Zeynep Didem Bardakcı — Talks and Press
Short bio
Zeynep Didem Bardakcı is an architect, site-specific artist and spatial experience consultant, founder of Zeynep Didem Bardakcı Studio and In Between, based in Istanbul.
Long bio
Zeynep Didem Bardakcı studied architecture at Istanbul Technical University and continued her education in Florence, adding art history and later design courses, including at Stanford University. She began her practice with Axis & Line, a façade and display-window firm that delivered work for hotel developments and prestige brands, including projects in the Middle East. The need to produce site-specific objects and sculptures in-house led her to found a studio and then Art & More Gallery, which opened in Akaretler, Istanbul in November 2022 with the exhibition Zeyn’s Cells. Renamed Zeynep Didem Bardakcı Studio, it now produces sculpture and site-specific work for residences and architectural projects. In 2026 she founded In Between, an independent spatial experience consultancy for hotels, retreats and restaurants.
Press
- L’Officiel Türkiye — interview “Yaratma tutkusu” (The passion to create), December 2021 / January 2022 print issue
- Marie Claire Türkiye — opening of Art & More Gallery, 19 November 2022
- InStyle Türkiye — gallery opening, November 2022
- Report Mag Türkiye — exhibition opening, 22 November 2022
- Black or White Dergi — Art & More Gallery in Akaretler, 24 November 2022
- Önce Vatan, Cine5 Magazin, KLASS Magazin — Zeyn’s Cells exhibition, November 2022
Talks and interviews
For talks, panels and interviews on spatial experience, hospitality and sculpture, please use the contact page.