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1977

BORN IN KARACHAEVSK / KARACHAY-CHERKESS REPUBLIC / RUSSIA

LIVES AND WORKS IN LONDON / UNITED KINGDOM

 

 

EDUCATION

 

2000

B.A. MARMARA UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF FINE ARTS, PAINTING DEPARTMENT, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

 

AWARDS

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2001

21ST EXHIBITION OF THE ISTANBUL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

1999

POWER OF COMMUNICATION, TURKSELL ART COMPETITION, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

1998

17TH EXHIBITION OF THE ISTANBUL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2011

DREAMS OF MEXICO, PILOT GALLERY, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

2009

TOWARDS THE FUTURE IN THE PAST, GALLERY NEV, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2024

LONELINESS CAN NOT BE SHARED, MACHKA SANAT GALLERY, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

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SUPPOSE YOU ARE NOT, ARTER, ISTANBUL / TURKEY 

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ONLINE-PROJECT CAUCASUS, COETHE-INSTITUT, CURATOR ALFONS HUG, BAKU / AZERBAIJAN

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2023

I AM THE BRIDGE BETWEEN WHAT IS AND WHAT COULD BE. WHAT I?

ELGIZ MUSEUM / ISTANBUL / TURKEY

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2020

AT THE END OF THE DAY, OMM, ESKISEHIR, TURKEY

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WOMEN IN BLACK, EKAVART GALLERY, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

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2019

THE CAUCASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART BIENNALE, MOSCOW / RUSSIA

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CONFLUENCE, GX GALLERY, LONDON / UNITED KINGDOM

 

2018

BIENNALE ARTE DOLAMITI, CIBIANA DI CODORE / ITALY

 

2017

TRANS-ID, SURP YERROTUTYUN CHURCH, CURATOR SEYHAN MUSAOGLU &

 ANNA ZIZLSPERGER, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

2016

BIENNALE ARTE DOLAMITI, CIBIANA DI CODORE / ITALY

 

RARE WORK, GALERI NEV, ANKARA / TURKEY

 

2015 

“HISTORY OF MANIPULATION” THE BATUMI PHOTO DAYS, BATUMI / GEORGIA

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2014

4TH CANAKKALE BIENNIAL, CANAKKALE / TURKEY

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2013

TRANSCENDING CULTURES, ESSL ART AWARD CEE 2013, ESSL MUSEUM, VIENNA / AUSTRIA
 

ME & I, CERMODERN, ANKARA / TURKEY

 

RE-ORIENTATION, THE MEDITERRANEAN BIENNALE 2013, SAKHNIN / ISRAEL

 

2012

TURKISH ART NEW AND SUPERB, CURATOR: RENE BLOK, TANAS, BERLIN / GERMANY

 

THE DESIRE FOR FREEDOM, ART IN EUROPE SINCE 1945, DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, BERLIN / GERMANY

 

2011

IF THE NATURE IS HEAVEN, THE CITY IS HELL, CERMODERN, ANKARA / TURKEY

 

2010

WHEN IDEAS BECOME CROME, CURATOR: HALIL ALTINDERE, DEPO, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

ABOVE AND BEYOND, FORUM STADPARK, GRAZ / AUSTRIA

 

2009   

ISTANBUL TRAVERSEE, CURATOR: CAROLINE NAPHEGYI, PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS, LILLE / FRANCE

 

2008   

LAST THINGS, CURATOR: VASIF KORTUN, WESFALISCHER KUNTVERIEN, MUNSTER / GERMANY

 

I REFUSE TO BECOME WHAT YOU CALL NORMAL, OUTLET, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

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SAVE AS, TRIANNALE BOVISA, CURATOR: DERYA YUCEL, MILAN / ITALY

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2007   

THE LOST MOMENT, CURATOR: FATOS USTEK, GFKFB, BERLIN / GERMANY

 

AIR POCKET, CURATOR: LEYLA GEDIZ, GALERIST, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

KANDINSKY PRIZE EXHIBITION OF THE NOMINEES, VINZAVOD CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, MOSCOW / RUSSIA

 

2006   

EURHOUPE 1153-ARTE CONTEMPORANEA DAL BOSFORO, CURATORS: FRANCESCO BONAMI, SARAH COSULICH CANARUTTI, VILLA MANIN, CODROIPO-UDINE / ITALY

 

2005   

FREE-KICK, CURATOR: HALIL ALTINDERE, HOSPITALITY ZONE, 9TH INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL BIENNIAL, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

2004

LAWSTWINTERSUMMERNEVERCAME, CURATORS: VASIF KORUN, NOVEMBER PAYNTER, PLATFORM GARANTY COTEMPORARY ART CENTER, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

YUGOSLAV BIENNIAL OF YOUNG ARTISTS, BELGRADE / SERBIA

 

2003

UNDER THE BEACH: THE PAVEMENT, CURATOR: VASIF KORTUN, PROJE 4L-ISTANBUL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

BLOOD AND HONEY, ART IN THE BALKANS, CURATOR: HARALD SZEMANN, SAMMLUNG ESSL, VIENNA / AUSTRIA

 

2002

I AM BAD AND I AM PROUD, CURATOR: HALIL ALTINDERE, RFIKA, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

EV HEDIYESI, ODA PROJESI, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

ARCHIVE, MANIFESTA 4, CURATORS: LARA BOUBNOVA, NURIA ENGUITA MAYO, STEPHANIE MOISDON TREMBLEY, FRANKFURT SCAPULAR GALLERY NOMAD, GWANGJU / KOREA

 

2001

21ST EXHIBITION OF THE ISTANBUL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

1999

POWER OF COMMUNICATION, TURKSELL ART COMPETITION, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

1998   

YENI ONERILER / YENI ONERMELER 2, CURATOR: BERAL MADRA, BORUSAN SANAT GELERISI, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

CHAOS, YOUNG ACTIONS-4, TUYAP FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS, ISTNBUL / TURKEY

 

1997

17TH EXHIBITION  OF THE ISTANBUL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

 

CHAOS, YOUNG ACTIONS-3, TUYAP FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS, ISTNBUL / TURKEY