
Özlem Günyol |
1977 | born in Ankara |
1997-2001 | studied in Hacettepe University, Sculpture Department, Ankara, TR |
2001-2006 | studied in Städel Art Academy –Städelschule-, Frankfurt am Main, DE |
2006 | Meisterschülerin with Ayşe Erkmen, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt |
Mustafa Kunt |
1978 | born in Ankara |
1996-2001 | studied in Hacettepe University Sculpture Department, Ankara, TR |
2001-2002 | lived and worked in Frankfurt am Main, DE |
2002-2009 | Johannes Gutenberg University, Sculpture Department, Mainz, DE |
2003-2007 | studied in Städel Art Academy -Städelschule-, Frankfurt am Main, DE |
2008 | Meisterschuler with Wolfgang Tillmans, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt |
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS |
2022 | Kulturakademie Tarabya, Istanbul, TR |
2017 | HAP Grieshaber Preis der VG Bild-Kunst 2017 |
2016 | Kunstpfad Mainvorland Competition, art in public space, Rüsselsheim, DE |
2016 | Artists in Resident, Q21, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, AT |
2015 | Hessische Kulturstiftung, Travel Grant 2015-16, DE |
2014 | SAHA Association, Supported Project; „Hemzemin“, Dortmunder Kunstverein, DE |
2013 | Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung, Ausstellungs- und Katalog Förderpreis 2013, DE |
2012 | Ars Viva-Preis für Bildene Kunst, Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft, DE |
2011 | Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral New York-Grant, New York, US |
2010 | Artists in Resident, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, IE |
2010 | Aus der Stadt aufs Land, Freilichtmuseum, Neu-Anspach, DE |
2009 | J.W. Hector Art Prize – 2nd Award, DE |
2008-2010 | Charlotte-Prinz-Stipendium, Darmstadt, DE |
2008-2009 | Basis Studio Residency, Frankfurt am Main, DE |
2007-2008 | Jurgen Ponto-Stiftung, Work Grant, DE |
2005 | Städel-Preis 2005, der Delbrück Bethmann Maffei AG, Frankfurt am Main, DE |
2001 | State Painting and Sculpture Museum Award, Ankara, TR (cat.) (Kunt) |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
2019 | The Image Without the Image, Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft, Berlin, DE |
2019 | Ses-li Harfler I Ses-siz Harfler, Dirimart, Istanbul, TR |
2018 | SEPARATELYTOGETHER – letters, numbers, punctuation and other signs, Yanköşe, Istanbul, TR |
2018 | Where am I? As if in a dream… Did we arrive?, art in public space, permanent work, Rüsselsheim, DE |
2017 | Beyond the Horizon, Projektraum des Deutschen Künstlerbundes, Berlin, DE (cat.) |
2015 | minute by minute, Dirimart, İstanbul, TR |
2015 | Özlem Günyol & Mustafa Kunt, FAK, Münster, DE |
2014 | Özlem Günyol & Mustafa Kunt, Dortmunder Kunstverein curated by Sandra Dichtl, DE (cat.) |
2014 | STAND-BY, Sanat Dünyamız art Magazine, 138th issue Jan-Feb, TR |
2012 | Dead Zoo, The Return Gallery, Goethe Institute, Dublin, IE |
2011 | Suspicious Activities, Cuchifritos, New York, US |
2011 | UP!UP!UP!, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, studio 16, Dublin, IE |
2010 | Özlem Günyol & Mustafa Kunt, Gallery Heike Strelow, Frankfurt am Main, DE |
2010 | Özlem Günyol & Mustafa Kunt, Freilichtmuseum, Neu-Anspach, DE |
2010 | Junge Kreative zu Gast, HSE AG, Darmstadt, DE |
2009 | Zonk Zonk, Outlet Project Room, Istanbul, TR |
2008 | Vier, Museum für Moderne Kunst-Zollamt, curated by Bernd Reiss, Frankfurt am Main, DE |
2007 | be-cause, Basis e.V., curated by Felix Ruhöfer, Frankfurt am Main, DE (cat.) |
2006 | Gold Mine, Gallery Appel, Frankfurt am Main, DE |
2004 | show, W12, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE (cat.) |
W12, W12, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE (cat.) | |
2003 | clothes, W12, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE (cat.) |
