b. 1960 / Istanbul,Turkey
Works and lives in Vienna.
Education
1980-1986 Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
1986–1991 University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Artist in residence in USA, Finland, Turkey, and the Netherlands
Since 2003 Teaching at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria Institute of Artistic Sciences, Art Education and Communication / I. KKK
Department of Design, Architecture and Environment for Art Education / DAE
2005–2006 Professorship at the University of Art und Industrial Design Linz, Austria, Institute of Art and Design
Solo Exhibitions
2023
lâ mekân, Art On İstanbul, Turkey
2017
UPRISE ile hiç, Nev Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2015
modular CONSTRUCTION, Viktor Bucher Project Space, Vienna, Austria
dual CONSTRUCTION, artON Istanbul, Turkey
2014
SPACE OF PRESENCE, Mekan 68, Vienna, Austria
Selâm_MEKȂN, Foundation Katara, Doha, Qatar
2013
Reconstructive memory / Yeniden kuran bellek, Nev Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2012
Spatial memory / Uzamsal bellek, Operation Room by American Hospital Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)
moment_space / an_uzam, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2011
covalent bonding, Freihaus Gallery, Villach, Austria
2009
NONPLACE dot, Sankt Georg Gallery, Istanbul
2007
KiTÂBESi dot / INSCRIPTION dot,AKBANK Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)
CANEViNE dot, Nev Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2004
yurt tutmusch dot, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Study Collection, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
HOMELIKE dot, Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Canan Dagdelen, Atelier Berndt Gallery, Wolfsberg, Austria
soyut. somut.,Akbank Sanat, Istanbul , Turkey
2001
at home, Gallery 1756, Chicago; Concordia Gallery, New York, USA (catalogue)
at home, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2000
CHILDHOOD white DREAMS, Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria
SELF white EVIDENT, Urart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
red/white, Siyah Beyaz Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
1997
WRITE white OUT II, Urart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
analog II, Objekta Gallery, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (with D. Schellhorn)
1996
analog, Ceramic Arts Gallery, Vienna, Austria (with D. Schellhorn)
WRITE white OUT, Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria
1995
bir yazida seramik, Urart Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
Unart Gallery, Villach, Austria
scrittura e ceramica, Spatia Gallery, Bolzano, Italy (catalogue)
von Schale zu Bild, Friesacher Gallery, Bruneck, Italy
1994
Joseph-Greising-Saal, Würzburg, Germany (with Z. Saribatur)
1993
ceramic ductus, Gallery 1756, Chicago, USA
Schriftsteller, Looshaus, Vienna, Austria
1992
Der keramische Duktus, Ceramic Arts Gallery, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
bir kalemde seramik, Zebra Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Summer Selection, Art On Istanbul, Istanbul
2020
Malzeminin Hafifliği / Lightness of the Material, Arton Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2019
Closer to strange, with Giuliana Natali, Palazzo Ducale, Mantova, Italy (catalogue)
Vertical Space, with Kemal Seyhan, Mekan 68, Vienna, Austria
the PART and the WHOLE / PARÇA BÜTÜN, Arton Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)
The Ghosts of Sunday Morning / 50th anniversary of EKWC, Design Museum den Bosch, The Netherlands (catalogue)
BEST OF 20 YEARS_, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna, Austria
Golden age / Altın çağ, Nev Gallary, Ankara, Turkey
2018
The 1990s – A Viennese Divan, Das Wien Museum MUSA, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
CERAMICS NOW! – 60. Premio Faenza, MIC The International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy (catalogue)
Encounter #03, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna, Austria
nostospektif V, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Toprak ve Lif 2018, 20th year`s final exhibition, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2016
Augen-Blicke, Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus/Suha, Austria (catalogue)
When home won´t let you stay, Refectory Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
Canan Dagdelen, Ahmet Oran, Kemal Seyhan, Ekrem Yalcindag, mekan 68, Vienna, Austria
Memory and Continuity / A selection from the Huma Kabakçı Collection, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)
2015
Artists in their time, Istanbul Modern Museum of Modern Art Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)
Keramik Preise 2015, Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg, Austria (catalogue)
CROSS BORDERS, Masc Foundation, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
OUR WOUNDS, OUR BALLADS, artOn Istanbul, Turkey
2014
1984, Nev Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
ODTÜ Sanat 15, Middle East Technical University METU, Ankara, Turkey (catalogue)
2013
Signs Taken in Wonder / Searching for contemporary Istanbul,
MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Exhibition Hall, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
Past and Future / Geçmiş ve Gelecek, , Istanbul Museum of Modern Art Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)
The first ten years of the LENTOS, Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria
Sampling – Konzert der Skulpturen, Ossiach Abbey, Ossiach, Austria
2011
Dream and Reality, Modern and Contemporary Women Artists from Turkey, Istanbul
Museum of Modern Art Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)
The Collection: 1900-2011, 11 Spaces, 11 Decades, 11 Interventions, Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria
Sieben Grenzgänge, Wittgenstein House, Vienna, Austria
The [Secret] Return of Noever, New Ace Museum on La Brea, Los Angeles, USA
4th International Egeart Art Days, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
2010
‘Mahya’ Competition / Lightinstallation of texts for mosques, New Mosque, Hünkar Pavilion, Istanbul, Turkey, (catalogue)
eingeschrieben, Hölzl Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
AbbaraKaddabra, 1st Biennal of Mardin, Zinciriye Madrasah, Mardin, Turkey, (catalogue)
