Nezaket Ekici / biography
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1970 born in Kirsehir, Turkey
1973 - present lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
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1990 - 1993
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degree in Layout Operator and Printing Plate training, Duisburg and Munich, Germany
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1994 - 2000
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M.A. degree in Art Pedagogy and Art History, with Prof. Wolfgang Kehr, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany
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1996 - 2000
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Studies sculpture, with Prof. Heribert Sturm, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany
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2001 - 2003
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degree in Fine Arts, with Prof. Dr. Marina Abramovic, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Germany
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2004
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MFA-degree, with Prof. Dr. Marina Abramovic, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Germany
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Scholarships, Grants, Awards
2007 Bursary from Schloß Wiepersdorf / Germany
Project grant from Goethe Institut Amsterdam / Holland
2006 Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg / Germany
Project grant from Goethe Los Angeles/ USA
Bischofsheimer Gangart Art Award 2006 / Germany
2005 Bursary for Artist in Residencies BM Contemporary Art Center Istanbul, for 6 months / Turkey
Arbeitsstipendium Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn / Germany
Project grant from Goethe Institut Madrid / Spain
2004 Bursary for Artist in Residencies, Barkenhoff-Stiftung Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, for 9 months / Germany
GASAG Art Award Berlin 2004 / Germany
2003 Bursary for Artist in Residencies , Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, for 5 months / Germany
Project grant from Goethe Institut Inter Nationes Damascus / Syria
2002 Artist' and Authors' Bursary by the Else-Heiliger-Fonds, Konrad-
Adenauer-Stiftung / Germany
Project grant from Goethe Institut Inter Nationes Mailand / Italy
2001 Brazier's International Artist Workshop Oxfordeshire / England
Project grant from Kulturreferat der Stadt München und Dresdner
Bank / Germany
2000 Antonio Ratti Foundation, International Summer Academy Como with Ilya Kabakov / Italy
1998 Bursary for foreign Student from Bavarian Free State Munich /
Germany
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
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| 2015 | Alles, was man besitzt, besitzt auch uns, Haus am Waldsee - Der Ort internationaler Gegenwartskunst in Berlin, Berlin | ||||
| 2014 | Zwei Welten, Kunstverein Ausburg e.V., Ausburg | ||||
| 2013 |
(After) Love at Last Sight, Pi Artworks / London
(After) Love at Last Sight: Nezaket Ekici in Conversation with Lois Keidan and Shaheen Merali, Artist Talk, Pi Artworks / London
KlangKunstBühne, UDK / Berlin
Islamic Chapel, Städitische Galerie / Ostfildern
Workshopleader: Master class in Performance, Klang Kunst Bühne,
Internationell Summer Academy Lecture, UDK / Berlin
Artist in Recedeny Project VAIVEM, SESC / Sao Paulo
Artist Talk, Invited by the city of Drammen to develop a Project for
the City 2014, Museum Drammen / Norway
"Personal Map, to be continued...." in cooperation with Museum
Martha Herford, De Bond, Cultuurcentrum Brügge / Belgium
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2011
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Dream and Reality, Istanbul Modern / Istanbul
Gravity, Städtische Galerie Bremen im Buntentor / Bremen
Im Rahmen des Ausstellungsprojekts "Kraftwerk Depot",
Personal Map (to be continued...), MARTa Herford / Herford
Künstleriche Austausch zwischen TürkInnen und Deutschen in der Moderne, Tophane-i Amire / Istanbul
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2010
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Zitate, DNA / Berlin
EHF 2010, Akademie der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Berlin
Alles fließt, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen / Friedrichshafen |
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2009
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Umgestülpt, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim / Heidenheim
