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Volkan Kızıltunç is an artist working in between still and moving image and born in Ankara in 1976 and living in Istanbul. After studying archeology in Istanbul University he had studied BA and MFA in the photography department in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul and now having his PHD in the same department where he’a also working as a research assistant. He’s the co-founder of TOZ Artist Run Space which was active between 2015-2017 now co-founder and co-director of NOKS Art Space since 2017.
In 2013 he won ESSL ART AWARD and Vienna Insurence Group Exhibition Prize and in 2015 Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize. In 2019 he's been selected to the ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program) artist residency program in New York, United States as the artist from Turkey, supported by SAHA Foundation. Between 2015-2019 he was the coordinator of Istanbul Photobook Festival.In 2022 he had self published his first artist book, Sonder supported by SAHA Foundation.
His works are in many private collections among with museum collections like The Israel Museum in Jerusalem and Elgiz Museum in Istanbul. And he’s exhibited in many international institutions like Haifa Museum of Arts, Israel (2022), Elgiz Museum (2023, 2018), Istanbul Modern (2017), Sinop Biennial (2017), State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia (2017), Graeter Taipei Biannial, Taiwan (2016), TORUN Museum of Contemporary Art, Poland (2016), MAS Museum, Antwerp, Belgium (2015), Akbank Art Center (2015), TRAFO Center of Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Poland (2015), Detroit Center of Contemporary Photography, USA (2015), Passau Museum of Modern Art, Germany (2014), ESSL Contemporary Art Museum, Vienna, Austria (2013), Teleglion Foundation of Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece (2012) and Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Germany (2011).
His photography and video works focus on time, observation, vouyerism, memory, topographical reseaches, archives and typologies and try to analyse time in a wider perspective to open up discussions between photography and film.
Durağan ve hareketli görüntü arasında işler üreten bir sanatçı olan Volkan Kızıltunç 1976’da Ankara’da doğmuştur ve halen İstanbul’da yaşamaktadır. İstanbul Üniversitesi’nde Arkeoloji okumasının ardından lisans ve yüksek lisans eğitimini aldığı Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi Fotoğraf Bölümünde halen sanatta yeterlik eğitimi almakta olan sanatçı aynı bölümde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmaktadır. Kızıltunç 2015-2017 yılları arasında faaliyet gösteren TOZ Artist Run Space’in ortak kurucularından olup halen faaliyet gösteren NOKS Bağımsız Sanat Alanı’nın ortak kurucusu ve yürütücüsüdür. Sanatçı 2019 yılında SAHA Derneğinin sponsorluğu ile ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program) New York Misafir Sanatçı Programına Türkiye’den katılan sanatçı olarak seçilmiştir.
Sanatçı 2013 yılında Viyana ESSL Çağdaş Sanat Müzesi’nin düzenlediği ESSL CEE Art Award, Doğu ve Güneydoğu Avrupa Sanat Ödülü ile Vienna Insurance Group Özel Sergi Daveti Ödülünü, 2015 yılında ise Akbank Günümüz Sanatçıları Ödülünü kazanmıştır.
Fotoğraf ve video çalışmaları yoğunluklu olarak zaman, gözlem, voyerizm, bellek, topografik araştırmalar, arşiv ve tipolojiler üzerine olan sanatçı zamanı daha geniş bir çerçeveden analiz ettiği çalışmalarında fotoğraf ve film üzerine tartışma yaratmak amacındadır.
Eserleri The Israel Museum, İsrail ve Elgiz Müzesi, İstanbul gibi birçok müzenin daimi koleksiyonunun yanında bir çok özel koleksiyonda yeralan Kızıltunç’un çalışmaları Elgiz Müzesi (2018), İstanbul Modern (2017), Sinop Bienali (2017), State Museum of Oriental Art, Moskova, Rusya (2017), Graeter Taipei Bianeli, Taipei, Tayvan (2016), TORUN Museum of Contemporary Art, Torun, Polonya (2016); MAS Müzesi, Antwerp, Belçika (2015); Akbank Sanat Merkezi (2015), TRAFO Center of Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Polonya (2015), Detroit Center of Contemporary Photography, Detroit, ABD (2015), Passau Museum of Modern Art, Passau, Almanya (2014), ESSL Contemporary Art Museum, Viyana, Avusturya (2013), Teleglion Foundation of Arts, Selanik, Yunanistan (2012) ve Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Almanya (2011) gibi bir çok ulusal ve uluslararası kurumsal sanat merkezinde sergilenmiştir.