354512 cm², Altes Hauptzollamt, Frankfurt am Main, DE |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
2023 ⧐ | To See a World in a Grain of Sand, curated by Dr. Sylvia Metz and Christin Müller, Kunstverein zu Assenheim, Assenheim DE |
2022 ⧐ | In a Multiple-Perspective, curated by Fırat Arapoğlu, Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, AZ |
How Do We Work Together?, 8th Çanakkale Biennial, organised by CABININ, Çanakkale, TR | |
The 90s Onstage Salt Beyoğlu, Salt Galata, Istanbul, TR | |
Myths and Dreams, curated by Billur Tansel, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul, TR (Günyol) | |
Would you still love me if I painted parrots all day? curated by Anissa Touati and Marc-Olivier Wahler, Dirimart, Istanbul, TR | |
And Now The Good News, Works from the Nobel Collection, curated by Christoph Doswald, Pera Museum, Istanbul, TR (cat.) | |
Myths and Dreams, curated by Billur Tansel, Arkas Art Center, Izmir, TR (Günyol) | |
WALK!, curated by Dr. Fiona Hesse and Matthias Ulrich, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE (cat.) | |
2021 ⧐ | Dirimart Presents VIII, İstinye Park, Izmir, TR |
This Place, curated by Kevser Güler, YKY Kültür Sanat, İstanbul, TR (cat.) | |
Einwanderungs-Denkmal auf Zollverein, Entwürfe von sechs Künstlerinnen und Künstlern, curated by Necmi Sönmez, Ruhr Museum, Essen, DE | |
Dedicated to the Future of Nostalgia, WhiteBox, curated by Çağla İlk and Adnan Yıldız, Munich, DE | |
wassergeister… mythos wasser in der antike und gegenwart!, Neue Galerie Kassel, DE (cat.) | |
2020 ⧐ | Dirimart Presents VII: Still Life, Dirimart, Istanbul, TR |
Crystal Chateau, curated by Can Akgümüş, Evliyagil Museum, Ankara, TR | |
2019 ⧐ | Regular Insanity, curated by Marcus Graf, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, TR |
Light Like A Bird, Not Like A Feather, curated by Signs Art Space, Istanbul, TR | |
Paper – A Selection of Turkish Contemporary Art, Pilevneli Mecidiyeköy, Istanbul, TR | |
Standart, curated by Melike Bayık, Adas, Istanbul; Eldem Sanat Alanı, Eskisehir, TR | |
2018 ⧐ | How Will the Weather be Tomorrow?, organized by Özlem Günyol & Mustafa Kunt, Between Bridges, Berlin, DE |
Büyük Çayır 2018 Sergileri | Large Meadow 2018 Exhibitions, organized by Norgunk, Ark Kültür, Istanbul, TR | |
Appropriation?/Case?, Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat, curated by Nazlı Pektaş, Istanbul, TR (cat.) | |
NOTHING until now!!, KULTURHAUS, Stuttgart, DE | |
2017 ⧐ | In Fact, Project 4L Elgiz Contemporary Art Museum, curated by Selin Turam, Istanbul, TR |
ZEIGEN. Eine Audiotour durch die Sammlung der GfZK von Karin Sander, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst (GfZK), Leipzig, DE | |
Beauty of Concept, Plato Sanat, curated by Marcus Graf, Istanbul, TR | |
Tu m’arcel, Ariel Sanat, Istanbul TR | |
2016 ⧐ | Lines of Passage (in medias res), a selection from Elgiz Contemporary Art Museum Collection, Municipality of Mytilene Art Gallery, Halim Bey Mansion, curated by Basak Senova, Lesvos, GR (cat.) |
MOMENT.MOVEMENT, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, AT | |
As rights go by / On loss of rights and lack of rights, Freieraum, MuseumsQuartier, curated by Sabine Winkler, Vienna, AT | |
Memory and Continuity, A Selection from the Huma Kabakcı Collection, Pera Museum, curated by Huma Kabakcı and Esra Aliçavuşoğlu, Istanbul, TR (cat.) | |
2015 ⧐ | Crossing Lines, The Gallery on the Corner, curated by Billur Tansel and Huma Kabakçı, London, UK |
Je me souviens – La Traverse, Centre d‘art Contemporain d‘Alfortville, Alfortville, FR | |
Parfümiert mit Dynamit, Basis e.V., curated by Gürsoy Dogtas, Frankfurt am Main, DE | |
Mythologies, 3rd Mardin Biennial, curated by Döne Otyam, Mardin, TR (cat.) | |
Je me souviens du génocide arménien… I remember and I demand…, Sobering Gallery, Paris, FR | |