Origin of Inspiration, Goethe Institut Ankara / Ankara Kopfsonate, Galerie Clarie Oliver / New York Work in Progress – Personal Map, GEDOK Galerie / Stuttgart |
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2008
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Memories of Objects, DNA / Berlin
Nezaket Ekici, Performance and Videos, Gallery TPW / Toronto Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
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2007
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Life Extreme, U2 Alexanderplatz, NGBK / Berlin
Blind, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart / Stuttgart Femme Fatale. Über die Transformationen des Ich, in the context of "30 Jahre Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg", Galerie Sabine Salome-Schwefel / Stuttgart |
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2006
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Double bind, DNA / Berlin
Emotion in Motion#7, Kunstverein Malkasten / Düsseldorf |
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2005
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Orientación-Nezaket Ekici, performance/video/photo, Goethe Institut / Madrid
National Anthems, videoinstallation, Proje 4L Artvarium, Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art / Istanbul Gözü Kara, Fearless, Karsi Sanat Calismalari / Istanbul |
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2004
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Fountain, Gallery Breitengraser, room for comtemporary sculpture / Berlin
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2002
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Werkschau, Gallery Weißer Elefant / Berlin
Emotion in Motion, kiss performance, Gallery Valeria Belvedere / Milano Lee(h)rstellen- Beauty lies in the eye of the Beholder, Academy Galery / Munich |
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Emotion in Motion, kiss performance, Kaskadenkondensator / Basel
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Lab Control, Academy Gallery / Munich | |||
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Memory and Continuity: A selection from Humba Kabakc Collection, Pera Museum, Istanbul
Mother Tongue, Buskerud Kunstsenter, Drammen
Strata, CIRCLE1 Project, Berlin
Defilages, Galerie 100Titres, Brussels
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2015 |
Ich bin eine Pflanze - Naturprozesse in der Kunst - Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg |
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| 2015 | Fossils, The Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva | ||||
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2014
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Ruptures & Convergences, KUAD GALLERY / Istanbul
Full House - 15 Years of Inventory and Exhibitions at Aeroplastics Contemporary, AEROPLASTICS contemporary / Brussels
Young Collectors - Proje4L, Eigiz Museum of Contemporary Art / Istanbul
Amazonas De A Pie, Galería Isabel Hurley / Malaga
Festival Miradas de Mujeres, Casal Solleric / Palma de Mallorca
A Desk of One's Own, Galeri/Miz / Istanbul
The First International Biennal of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de Indias, BIACI / Cartagena de Indias
Faceless – Seduction, Surveillance, Privacy, Mediamatic / Amsterdam
After All – Selected Works of Sinopale, MAHAL Art Space / Canakkale
Neighbours – Contemporary Narratives from Turkey and Beyond, Istanbul Modern / Istanbul
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| 2013 |
New Continent – A Selection from the Video Collection of the Instanbul Museum of Modern Art, Minsheng Art Museum / Shanghai
In Process: The Momentum - TRAFO Residency Exchange, Momentum / Berlin
In Relation, Siemens Sanat / Istanbul
Pi: Housewarming, Pi Artworks / London
Floating Ourselves, Siemens Sanat / Istanbul
11 Abierto de Accion, International Performance Art Festival / Malaga
Expansion, Siemens Art Gallery / Istanbul
hochZeiten!, Schloss Belvedere auf dem Pfingstberg / Potsdam
XXH- Premiere Rétrospective, Fondation Francés / Senlis
I am you, Asterium VI / Georgia
Momentum Collection, Hayaka Art / Istanbul
VAIVÉM, Sesc Pinheiros / São Paulo
Momentum Collection, Thresholds, Momentum Collection / Berlin
FUSO - Anual de Video Arte Internacional de Lisboa / Lisboa
Art International Instabul Art Fair, Booth PI Art Works / Istanbul
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2012
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1,2,3, b4, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki (Warehouse B1) - SMCA / Thessaloniki
