Serkan Özkaya

Serkan Ozkaya (b. 1973, Istanbul, Turkey) is a conceptual artist, whose works are mainly about appropriation and reproduction; they usuallyoperate outside traditional spaces for art.

__TOC__=Education=He holds an M.F.A. from Bard College, New York, and a Ph.D degree in German Language and Literature department at 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.=Exhibitions=

olo shows

Serkan Ozkaya's solo shows include "Bring Me the Head Of…" [http://www.changa-istanbul.com/ Changa, 2008] Istanbul, [http://www.m-restaurantgroup.com/ M on the Bund,2007] , Shanghai & [http://www.freemansrestaurant.com/ Freemans,2007] , New York. "When He Came Back to His Senses, The Monster Was Still Waiting in Front of the Cave" at Galerist, Istanbul (2006); "Monet: A Retrospective" at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2006); "Loverboy" (with Matts Leiderstam) at MiniGallery, Stockholm (2004); "Minerva Street" at Galerist, Istanbul (2003); "Lives and Works in Utrecht" at BeganeGrond, Utrecht (2002). 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 three newspapers ("Radikal" in Turkey, "Aftonbladet" in Sweden, "Freitag" in Germany and the "New York Times").

Group shows

Ozkaya’s participation in joint exhibitions include: "PERFORMA07", New York (curated by Roselee Goldberg); "Steiler Konter", Bregenzer Kunstverein (curated by Peter Lang); "Pre Emptive", Kunsthalle Bern (curated by Philippe Pirotte); Modern and Beyond Santral Istanbul (curated by Fulya Erdemci), "7th International Santiago de Chile New Media Biennial; 9th International Istanbul Biennial" (curated by Charles Esche and Vasif Kortun), "Situated Self", City Museum Helsinki & Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art (curated by Mika Hannula and Branislav Dimitrijevic); "SHIFTscale – Extended Field of Contemporary Sculpture", Tallinn Museum of Modern Art (curated by Hanno Soans, Mika Hannula); "public.exe", Exit Art, New York (curated by Michele Thurz); Side-Effects, Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art (curated by WHW); "Democracy is Fun", White Box, New York (curated by Michele Thurz); "Placebo Effect", Sparwasser HQ, Berlin (curated by Vasif Kortun).

=Talks and workshops=

In the course of last ten years Ozkaya gave talks, took part in panel discussions, and conducted workshops at numerous academic and artistic institutions. Malmo Art Academy, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, London University Goldsmiths College, Bilkent University, Platform Contemporary Art Center, Dulcinea Art Gallery, BeganeGrond (BAK), Charlottenborg Museum, the University of Gothenburg's Valand School of Fine Arts, and Helsinki Art Academy etc.

=Books=Ozkaya authored five books; "Genius and Creativity in the Arts: Schoenberg, Adorno and Thomas Mann" (Pan Publications, Istanbul, Turkey 2000), "It’s Not What it Looks Like! I can Explain"(Baglam Publications, Istanbul, Turkey 2003), "No, No, It’s not Working, I Can’t Do It" (Art-ist Publications, Istanbul, Turkey 2006), "The Real McCoy Copies Exhibition Discussions" (Baglam Publications, Istanbul, Turkey 2006), "Have you ever done anything right?" "Willoughby Sharp interviews Serkan Ozkaya" (Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany 2006) and co-edited Charles Esche’s "Modest Proposals" (Baglam Publications, Istanbul, Turkey 2005).
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External links

* [http://zine.artcal.net/2007/11/bring-me-the-head-of-serkan-ozkaya.php Bring Me The Head Of]
* [http://the-artists.org/artist/Serkan_Ozkaya.html Artists.org]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_5_92/ai_n6038697/pg_1 Serkan Ozkaya at Galerist-Art in America]
* [http://www.iksv.org/bienal/bienal9/english/?Page=Artists&Sub=Az&Content=Serkan_Ozkaya 9th Istanbul Biennial]
* [http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=97949 Turkish Daily News]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/arts/design/15serk.html New York Times]