NASAN TUR
lives and works in Berlin, Germany
1974 born in Offenbach (Germany)
1990-1991 stay in Ankara (Turkey)
studied at Academy of Art and Design Offenbach
Academy of Art Städelschule Frankfurt
2006-2007 stay in London (UK)
Awards
2000 Artprize „Identity“ Deutsche Bank
2002 Rentenbank artprize, Staedelschule
2005 Artprize Frankfurter Künstlerhilfe
2005 London Scholarship, Hessische Kulturstiftung Wiesbaden
2006 J.W. Hector Artprize - Kunsthalle Mannheim
2007 Stiftung Kunstfonds - Book Publication
2008 Bursary of Stiftung Kunstfonds
Artist Talks and Lectures
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, 2009
Edition Block, Berlin, 2009
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste Stuttgart, 2009
IMEC Abbaye dArdenne, Project Suspended Spaces, France, 2009
VIAFARINI - Organization for Contemporary Art, Milano, 2008
NABA - Accademia di Belle Arti Milano, 2008
Platform Garanti, Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, 2007
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, 2007
The Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, 2007
Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, 2007
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, 2006
Museum Folkwang, Essen, 2004
Catalogues/Books:
-Nasan Tur- Meister Yang, REVOLVER Archiv fuer aktuelle Kunst, ISBN: 3-934823-79-3
-Nasan Tur- BAR, REVOLVER Archiv fuer aktuelle Kunst, ISBN: 3-936919-24-0
-Nasan Tur- Nassauischer Kunstverein, ISBN: 3-9810187-4
-Nasan Tur- Kunsthalle Mannheim, REVOLVER Archiv fuer aktuelle Kunst, ISBN: 978-3-86588-382-7
-Nasan Tur- KOMUNISMUS.SOZIALLISMUS.KAPIETALISMUS, TANAS Galerie, Berlin
-Nasan Tur- Collective Notice, Yapi Kredi Taskent Gallery, Istanbul
-Nasan Tur- Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, ISBN: 978-3-940366-03-0
-Nasan Tur- Revolver Publishing Berlin, ISBN: 978-3-86895-059-6
Selected Exhibitions
2010 upcomming
" Journey's with no return "
A Foundation, London, United Kingdom, cat.
" Behind the Curtain "
Beaux Arts Paris - Ecole Nationale Superieure, France, cat.
" Tactics of Invisibility "
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria, cat.
" Passages "
Galerie Passage de Retz, Paris, France, cat.
" Nicht einfach, die Welt in 90 Tagen zu retten "
Kunstforeningen 44 Moen, curated by Rene Block, Askeby, Denmark, cat.
" Suspended Spaces "
Maison de la culture dAmiens, Amiens, France, cat.
" Daniel Lergon, Matt Saunders, Nasan Tur, Sigmar Polke/Christof Kohlhfer "
Galerie Sassa Truelzsch, Berlin, Germany
" NASAN TUR - Freizeichen "
Public Space in Koeflach, a project by < rotor > Association for Contemporary Art, Graz, Austria, solo
2009
" NASAN TUR - Frischzelle "
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, curated by Annika Plank, Germany, solo, cat.
" Zeigen "
Temporaere Kunsthalle Berlin, curated by Karin Sander, Germany, cat.
" Nicht einfach, die Welt in 90 Tagen zu retten "
TANAS, curated by Rene Block, Berlin, Germany, cat.
" Labyrint: Writings and Observations "
Botkyrka Konsthall, cur. Joanna Sandell/Pia Sandstrm, Tumba, Sweden, cat.
" 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljublijana "
International Center of Graphic Arts, Gallery Skuc, Ljublijana, Slovenia, cat.
" Playing the City "
Schirn Kunsthalle, curated by Matthias Ulrich, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
" Collection Dubai "
SMART Project Space, curated by November Paynter, Amsterdam, Netherland
" On the Shoulders of Davids "
JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
" NASAN TUR "
Yapi Kredi Art Gallery, curated by Rene Block, Istanbul, Turkey, solo, cat.
" Systeme "
Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung M1, curated by Petra Reichensperger, Hohenlockstedt, Germany
" (very) small distortions in the order "
28th International Film Festival Istanbul, Turkey
" OHNE UNS! "
riesa efau., curated by Frank Eckhardt, Dresden, Germany
" Personality Crisis "
OUTLET - Art Space, Istanbul, Turkey
" NASAN TUR - Belgrade says... "
Goethe Institut Belgrade, Art in Public Space Project, Serbia, solo
" Socially Disorganized "
Experimental Art Foundation, curated by Vasif Kortun, Adelaide, Australia
" Politische Ikonografie "
Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, Germany
2008
" NASAN TUR - KOMUNISMUS SOZIALLISMUS KAPIETALISMUS "
TANAS, curated by Rene Block, Berlin, Germany, solo, cat.
