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Işıl Eğrikavuk was born in Izmit in 1980. She graduated from the Department of European Literature and Language at Boğaziçi University in 2003. She completed her Master′s degree in Performance Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008. Since then she has been working as a professional artist, producing an immense body of work. Eğrikavuk has had many solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. She teaches media and video art at Istanbul Bilgi University. Eğrikavuk has received many awards, grands and schoarships including a grand prize of the Full Art Prize 2012, which was the first contemporary art award in Turkey. Since 2013, she has written a contemporary art column in a national weekly newspaper called High on Contemporary Art. Eğrikavuk currently continues her work in Istanbul.
Solo exhibitions:
2015, Art of Disagreement, Salt Ulus, Ankara
2014, Infamous Library, Rampa Gallery, Istanbul
2013, Reverse Corner, Egeran Gallery, Istanbul
2012, Change Will Be Terrific, SPOT Project Space, Istanbul
2008, The Interview, Boots Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis, USA
2007, Snapshot, PiST ///, Istanbul
Selected group exhibitions, screenings and performances:
2016, "Choreography of a court case," Moe, Vienna
2016, "Printed 16′," Mixer, Istanbul
2016, "YAMA," Istanbul
2016, "Art of Disagreement," Salt Galata, Istanbul
2015, "Mother Tongue," Gallery 3,14, Bergen
2015, "Moving Image Istanbul 2015," Art International, Istanbul
2015, "Everything You Want to Know About Love and Art," Performance, IKSV, Istanbul
2015, 3rd Mardin Biennial, Mardin
2014, Group Exhibition, Delfina Foundation, London
2014, Theater Der Welt Festival, Mannheim
2014, Rundlauf (Roundwalk), Bochum
2013, 11. Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah
2013, Penelopolis, Podgorica, Montenegro
2012, "Istanbul Agora," SESC Pompeia, São Paulo
2012, "A MacGuffin and Some Other Things," Project Art Center, Dublin, Ireland
2011, "Urban Transformations," Artfoyer, Zurich
2011, "Fray, Performance Inside Outside," Chicago
2010, Antakya Biennial, Antakya
2010, Sinop Biennial, Sinop
2010, "No Soul For Sale," Tate Museum, London
2010, "An Unusual Neighborhood Tour," Istanbul
2010, "ISEA2010 Ruhr Exhibition," Dortmund
Awards (Grants/Fellowships & Scholarships):
SAHA Artist Support Grant with Delfina Foundation, London
Best Turkish Contemporary Artist, Full Art Prize, Grand prize co-winner, Istanbul, 2012
Spot Production Fund, Grand winner, Istanbul, 2012
Merit Scholarship, School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Merit Scholarship, Koç Foundation, Istanbul
Merit Scholarship, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
Reference: isilegrikavuk.com
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