Ayşe Erkmen

Ayşe Erkmen was born in Istanbul in 1949. She lives and works in Berlin and Istanbul. She has had many solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. Her spectacular public projects and subtle architectural interventions engage with the architectural, historical, and cultural context of the site she is working with.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2000, Half Of, Galerie Deux, Tokyo
2001, Shipped Ships, Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt
2001, Two Women at the Coiffeur, Chambal, Eudora, Emre&Dario, Mudo Macka Art Gallery, Istanbul
2002, Kein Gutes Zeichen, Secession, Vienna
2002, Ketty und Assam, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen
2002, Müssiggang, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
2002, Boş Zamanlar, Galerist, Istanbul
2003, Kuckuck, Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, St. Gallen
2003, Tidvatten, Magasin 3, Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
2004, bound to / gebunden an, Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach
2004, GAK - Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst e.V. Bremen, Bremen
2004, GM, Une installation de Ayşe Erkmen, Palaise de Beaux-Arts, Brussels
2004, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main
2005, Scenic Overlooks, Galerist, Istanbul
2005, Habseligkeiten, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
2005, Under the roof, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
2005, Busy Colors, Sculpture Center, New York
2005, durchnasst, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt
2006, ... Awesome, the Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
2006, Untitled (How are you ?), Galerist Gallery, Istanbul
2007, Habennights, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
2008, Weggefahren, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
2008, Ayşe Erkmen, Ups and Downs, Yapı Kredi Art Gallery, Istanbul (curator: Rene Block)
2008, K20, Ayşe Erkmen - Hausgenossen - K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - am Grabbeplatz, Dusseldorf
2008, Ayşe Erkmen - Hausgenossen - K21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen- im Ständehaus,, Dusseldorf
2009, Ayşe Erkmen, Füsun Onur et Seza Paker, Centre d’art contemporain d’lvry – le Crédac, Lvry-sur-Seine
2009, Ayşe Erkmen, Bluish, Kunstverein Freiburg
2009, Ayşe Erkmen, Entwined, Art Unlimited, Basel
2009, Ayse Erkmen - Hausgenossen - K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - im Ständehaus, Dusseldorf

