| Serkan Ozkaya | |
|---|---|
| Born | Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Field | Contemporary art, Conceptual art |
| Training | Bard College, Istanbul University |
| Awards | MacDowell Colony |
Serkan Ozkaya (b. 1973, Istanbul, Turkey) is a contemporary conceptual artist whose work deals with topics of appropriation and reproduction, and typically operates outside of traditional art spaces. Ozkaya lives in Istanbul, Turkey, and New York City, USA. He holds an M.F.A. from Bard College, New York, and a Ph.D in German Language and Literature from Istanbul University, where he also earned his B.A. and M.A.
Ozkaya has been an artist-in-residence at the École Régionale des Beaux Arts de Nantes (2000–2001), Rooseum in Malmo with the IASPIS grant (2002), Platform Recent Art Center in Istanbul (2003–2004), and at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2006). He is also a fellow of the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. His work is represented by Slag Gallery, New York and Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Ozkaya's latest works include the creation of a foam David (after Michaelangelo) made from a 3D rendering program at two-times the size of the original, a site-specific sculpture called "A Sudden Gust of Wind" simulating the scattering of papers after a sudden gust of wind, the hand-rendering of newspapers including the Turkish daily "Radikal" and the front page of the Louisville "Courier", and a contribution to a walking museum called "Atlas" wherein Ozkaya constructed a rock to be strapped to the curator's back and promenaded daily throughout the streets of New York.
Over the course of the past decade, Ozkaya has given talks, taken part in panel discussions, and conducted workshops at numerous academic and artistic institutions, including: the Malmo Art Academy, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, London University Goldsmiths College, Bilkent University, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Dulcinea Art Gallery, BeganeGrond (BAK), Charlottenborg Museum, the University of Gothenburg's Valand School of Fine Arts, The Drawing Center, NY, and Helsinki Art Academy etc.
Serkan Ozkaya's solo shows include:
Serkan Ozkaya is the founder of SlideShow Galleries, a chain storefront-space in Copenhagen, Istanbul, and Hudson, NY between 1999–2000. In 2003 and 2004 Özkaya initiated The Real McCoy video festival with bdv (bureau des vidéos, Paris) in Istanbul, Perpignan, and Malmo. Between 2003–2006 Ozkaya produced his work Today Could Be a Day of Historical Importance in collaboration with five newspapers (Radikal in Turkey, Aftonbladet in Sweden, Freitag in Germany, the New York Times and the Courier Journal in the U.S.).
Ozkaya’s participation in joint exhibitions include:
Ozkaya is the author of seven books, including:
He is also the co-editor of Charles Esche’s Modest Proposals (Baglam Publications, Istanbul, Turkey 2005).