" Salon Of The Revolution "
29th Youth Salon Zagreb, curated by Ivana Bago and Antonia Majaca, Croatia, cat.
" SCAPE Biennial "
Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space, cur. Danae Mossman and Fulya Erdemci, New Zealand, cat.
" 6th Taipei Biennial "
cur. by Manray Hsu and Vasif Kortun, Taiwan, cat.
" Ars Telefonica "
Art in Public Space, curated by Alina Serban, Bucharest, Romania, cat.
" Becoming Istanbul "
DAM - Deutsches Architektur Museum, Germany, cat.
" States of Ecstasy "
Akbank Art Center, cur. Ali Akay and Levent Calikoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
" Nicht alles tun "
Kunstraum emyt, curated by Jens Kastner und Elisabeth Bettina Sprr, Berlin, Germany, cat.
" du dialogue social "
Motorenhalle-Projektzentrum fuer zeitgenoesische Kunst, cur. Frank Eckhardt, Dresden, Germany, cat.
" Gone City "
Bregenzer Kunstverein, cur. Gulsen Bal, Austria, cat.
" ZEIGEN. "
Kunstverein Arnsberg, cur. by Karin Sander, Germany, cat.
2007
" Land of Human Rights: To Raise Ones Voice Here and Now "
< rotor > Association for Contemporary Art, cur. by Margarethe Makovec and Anton Lederer, Graz, Austria, cat.
" TRUNK 07 "
THE NORDIC ART VIDEO FESTIVAL, Ostersund, Sweden
" 10th Istanbul Biennale "
curated by Hou Hanru, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
" Be a realist, demand the impossible! "
Karsi Sanat Galerisi, curated by Halil Altindere, Istanbul, Turkey, cat
" The State of the World "
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon,curated by Antonio Pinto Ribeiro, Esra Sarigedik and Debra Singer, Portugal, cat.
" 7. Internationale Foto-Triennale "
Galerie der Stadt Esslingen, curated by Andreas Baur, Germany, cat.
" Create! "
Museum fuer Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, curated by Volker Fischer, Germany, cat.
" Ground Lost "
Galerija Nova, Zagreb, curated by What, How & for Whom, Kroatia, cat.
" NASAN TUR - J.W. Hector Kunstpreis "
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, cat., solo
" Crossings "
The Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus, cat.
" Out of Loop "
BICA-Brooklyn Industries Contemporary Art, New York, USA
" Miriam Steinhauser - Nasan Tur "
White Space - Raum fuer aktuelle Kunst, Zurich, Swisse
" Never from the back but face to face "
Public Space, Art Project by Radikal, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
" Crossings "
Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France, curated by Androula Michael and Yiannis Toumazis, cat.
" Ground lost "
Stadtforum Graz, curated by What, How & for Whom / WHW, Austria, cat.
2006
" EurHope 1153 "
Villa Manin - Center for Contemporary Art, curated by Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Codroipo, Italy, cat.
" art, life & confusion "
47th October Salon, Culture Center Belgrad, curated by Rene Block, Yugoslawia, cat.
" territories of Duration "
Karsi Sanat Galerisi, curated by Gulsen Bal, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
" Crossings "
Fort Saint Angelo, Birgu, Malta, curated by Androula Michael and Yiannis Toumazis, cat.
" Geld schiesst keine Tore "
Zentrum fuer Kunst, Opelvillen Ruesselsheim, curated by Beate Kempfert, Germany
" Dialog "
Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany, cat.
" Estasionarte "
Estasionarte, Mexico City, cat.
" Nasan Tur - Lie Low "
Project RIM, Taller Publico, curated by Ichiro Irie, Mexico-City, solo
" Forest Man "
The New Gallery Jerusalem, curated by Doron Furman, Israel, cat.
" Nasan Tur - Nichts geht mehr "
Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany, curated by Peter Forster/Katharina Klara Jung, cat., solo
2005
" Rundlederwelten "
Martin-Gropius-Bau, curated by Dorothea Strauss, Berlin, Germany, cat.
" Videologija"
Videoart Festival, Volgograd, Russia
" Fresh and coming video - Screening 1 "
Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, Germany
" Urban Realities : Focus Istanbul "
Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Germany, curated by Christoph Tannert, cat.
"...mehr als nur Gaeste..."
Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany
" Nasan Tur "
Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany, solo
" 3 Video "
Museum of Modern Art Istanbul, curated by Rosa Martinez and Fulya Erdemci, Turkey, cat.
2004
" Monitoring "
Kulturbahnhof Kassel, Germany, cat.
" Love it or Leave it - 5th Cetinje Biennale"
curated by René Block und Natasa Ilic, Montenegro, cat.