FACELESS part 1, freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONAL // MuseumsQuartier / Wien
Momentum Collection, Collegium Hungaricum / Berlin
Re-orientation , Mediterranean Biennale / Sakhnin
The Zaritsky Artists' House, Tel Aviv / Israel
48 Stunden Neukölln - "Stimmen der Religionen", Neukölln - Rixdorf / Berlin
De madonna a Madonna, DA2 / Spain
Qui Aurait Pu Imaginer Une Chose Pareille?, Maison De La Catalanité / Perpignan
Who left ? What behind ?, Cer Modern / Ankara
Reise nach Jerusalem, Künstlerhaus Bethanien / Berlin
Theatre of Life, CoCA / Torun
Istanbul Modern, Museum Boljmans van Beuningen / Rotterdam
Catastrophes and Incidences, DNA / Berlin
Global Contemporary, ZKM / Karlsruhe
East is west, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore / Singapore
Humor - Seriously, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum / Esbjerg
Atouchoflife, Galerie Anita Beckers / Frankfurt
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2011
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B 34 Kultürk, Heimwege, Galerie Zurag / Berlin
At Home wherevere / Tanas
3rd Thessaloniki Biennale Of Contemporary Art, Parallel Biennale
Programm Performance Festival / Thessalonik
The global Contemporary Kunstwelten nach 1989, ZKM / Karlsruhe
Fiktion Okzident, Goethe-Institut / Istanbul
The end of the dream, Mica Moca / Berlin
Geist is geil!, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
Of women's modesty and anger, Villa Empain, Boghossian Foundation / Brussels
Patria o Libertad!, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art / Toronto
Shadows of the bright, Berlin art projects, Showroom / Berlin Patria o Libertad! The rhetorics of patriotism, Cobra Museum /Amstelveen Alles Wandelt sich, DNA / Berlin M o m e n t u m, Berlin Inaugural exhibition Kunstraum, Kreuzberg Bethanien / Berlin Selected artists 2010, Neue Gesellschaft fur bildende Kunst / Berlin |
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2010
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SPAGAT! Design Istanbul Tasarimi, MARTa Herford / Herford
Patria o Libertad! The rhetorics of patriotism, MDC Art Gallery, Miami dade College / Miami
Tough Love, Plataforma Revolver / Lisbon
Coup De Ville, WARP / Sint Niklaas
Momentum, TAiK / Berlin
No More Bad Girls, 3.14 Stiftelsen / Bergen
Starter, ARTER, New Museum for Contemporary Art / Istanbul
Gender Show, Goethe Institute / Athens Unpossessing femininity: No more bad girls? / WUK – Kunsthalle Exnergasse / Vienna Glyptikes Afigisis – Sculptural Narration, Museum Alex Mylona, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art / Athens The Haifa Mediterranean Biennale T/ Haifa The 6th International Directors Lounge, Meinblau / Berlin Güncel sanat, Aktuelle Kunst von türkischen Künstlerinnen und Künstlern aus Istanbul und Deutschland, Zeitraum Exit Mannheim / Mannheim Tornavideo, Video-art activity, Tamirhanelive / Ankara Reflection, DNA / Berlin International women artists video Exhibition, Sanat Limani / Istanbul
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2009
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Boden unter meinen Füßen, nicht den Himmel - Istanbul Next Wave, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz / Berlin
Performance/Dokumentation. Fotografien, Gedok Stuttgart / Stuttgart Berlin – Istanbul. Die Berliner Instanbul Stipendiaten 1998-2009, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Künstlerhaus Bethanien / Berlin 5a Bienal VentoSul / Curitiba Memleket. Heimat, Palais für aktuelle Kunst / Glückstadt Hellwach Gegenwärtig, MARTa Herford / Herford Seriously Ironic. Positions in Turkish Contemporary Art Scene, CentrePasquArt, Kunsthaus Centre d’Art / Biel Rebelle. Kunst & Feminisme 1969-2009, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (MMKA) / Arnhem In Istanbul. Between Arrival and Departure. Part 2, BM Suma Contemporary Art Center / Istanbul CHÁMALLE X 2009, International Performance Festival, School of Art, University Vigo, and Performance at MARCO Museum of Vigo Contemporary Art / Vigo eBent'09Tensions - encontre internacional de fets performàtics / Sabadell Acción!09MAD - VI Encuentro Internacional de Arte de Acción de Madrid / Madrid |
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2008
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Il Velo, CeSAC Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee / Caraglio
Save As..., Triennale Bovisa Museum / Milano Mahrem, Galerie Tanas / Berlin Water Please, Kunstverein Ulm / Ulm Mahrem. Anmerkungen zum Schleier, Kunsthalle Wien, Project space karlsplatz / Vienna |
