Serkan Özkaya
| Serkan Ozkaya | |
|---|---|
| Born | Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Field | Contemporary art, Conceptual art |
| Training | Bard College, Istanbul University |
| Awards | MacDowell Colony |
Serkan Ozkaya (b. 1973, Istanbul, Turkey) is a contemporary conceptual artist whose work deals with topics of appropriation and reproduction, and typically operates outside of traditional art spaces. Ozkaya lives in Istanbul, Turkey, and New York City, USA. He holds an M.F.A. from Bard College, New York, and a Ph.D in German Language and Literature from Istanbul University, where he also earned his B.A. and M.A.
Ozkaya has been an artist-in-residence at the École Régionale des Beaux Arts de Nantes (2000–2001), Rooseum in Malmo with the IASPIS grant (2002), Platform Recent Art Center in Istanbul (2003–2004), and at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2006). He is also a fellow of the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. His work is represented by Slag Gallery, New York and Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey.
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[edit] Recent Work
Ozkaya's latest works include the creation of a foam David (inspired by Michelangelo) made from a 3D rendering program at two-times the size of the original, a site-specific sculpture called "A Sudden Gust of Wind" simulating the scattering of papers after a sudden gust of wind, the hand-rendering of newspapers including the Turkish daily "Radikal" and the front page of the Louisville "Courier", and a contribution to a walking museum called "Atlas" wherein Ozkaya constructed a rock to be strapped to the curator's back and promenaded daily throughout the streets of New York.
[edit] Public Appearances and Workshops
Over the course of the past decade, Ozkaya has given talks, taken part in panel discussions, and conducted workshops at numerous academic and artistic institutions, including: the Malmo Art Academy, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, London University Goldsmiths College, Bilkent University, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Dulcinea Art Gallery, BeganeGrond (BAK), Charlottenborg Museum, the University of Gothenburg's Valand School of Fine Arts, The Drawing Center, NY, and Helsinki Art Academy etc.
[edit] Exhibitions
[edit] Solo shows
Serkan Ozkaya's solo shows include:
- Homo Practicus, Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey, (2010)
- Today Could Be a Day of Historical Importance, Slag Gallery New York (2010)
- Dear Sir or Madam, Slag Gallery New York (2009)
- A Sudden Gust of Wind Boots Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis 2008
- Bring Me the Head Of… Changa, 2008 Istanbul, M on the Bund,2007, Shanghai & Freemans,2007, New York.
- When He Came Back to His Senses, The Monster Was Still Waiting in Front of the Cave, Galerist, Istanbul (2006);
- Monet: A Retrospective, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2006);
- Loverboy (with Matts Leiderstam) at MiniGallery, Stockholm (2004);
- Minerva Street, Galerist, Istanbul (2003);
- Lives and Works in Utrecht, BeganeGrond, Utrecht (2002).
Serkan Ozkaya is the founder of SlideShow Galleries, a chain storefront-space in Copenhagen, Istanbul, and Hudson, NY between 1999–2000. In 2003 and 2004 Özkaya initiated The Real McCoy video festival with bdv (bureau des vidéos, Paris) in Istanbul, Perpignan, and Malmo. Between 2003–2006 Ozkaya produced his work Today Could Be a Day of Historical Importance in collaboration with five newspapers (Radikal in Turkey, Aftonbladet in Sweden, Freitag in Germany, the New York Times and the Courier Journal in the U.S.).
[edit] Group shows
Ozkaya’s participation in joint exhibitions include:
- Drawn From Photography, The Drawing Center, NYC (2011), (curated by Claire Gilman)
- Kinetic, DD172, NYC (2010), (curated by Alaina Simone and Michele Thursz)
- Ohne Hintersinn, Bilsar, Istanbul (2009), (curated by Benjamin Fellmann)
- Ohne Hintersinn, Istanbul (2009), (curated by Benjamin Fellmann)
- A Series of Coincidences Cabinet, New York (2009), (curated by Regine Basha)
- PERFORMA07, New York (curated by Roselee Goldberg with Defne Ayas)
- Steiler Konter, Bregenzer Kunstverein (curated by Peter Lang)
- Pre Emptive, Kunsthalle Bern (curated by Philippe Pirotte)
- Modern and Beyond, Santral Istanbul (curated by Fulya Erdemci)
- 7th International Santiago de Chile New Media Biennial; 9th International Istanbul Biennial (curated by Charles Esche and Vasif Kortun)
- Situated Self, City Museum Helsinki & Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art (curated by Mika Hannula and Branislav Dimitrijevic) *SHIFTscale – Extended Field of Contemporary Sculpture, Tallinn Museum of Modern Art (curated by Hanno Soans, Mika Hannula) *public.exe, Exit Art, New York (curated by Michele Thurz)
- Side-Effects, Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art (curated by WHW)
- Democracy is Fun, White Box, New York (curated by Michele Thurz and Defne Ayas)
- Placebo Effect, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin (curated by Vasif Kortun)
[edit] Books
Ozkaya is the author of seven books, including:
- Genius and Creativity in the Arts: Schoenberg, Adorno and Thomas Mann (Pan Publications, Istanbul, Turkey 2000),
- It’s Not What it Looks Like! I can Explain(Baglam Publications, Istanbul, Turkey 2003),
- Have you ever done anything right? "Willoughby Sharp interviews Serkan Ozkaya" (Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany 2006),
- Today Could Be a Day of Historical Importance (artwithoutwalls, U.S)
He is also the co-editor of Charles Esche’s Modest Proposals (Baglam Publications, Istanbul, Turkey 2005).
[edit] Selected Images
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Bring Me The Head of..., 2007, M on the Bund, Shanghai
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David (inspired by Michelangelo), 2005
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Proletarier Aller Laender / Proje 4L, Istanbul, 2001
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Proletarier Aller Laender / Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Cophenagen 2002
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Radisson/Picasso, 2002
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