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Koray Kantarcioğlu was born in Ankara in 1982. He graduated from the Department of Political Science at Bilkent University in 2003. He completed his master′s degree in European Integration and Development at Vrije Universiteit in Brussels in 2004. He works mainly with drawing and sound. Kantarcioğlu has participated in many group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. He currently lives and works in Istanbul.
Performances and exhibitions:
2011, Group exhibition, Istanbul Appraisal, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
2011, Group exhibition, Up and Coming, Artium, Istanbul
2010, Group exhibition, Lives and Works in Istanbul, Antrepo No:5, Istanbul
2010, Group exhibition, Artists Pick Artists, artSumer, Istanbul
2010, Group exhibition, Unincorporated, Manzara-Perspectives, Istanbul
2009, Group exhibition, Independent Drawing Gig 5, het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam
2009, Sound production for Björn Renner’s “Computer Simulation” exhibition at Basis Gallery, Frankfurt
2009, Landscape Drawings has been included in The Drawing Center′s Viewing Program, an online curated artist registry.
2008, Sound manipulation and production for Björn Renner’s installation at San Servolo Residency Program, Venice
2008, Live sound manipulation for the videos of Günes Terkol and Emir Özer at San Servolo Residency Program, Venice
2008, Group exhibition ‘Biennial Tehran’ Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul
2008, Group exhibition, “Zig Zag: Independent Drawing Gig 4” organized by Alina Viola Grumiller, Inci Furni and Koray Kantarcioglu, Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul
2008, Group exhibition, “Connect the dots 1.5” organized by Koray Kantarcioglu, Fargfabriken, Stockholm (As a part of Young Istanbul by Bant Magazine)
2008, Group exhibition, “Connect the dots” organized by Koray Kantarcioglu, Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul
2007, Group exhibition ‘Alternative Election Posters / Alternatif Secim Afisleri’ Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul
2007, Group exhibition ‘Siz/Biz’ King Kong Gallery, Den Haag
2006, Group exhibition ‘Open Source’ Raum 500, München
2006, Group exhibition ′Invisible Landscapes′ Siemens Art Gallery, Istanbul (Featuring an installation which brought together Kiyoshi Mizutani’s field recordings with my drawings.)
2005, Performance at CTRL ALT DEL (http://www.project-ctrl-alt-del.com) Sound Art Festival MIAM, Istanbul
2004, Group exhibition ‘MANYFACTURE’ Living Art Museum, Reykjavik/Iceland (Photo)
Reference: koraykantarcioglu.com, artnews.org
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