Nezaket Ekici / biography

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1970                      born in Kirsehir, Turkey
1973 - present        lives and works in Berlin, Germany
 
Education
 
1990 - 1993
degree in Layout Operator and Printing Plate training, Duisburg and Munich, Germany
1994 - 2000
M.A. degree in Art Pedagogy and Art History, with Prof. Wolfgang Kehr, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany
1996 - 2000
Studies sculpture, with Prof. Heribert Sturm, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany
2001 - 2003
degree in Fine Arts, with Prof. Dr. Marina Abramovic, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Germany
2004
MFA-degree, with Prof. Dr. Marina Abramovic, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Germany
 
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
 
 
 
Selected Solo Exhibitions
 
 
 
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
KlangKunstBühneUDK / Berlin 
Islamic Chapel, Städitische Galerie / Ostfildern
Workshopleader: Master class in Performance, Klang Kunst Bühne,
Internationell Summer Academy LectureUDK / 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
 
 
2011
 
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
 
 
2010
 
Zitate, DNA / Berlin
EHF 2010, Akademie der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Berlin
Alles fließt, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen / Friedrichshafen
 
2009
 
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
 
2008
 
Memories of Objects, DNA / Berlin
Nezaket Ekici, Performance and Videos, Gallery TPW / Toronto Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
 
2007
 
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
 
2006
Double bind, DNA / Berlin
Emotion in Motion#7, Kunstverein Malkasten / Düsseldorf
2005
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
 
2004
FountainGallery Breitengraser, room for comtemporary sculpture / Berlin
 
2002
 
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  
 
2000
Emotion in Motion, kiss performance, Kaskadenkondensator / Basel 
1999 Lab Control, Academy Gallery / Munich
 
 
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
 
 

2015

 

Ich bin eine Pflanze - Naturprozesse in der Kunst - Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg
Imago Mundi
. Luciano Benetton Collection. Mappa dell’arte nuova - Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice
Artemovendo – The Hidden Soul of the Inanimate - Goethe-Institut Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre
Civilization - Galerie KUB, Leipzig
Solid and Soft - DNA, Berlin
Re:Start - Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv
Performing Memory - Plato Art Space, Istanbul
Fragments Canakkale Art Walk - Galerie Kunst-Quartier, Osnabruck
Changing Perspectives - Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
SHOOT: About Performance - DNA, Berlin
Urban Justice - Cer Modern, Ankara
Sanat International - 12 Star Gallery, London
Fossils - The Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva
Collecting the Future - 2014–2006–2016 - A Sinopale Exhibition - Corner College, Zurich
Dissonance - Percept Art, Mumbai
Faceless - De Markten, Brussels

 
       
2015   Fossils, The Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva  
       
2014
 
Ruptures & ConvergencesKUAD GALLERY / Istanbul
Full House - 15 Years of Inventory and Exhibitions at Aeroplastics ContemporaryAEROPLASTICS contemporary / Brussels
Young Collectors - Proje4LEigiz Museum of Contemporary Art / Istanbul
Amazonas De A Pie, Galería Isabel Hurley / Malaga
Festival Miradas de MujeresCasal Solleric / Palma de Mallorca
A Desk of One's OwnGaleri/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
 
 
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
 
 
2012       
 
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 
 
 
 2011 
 
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 OkzidentGoethe-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 2010Neue Gesellschaft fur bildende Kunst / Berlin
 
2010
 
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
 
2009
 
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
 
2008
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
 
2007
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
2006
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
2005
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
2004
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
2003
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 
2002
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 
2001
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
2000
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
 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Montreal
Kunstmuseum Heidenheim / Heidenheim
MARTa Herford / Herford
Proje4L / Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art / Istanbul
Momentum / Berlin