SERVET KOÇYİĞİT
Born 1971 Kaman Turkey
Lives and works in Amsterdam and Istanbul
Education & Residencies
2006, JCVA Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts, Israel
1999-00, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Residency, Duisburg, Germany
1997-99, De Ateliers, Amsterdam
1993-97, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Exhibitions
2009
Istanbul, Traversée, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France
35 Videos from 35 years of Video Art in Turkey, 20th Ankara International Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey
2008
Good Things Are Much Better In Pairs, GIVON ART GALLERY, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo)
I refuse to become what you call normal, Outlet, Istanbul, Turkey
Field Work-Part 2, SMART PROJECT SPACE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
KAAP, Fort Ruigenhoek Utrecht, The Netherlands
700is Experimental film and video festival Egilsstadir, Iceland
Biennale Cuvée , OK-CENTRUM fur Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria
2007
BoysCraft, HAIFA MUSEUM OF ART, Haifa, Israel
Crossings, a Contemporary View, the Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Cyprus
The Stability of Truth, SMART PROJECT SPACE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006
How We Live Together, 27th SAO PAULO BIENNIAL, Brazil
Fata Morgana, HAIFA MUSEUM OF ART, Haifa, Israel
Voices of Silence, HERZLIYA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Israel
Crossings, a Contemporary View, Fort Saint Angelo, Birgu, Malta
De Kleine Biennale, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2005
Servet Kocyigit (solo), GIVON ART GALLERY, Tel Aviv, Israel
9th INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL BIENNIAL, Istanbul, Turkey
Film Lounge MuHKA-media, Antwerpen, Belgium
2004
Inside Out, GALLERY SAFE, Dalfsen, The Netherlands
2003
Short & Sharp, 291 GALLERY London, England
Non-Members Only, ARTI ET AMICITIAE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002
Cinema Sculpture, Provincieplein Den Haag, The Netherlands
Chasing Dragons, Prefab 4, ARTIS Den Bosch, The Netherland
My Pretty Sugar Sailor, HEDAH Modern Art Center Maastricht, The Netherlands
Look Again, Project 4L ISTANBUL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Istanbul Turkey
2001
Miss Germany, PROJECT ATELIER, Leiden, The Netherlands
Poetic Accident, NEDERLANDS FOTO INSTITUUT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Solo)
Unlimited. NL#4, De APPEL Centre For Contemporary Art, Amsterdam-NL (Cat)
2000
WILHELM LEHMBRUCK MUSEUM Duisburg-Germany
Scholarships & Prizes
2008 Working Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts ( Fonds BKVB )
2005 Nominated for The Fritschy Award 2006, City of the Sittard-Geleen-NL
1999-00 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Fellowship, city of Duisburg Germany
1997-99 OC&W study scholarship from Dutch Ministry of Culture.
Lectures, Artist talks, Workshops, Conferences
2007 Lecture at Hochchule fur Bildende Kunste Dresden, Germany
2006 Lecture at Bezalel Academy-MFA program- Tel Aviv, Israel
2005 Workshop and conference in Garikula and Tbilisi Georgia, European Council of Artists
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