+ Infinity, A Selection from the Ebru Özdemir Collection, Museum Cermodern, Ankara, (catalogue)
wien-ankara/ aus einem teil der alten stadt besteht bloß, die neue stadt, Nev Gallery, Ankara, (catalogue)
2009
second encounter, artSümer, Istanbul, Turkey
2008
Lichtspuren: Fotografie aus der Sammlung, Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria (catalogue)
je m’appelle apel – benim adim apel, New Tabaccostore/Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
gift,touring exhibition of Think Tank, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, United Kingdom
Gustavsberg Konsthall, Gustavsbergs Hamn, Sweden (catalogue)
2007
sechs3, Schafschetzy Gallery, Graz, Austria
Der Kuss der Schmetterlinge,touring exhibition in Lower Austria
at hand, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
9th Art Festival, ODTÜ/Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Turkish Ceramics Art, Tophâne-i Amire Cultural Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
2006
Nomaden im Kunstsalon: Begegnungen mit der Moderne von Bayer bis Sol
LeWitt,Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria
CROSSOVER III, Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
forma corporis II, Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria
und +,Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2005
Alternative Paradise, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (catalogue)
Lebt und arbeitet auch in Wien, Projektraum Viktor Buchner, Vienna, Austria
forma corporis, Rathausgalerie, Waidhofen/Ybbs Museum, Austria
FOR TILES: Infinite Iteration as a Problem of Surface, Hagia Sophia Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)
BILD und SCHRIFT, Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria
TILES, Art Center Buskerud, Drammen, Norway
HERZENSCHREI: Das Kind im Blick der Künste, Österreich & Ungarn 1900–2005, touring exhibition in Lower Austria, WEINSTADTmuseum, Krems, Austria (catalogue)
2004
+ positive, 2nd Biennial of kunst Meran, Kunsthaus Meran, Italy (catalogue)
Paula’s Home: Paula Modersohn-Becker und weitere 103 Künstlerinnen aus der Sammlung Lentos, Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria
Frau.selbst: Von Lassnig bis Kandl, Altnöder Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
Gegen-Positionen: Künstlerinnen in Österreich 1960–2000, Museum of Modern Art,
Foundation Wörlen, Passau, Germany
Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Türkei und Österreich,Schlossmuseum Landeck, Austria
dereden tepeten, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Expressionismus – Bestände und Neuerwerbungen aus der
Sammlung Lentos, Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria
Keramikpreis 2004, Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg; KERAMIK.WERKSTATT,
Gmundner Ceramic Factory, Gmunden, Austria (catalogue)
2003
Mimosen, Rosen, Herbstzeitlosen: Künstlerinnen von 1945 bis zur Gegenwart, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria (catalogue)
21 artists each from America, Europe, Asia, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary
Art in Korinba Daiwa Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan (catalogue)
bağ3 – şairin bahçesi/poet’s garden, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
30 Jahre Jubiläum, Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
artposition 2003, Ottakringer Brauerei, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
artposition at Kunstverein Baden, Kunstverein Baden, Austria
2002 Between the Waterfronts, Maas Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands (catalogue)
t≈art,AAI Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2001 five FRESH voices, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, USA
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, USA
Metamorphosen, Museum Grimmerhus, Middelfart, Denmark (catalogue)
2000 west-östlicher DIVAN, Museum auf Abruf Gallery, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
Art-Kart, Apel Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey
Beyond Postcards from Gallery 1756, 1990–2000, Gallery 1756, Chicago, USA
BrennPunkt Keramik, European Porcelain Museum, Hohenberg/Selb, Germany;
Municipal Museum of Art, Győr, Hungary
1999 WEISS, Kunstbunker Tumulka Gallery, Munich, Germany (folder)
Toprak ve Lif 2000, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (folder)
21/2000,Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria
BrennPunkt Keramik, Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Refectory, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
Günce, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
verein.t 99, Station 3, Vienna, Austria
hors d’œuvre de Turquie,Trigon Gallery, Liège, Belgium
1998 Keramikpreise 98, Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg, Austria (catalogue)
WEISS, Kunstforum beim Rathaus, Hallein, Austria (folder)
Three European Artists, Gallery 1756, Chicago, USA
1997 Ceramic Biennial, Spiez, Switzerland
1996 Günce, Enersis, Ankara, Turkey
5. Biennale de la Céramique, Andenne, Belgium (catalogue)
1995 Designers Odyssey, Ankara, Turkey (catalogue)
Tragetto Gallery, Venice, Italy
Tonhaus, Bolzano, Italy
1993 Northwestern University, Norris Center, Evanston, USA
Zeitgeist, Hinteregger Gallery, St. Pölten, Austria
1992 Le bol, Leonelli Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Awards 92, Auckland, New Zealand (catalogue)
1991 Keramik aus Wien, Hipp-Halle, Gmunden, Austria
Querdurch, Designers Saturday, Vienna, Austria
Art in Public Spaces
2010 Libellulidae, Lunz am See, Public Art Lower Austria NONPLACE dot, IKSV, Istanbul,Turkey
Awards and Scholarships
2019 Georg Prize for Art, Prize of the Sankt Georg School Istanbul, Vienna, Austria
2010 2nd Prize, ‘Mahya’ Competition / Lightinstallations of texts for mosques,
Istanbul 2010 / European Capital of Culture Agency, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Federal Chancellery scholarship, Ceramic Prize 2004, Salzburg, Austria
2001 Working scholarship of the Federal Chancellery for the European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC), ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
1999 Working scholarship of the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna, Austria
1998 Federal Chancellery scholarship, Ceramic Prize 1998, Salzburg, Austria
1996 1st Prize, 5ème Biennale de la Céramique, Andenne, Belgium
1991 Achievement Prize of the Austrian Institute of Design (ÖIF)
1990/91 Federal scholarship, Austria