EDUCATION
2019 PHD Photography, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, (still)
2019 MFA Photography, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
2011 Erasmus Photography, University of Applied Arts Vienna
2005 BA Photography , Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
1998 Classical Archeology , Istanbul University
AWARDS
2015
AKBANK CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS PRIZE, Istanbul
2014
ART NOVA 100, Beijing, CHINA
2014
ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE, Venice (Finalist), ITALY
2014
ESSL ART AWARD CEE 2013, Vienna, AUSTRIA
2013 VIG (Vienna Insurance Group) Exhibition Invitation Award, Vienna, AUSTRIA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 THE LOOK- August Sander & Volkan Kiziltunc, Haifa Museum of Arts, ISRAEL
2013 [In] The Threshold, Merkur Gallery, Istanbul
2012 [In] The Threshold, Tek Kubbe, Tophane-i Amire Culture & Arts Center, Istanbul,TURKEY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
FULCRUM, Feshane-Art İstanbul, Istanbul
RESURRECTION, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul
SEER / SEEN, Durden & Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2022
TERRAFIRMA, Akaretler Sıraevler, Istanbul
TOUCHED BY HUMANKIND, Kalyon Culture Center, Istanbul
MAHALLA FESTIVAL, Kurtuluş Greek School, Istanbul
EXISTS IN EMPTINESS, Taksim Art CEnter, Istanbul
2021
FIRE AT WILL 6?MECMU, Barınhan, Istanbul
LOVE OVER ENTROPY, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
UBIQUITY, Akbank Art Center
2020
COUNT NO MAN HAPPY, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
2019
OPEN STUDIOS, ISCP New York, USA
REFLEX, Indie Photography Gallery, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
BILGE COLLECTION, Feriye Gallery, Istanbul
FIRE AT WILL 5, Tophane-i Amire Culture & Arts Center, Cisterns Gallery, Istanbul
EDGE EFFECT, Tophane-i Amire Culture & Arts Center, One Dome Gallery, Istanbul
2018
BLIND FIELD, Artist Experience, Tuyap Art Fair, Istanbul
THE JOURNEY OF THE ARTWORK, NOKS Art Space, Istanbul
FUTURE OF TRAVEL, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
MEAT, Orjin Art Gallery, Istanbul
FIRE AT WILL 4, Tophane-i Amire Culture & Arts Center, Cisterns Gallery, Istanbul
SURFACE TO SPACE, Versus Art Gallery, Istanbul
2017
IN FACT, Elgiz Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul
AKTUELLE VIDEO KUNST, Buro Tokdemir, Munich, GERMANY
FUTURE SHOCK, Artist Utopia, Tuyap Art Fair, Istanbul
SINOPALE, Sinop Biennale, Sinop,
A LOOK AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART IN TURKEY, The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, RUSSIA
IMAGO MUNDI - Luciano Benetton Collection Mediterranean Routes, Zona Arti Contemporanee, Palermo, ITALY
GIDE GELE, Fulya Municipality Art Center, Istanbul
BIRARADA III, Osman Hamdi Bey Hall, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul
HARBOR, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul
2016
THE GREATER TAIPEI BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, You-Zhang Art Museum Taipei,TAIWAN
THE MYSTERY OF FIGURE, Plato Art Space, Istanbul
THIS YEARNING IS OURS! Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu (CoCA), Torun, POLAND
BIRARADA II, Osman Hamdi Bey Hall, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul
ODTU ART, METU Exhibition and Congress Center, Ankara
STRANGE DAYS, Artnivo.com Project Space, Istanbul
KEYSTONE, REM Art Space, Istanbul
IMAGINATION OR A FANTASY OF FUTURE, Kare Art Gallery, Istanbul
2015
PORT CITY TALKS, Mas Museum, Antwerp, BELGIUM
FRAME-S, DCCP, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Detroit, USA
5TH BIENNALE OF MOVING IMAGES, Grote of Lebuinuskerk, Deventer, NETHERLANDS
AKBANK CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS PRIZE EXHIBITION, Akbank Art Center, Istanbul
ART NOVA PRIZE WINNER’S EXHIBITION, Beijng Fair and Congress Center, Beijing, CHINA
VISIBLE & INVISIBLE, MEDIA LAB III, Trafo Contemporary Art Center, Szczecin, POLAND
SMALL FACES, BIG BODIES, Elgiz Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, Merkur Gallery, Istanbul
2014
SORRY, WHICH FLOOR? Merkur Gallery, Istanbul
ART NOVA PRIZE WINNER’S EXHIBITION, SZ Art Center, Beijing, CHINA
EUROPEAN WEEKS, Passau Museum of Modern Art, Passau, GERMANY
JUNGE KUNST, Ausstellungszentrum im Ringturm, Vienna, AUSTRIA