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2000, Kwangju Biennale
2000, Wider Bild Gegenwart. Positionen zu einem politischen Diskurs, Raum 2000, aktueller Kunst, Wien; Koninklijk Mu-seum voor schone Kunsten, Antwerp
2000, Man muss ganz schön viel lernen, um hier zu funktionieren, Frankfurter Kunstverein
2000, From Here to There. Passageways at Solitude, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
2000, Hier, Da und Dort, Internationales Kunstprojekt im öffentlichen Raum, Singen
2000, Eine Minition unter Anderen, Frankfurter Kunstverein
2000, Biennale Montreal
2000, “Transitivity”, The Twin Churches, Magusa, Cyprus
2000, “Temps et Contretemps” espace industriel, Issy Les Moulineaux, Paris
2000, “Charger/décharger” One art Space Gallerie , Istanbul
2000, “Risky Shadows” Université de Marmara Gallery , Istanbul
2000, “Cleaning Material”, Appartment Project Gallerie, Istanbul
2001, Berlin Biennial
2001, Boom!, Manifattura tabacchi - manifuttura d`arte, Florence
2001, Tische der Kommunikation, Museum Folkwang, Essen
2001, Looking at You, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel
2001, Salto Mortale, Museum für Sepulkralkultur, Kassel
2001, "To begin with, Different approaches to drawing" exposition personnelle  Kasa Gallery, Sabancı University, Istanbul
2001, "Divine Comedy" Urart art gallery, Istanbul
2001, 2nd Biennale of Gümrü, Armenia
2001, “Sleep”, Mental Klinik Gallery, Istanbul
2001, “Re:Duchamp” Travelling exhibition", 7th Istanbul Biennial
2002, Continitá/Magnete, Villa Calle, Pistoia
2002, 40 Jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen, Kunstsommer Wiesbaden
2002, "Camouflage", exposition personnelle à Galerist Gallery, Istanbul
2002, "60x60, 60 years-60 artists", Eczacibasi Exhibition, TÜYAP Art Fair, Istanbul
2002, "Paradoxe in dentity", 2nd Biennial, Buenos Aires
2003, Niemand ist eine Insel, Sechzehn kooperative Kunstprojekte in Bremen, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
2003, In den Schluchten des Balkan. Eine Reportage, Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel
2003, Performative Installation # 1, Gegeben sind..., Konstruktion und Situation, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
2003, Brave New World, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
2003, "The power of Language" Keçiburcu, Diyarbakir
2003, "Future Democracy" Aksanat Culture Center, Istanbul
2003, "In Between", Project 4L Museum, Istanbul
2004, Ghost Line, Aksanat Culture Center, Istanbul
2004, Who is singing over there?, National Gallery, Sarajevo
2004, Limerick Biennial
2004, Reappearance, Pristine Museum
2004, Die Neue Kunsthalle III, real-materiell-virtuell, Kunsthalle Mannheim
2004, "Cosmopolis 1: microcosmos X macrocosmos", State Museum of contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2004, "Refrain", Odyssea, Total Museum of contemporary Art, Seoul
2004, "The Force of Language II Becoming Minor, Keciburcu, Diyarbakır
2004, "Wonderful Travel Agency" Centre d′art Borusan, Istanbul
2005, Kunst in Schokolade/Chocolate Art, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2005, Prolog, mission of art, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2005, Eindhoven Istanbul, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2005, Project Migration, Kölnischer Kunstverein
2005, Istanbul, Pedestrian Exhibitions 2: Tünel Karaköy, Istanbul
2005, Memory and Imagination, 7th Santiago Biennial, Contemporary Museum, Santiago
2005, Biennale de la Video de San Paolo, Brazil
2005, Unheimlich, Akbank Art center, Istanbul
2005, Unheimlich, Apollonia échanges artistiques européens, Strasbourg
2005, “Contaging with nature”, Aksanat Cultural Center, Istanbul
2005, "Contemporary Turkish Art Scene", Kastaeev Museum, Almaty (Kazakhstan)
2006, Fremd bin ich eingezogen, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
2006, Alexanderplatz, U8, NGBK Berlin
2006, Anstoss Berlin – Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
2006, Kontracom 06, Contemporary Festival Salzburg, Salzburg
2006, Echigo-Tsumari Triennial, Japan
2006, Melek Yuzlu Yabanci, Akbank Art Center, Istanbul
2006, Strangers with Angelic face, Space, London
2007, Artfilm biennial, Cologne
2007, 20. International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam
2007, Modern and Beyond, Santralistanbul, Istanbul
2007, Time Past, Time Present, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
2007, Beyond the Wall, Berlin Freeport of the Arts
2007, Word, Tale and Motley Narrations: a video parade from different points, State Paintings and Sculpture Museum, Ankara
2007, XIV. Rohkunstbau Drei Farben – Weiss, Schloss Sacrow, Potsdam
2007, Documenta-Multitudes-icone Project, photo, "Cafe Basile (double chance)", Kassel
2007, Radikal Daily Newspaper’s, Art project, à Istanbul bilboards, Photo, "Promenade dans l’installation de Daniel Buren", Istanbul
2008, All-Inclusive, Die Welt des Tourismus, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt am Main
2008, Folkestone Sculpture Triennial, Folkestone
2008, Above-the-Fold (together with Flyer and Lamelas), Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel
2008, Scape Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public space, Christchurch, New Zealand
2008, Word Tale, Mixed Narrations, Hacettepe University Art Museum, Ankara
2008, Les Etats de l′Extase, Akbank Art Center, Istanbul
2009, Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin Istanbul Next Wave, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
2009, Access All Areas, a drawing exhibition Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2009, Utopia and Monument, Who Owns Public Space? Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
2009, Beyond These Walls, South London Gallery, London
2009, Desire-Acquire, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
2009, Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2009, What Else?, Villa du Parc centre d´art contemporain, Annemasse
2009-2010, For the blind man in the dark room looking for a black cat that isn´t there, travelling to: Museum of Contemporary Art St. Louis, Detroit; de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam; Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
2010, Compilation, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art GmbH, Frankfurt am Main

Reference: galeriebarbaraweiss.de, apollonia-art-exchanges.com, sanalmuze.org, folkestonetriennial.org.uk, secession.at, artnet.com