Exhibition - Contemporary Artifacts at USDG Art Show

The USDG Art Show in Istanbul titled Contemporary Artifacts by Status Co. offers a fresh perspective on how modern art interacts with history and culture. This exhibition challenges viewers to rethink the meaning of artifacts in today’s world, blending traditional craftsmanship with contemporary creativity. It invites art lovers and curious minds alike to explore the evolving relationship between past and present through a diverse collection of artworks.

Exhibition Layout

The Concept Behind Contemporary Artifacts

The idea of artifacts usually brings to mind ancient objects preserved for their historical value. Founded by Naz Yildiz, Status Co. redefines this concept by presenting Contemporary Artifacts as objects that reflect current cultural, social, and technological realities. These pieces are not just relics of the past but active participants in today’s cultural dialogue.

The exhibition explores how everyday items, digital creations, and handcrafted works can serve as artifacts that tell stories about our time. This approach encourages visitors to consider how future generations might view the objects we create now.

We are proud to showcase three collections for their first edition:

'Messy Monster' chair

'Patisserie' Icing Eclair

'Hatch' Equilibrio egg holder/kinetic sculpture

Drop 001: Contemporary Artifacts

12 - 15 February 2026

Istanbul

Art Show: Galeriler Buluşması

2Plan Terminal, Istanbul

https://status-co.com/

Contemporary Artifacts marks the first-ever drop of status co — a cultural studio focused on collectible art and design, and on redefining what it means to collect today. At its core lies a simple proposition: the objects that shape our daily lives deserve the same attention, care, and authorship as works traditionally defined as art. When we begin to treat functional objects as cultural artifacts — in how we produce them, live with them, and collect them — we become more conscious, intentional collectors of our own time. The title refers to the way museums display tools, vessels, and everyday objects created by early civilizations: once purely utilitarian, now read as cultural evidence, design intelligence, and historical memory. Everything we produce today will inevitably become an artifact of tomorrow. Centuries from now, our chairs, papers, devices, and gestures will speak for us. This first drop brings together works by eleven artists and designers, each contributing a contemporary interpretation of function, material, and authorship. For Art Show, status co also introduces a conceptual collectible — a participatory gesture that extends the exhibition beyond objects and into experience. Visitors encounter a large container filled with sculpted paper forms, each carrying a message that operates somewhere between chance, status, and reflection. Drawn blindly, these pieces circulate as personal artifacts: small, intimate markers of presence, thought, and moment. Contemporary Artifacts invites us to reconsider what we value, what we preserve, and what we choose to carry forward.