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Evren Tekinoktay was born in Copenhagen in 1972. She finished at Gerrit Rietveld Academy, College for Art and Design in Amsterdam in 1997. Between 1997 and 1999, she studied at Jan van Eyck Akademie, Postgraduate Center for Fine Art, Design and Theory in Maastricht. She then continued her study with Prof. Claus Carstensen in the Fine Art Department at the Royal Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen between 1998 and 1999. She has had many solo exhibitions and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and Europe. In 2003, Tekinoktay created and opened “Tekinoktay Finest Lingerie” boutique in Copenhagen. In 2004, her poster was chosen for the “Copenhagen Jazz Festival”. In 2007, she won SAS / Scanorama prize in the category of culture. In 2008, Tekinoktay arranged and participated in the exhibition “Kunst Giver Live” (Art Gives Life) for Breast Cancer Research, Kunstindustrimuseet Copenhagen, and created the official poster for this exhibition. Currently, she lives and works in Copenhagen.
Solo Exhibitions:
1998, Bakkerij, Hedah, Maastricht
1998, Eindexamen, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
1998, Open Days, Jan Van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht
1999, Sisters In The Constant Lazy Travel, Untitled Day-Scenario-, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Maastricht
1999, Lazy Travel, Bienalen/Kørners Kontor-Copenhagen Central Station, Copenhagen
2001, There Once Was A Woman Who Put Her Head Into An Oven, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin
2002, Mrs Dead and Mrs Free, I-N-K, Copenhagen
2003, Good Day to your eyes again, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin
2005, Wood in the Fire, The approach, London
2006, Suck, Galerist, Istanbul
2008, A slightly pregnant man, The Approach, London
2009, Eldorado, Galerist, Istanbul
Group Exhibition:
1998, Multiplicity, W139, Amsterdam
1998, Andersens Wohnung, Claus Andersen, Berlin
1998, Couples, Galeri Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
1998, Keer Op Keer, Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam
1999, Alle Mod Alle, Franz Pedersen, Horsens, Denmark
1999, Big Red, Galeri Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
1999, Go-Go, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen
2000, Samspilsramte Fœnomener-2, Konsthallen In Hishult (Sweden)
2000, Samspilsramte Fœnomener, Munkeruphus (Denmark)
2001, The Chestgallery, W139, Amsterdam
2003, Nation, Frankfurter Kunstverrein, Frankfurt
2004, Her Kind, The approach, London
2004, Sisters And Brothers And Birds, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
2004, Artist Edition 2004, Copenhagen Art Space, Copenhagen
2005, Friday Night, The Ship, London
2008, Rooming In, Patricia Low Gallery, Gstaad (Switzerland)
2008, Kunst Giver Liv, Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen
2009, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (USA)
2009, Material, Operation Room Gallery, American Hospital, Istanbul
2009, Til Vægs, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Reference: theapproach.co.uk, beyazart.com, artnet.com, friezeartfair.com
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