THE ENIGMATIC OBJECT, Filter Photo Festival, Johalla Projects Gallery, Chicago, USA
ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE FINALIST’S EXHIBITION, Arsenale, Venice, ITALY
2013
PLUG-IN ISTANBUL, NEW MEDIA SECTION, Contemporary Istanbul 08, Istanbul
TRANSCENDING CULTURES, ESSL Contemporary Art Museum, Vienna, AUSTRIA
AVOIDING UTOPIAS, Werkleitz Halle, Halle-Saale, GERMANY
ESSL ART AWARD FINALISTS EXHIBITION, Tophane-i Amire Arts Center, Istanbul
MAMUT ART PROJECT, Antrepo No:5, Istanbul
WATER WORK, Siemens Art Gallery, Istanbul
2012
THE END, Plato Art Space, Istanbul
WORLDS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, Goethe Institute Thessaloniki,Thessaloniki, GREECE
REALM, Ausstellungszentrum Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Vienna, AUSTRIA
TRANSFORM III, PANDORA’S BOX, Teleglion Foundation of Arts, Thessaloniki, GREECE
NO MORE LUGGAGE, Tophane-i Amire Exhibition & Art Center Cistern Galleries, Istanbul
SPACELESS PLACE, Studio 9 Istanbul, Istanbul
2011
BLUE BANANA, Praterstern, Vienna, AUSTRIA
AUSSER BETRIEB III, Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, AUSTRIA
MY DEAR CARGO, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven , Bremerhaven, GERMANY
2008
LAST & LOST, PICTURES OF A VANISHING EUROPE, Welterbe Zollverein Schacht XII, Essen, GERMANY
LAST & LOST, PICTURES OF A VANISHING EUROPE, Weiße Stadt Brückenhaus, Berlin, GERMANY
2007
LAST & LOST, PICTURES OF A VANISHING EUROPE, Forum Gestaltung, Magdeburg, GERMANY
COURIER INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL, Kargart, Istanbul
CITY AND BELONGING, I. Istanbul Photography Biennial, Darphane-i Amire Galleries, Istanbul
LAST & LOST, PICTURES OF A VANISHING EUROPE, Staatlichen Galerie, Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, AUSTRIA
LAST & LOST, PICTURES OF A VANISHING EUROPE, Literaturhaus of Munich, Munich, GERMANY
2005
YOUNG TALENTS IN TURKISH PHOTOGRAPHY III, Istanbul Center of Photography ,Istanbul
PUBLICATIONS
Sonder, NOKS Books
Resource Utopia, NOKS Books
Harbor, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art Publications
De-Coincidence, Greater Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Arts, NTUA Publications
Istanbul Codex, Contemporary Artists from Turkey, Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Publications
This Yearning is Ours! Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu (CoCA) Publications
Port City Talks, Mas Museum Publications
Akbank Contemporary Artist Prize, Akbank Art Publications
Arte Laguna Prize Finalists Book, The Italian Cultural Association MoCA Publications
Transcending Cultures, Essl Art Award CEE 2013, Edition Sammlung Essl
Last & Lost – Atlas d’une Europe Fantome, Les Editions Noir sur Blanc
Last & Lost – Bilder Eines Verschwindenden Europas , Suhrkamp Verlag
Young Talents in Turkish Photography III , Special Issue, Genis Aci Publications
WORKSHOP TUTOR
2023
From the concept to the sequence, Creating Photobooks, 212 Photography Festival, Museum Gazhane ( Upcoming)
2022
From the concept to the sequence, Discovering Photobooks, Kalyon Culture Center
2018
Resource Utopia, Long Term Photography and Video Workshop Mentor, Goethe Institute
2017
"Re-Exploring the expanding city" Photography Workshop, Istanbul Technical University Photography Festival, Istanbul
2014
”Experimental filmmaking with found footage material “, Video Art Workshop, Nazım Hikmet Culture & Arts Center, Istanbul
2014
” Experimental filmmaking with found footage material “, Video Art Workshop, Cine-Train Project, Istanbul
2014
” Discovery of the Invisible ” Video Art Workshop, Salt Galata, Istanbul
2013
” Urban Archeology ” Photography Workshop, Ecoweek Festival, Istanbul
CURATORIAL
2022
FRESH, NOKS Art Space
2018
RESOURCE UTOPIA, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul
IRON EARTH COPPER SKY, Thessaloniki Photography Biennial, Thessaloniki, GREECE
LATEST EDITION, Daire Art Gallery, Istanbul
DUMMY FACTORY, Belgrade Month of Photography, Belgrade, SERBIA
2017
REFLEX, Plovdiv Photography Festival, Plovdiv, BULGARIA
HOMECOMING, Toz Artist Run Space, Istanbul
2016
ROOM TO ROOM, Tophane-i Amire Culture & Exhibition Center, Istanbul
2015
CITY, Istanbul Photography Festival, Istanbul
2012
HUMAN, Academy Meets Photokina, Cologne, GERMANY
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