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Ömer Ali Kazma was born in Istanbul in 1971. He went to the US to study photography at Colorado University in 1989. He then studied photography in London for short time. In 1995, he moved to New York and completed his master’s degree at the New School in New York City. In 2000, he returned to Istanbul. Kazma founded the production company “nnaCo” with his two partners. His video work deals with the different ways, different individuals and groups create meaning and order in their lives and their immediate surroundings. The videos raise fundamental questions about the meaning and significance of human activity and labor and the meaning of economy, production and social organization. He exhibited his work in 7th International Istanbul Biennial (2001), Tokyo Opera City (2001), Platform Garanti Center for Contemporary Art (Istanbul, 2003), Cetinje Biennial (2004), Istanbul Modern (2004), 2nd Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions (2005), 9th Havana Biennial (Cuba, 2006) and San Francisco Art Institute (2006) among others. Currently, Kamza teaches at the Department of Cinema and Television of Bilgi University.
Documentary Film as a director:
2002/2003, Eski Açık Sarı Desene
Short Films as a director:
Razor of Tebriz (1997), 16mm film, 9′
-1998, International Surrealist Film Festival, USA, Successful Award
-1998, Mix Messages, Honorable Mention Award
Nuclear Family (1998), 16mm film, 7′
New Haven Film Festival, ABD, 1999
-1999, New School Film Festival, Bryan Youngson Award, Kodak Award
Non (1999), digital video, 5′
Rhythm a la Turca (1999), digital video, 4′
-2000, New Haven Film Festival, USA
-2000, Darklight Digital Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland
-2000, Young Artist Award, Ankara
Plus The Fly (2000), digital video, 7′
Ape Types (2000), digital video, 3′
Narcissus (2000), digital video, 3′
Rains (2000), digital video, 2′
Has Had It (2000), digital video, 4′
What’s Up (2001), digital video, 2′
-2001, Valencia Biennial, Spain
-2001, Çukurova University Modern Art Activity, Adana
Mr. Loading (2001), digital video, 2′
Reference: iksv.org, kameraarkasi.org, Unleashed Contemporary Art from Turkey, (ed. Hossein Amirsadeghi, London: TransGlobe Publishing, 2010), p. 192-193.
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