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Zeren Göktan was born in Ankara in 1975. She graduated from the Department of Graphic Design at Bilkent University in 1997. She continued her master’s degree in Visual Arts at her alma mater and completed in 1999. In 2000, she moved to the United States and completed her second master’s degree in media arts at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in Boston. Göktan has had several solo exhibitions and has participated in many group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. In 1997, she had her first solo exhibition at the Istanbul Maçka Gallery. In 2005, Göktan participated in a group exhibition “How did we arrive from New-Media to Still-life?” with Erhan Muratoğlu, Alper Eryurt at the Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center in Istanbul. In 2007, Göktan participated in the 10th International Istanbul Biennial “Documentary and Geopolitics” at the Santral Istanbul. In 2009, she attended the symposium “City and Human Rights” and presented her paper ‘Art in Public Space’ at Istanbul Bilgi University. She gave a talk on “Aboveground” in the X-OP Symposium and Workshop in Macao, Portugal. Since 2010 Göktan continues her doctoral degree at Yıldız Technical University.
Solo exhibitions:
2013, "Counter," cda projects, Istanbul
2008, "In-flux," “passing(chain)," "passing(shot-gun)" animation, Akbank Art and Culture Center, Istanbul
2005, "Breadzone," Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
1999, "In the name of bread for the sake of land," Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
1997, "Rendez-vous," Macka Art Gallery, Istanbul
Selected group exhibitions:
2014, "Logos VII," Thessalonica Photography Biennial, Greece
2012, "Logos VI," Thessalonica Photography Biennial, Greece
2011, "Uncanny Encounters," Istanbul Modern Museum of Art, Istanbul
2011, "Red Jump Suit," Installation with sound "Untitled Original," Cda-projects gallery, Istanbul
2011, "Black Swan Event" photography series "Uncanny Encounters," Istanbul Modern Museum of Art, Istanbul
2010, “We Are Volunteers”, ‘Where Fire Has Struck’, An exhibition on the 20th Anniversary of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, DEPO, Istanbul
2010, "Aboveground", ′Theme ′Reciprocal Visit′, KIBLA, Maribor (Slovenia)
2010, "We Are Volunteers", Biennale Qui Vive, "Is there any hope for an optimistic art?", Moscow Museum of Modern Art Zulak Gallery, Moscow
2010, “Loosing a Hero”, ‘Afise’, Yüksel Sabanci Art Center, YTU, Istanbul
2010, "Aboveground”, Year of 10th Exhibition at Kasa Gallery, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
2009, "We Are Volunteers"(short version) VIDEO.IT 2009, A bridge over the Mediterranean, Torino
2008, "Facing the Walls", Action Field Kodra 08, Annual Visual Arts Festival at the Former Military Barracks KODRA, Thessaloniki (Curator: Thalea Stefanidou)
2007, "Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary: Optimism in the Age of Global War" (curator: Hou Hanru), 10th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
2006, “Red Jump Suit", ′Kargart′ first ‘Video Annual’, Kargart, Istanbul
2005, “Breadzone”, Computer Animation, Frh Pozitif+, Istanbul
Reference: zerengoktan.com, cda-projects.com, galerizilberman.com, platformgarantienglish.blogspot.com
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