4. September 2018

CV

Şakir Gökçebağ was born in Denizli, Turkey in 1965.
He received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D degrees from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University.
Besides his exhibitions in Turkey, Şakir Gökçebağ participated in numerous international shows across Europe including Kunsthaus Biel, Switzerland; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Arp Museum, Remagen; Sotheby’s, London; Kunstverein Pforzheim, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Museum Ritter; Stuttgart and various international art fairs.
The artist, granted by German and Austrian governments for several times has also been honored with George Maciunas Prize, Wiesbaden; Leo Breuer Prize, Bonn; Markus Lüpertz Prize, Düsseldorf.
since 2001 – Lives and works in Hamburg
 
AWARDS / GRANTS 
2020 Artist in Residence, Windler Stiftung, Switzerland 
2016 Leo Breuer Prize, Bonn
2015 Bursary of Stiftung Kunstfonds
2013 Book Publication Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds
2012 George Maciunas Prize, Wiesbaden
1996 Markus Lüpertz Prize, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1995/96 Scholarship of DAAD, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1991 State Prize for Painting & Sculpture, Ankara
1991 Scholarship Austrian Government, Summer Academy Salzburg
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2024
As it seems, Arter Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul
2022
Twists & Turns, Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Stuttgart
Perfection, MATJÖ Raum für Kunst, Köln
Easy-ier-iest, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld
I Can’t Say it Better, Montoro12 Gallery, Brussels
 
2021
Redimeyd, FAP, Ferda Art Platform, Istanbul 
Seven Sleepers, Goldbekhaus Halle, Hamburg
 
2020
Ornamenta, Q-Gallery für Kunst, Schorndorf 
Firmament / Remains, Museum Kloster Sankt Georgen, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland
 
2019
Familiar / Aşina, Baksi Museum, Bayburt, Turkey
Freiräume I/II, Goldbekhaus Halle, Hamburg
 
2017
Golden Cut / Der Goldene Schnitt, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
Things with me / Önüm Ankam 
Sagim Solum, Adas, Istanbul
 
2016
Reorientation, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen
Brella & Et Cetera, Kunstverein Pforzheim
Objectations, gkg – Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn
 
2015
Think Tank, Galerist, Istanbul
Aftermade, Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Shared Place, Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche, Paris, France
 
2014
Horizon, Anningahof, Zwolle / Nederland
 
2013
Der, Die, Das, (curated by René Block), Gallery Arsenal, Poznan, Poland
Portfolio, (curated by Marcus Graf), Platosanat, Istanbul 
 
2012
Prefix & Suffix, (curated by René Block), Kunstraum TANAS, Berlin 
 
2011
Bıyıkaltı, Gallery Apel, Istanbul
 
2010
Simple Present, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken
Allreadymade, Gallery Peripherie, Tübingen
 
2009
Shared Space, Einstellungsraum, Hamburg
Tuesday Bazaar, Gallery Apel, Istanbul
 
2008
Cuttemporary, Kunstverein Leverkusen
Following in Fluxus, Gallery Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel
Half Apple, Gallery Apel, Istanbul
 
2005
Winter/Sommer Quartett, 3rd Triennial of Photographie, Gallery Grossneumarkt, Hamburg
 
2004
Spuren, Marstall, Schloss Ahrensburg
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2024
Suppose You Are Not, Arter Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul
 
2023
In_Ordnung, Motorenhalle, Dresden
 
2022
ThisPlay, Arter Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul
Stay.strong.resilient., Kunsthaus Hamburg
Overdose, Design Museum Holon, Tel Aviv
 
2019
The Event of a Thread: Global Narratives in Textiles, Istanbul Modern 
COOKBOOK’19, La Panacée, MoCo – Montpellier Contemporain
Material in Formation, Niederhreinischer Kunstverein, Wesel
modern barock, Städtische Galerie Villa Streccius, Landau
ME AT THE ZOO, Kunsthaus Hamburg
The Clandestine Life of Objects, Evliyagil Dolapdere, Istanbul
Part Whole II, Art On Gallery, Istanbul
 
2018
First Round, Çarmıklı Collection, Galata Greek School, İstanbul
Nostospektif IV, Gallery Apel, Istanbul
99 Kare, Art On Gallery, Istanbul
 
2017
Der stinknormale Mann, Motorenhalle. Projektzentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden
trans-ID, Surp Yerrortutyun Church, Istanbul
The best bogus botanical garden, Heliumcowboy Artspace, Hamburg
 
2016
Illegibility. the contexts of script, Art Stations Foundation, Poznan
Art Brussels, Sariev Contemporary, Brussels
Concrete Matters, Bank Space Gallery, London
 
