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Fikret Atay was born in Batman in 1976. He studied fine arts at Dicle University. Since 2002, he has been producing videos. Currently, he has lived and worked in Paris since 2003. Atay primarily works with video, in which his narrative style and manner of filming is comparable to amateur films, something that gives a sense of authenticity and presence to the works. Atay investigates and lays bare the codes and structures that form the basis of a specific culture.
Atay has held solo exhibitions at prestigious contemporary art spaces including Bonner Kunstverein in Germany, Site Gallery in the UK, Hammer Projects in Los Angeles, la Maison de l’Architecture in Paris, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León in Spain and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. His solo exhibition at Viafarini includes his video work “Tinica,” made in 2004 and exhibited as part of the 10th Istanbul International Biennial, as well as “Gooaall” (2009), one of the latest productions of the artist, which focuses on the conflict between tradition and modernity. Atay has participated in the international biennials of Lyon, Alexandria, Sydney, Istanbul and Cetinje. Atay’s work is included in the collections of several prestigious galleries worldwide, including the Tate Modern, the Castile Leon Museum of Contemporary Art, FRAC, MUSAC, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montreal and the Museé du Luxembourg.
Solo Exhibitions:
2003, Fikret Atay - Rebels of the dance - The Israeli Center of Digital Art, Holon
2004, Fikret Atay - Index - The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm
2005, Fikret Atay - Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf
2006, Fikret Atay - FRAC - Ile-de-France Le Plateau, Paris
2006, Hammer Projects - Fikret Atay - UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2007, Fikret Atay - Site Gallery, Sheffield
2008, Fikret Atay - Theoretician - Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
2009, king of the ring - École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
2009, Batman versus batman - Outlet-Istanbul, Istanbul
Group Exhibitions:
2002, Under the Beach - The Pavement - Proje4L/Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul
2003, GEOGRAPHIES # 3 - Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
2003, 8th International Istanbul Biennial 2003 - International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
2003, In den Schluchten des Balkan - Eine Reportage - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
2003, Undesire - Apexart, New York City, NY
2004, Ethnic Marketing - Centre d´Art Contemporain Geneve, Geneva
2004, Time Zones: Recent Film and Video - Tate Modern, London
2004, Adaptive Behavior - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY
2004, Around the corner - Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon 2004, Bienal de Pontevedra 2004 - , Pontevedra
2004, Emotions Eins - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main
2004, Busan Biennale 2004 - The Busan Biennale, Busan
2004, Quicksand - De Appel, Amsterdam
2005, T1 Torino Triennale Tremusei - Torino Trienniale, Turino
2005, Gothenburg International Biennial 2005 - Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Göteborg
2005, 5. Cetinje Biennale - Cetinje Biennale of Visual Arts, Cetinje
2005, The Mind is a Horse (Part 2) - Bloomberg Space, London
2005, KRITISCHE GESELLSCHAFTEN - II. GRENZENLOSE SOZIABILITÄT - Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
2005, Land Marks - Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
2005, KRITISCHE GESELLSCHAFTEN - Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
2005, La insurrección invisible de un millón de mentes - Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
2005, the invisible insurrection of a million minds - Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
2006, Contemporary Art from the Bosphorus - Villa Manin. Centro d′arte contemporanea, Codroipo (UD)
2006, Jane & Louise Wilson / Fikret Atay - Charged Space - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco
2006, Eldorado - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
2006, Biennale of Sydney 2006 - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
2006, I, an exhibition in three acts - Futura, Prague
2006, Streams of Story - Tramway, Glasgow
2006, Stages of Life - Rethorics of Emotion - Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich
2006, KAPITEL VII: Bühne des Lebens – Rhetorik des Gefühls - Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich
2007, About Time 2 - KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg
2007, Transforming Memory - The politics of images - Galerija Nadezda Petrovic, Cacak
2007, Existencias - Musac - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon
2007, 10th International Istanbul Biennial - International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
2007, Bordeline/Moving Images 2007 - - Borderline, Beijing (closed, 2007)
2007, Geopoéticas - El vídeo como documento del lugar - Centro José Guerrero, Granada
2008, My Space. What does "Public" mean - PAN - Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Naples
2008, I refuse to become what you call normal - Outlet-Istanbul, Istanbul
2008, Home ? - Galerie Villa des Tourelles, Nanterre
2008, The Greenroom: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art - Hessel Museum of Art & Center for Curatorial Studies Galleries at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2008, Carte Blanche III: „Gedichte der Fakten“ – Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Arend und Brigitte Oetker - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig
2008, After Nature - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY
2008, Bad Boys - Castello dell′ Acciaiolo, Scandicci
2008, OPEN SKY. Räume jenseits ihrer Praxis - Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz
2008, L′Argent - FRAC - Ile-de-France Le Plateau, Paris
2008, Revolutions - University Art Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
2009, 25th Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Countries - Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Countries, Alexandria
2009, Not easy to save the world in 90 days - Tanas, Berlin
2009, Storia Memoria Identità: fotografia contemporanea dall’Est Europa - Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Modena
2009, Tamam - apollonia - European art exchanges, Strasbourg
2009, the rustle of language - galleria francesca kaufmann, Milan
2009, In Between, une étrange familiarité - Château-Musée de Nemours, Nemours
2009, 10e Biennale de Lyon - The Spectacle of the Everyday - La biennale d′art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon
2009, There is no audience! - Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz
2009, Time Out of Joint: Recall and Evocation in Recent Art - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY
2010, About Us - Johann König, Berlin
2010, Heat Wave - Lombard-Freid Projects, New York City, NY
2010, Wale und Aale - Ve.Sch Verein für Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst , Vienna
2010, KICK OFF - Contemporary Art and Football - Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen
2010, Not easy to save the world in 90 days - 44 Moen, Askeby
2010, Communication Networks - Mestna Galerija / City Museum Ljubljana, Ljubljana
2010, Project Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible - Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
2010, Morality Act III: And the moral of the story is... - Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Reference: artfacts.net, kadist.org, iksv.org, todayszaman.com, outlet-istanbul.blogspot.com, tate.org.uk, cagdassanat.com, indexfoundation.se, universes-in-universe.org, “Unleashed Contemporary Art from Turkey”, (ed. Hossein Amirsadeghi, London: TransGlobe Publishing, 2010), p. 90-91, 5.goteborg.se
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