New Frankfurt Internationals: Solid Signs, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a.M / Nassauischer Kunstverein, curated by Lilian Engelmann (FKV), Elke Gruhn (NKV), Wiesbaden, DE (cat.) | |
SMALL FACES, LARGE SIZES, Project 4L Elgiz Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul, TR | |
2014 ⧐ | Color of Art Color of Money, Gallery Perpetuel, Frankfurt am Main, DE |
1984, Gallery Nev, Ankara, TR | |
40 VIDEOS FROM 40 YEARS OF VIDEO ART IN TURKEY, 25th International Film Festival, curated by Ege Berensel, Ankara, TR | |
Who Shall Deliver Us From the Greeks and Romans?, Gallery Mana, curated by Cristiana Perrella, Istanbul, TR | |
There is a madness in my mind, Cer Modern, curated by Ali Akay, Ankara TR (cat.) | |
2013 ⧐ | ars viva 12/13 – Systeme, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, curated by Christiane Meyer-Stoll, Vaduz, LS |
New Kids of the Block, Tanas, organized by Ayşe Erkmen, Berlin, DE (cat.) | |
ars viva 12/13 – Systeme, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, curated by Anette Hüsch, Kiel, DE (cat.) | |
Alienation/ Estrangement, Proje 4L, Elgiz Contemporary Art Museum, curated by Billur Tansel Istanbul, TR | |
2012 ⧐ | Uniformisation, film screening, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, curated by Çelenk Bafra and Senem Sekban, Istanbul, TR |
eine/r aus siebzehn, Vordemberge-Gildewart Art Grant Exhibition 2012, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, DE (cat.) | |
ars viva 12/13 – Systeme, Neues Museum Nürnberg, curated by Melitta Kliege, Nuremberg, DE (cat.) | |
km 500 5, Kunsthalle Mainz, curated by Justus Jonas, Mainz, DE (cat.) | |
IT DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE BEAUTIFUL, UNLESS IT’S BEAUTIFUL, Muslim Mulliqi Prize Interna-tional Exhibition, The Kosova Art Gallery, curated by Galit Eilat & Charles Esche, Prishtina, Kosovo | |
Out of Lines, film screening, Parasol Unit, curated by Dr. Ziba Ardalan, London, UK | |
2011 ⧐ | Lines of Thought, Parasol Unit, curated by Dr. Ziba Ardalan, London, UK (cat.) |
ISTANBUL EINDHOVEN-SALTVANABBE POST ’89, SALT, curated by Charles Esche and Vasıf Kortun, Istanbul, TR | |
Untitled, 12th International Istanbul Biennial, curated by Adriano Pedrosa and Jens Hoffmann, Istanbul, TR (cat.) | |
Heimatkunde, Jewish Museum, curated by Margret Kampmeyer, Berlin, DE (cat.) | |
Benim de Kalbim Var, Yüksel Street, curated by Jerome Symons, Kızılay, Ankara, TR (cat.) | |
We are Nowhere and its Now, OCCUPY Space, curated by Didem Yazıcı and Patrick Keaveney, Limerick, IE | |
2010 ⧐ | The Invisible Play, Organized by Catrin Bolt and Sonia Leimer, Istanbul, TR |
VIDEFESTA’10 International Festival of Media Arts, Goethe Institut Ankara, curated by Ege Berensel, Ankara, TR | |
LOVE KILLS.Betting on the muse., LEVEL 5, curated by Florian Heinke and Sandra Mann, Frankfurt, DE (cat.) | |
Thank you for your Understanding, 2nd International Antakya Biennial, curated by Dessislava Dimova, Arzu Yayıntaş, Antakya, TR (cat.) | |
Silence _ Storm, 2nd Port Izmir International Triennial, curated by Necmi Sönmez, Izmir, TR (cat.) | |
When Ideas Become Crime, Tobacco Warehouse, curated by Halil Altındere, Istanbul, TR (cat.) | |
Feeding the World, Basis, curated by Ludwig Seyfarth, Frankfurt am Main, DE | |
Unerwartet/Unexpected, Kunstmuseum Bochum, curated by Necmi Sönmez, Bochum, DE (cat.) | |
Enovos Preis Junge Kunst 2010, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, DE (cat.) | |
2009 ⧐ | Hector Kunstpreis 2009, Kunsthalle Mannheim, curated by Thomas Köllhofer, Mannheim, DE (cat.) |
Now, New, Proje 4L, Elgiz Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul, TR | |
El Dorado, About the promise of Human Rights, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, curated by Harriet Zilch, Nürnberg, DE (cat.) | |
