Serkan Özkaya
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Serkan Ozkaya 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.
" 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.
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.
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.).
He is also the co-editor of Charles Esche
’s Modest Proposals (Baglam Publications, Istanbul, Turkey 2005).
Bard College
Bard College, founded in 1860 as "St. Stephen's College", is a small four-year liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.-Location:...
, New York, and a Ph.D in German Language and Literature from Istanbul University
Istanbul University
Istanbul University is a Turkish university located in Istanbul. The main campus is adjacent to Beyazıt Square.- Synopsis :A madrasa, a religious school, was established sometime in the 15th century after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. An institution of higher education named the...
, 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
Rooseum
The Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, located in Malmö, Sweden, was a formally private-owned centre for contemporary art. Founded in 1988 by the Swedish art collector and financier Fredrik Roos, the Rooseum promoted experimental relationships between art, artists and audience, by offering...
in Malmo
Malmö
Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
with the IASPIS grant (2002), Platform Recent Art Center in Istanbul (2003–2004), and at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
(2006). He is also a fellow of the MacDowell Colony
MacDowell Colony
The MacDowell Colony is an art colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.A., founded in 1907 by Marian MacDowell, pianist and wife of composer Edward MacDowell. She established the institution and its endowment chiefly with donated funds...
in New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. His work is represented by Slag Gallery, New York and Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey.
Recent Work
Ozkaya's latest works include the creation of a foam David (after Michaelangelo) 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 "RadikalRadikal
Radikal is a daily Turkish language newspaper, published in Istanbul. It has been published since 1997 by Aydın Doğan's Doğan Media Group ....
" 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.
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, RooseumRooseum
The Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, located in Malmö, Sweden, was a formally private-owned centre for contemporary art. Founded in 1988 by the Swedish art collector and financier Fredrik Roos, the Rooseum promoted experimental relationships between art, artists and audience, by offering...
Center for Contemporary Art, London University Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom which specialises in the arts, humanities and social sciences, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute...
, Bilkent University
Bilkent University
İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, commonly referred to as Bilkent University or Bilkent, is the first private, nonprofit university in Turkey with the fundamental aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research...
, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center
Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center
The contemporary art institution Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center opened in 2001 and was located on the pedestrian Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, Turkey...
, Dulcinea Art Gallery, BeganeGrond (BAK), Charlottenborg Museum, the University of Gothenburg's Valand School of Fine Arts
Valand School of Fine Arts
The Valand School of Fine Arts , usually called Valand, is a School of Fine Arts in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was founded as the Gothenburg Drawing School in 1865 and has been part of the University of Gothenburg since 1977. The school is situated in central Gothenburg.Approximately 90 students study...
, The Drawing Center, NY, and Helsinki Art Academy etc.
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, StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
(2004); - Minerva Street, Galerist, Istanbul (2003);
- Lives and Works in UtrechtUtrecht (city)Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
, BeganeGrond, Utrecht (2002).
Serkan Ozkaya is the founder of SlideShow Galleries, a chain storefront-space in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, 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.).
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 GoldbergRoselee GoldbergRoseLee Goldberg is an American-based art historian, author, critic and curator. She wrote a study of performance art, Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present...
with Defne Ayas) - Steiler Konter, Bregenzer Kunstverein (curated by Peter Lang)
- Pre Emptive, KunsthalleKunsthalleKunsthalle is, generally, in German speaking regions a term for a facility mounting temporary art exhibitions. Some are run or supported by a local Kunstverein, an art association of local collectors and artists...
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 EscheCharles EscheCharles Esche is a curator and writer. Since 2004, he has been Director of the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands. He is co-founder and co-editor of Afterall Journal and Afterall Books with Mark Lewis. Afterall is a contemporary art publication which was first launched in 1998 and is based at...
and Vasif KortunVasif KortunVasif Kortun is a Turkish curator, writer and teacher in the field of contemporary visual art, its institutions and exhibition practices....
) - 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 YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
(curated by Michele Thurz and Defne Ayas) - Placebo Effect, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin (curated by Vasif KortunVasif KortunVasif Kortun is a Turkish curator, writer and teacher in the field of contemporary visual art, its institutions and exhibition practices....
)
Books
Ozkaya is the author of seven books, including:- Genius and Creativity in the Arts: SchoenbergSchoenbergSchoenberg is the surname of several persons:* Arnold Schoenberg , Austrian-American composer* Claude-Michel Schoenberg , French record producer, actor, singer, popular songwriter, and musical theatre composer...
, AdornoTheodor W. AdornoTheodor W. Adorno was a German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist known for his critical theory of society....
and Thomas MannThomas MannThomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual...
(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 SharpWilloughby SharpWilloughby Sharp was an internationally known artist, independent curator, independent publisher, gallerist, teacher, author, and telecom activist. In 1968, Sharp co-founded Avalanche magazine with writer/filmmaker Liza Béar...
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
Charles Esche
Charles Esche is a curator and writer. Since 2004, he has been Director of the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands. He is co-founder and co-editor of Afterall Journal and Afterall Books with Mark Lewis. Afterall is a contemporary art publication which was first launched in 1998 and is based at...
’s Modest Proposals (Baglam Publications, Istanbul, Turkey 2005).