Selin Balci: Artist in Residence
Selin Balci is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher. Her artistic practice combines scientific equipment and biological mediums with traditional art materials.
Selin’s work is classified as bio-art, a new direction in contemporary art that employs living organisms. The marriage of her formal science and art education let her exploit this relatively new practice.
She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Maryland, a Bachelor of Fine Arts from West Virginia University, and a Bachelor of Science from Istanbul University.
In 2022 and 2023, she was awarded independent artist grants by Anne Arundel and the Maryland State Arts Councils. Her other awards include the Mary Sawyer's Baker Award from the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, the College Art Association (CAA) Professional Development Fellowship, the Hamiltonian Gallery fellowship, the Anne Truitt MFA scholarship, and the SOFAlab Science/Art Project grant from George Mason University. She has attended the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Vermont Studio Center, Istanbul Art Residency, and MASS MoCA residency programs.
She has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Maryland, a Bachelor of Fine Arts from West Virginia University, and a Bachelor of Science from Istanbul University.