FIKRET ATAY
Born 1976, Batman, Turkey.
Lives and works in Batman, Turkey.
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Bonner Kunstverein, Germany
2007
Site Gallery, Sheffield, U.K
2006
Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A
Le Plateau/Frac Île-de-France, Espace expérimental, Paris, France
2005
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Maison de l’Architecture, Paris, France
Sonidos lejanos / Distant Sound, MUSAC, Leon, Spain
Fikret Atay-Ursula Blickle videolounge, Kunsthalle, Wien, Austria
2004
Index, Stockholm, Sweden
Büro Friedrich, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions
Upcoming
10th Lyon Biennial, curated by Hou Hanru, Lyon, France
Meeting Europe-Istanbul, Strasbourg, France
25th Alexandria Biennale, Egypt
2009
There is no audience, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Make, Shift and Bend, Cafe Gallery, London, U.K.
2008
I refuse to become what you call normal, Outlet Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Home ?, figures des migrations, Galerie Villa des Tourelles, Nanterre, France
The City Rises, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Open sky, spaces beyond their practice, Castle of Kalsdorf, Ilz, Austria
Sampling Centre of popular art and traditions. Athens, Greece
Glasgow International, The Local, SWG3 Studios, Glasgow, U.K
Permanent Green/Verde Permanente, Isola Art Center, Milano, Italy
GLOBAL YOUTH 2.0, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabruck, Germany
Going Native – Visions of the end, New Museum, New York, U.S.A
Revolutions: Selected works from the collection of Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître, University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A
2007
Résidents, Espace Electra, Paris
Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
Cuestión Xeneracional (Generational Issue), Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela Spain
Documentary FilmPlatform ZONE, MuHKA_media, Antwerp, Belgium
2006
Hammer Projects Los Angeles
Charged Space, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, U.S.A
L’usage du monde, Musée Art moderne et Contemporain, Rijeka, Croatia
Territory, Vproject
ancity Theater, Vancouver, Canada
EurHope 1153 – Contemporary Art from the Bosphorus, Villa Manin, Italy
Painting Ruins, Afghan Foundation for Culture & Civil Society, Kabul, Afghanistan
Bühne des Lebens – Rhetorik des Gefühls, Lenbachhaus München, Münich, Germany
Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia
Glasgow International, Tramway, Glasgow, U.K
2005
The Pantagruel Syndrome, Torinotriennale tremusei, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
More Than This! Negotiating Realities, Göteborg biennial, Sweden
The Gesture, A Visual library in progress, Macedonian Museum Of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece ; Quarter, The New Center of Contemorary Art, Florence, Italy
Land Marks, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
The Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
Critical Societies, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
See What Happens, Narrative structures in recent film and video works, Halle Für Kunst eV, Lüneburg, Germany
Der neue Orient, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sonidos Lejanos / Distant Sounds, Laboratorio 987, MUSAC, Léon, Spain
2004
Around the corner , Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa, Portugal
Ethnic Marketing , Centre d’art Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland
Time Zones : recent film and video, Tate Modern, London, UK
Adaptive Behaviour, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, U.S.A
Emotion Eins , Frankfurter Kusntverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Quicksand , De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Busan Biennial, Busan, Korea
Cetinje Biennial, Montenegro
Pontevedra Biennial, Spain
2003
Hilchot Shchenim Chapter I, The Israëli Centre for Digital Art, Holon, Israël
Geographies #3, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Poetic Justice, 8th International Istanbul Biennial, Curated by Dan Cameron, Istanbul, Turkey
MEDIROM Project, 2nd Tirana Biennial, curated by Chantal Crousel, Albania
U- Topos, 2nd Tirana Biennial, Curated by Halil Altindere, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania.
In den Schluchten des Balkans, Curated by René Block, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
I`m too Sad to Kill You, Proje4L, Curated by Halil Altindere, Museum of Contemporary Art Istanbul, Turkey
Undesire, Apexart Curatorial Program, Curated by Vasif Kortun, New York, U.S.A
2002
Under the Beach: The Pavement, Curated by Vasif Kortun, Apex Art, New York, U.S.A
Screening Program
2009
(very)small distortions in the order, 28th International Istanbul Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
35 videos from 35 years of video in Turkey, 20th Ankara International Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey
2008
Festival Plastique Danse Flore, Jardin du Potager du Roi, Versailles, France
Bad boys, Castle of Acciaiolo – Scandicci, Firenze, Italy
2007
Hay algo de revolucionario en todo esto, Sala Parpallo, Valencia, Spain
2004
Musée International de la Parfumerie, Grasse, France
S1 Artspace, Scheffield, U.K
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, U.K
Marres, Maastricht, Netherlands
Courtisane 04 – International Festival for Short Film, Video and New Media, Ghent, Belgium
Public Collection
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
F.R.A.C Alsace, Sélestat, France
Tate Modern, London, U.K
MUDAM, Luxembourg
MUSAC, Leon, Spain
MACM, Montréal, Canada
F.R.A.C Île-de-France, Paris, France