artistit turko-austriak “Ngjashmëritë e Dallimeve, September, 2021
- und.Athens, ”Fanzineist Vienna is an online celebration of zine and art book culture”, August,2021
- Nom Studios, Interview with Deniz Beser, August 2020
- Canon Europe, ”Little Printed Passions: Zines & Culture”, May, 2019
- Augustin, ”Wirf den Kopierer an”, May, 2019
Shop
Deniz Beser’s zines, books and designs are available in the Heyt be! Fanzin Web Shop, and his artworks can be purchased from Saatchi Art.
Please contact to have information about works that you want to purchase and for further details.
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