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 2nd Award - Kunsthalle Mannheim
2007 Stiftung Kunstfonds - Book Publication
2008 Bursary of Stiftung Kunstfonds
2011 Winner of the International Art Competition "Bollwerk gegen den Sudosten?"
Institut fuer Kunst im oeffentlichen Raum Steiermark, Landeszeughaus - Universalmuseum Joanneum,
CLIO-Verein fr Geschichte, Graz, Austria
Teaching Activities / Lectures
UdK-Universitaet der Kuenste Berlin, 2012
Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee, 2011
Kunsthochschule Kassel, 2011
University of Arts/Hochschule fuer Kuenste Bremen, 2010
Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee, 2010
Academy of Art and Design/Hochschule fuer Gestaltung HFG-Offenbach, 2010
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste Stuttgart, 2009
NABA - Accademia di Belle Arti Milano, 2008
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, 2007
Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, 2007
Artist Talks / Symposiums
Kunsthalle Mannheim, 2012
Galeri Mana, Istanbul, 2011
TANAS-Talks, TANAS, Berlin, 2011
Artitude Kunstverein, Berlin, 2010
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, 2010
Kunstforeningen 44 Moen, Askeby, 2010
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, 2009
Edition Block, Berlin, 2009
IMEC Abbaye d«Ardenne, Project Suspended Spaces, France, 2009
VIAFARINI - Organization for Contemporary Art, Milano, 2008
Platform Garanti, Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, 2007
The Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, 2007
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, 2006
Museum Folkwang, Essen, 2004
Solo - 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
-Nasan Tur, Der unbekannte Ritter-, Revolver Publishing Berlin, ISBN: 978-3-86895-183-7
_Nasan Tur, premiere2-, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Kerber Verlag, ISBN: 978-3866785748
Selected Exhibitions
2011
" Nasan Tur "
Kunsthalle Mannheim, curated by Stefanie Mueller, Germany, solo, cat.
" Nasan Tur "
Galeri Mana, Istanbul, Turkey, solo
" Nasan Tur - Der unbekannte Ritter "
Installation in public space, joint project between Institut fuer Kunst im oeffentlichen Raum Steiermark,
Landeszeughaus - Universalmuseum Joanneum, CLIO-Verein fuer Geschichte, Graz, Austria, solo
" Cities and Thinks That Matter "
Lombard Freid Projects, New York, United States
" Berliner Zimmer "
MNAC - National Museum of Contemporary Art Bucharest, curated by Birgit Hoffmeister, Romania
" Zwoelf im Zwoelften "
Tanas, curated by Rene Block, Berlin, Germany, cat.
" The End and Beyond "
Week of Contemporary Art - Center for Contemporary Art Plovdiv, curated by Vjara Mlechevska, Bulgaria
" Seven New Works "
Borusan Contemporary Museum, curated by Mario Codognato and Sylvia Kouvali, Istanbul, Turkey
" MULTIPLIZIEREN IST MENSCHLICH "
Edition Block, curated by Barbara Heinrich, Berlin, Germany, cat.
" Berliner Zimmer "
Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
" Public Abstraction, Private Construction "
Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
" From where to where "
Galeri Mana, curated by Suzanne Egeran, Istanbul, Turkey
" Ueber Dinge "
Kunsthaus Muerz, curated by Stella Rollig, Austria, cat.
" Berliner Zimmer "
MMCA - Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Birgit Hoffmeister, Thessaloniki, Greece, cat.
" Tactics of Invisibility "
ARTER - Vehbi Koc Contemporary Art Foundation, curated by Daniela Zyman and Emre Baykal, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
2010
" Tactics of Invisibility "
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, curated by Daniela Zyman and Emre Baykal, Vienna, Austria, cat.
" The Only One "
Trieste Contemporanea, curated by Julia Trolp, Triest, Italy, cat.
" The Disasters of Peace "
Umspannwerk Berlin-Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany cat.
" Nishiko - Nasan Tur - Chris Burden "
Walden Affairs Gallery, Den Haag, The Netherlands
" 3 - unendlich "
Galerie Edition Block, Berlin, Germany
" Starter "
ARTER - Vehbi Koc Contemporary Art Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
" Tactics of Invisibility "
TANAS, curated by Daniela Zyman and Emre Baykal, Berlin, Germany, cat.
" Journey's with no return "
A Foundation, London, United Kingdom, cat.
" Transit:Topos "
Akbank Sanat Gallery, curated by Ali Akay, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
" Studies & Theory "
KWADRAT, curated by Birte Kleemann, Berlin, Germany
" Transit: Istanbul "
Passage de Retz, curated by Ali Akay, 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 d«Amiens, Amiens, France, cat.
" Daniel Lergon, Matt Saunders, Nasan Tur, Sigmar Polke/Christof Kohlhfer "
Galerie Sassa Truelzsch, Berlin, Germany
" NASAN TUR "
Artitude, Berlin, Germany, solo
" 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 OneÕs 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 Kantürk 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