2015
Cut with the kitchen knife, Gallery Kuad, Istanbul
Art International & Contemporary Istanbul, Galerist, Istanbul
Pulse Miami Beach, Gallery Conrads, Miami
 
2014
Macht.Wahn.Vision.Rapunzel & Co. , Arp Museum, Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen
TREUDDK, Gallery Susanne Ottensen, Copenhagen
at the Crossroads II, Sotheby’s, London
Ornamental Structures , Kunstverein Worms
Inattentional Blindness, Gallery Zilberman, Istanbul
Unhappy Ready-Made, Gallery Kuad, Istanbul
Small is Beautiful, Gallery Kuad, Istanbul
 
2013
Schnittstelle / Muster III – , Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn
Ornamental Structures, Flottmann-Hallen & Städtische Galerie, Herne
Macht. Wahn.Vision. , Museum im Deutschhof & Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn
Auf Schritt und Tritt, Museum Villa Rot, Burgriden – Rot
little bit of history deleting…, GPL Contemporary, Vienna
 
2012
Die Schöne Kunst, Kunsthaus Hamburg
Inge Baecker Bochum – Fluxus Ruhrgebiet, Kunstmuseum Bochum
 
2011
Zwölf im Zwölften, Kunstraum TANAS, Berlin
Invasions, Gallery Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg
Aktualität und eigenes Werk, Kunsthaus Hamburg
 
2010
Floating Volumes, 5533, Istanbul; Frize, Hamburg
Very Beautiful, Portable Art Project, Istanbul
Gewinn Machen, Kunsthaus Hamburg
 
2009
Taswir – Pictorial Mappings of Islam and Modernity, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Seriously Ironic, Positions in Contemporary Turkish Art Scene/PasquArt, Kunsthaus Biel, Switzerland
Was ist wichtig, Kunsthaus Hamburg
 
2008
Wirnenneneshamburg, Kunstverein Hamburg
You can‘t kiss away a murder, Galerist, Istanbul
Istanbul Diptychs: Contemporary Visual and Verbal Positions, Istanbul Center, Brussels
Unterschwellig, Kunsthaus Hamburg
 
2007
Passion of Mankind, Lulea Biennial, Sweden
Die Rückseite des Mondes, Kunsthaus Hamburg
 
2006
Verschwörung der Gleichen, Gallery Weisser Elephant, Berlin
NordArt, Büdelsdorf
 
2005
Ersatzwelten, Kunsthaus Hamburg
 
2000
20th Artist of Today, Maya Art Gallery, Istanbul
Resistance, Yildiz Art, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul
 
1998
19th Artist of Today, AKM, Istanbul
 
1990-95
15th and 16th Artist of Today, Painting and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul
25th and 26th DYO Exhibitions; 8th and 9th Esbank Exhibitions / Turkey
51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th State Painting & Sculpture Exhibitions, Ankara  
 
SOLO CATALOGUES / BOOKS
Twists & Turns, Museum Ritter, ISBN 9783884236833
Drawdrewdrawn, Books on Demand, ISBN 9783754397961   
Bucketbook / seven sleepers, Books on Demand, ISBN 9783754349014 
Familiar / Asina, Baksi Museum, ISBN 978-605-66341-6-1
Der Goldene Schnitt, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, ISBN 978-3-945950-03-6
Minifesto, Distanz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-95476-205-7
Prefix & Suffix, Tanas, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-00-044713-6
Think Tank, Galerist, Istanbul
Der, Die, Das, Galeria Miejska Arsenal, Poznan, ISBN 978-83-61886-50-1
Prefix & Suffix, Tanas, Berlin
Simple Present, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus Saarbrücken, ISBN 978-3-940517-47-0
Cuttemporary Art, Schleswig-Holsteinischer Landtag, Kiel
Spuren, Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Stormarn, Bad Oldesloe
 
LECTURES / WORKSHOPS / ARTIST TALKS
2023  Artist talk, Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch
2023  Artist talk, Topkapi University, Istanbul
2019. Workshop, Museumsberg Flensburg
2018. Lecturer, Sommerakademie Dresden
2018  BASE Talks, Galata Greek School, İstanbul
2016  Artist talk, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen
2016  Artist talk, Kunstverein Pforzheim
2013  Tanas – Dialogues, TANAS, Berlin
2013  Artist talk, Platosanat, Istanbul
2011  Tanas talks, TANAS, Berlin
2010  Workshop, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul
2003-2013  Lecturer, Kunstschule Wandsbek, Hamburg
1989-2001  Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
 
 
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