" Visitor "
Galerist, curated by Emre Baykal and Rob Perree, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
" fog - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum "
Forum für öffentliche Gegenwartskultur Darmstadt, Germany
" hidden face "
K2 Contemporary Art Center,curated by Borga Kantrk Izmir, Turkey
" Das erinnerte Haus "
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, curated by Necmi Sönmez, cat.
" Someone Else's Problem "
Bilsar Binasi curated by Esra Sarigedik, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
" Invisible "
Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
" Indifference/Difference "
Mains d’Œuvres, curated by Laplateforme, Paris, France, cat.
" Brothers and Sisters and Birds "
Badischer Kunstverein, curated by Angelika Stepken,Karlsruhe, Germany, cat.
" Emporter des femmes à paris "
Goethe Institut Athen,curated by David Borchers Greece, cat.
" Junge Kunst "
Saarland Museum Saarbrücken/Galerie Junge Kunst/Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Trier Germany, cat.
" Hinter der Sonne "
Forum im Dominikanerkloster, curated by Christian Kaufmann Frankfurt,Germany, solo
2003
" I'm too sad to kill you! "
Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, Turkey, cat.
" Absolvenz "
Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany, cat.
" Neresi?/Burasi? "
Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Japan, cat.
"Blut und Honig - Blood and Honey "
Sammlung Essl-Kunst der Gegenwart, curated by Harald Szeemann, Vienna, Austria, cat.
" BAR "
Kunsthalle Altes Hauptzollamt, raumpool e.V. Frankfurt, curated by Felix Ruhöfer, Germany, cat., solo
" Die neue Kunsthalle "
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
" Waterresistant "
W12 Studio, Städel Schule Frankfurt, Germany, solo
2002
" Under The Beach : The Pavement "
Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Vasif Kortun, Turkey
" F/O "
auswärts Kunstraum e.V., Frankfurt, Germany, cat.
" Meister Yang "
Presseamt Frankfurt, curated by Andreas Bee, Germany, cat. solo
2001
" vasisdas "
Teknik Üniversite Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey
" Testsieger "
Kommunale Galerie Darmstadt, Germany, solo
2000
" Identity "
Deutsche Bank touring exhibition Frankfurt-New York-London-Tokio, cat.
1999
" from 0-1 and back again "
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany
Bibliography
2008 Kunstforum International, Bd.189, 10.Istanbul Biennale by Michael Hauffen, p.392-399, jan.-feb. 2008
2007 Falter - Steiermark Kultur, Was tun? by Herwig G. Hller, p.10-11, 48/2007
2007 DER STANDARD, Im Wartezimmer der Menschenrechte by Colette M. Schmidt, 1./2.dez.2007
2007 Flash Art-International, Seeing the Invisible by Samuele Menin, p.81, March-April 2007
2007 JULIET Art Magazine, Nasan Tur-Interview by Francesca Agostinelli, p.59, No.131, feb.2007
2006 PLATO Magzine for Contemporary Art / Insanlarla - Nasan Tur by Alexander Jrgs, p.76-79, No.3
2006 Excelsior - Comunidad (Mexico) /
El arte provocador del aleman Nasan Tur by Edgar A. Hernandez, 24.04.2006, p.3
2006 Ausstellungskatalog - Territories of duration, Karsi Sanat Galerisi
2006 Ausstellungskatalog - Forest Man, The New Gallery Jerusalem
2006 Ausstellungskatalog - Dialog- Sammlung zeitgenssische Kunst, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
2006 Wiesbadener Kurier - Feuilleton / Toter Mann im Wasser... by Ulrike Brandenburg, 21.01.2006, p.21
2006 Ausstellungskatalog - Nasan Tur - Nichts geht mehr
Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Text by Katharina Klara Jung
2006 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Kultur,
Was ich schon immer sagen wollte - Nasan Tur by Katharina Deschka-Hoeck, 29.01.2006
2006 Hrriyet - Portre / Sanat hayati durakta basladi - Nasan Tur by Hasan Ayci, 3.06.2006, p.5
2006 Frankfurtrer Rundschau - Kultur / Sieg oder Hasenhrchen - Nasan Tur by Sandra Danicke, 23.02.2006, p.18
2006 Auf ein Wort - Nasan Tur, Journal Frankfurt - Kunst, by Hortense Pisano, 02.2006, p.50