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2007
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All for Art! Great Private Collections Among Us, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Montréal
Continuity and Change: Islamic Tradition in Contemporary Art, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center / New York Mahrem, Santral Istanbul Galerie 1 / Istanbul Re-aspora. Locus one, Mama / Rotterdam Türkisch Delight, Galerie der Stadt Backnang / Backnang Rare Essence, Aeroplastics Contemporary / Brussels Water Please, Schaufester FH / Potsdam THE PORTS OF THE ART 2007 / Canatia Reality Crossings, 2. Foto Festival / Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg Türkisch Delight, 3. Generation, Städtische Galerie / Nordhorn EPAF, in CCA / Warsaw Skulpturale Handlungen, Moncys House Museum / Palanga Festival of Performing Arts (with IPG), curated by Marina Abramovic and Ismail Ivo, Venice Biennale / Venice Performance, Kunstverein Kassel / Kassel Performance: Nezaket Ekici und Philip Metz; 30 Jahre Graphothek, Stadtbücherei Stuttgart / Stuttgart Fashion Accidental, Museum of Contemporary Arts / Taipei Lite Site festival 07 / Amsterdam Into me out of me, MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma / Roma Lange Nacht der Museen, Staatsgalerie / Stuttgart Performancefestival: EX SIRI LOVE IS TEMPORARY / Terni Nezaket Ekici / Alexander Schikowski, Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg / Stuttgart Radikal, Ardindan Degil Karsisinda, Site Specific / Istanbul Meltem of Istanbul Proje 4L, Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art / Istanbul |
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2006
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Blessed are the Merciful Groupexibition, Galerie Feigen / New York
Best of, Galerie Breitengraser, room for contemporary sculpture / Berlin CONTENEDORES-Action-Art International Festival / Sevilla Foi#3 International Performancefestival Singapore / Singapore Satu Kali Festival Malaysia / Malaysia Islam- Die Ringe der Künstler, Pasinger Fabrik München / Munich EHF 2010, Konrad Adenauerstiftung / Berlin Videoscreen at HVCCA, Peekskill / New York Centrifug, Festival of Performance art, Dansstationen / Malmö Into me, Out of me, PS1 / New York FRIKTIONERFRICTIONS INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL / Uppsala Outvideo ’06 3-d international video-art festival in public spaces Skulpturale Handlungen, Galerie der Künstler, BBK / Munich INTERNAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL FRENCH AND ASIAN 2006 / 4 th EDITION Sinopale, 1. Sinop Biennale / Turkey Depicting Action, Galerie 18th, performanceseries, Festival / Santa Monica Goethe Institut / Los Angeles Das kritische Auge, Neuer Aschaffenburger Kunstverein / Aschaffenburg Kunst im Öffentlichen Raum. Integration. Soziale Stadt / Mainz-Bischofsheim All for one, One for all, Aeroplastics Contemporary / Brussels Meltem of Istanbul, Proje 4L Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art / Istanbul Into me, Out of me, Kunst Werke / Berlin |
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2005
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Gasag Kunst am Bau Performance / Berlin
Opening of Kunstmuseum / Stuttgart Directors Lounge / Berlin Videoscreen of "180 Wishes", Opening exibition of Goethe Institut / Madrid 1. Performance-Festival Schleswig-Holstein auf Schloß Salzau / Kiel Persistent and Gradual Loss of Self-Control, Van Gogh Museum / Amsterdam Gifted Generation, Haus Eins, Hebbel Theater / Berlin Let Love blossom with IPG, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea / Trento Women and Münster, Gallery Sotodo / Münster Rohkunstbau, Landpartien, Schloss Leuthen / Berlin MAX5 Show/ Film & Video Festival, At the Foundry / London Memento Mori, Atelierhaus Panzerhalle, Groß Glienicke / Potsdam Chur_interveniert 2005, sitespecific art projects and accompanying events in the old town of Chur / Switzerland Vogelfrei 6- Paradiesgärten, Out Door Biennale / Darmstadt Between two Sides, Aykut Barka Ferry, Besiktas-Kadiköy line / Istanbul Catania Art Fiera / Italy Visibilty Project, Galata Perform / Istanbul 11. Künstlerintage, Museum Mobile im Audi Forum / Ingolstadt e_motion in motion, Congress of the Gesellschaft für Tanzforschung und NDS Tanzkultur / Bern Orientación, Reina Sofia Museum, Goethe Institut / Madrid IPG, Gallery Illy / New York II.Performance Art Festival / Pontevedra |
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2004
