FRAGMENTS
FRAGMENTS
FRAGMENTS
NUMBERS
NUMBERS
NUMBERS
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IN MY PANTS
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POLICE PAINTINGS
POLICE PAINTINGS
POLICE PAINTINGS
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Public/Private Collections (selection)
Berlinische Galerie - Museum of Modern Art, Berlin, DE
MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, Italy
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, DE
Lentos Museum, Linz, AT
Kunsthalle Mannheim, DE
Joanneum Museum, Graz, AT
Albertinum - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, DE
Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, DE
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, DE
Botkyrka Konsthall , Tumba, SE
Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, DE
Borusan Museum, Istanbul, TR
ARTER Museum, Vehbi Koç Foundation, Istanbul, TR
ifa Collection Stuttgart, DE
n.b.k. Artothek Collection, Berlin, DE
n.b.k. Video-Forum Collection, Berlin, DE
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin Collection, DE
Kunst Haus Wien, AT
René Block Collection, Berlin, DE
Reydan Weiss Collection, DE
Genny and Selmo Nissenbaum Collection, Rio de Janeiro, BR
Wellington Managment Collection, Boston, US
Soho House Art Collection, London, GB
Pio Monte della Misericordia Collection, Neaples, IT
Lidice Memorial Museum, Lidice CZ
TurkishBank Collection, TR
Mario Testino Collection, GB
The Adrastus Collection, SP
Wemhöner Collection, DE
Awards
Villa Massimo Award, Deutsche Akademie Rome, Italy, 2014
Grant of the Berlin Senate for Visual Arts, 2012
Will-Grohmann Artprize, Akademie der Künste Berlin, 2011
Winner of the International Art Competition "Bollwerk gegen den Südosten",
Institut für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark, Landeszeughaus - Universalmuseum Joanneum, CLIO-Verein für Geschichte, Graz, Austria, 2011
Bursary of Stiftung Kunstfonds, 2008
Stiftung Kunstfonds - Book Publication, 2007
J.W. Hector Artprize 2nd Award - Kunsthalle Mannheim, 2006
Artprize Frankfurter Künstlerhilfe, 2005
London Scholarship, Hessische Kulturstiftung Wiesbaden, 2005
Rentenbank Artprize, Städelschule, 2002
Artprize " Identity " Deutsche Bank, 2000
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Teaching Activities / Lectures
2023
Professor at HBK-Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
2020
Professor at Weißensee Academy of Art, Berlin
2019
Guest Professor at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
Visiting Professor at NABA - Accademia di Belle Arti Milano
2018
Visiting Professor at NABA - Accademia di Belle Arti Milano
UDK - Berlin University of the Arts
2017
Akademie der bildenden Künste, München
University of Applied Arts Vienna
UDK - Berlin University of the Arts
Akademie der Künste Berlin
Bard College Berlin
Bauhaus-University Weimar
Berlin Art Institut, Berlin
Academy of Art and Design/Hochschule für Gestaltung HFG-Offenbach
Kunsthochschule Mainz
2016
Goethe Institut Damascus in Exile
Kunsthochschule Kassel
University of Arts and Design/Burg Giebichtenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
Academy of Art and Design/Hochschule für Gestaltung HFG-Offenbach
Berlin Art Institut, Berlin
2015
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg
Composing Room, Berlin
2014
Workshop at Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart Berlin
2013
Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart
2012
Academy of Art and Design/Hochschule für Gestaltung HFG-Offenbach
Workshop at Kunsthalle Mannheim
2011
Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee
Kunsthochschule Kassel
2010
University of Arts/Hochschule für Kuenste Bremen
Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee
Academy of Art and Design/Hochschule für Gestaltung HFG-Offenbach
2009
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart
2008
NABA - Accademia di Belle Arti Milano
2007
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens
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Artist Talks / Symposiums
2024
Berlinische Galerie - Museum of Modern Art Berlin
2023
Berlinische Galerie - Museum of Modern Art Berlin
2022
Kunsthalle Nürnberg
Dirimart Gallery Istanbul
2021
Theater Bonn
2020
Korea Research Fellow 10x10
Living the City - Flughafen Tempelhof Berlin
Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
2019
bbk - Berlin
Kurt Kurt, Berlin
Gallery Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin
2018
August-Bebel-Institut, Berlin
The Model, Sligo, Ireland
Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, Rottweil
2017
Fondazione Adolfo Pini, Milan
Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul
CAA - Contemporary Art Allinace Berlin
Kunsthalle Göppingen
Akademie der Künste Berlin
SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin
Kunst Haus Wien
Blain/Southern Gallery, Berlin
2016
Akademie der Künste Berlin
CAA - Contemporary Art Allinace Berlin
Europäische Akademie Berlin
2015
GLOBART, Krems
WEST - The Hague
Blain/Southern Gallery, London
Revolver Publishing, Berlin
Kunstraum Innsbruck
2014
Accademia Tedesca Roma - Villa Massimo
Kunsthal 44 Moen
Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart Berlin
Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
2013
Cultural Center of Belgrade
NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
DISTRICT- Berlin
abc - Art Berlin Contemporary
Akademie der Künste Berlin Pariser Platz
TANAS - Dialogues, TANAS, Berlin
NGBK - Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin
2012
Kunsthalle Mannheim
2011
Galeri Mana, Istanbul
TANAS-Talks, TANAS, Berlin
2010
Artitude Kunstverein, Berlin
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna
Kunstforeningen 44 Moen, Askeby
2009
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Edition Block, Berlin
IMEC Abbaye d-Ardenne, Project Suspended Spaces, France
2008
VIAFARINI - Organization for Contemporary Art, Milano
2007
Platform Garanti, Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
The Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia
2006
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City
2004
Museum Folkwang, Essen
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Nasan Tur
(*1974 in Offenbach, lives and works in Berlin)
Nasan Tur is a multidisciplinary artist whose work operates at the intersection of public space and institutional art contexts. Deeply engaged with the political and social conditions of our time, he creates experimental situations that reveal ideologies, social norms, and behavioral codes—inviting reflection and opening up new possibilities for individual agency.
His practice spans performance, installation, video, and sculpture, often drawing on gestures, language, and imagery found in media and urban environments. Tur’s work addresses contemporary social tensions, exploring both collective struggles and personal vulnerability. Central themes include resistance, freedom of expression, and the ethical complexities of activism.
Frequently using his own body as a medium, Tur stages performances that deal with risk, failure, endurance, and self-exposure—combining seriousness with irony and subtle humor. His works oscillate between critique and empathy, provoking thought without prescribing solutions.
Nasan Tur has participated in major international exhibitions such as documenta14, the 10th Istanbul Biennial, the 6th Taipei Biennial, and Manifesta 16. His work has been shown at institutions including Palais de Tokyo, Centre Pompidou (Paris), Schirn Kunsthalle (Frankfurt), Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin), Städel Museum (Frankfurt), and MAXXI Museum (Rome). He is the recipient of the Will Grohmann Prize from the Academy of Arts in Berlin (2012) and held a residency at Villa Massimo in Rome (2014).
He currently serves as professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (HBK).