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Sevet Koçyiğit was born in Kaman in 1971. He studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. He then continued his study at Wilhelm Lehmbruck Residency, Duisburg in Germany between 1999 and 2000. In 2006, he researched at JCVA, Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts in Israel. Currently, Koçyiğit continues to work in Istanbul and Amsterdam.
Selected his recent exhibitions:
2006, 27th Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil
2006, “Fata Morgana”, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
2006, “Ehat Dutch”, Gutleut 15, Frankfurt, Germany
2006, “Summerise”, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2006, “Voices of Silence”, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
2007, BoysCraft, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
2007, Crossings, a Contemporary View, the Nicosia Municipal Art Centre, Cyprus
2008, KAAP, Rulgenhoekse Dijk, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2008, 700, Egilsstadir, Iceland
2008, 1000 Penguins, TWEETAKT Theater Festival, Utrecht, the Netherland
2008, Little Room Downstairs, WG-Punt Exhibition Space, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2008, Biennial Cuvée, OK-CENTRUM für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria
2010, “Tezgah Altı” // “Under the Counter”, Outlet, Istanbul (solo exhibition)
Reference: iksv.org, smartprojectspace.net, art-core.tv, universes-in-universe.org, givonartgallery.com, Unleashed Contemporary Art from Turkey, (ed. Hossein Amirsadeghi, London: TransGlobe Publishing, 2010), p. 194-195.
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