Grenzland, Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, curated by Christian Kaufmann, Elisabeth Claus, Aschaffenburg, DE (cat.) | |
good, bad, ugly, Goethe-Institut Ankara, curated by Yaygara, Ankara, TR | |
Meeting Europe – Istanbul ’35 years of Turkish video art, Wacken Exhibition Centre, curated by Çelenk Bafra and Ege Berensel, Strasbourg, FR | |
VİDEO ODASI/VIDEO ROOM-35 VIDEOS FROM 35 YEARS OF VIDEO ART IN TURKEY, 20th International Ankara Film Festival, curated by Ege Berensel, Ankara, TR | |
2008 ⧐ | Moment of Agency, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunstmuseum Bern, curated by Fatos Ustek, CH |
Inside-Outside, Atelier Frankfurt, curated by Hortense Pisano and Corinna Thiele, Frankfurt a.M., DE | |
Anywhere I lay my Head, Römer9, curated by Christian Kaufmann, Frankfurt am Main, DE | |
Making a Scene, Fondazione Morragreco in Naples, curated by Jörg Heiser, IT (cat.) | |
Sampling, Centre of Popular Arts and Traditions, curated by Locus Athens (Maria-Thalia Carras & Sofia Tournikiotis), GR (cat.) | |
2007 ⧐ | Here..There..Abroad, IFA Galerie Berlin & IFA Galerie Stuttgart, curated by Fatos Ustek, DE |
Türkisch Delight, Galerie der Stadt Backnang, curated by Barbara Heinrich, DE (cat.) | |
Be a realist, demand the impossible!, Karşı Sanat Gallery, curated by Halil Altındere, Istanbul, TR (cat.) | |
Hit the Road Jack, Städel Museum, curated by Tobias Maier, Frankfurt am Main, DE (Kunt) | |
Türkisch Delight, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, curated by Barbara Heinrich, DE (cat.) | |
Photo Biennial Dunaujvaros 2007, Institute of Contemporary Art, curated by Franciska Zólyom, Dunaujvaros, Hungary (cat.) | |
Alman Mali, Kunstverein München, curated by Stefan Kalmar, Munich, DE | |
2006 ⧐ | MeltemofIstanbul, Project 4L Elgiz Contemporary Art Museum, curated by Necmi Sönmez, Istanbul, TR (cat.) |
Contemporary Art Biennale of Fukushima 2006, Fukushima, JP (cat.) | |
100 TAGE=100 VIDEOS, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, DE (Günyol) | |
Goods to declare, Ben-Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.) | |
the Graduates, Städel Museum, curated by Meike Behm, Frankfurt am Main, DE (Günyol) | |
Gut ist was gefällt, Museum für Moderne Kunst, curated by Daniel Birnbaum and Udo Kittelmann Frankfurt am Main, DE (cat.) (Kunt) | |
2005 ⧐ | Academy Remix. Städelschule, Frankfurt meets Missing Identity, Prishtina, curated by Nikola Dietrich and Mehmet Behluli, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, DE |
Academy Remix. Städelschule, Frankfurt meets Missing Identity, Prishtina, curated by Nikola Dietrich and Mehmet Behluli Museum of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo | |
Free Kick, 9th International Istanbul Biennial, Hospitality Zone, Antrepo 5, curated by Halil Altındere, Istanbul, TR (cat.) | |
no big deal, Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, DE (Günyol) | |
bits & pieces, T-Online Headquarters, curated by Nikola Dietrich and Dirk Fleischmann, Darmstadt, DE (Günyol) | |
Dream Universe, Yoko Ono, Portikus, curated by Nikola Dietrich, Frankfurt am Main, DE | |
Stimmen, nachdurchwachsen, Stränge, Borusan Art Gallery, curated by Necmi Sönmez, Istanbul, TR (cat.) (Günyol) | |
2004 ⧐ | Die Angst, St.Stepfhan Church, curated by Frieldhelm Mennekes, Mainz, DE (Kunt) |
Product Placement, Hafen 2, curated by Andreas Gärtner, Offenbach, DE (Kunt) | |
elegant-underground-5, Frankensteinerhof, curated by Ekrem Yalçındağ, Frankfurt am Main, DE | |
geneses, Raumpool, Frankfurt am Main, DE | |
Emporter des femmes a paris, Goethe Institut, curated by David Bochers, Athen, GR (cat.) | |
Emporter des femmes a paris, Frankensteinerhof, curated by David Bochers, Frankfurt am Main, DE (cat.) | |
2003 ⧐ | Festival Junger Talente, Offenbach, DE (cat.) |
Polyzentrisch, Chiristuskirche, Mainz, DE (cat.) (Kunt) |