Sinem TAS is a filmmaker, multidisciplinary artist and researcher currently pursuing her PhD in MultiMedia Art at the Fine Arts Faculty of Lisbon University, where she is also affiliated with the CIEBA Research Center. In 2022, she was awarded a PhD research scholarship from the FCT - Science and Technology Foundation.

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TAS completed her bachelor's degree in International Relations at Uludag University in Bursa, Turkey, in 2013. Later, she transitioned into the field of photojournalism, working as a photojournalist for the Egenin Sesi - local journal - in Izmir, Turkey, covering news and protests and writing opinion columns.

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Since relocating to Lisbon in 2014, TAS has been actively engaged as a photographer and filmmaker. TAS completed her master's degree in MultiMedia Art at the Fine Arts Faculty of Lisbon University, with scholarship from the Ayhan Sahenk Non-Governmental Organisation, Turkey. In 2017, TAS directed her first short film ‘My Kaaba is HUMAN’ which was screened internationally.  The film was screened in Cinema São Jorge, with Olhares do Mediterrâneo Film Festival in Lisbon, in 2018. 

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She has collaborated on various projects, including participating in KINO-DOC film courses in Portugal where she served as a camera assistant on the documentary "Ospina Cali Colombia," exploring the life and work of Colombian film director Luis Ospina.

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She participated in group exhibitions in the UK, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey; had solo exhibitions in Portugal, Turkey and Morocco. 

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She won the 2nd Prize Winner of The Secret Life of Words Photography Competition, part of the MAP (Mostra de Artes da Palavra) Photography Award (2024). In 2022,  won the 4th Prize Winner Award in the A-PLACE: Mapping Contest with her photograph titled ‘…Said the Chair’.

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In 2022, TAS collaborated with Portuguese composer João Quinteiro on the project "Depurações para um Regresso," participating in an artistic residency with video production at Hermes Nove pm in Lisbon. She was invited to the Faberllull Artistic Residency in Olot, Spain, in the same year. 

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She was commissioned for production of a video installation for the Opera - Regresso - that premiered in O’culto de Ajuda, in 2024. She participated in Duemila30 film festival for screening and joined a four days intense course, in Milan in the same year.