Biography
Seher Erdoğan (b. 1982, she/her) is a Turkish artist, architect, and educator based in Philadelphia. Her sculptural wall pieces combine clay and wool—materials that echo the material culture of her birthplace, Istanbul—and explore the interplay between structure and intuition.
She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture from Yale University, and practiced in New Haven and New York before shifting her focus to teaching and visual art. After years of experimentation across media, she began to concentrate on her current creative practice in 2019.
Seher has exhibited her work locally and produces commissions for private clients across the United States. She continues to teach architecture at University of Pennsylvania and works out of her studio in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood.
Artist Statement
My work explores the relationship between order and variation through clay, wool, and drawing. Starting from the material culture of my birthplace, Turkey, I reinterpret motifs from Anatolian textiles, design, and architecture through contemporary abstraction. Each piece begins with a precise geometric framework that shifts through repetition, carving, and pattern, letting complexity emerge in the making. Trained as an architect, I treat geometry as a place to explore rather than a fixed order. Ultimately, I pursue beauty in forms that hold difference together.
All photos are taken by Kira Luxon, Finn Kassell Osborne or Seher Erdoğan.