2005 Westflischer Anzeiger - Kultur / Ein Bad in der Pftze - Nasan Tur by Marion Kortsteger, 22.01.2005
2005 Westflische Rundschau / Austtellung mit Provokation...- Nasan Tur, by Nils Klute, 18.01.2005, Nr.14
2005 Anstoss - Rundlederwelten / Martin Gropius Bau Berlin, Nasan Tur by Manuel Bonik, p.198,199
2005 Ausstellungskatalog - Urbane Realitten: Focus Istanbul, by Valeria Schulte Fischer, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin
2004 Le Monde - Culture / Istanbul ouvre un Muse..., by Genevive Breerette, 12-16-2004
2004 Ausstellungskatalog - 21. Kasseler Dokumentar-Film-und Videofest, MONITORING, by Holger Birholz, p.105
2004 Radikal - Kltr / Almanyaya eksik ..., by Necmi Snmez, 14.06.2004, p.21
2004 Frankfurtrer Rundschau-Darmsstadt, Erleuchtung fr..., by Ninette Krger, 01.11.2006, p.40
2004 Darmstdter Echo - Kunst, Die kunst des Saubermachens by Johannes Breckner, 01.11.2004
2004 Ausstellungskatalog - The Visitor, Galerist Istanbul
2004 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung-Darmstadt, Heiteres Pltschern an..., by amho., 02.11.2006, p. 49
2004 Ausstellungskatalog - Emporter des femmes a Paris, Goethe Institut Athen- Frankensteiner Hof Frankfurt, p.59
2004 Ausstellungskatalog - Saar Ferngas Frderpreis 2004, by Janneke de Vries, p.130-135
2004 Ausstellungskatalog - Art Grandeur Nature 2004, p.110
2004 Die Rheinfalz-Kultur / Begegnungen zwischen... , 10-08-2004
2004 Republica / Cose turche a Berlino, by Lorenza Pignatti, July-2004, p.105-106
2004 Love it or Leave it, 5. Cetinje Biennale, exhibition catalog, Nasan Tur, p.104 by Angelika Stepken
2004 Das erinnerte Haus, exhibition catalog Museum Folkwang, Nasan Tur, p. 62-64 by Astrid Haas
2004 Frankfurter Rundschau - Feuilleton / Monettenkugeln und Minarette by Mirja Rosenau, 05.05.2004, p.17
2004 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung-Feuilleton /
Wer ber Nacht Htten baut, darf bleiben by Philipp Ziegler, 06-02-2004, p.40
2004 Hinter der Sonne-Nasan Tur / Plan-F - Kunst, Jan.2006 by Grit Weber
2004 Knstliche Sonne-Nasan Tur / Journal Frankfurt - Kunst, Jan-2006 by Hortense Pisano
2004 Nasan Tur, Prinz Magazin Kunst, Jan-2006, p.102 by Stefanie Appel
2004 Sisters and Brothers and Birds, exhibition catalog / Nasan Tur by Angelika Stepken
2004 Die Rheinpfalz - Kultur / Von sthetischen Oberflchen und fehlender Medienkunst by Thomas Kuhtz
2004 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Kultur / Kraft der Sonne
Installation von Nasan Tur by Katharina Deschka, 02-06-2004, p.58
2003 I'm too sad to kill you!, exhibition catalog / Proje4L-art-ist, Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art
2003 Neresi?/Burasi?, exhibition catalog / Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Japan
2003 Blut und Honig, exhibition catalog / Sammlung Essl - Kunst der Gegenwart
2003 FAZ - Kultur / Sehen und gesehen werden...Installation von Nasan Tur by Dorothee Schwarz, 04-14-03, p. 50
2003 artkaleidoscope/April, contemporary art magazine / Portrait Nasan Tur by Janneke de Vries, p.60-64
2003 BAR Frankfurt Nasan Tur, with essays by Felix Ruhfer and Daniel Birnbaum
REVOLVER - Archiv fr aktuelle Kunst
2003 art-ist6 contemporary art magazine / Nasan Tur, by Felix Ruhfer, p.26-33
2002 Genis Aci 26, photography magazine / Nasan Tur, by Felix Ruhfer, p. 66-67
2002 zweitausend01-zweitausend2 / Kommunale Galerie Darmstadt, Nasan Tur, by Silke Hohmann, p. 10-11, cat.
2002 F/O, exhibition catalog, Nasan Tur, by Christian Kaufmann p. 2-4 / auswrts Kunstraum e.V., cat.
2002 Meister Yang, essay by Andreas Bee-Museum fr Moderne Kunst Frankfurt p. 42,
that eroticism interview with Nasan Tur p. 42-48, cat. / REVOLVER - Archiv fr aktuelle Kunst
2002 Frankfurter Rundschau / Das Glck fotografieren-Foto-Austellung von Nasan Tur,
by Janneke de Vries 05-10-2002, p. 31
2001 Darmstdter Echo, Kultur / Nasan Tur in der Kommunalen Galerie, by Anja Pawlitzki, 02-28-2001, p. 26
2001 Schwarz Rot Gelb magazine / Interview by Silke Hohmann, p. 58-61