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Mediamatic Super Salon / Amsterdam
International Performance Festival / Boston Group exhibition Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Galerie Alter Rathaus / Worpswede The 2ndCrossroads Symposium 4-6.6.2004 / Riddarhyttan, Schweden bgnm, berliner Gesellschaft für neue Musik, discussion Migration / Berlin Cleaning the House Project, NMAC Foundation Montenmedio Arte Contemporáneo / Cadiz Loop Performance, PS1 Contemporary Art Center / New York Der Raum, Die Wand, Das Buch, MeisterschülerInnen Austellung, Galerie der Hochschule, HBK / Braunschweig Rituale der Gesundheit, Galerie im Park, Krankenhaus-Museum, Haus im Park / Bremen GASAG Art Award 2004, 2yk Galerie, Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben e.V. / Berlin Artforum Berlin, Booth: Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben e.V / Berlin Braunschweiger Kulturnacht, Lot Theater / Braunschweig Sauber, Projektraum Künstlerhaus I, Künstlerhäuser / Worpswede Raumkonzepte, Marta Museum / Herford The Retrospective, Abramovic Class, Galerie der Hochschule, HBK / Braunschweig Auftauchen, Tanz und Performancefestival / Hamburg Ebent 04 International Festival of Performance of Barcelona / Barcelona and Madrid Re-enact Performancenight, Club 11 / Amsterdam |
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2003
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MAX5 Show, film & video festival at the Foundry / London
Rituale- in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Akademie der Künste / Berlin Women’s Art Festival 5TH International / Aleppo Random Ize Film and Video festival / Taipei As soon as possible, Performance Loop, PAC / Milano Recycling the future, Venice Biennale / Venice Performance in Kunsthalle Fridericianum / Kassel Mediatatic Super Salon / Amsterdam 6 Kunstvereine – 6 Standorte, Landesgartenschau Gronau/Losser Dialogues on artistic production and contemporary cultures, Sparwasser HQ / Berlin Random Ize Film and Video festival / Malmö 4th International Performancefestival / Odense Ab in die Mitte, Cityoffensive Schöppingen / Artists' village Schöppingen SconfinArt – Expo d’Arte Contemporanea / Trento 40 Heures/ 40 Stunden, Exhibiton project at the cloister La Tourette / Lyon 20. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Videofest / Kassel Galerie zur Möbelfabrik / Berlin |
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2002
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Durch die Zeit, Kunstraum 10 / Hannover
Common ground#1, Landesvertretung Niedersachsen / Berlin Random Ize Film and Video festival / London No Place , Ifa Galerie / Berlin Magnetmusicport- the electronic Woddstock, Wittstock / Berlin Short Play, Cleaning the House, Galego de Arte contemporaneo / Santiago de Compostela Frisch eingetroffen, Zeitraum _ex!t Büro für Kunst e.V. / Mannheim Braunschweiger Kulturnacht 2002 / Braunschweig TransArt02, Franzensfeste / Fortezza Brixten Pret à perform, Via Farini / Milano Body Power/ Power Play, Württembergischer Kunstverein / Stuttgart Stipendiatenausstellung (EHF 2002), Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Berlin |
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2001
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Iceprincess, Interim / Munich
Step by Step, Gallery KHG Leo 11 / Munich Translation, Transformation, The 7th Performance Studies Conference / Mainz Base.ment, Subway U6 / Munich Course of ILYA Kabakov, Gallery Via Farini / Milano Brazier's International Artist Workshop / Oxfordshire Real Presence - Generation, 25th May Museum / Belgrad Marking the territory, Irish Museum of Modern Art / Dublin Get that Balance, Sculputure Factory / Cork A little bit of History Repeated, Kunst-Werke / Berlin Autoren Gallery / Munich |
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2000
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Große Kunstausstellung München, Haus der Kunst 2002, Museum of contemporary Art in Munich / Munich
Advanced Course in Virtual Arts, ILYA KABAKOV, Foundatione Ratti, Chiesa San Francesco / Como Zimmer Frei, Hotel Mariandl / Munich Gestrandet, Container exhibition Odeonsplace / Munich Galerie Unartig / Munich |
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Montreal
Kunstmuseum Heidenheim / Heidenheim
MARTa Herford / Herford
Proje4L / Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art / Istanbul
Momentum / Berlin
Kunstmuseum Heidenheim / Heidenheim
MARTa Herford / Herford
Proje4L / Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art / Istanbul
Momentum / Berlin