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Serkan Taycan was born in Gaziantep in 1978. He studied engineering at Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul. After graduating in 2004, he took a master′s class of documentary photography in Nordens Fotoskola, Sweden. In 2014, he completed his MFA degree in Visual Arts at Sabancı University, Istanbul and in Photography at Aalto University, Helsinki.
Taycan concentrates on the ever-changing relationship of urban and rural spaces, consequences of these changes, future projections and the people who are affected by these processes of transformation. He works primarily with photography and maps, also engages with walking. His work has been exhibited in various biennials and venues, including Venice Architectural Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, Helsinki Photography Biennial, Sinop Biennial and Thessaloniki Photography Biennale as well as MAXXI, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, St.Petersburg Russian National Centre of Photography, Malmö Museum and Photographic Center Northwest Seattle. Taycan has attended many international workshops, given lectures and presentations. He has received many awards for his art works.Taycan is a member of RecCollective. He currently lives and works in Istanbul.
Awards:
Shortlisted for the Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize 2013
Shortlisted for the FullArt Prize 2012
PhotoLucida/Critical Mass Top 50, 2009
3rd International Photobook Festival, Kassel, 2010-Photobook Dummy Award jury selection
Young Talents in Turkish Photography, Geniş Açı photography magazine, 2004
Selected solo exhibitions:
2016, "Shell," MAXXI - Istanbul: Passion, Joy, Fury, Istanbul
2016, "Shell," Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Habitat, Istanbul
2015, "Agora," Pilot gallery, Istanbul
2014, "Agora," Venice Biennale of Architecture / Pavilion of Turkey, Venice
2014, "Tarzan Kemal trail," Sinopale–International Sinop Biennial, Sinop
2014, "Tumulus," Helsinki Photography Biennial, Finnish Museum of Photography, Finland
2013, "Between Two Seas," 13th Istanbul Biennial, Galata Greek Primary School, Istanbul
2013, "Shell," Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul
2012, "Tourist Information Rotterdam-Istanbul," Perplekcity, 311artworks, Istanbul
2011, "Exichange, Istanbul – Marseille: the industrial heritage," Hamursuz Fırını, Istanbul
2010, Habitat, Bursa Photofest, Bursa
2010, Habitat, Rencontres de la jeune Photographie internationale, Niort
2010, Habitat, Thessaloniki Photo Biennale, Thessaloniki
2009, Habitat, SCOOP Festival, Angers
2009, Habitat, Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul
2009, Habitat, Promenades Photographiques, Vendome
2008, "Back Street," UFAT 5.th Photo Festival, Bursa
2008, "Back Street," Yıldız Photography Fest, Istanbul
2006, "Europe?," UFAT 3.th Photo Festival, Bursa
2005, "Europe?," 9th International Istanbul Biennial Hospitality Zone, Istanbul
2003, "Young; Me," Yıldız Photography Fest, Istanbul
Selected group exhibitions:
2015, "Every Inclusion is an Exclusion of Other Possibilities," SALT Beyoğlu, Istanbul
2015, "Printed’15," Mixer, Istanbul
2015, "Our Wounds Our Balads," art ON, Istanbul
2014, "Growing up in a Growing Metropolis," Studio-X, Istanbul
2013, "Book Lab Exhibition, In collaboration with Frederick Lezmi," Poligon Gallery, Istanbul
2012, "Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize 2013," Akbank Sanat, Istanbul
2012, "Theseventhofnovembertwothousandtwelve – Full Art Prize," Hasköy Yarn Factory, Istanbul
2012, "Shared," 5533, Istanbul
2012, "Ali′nin Koço′su," Milli Reasürans Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul
2011, "The Impossible Space," RecCollective, Han 38, Istanbul
2011, "Variations - Emerging photography from Turkey," Photomed, Mediterranean Photography Festival, Sanary-Sur-Mer
2010, "Carte blanche," Le Moulin du Roc, Niort
2010, "Not a Lens but a Prism – European Tracks on Photography" Eugenio de Almeida Forum, Evora, PT
2010, "Lives and Works in Istanbul" Curator: Victor Burgin / Sanat Limanı, Istanbul
2010, "EXPOSED: Critical Mass 2009," Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle
2009, "Neighbourhood," GAPO, Tuzla & Kartal & Eyüp Cultural centers, Istanbul
2009, "Under Construction," Hayaka Artı, Istanbul
2009, "Editions I," Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul
2008, "Kargaşa 8," KargART Gallery / Istanbul
2008, "Narratives From The Private," Malmö Museum, Malmö
2007, "Be a realist, demand the impossible!," Karşı Art Center, Istanbul
2006, "Fanus," IFSAK 1st International Istanbul Biennial of Photography Istanbul
2006, "Young Photography from Turkey," Russian National Centre of Photography
Reference: serkantaycan.com
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