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Erkan Özgen

Born 1971 Derik, Mardin, Turkey
Lives and works in Diyarbakir, Turkey

Education
2000 Department of Painting in University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey
Selected Group Shows

1998
Youth Action, Tuyap İstanbul Exhibition Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

2001
Art And The City, Fine Art Galery Of States, Diyarbakir

2002
Under the Beach: The Pavement, Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey, Curated By Vasif Kortun

2003
2nd Performance Days, Babylon, KV Istanbul, Bilgi Atolye, Istanbul, Turkey
I Am Too Sad To Kill You!, Proje4L, Istanbul, Turkey, Curated By Halil Altindere
In Den Schluchten des Balkan, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, Curated By René Block
U-Topos, Tirana Biennale-2, National Museum of History, Tirana, Albania
The Force Of Language, Keciburcu, Diyarbakir, Curated By Ali Akay

2004
The Force Of Language-Becoming Minor, Keciburcu, Diyarbakir, Curated By Ali Akay
Mediterraneans, Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Italy, Curated By Vasif Kortun
I Need A Radical Change, Gallery Nova Teslina Zagreb, Croatia, Curated By WHW
Love It or Leave It/Cetinje Biennial V, National Museum of Cetinje, Montenegro
Cetinje-Dubrovnik-Tirana
Six Feet Under Make Nice, White Box, New York, USA, Curated By Jonathan Gilmore
Sevilla Beinnial I, Sevilla, Spain, Curated By Harald Szeemann
Love It or Leave It/Cetinje Biennial V, Diyarbakir Art Center, Diyarbakir
Placebo Effect, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany, Curated By Vasif Kortun
Normalization, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey, Curated By Vasıf Kortun
1st Etape, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey, Curated By Fulya Erdemci

2005
Hoch Hinaus, Thun, Switzerland
Free Kick, Hospitality Zone 9th Istanbul Biennale, Turkey, Curated By Halil Altindere
II. Biennial of Jafre, Girona Organisers: Carolina Grau, Mario Flecha
Posit 9B, Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, Curated By Nowember Paytner, UK

2006
Ethnic Marketing, Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran Curated By Tirdad Zolghadr
This Is Not America, Tel Aviv, Israel Curated By Galit Eilat
Strangers With Angelic Faces, Space Gallery, London, England, Curated By Levent Çalıkoğlu
Normalization, Rooseum Center For Contemporary Art, Curated By Katarina Stenbeck
EurHope 1153, Contemporary Art from Bosphorus,Curated by Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto
Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie,Gasworks Gallery, London, England, Curated by Nav Haq and Tirdad Zolghadr

2007
Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Biennial,Athens,Greece Curated Bys Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio, Augustine Zenakos.
No Future, Blomberg Space, London, UK
RadikalArt:Ardında Değil Karşısına, Bağdat Cad.BP benzinci önü Kadıköy yönü Yeniköy içi,
kara tarafı, Coordinators By Övül Durmuşoğlu, Cem Erciyes

2008
Beyond Paradise,Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam/NL, Curated by Delphine Bedel & Ayako Yoshimura,
The New York Arab and South Asian Film Festivals is scheduled for March 6-17, 2008
Article 23, Galerija Škuc, Ljubljana
Catching Breath, Film program, Stadtkino, Basel, Switzerland curated by November Paynter



Curated exhibitions
2003
Eyes Contact, Diyarbakir Art Center, Diyarbakir, Curated By Erkan Özgen & Sener Özmen

Residency
Iaspis- (International Artists Studio Program in Sweden), residency at Rooseum Center,
Malmö, Sweden 29.08.2005-28.10.2005

Exchange
Can Xalant- Centre for Creating and Contemporary Thouht in Mataró, Barcelona 01.09.2008-12,10,2008

Workshopleider
Here as the centre of the world, Beirut,Damascus, Diyarbakir, Enschede, Khartoum, Taipei 2005-2007

Lectures
Rooseum Center, Malmö, Sweden 2005
For DAI students, Deyrul Zahferan Manastiri, Mardin 2006
“Who are We?” with Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Diyarbakir 2007
“Diyarbakir artists” Buyuk Otel Lecture room, Diyarbakir 2007
Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam 14th June 2007
Villa de Bank, Espoortstraat 182, Enschede 23rd June 2007
Can Xalant, Centre for Creation and Contemporary Thought in Mataró, Barcelona,

Prize
2005- "Prix Meuly", Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland

ADDRESS:
Erkan Özgen
IMKB Hattat Hamid Aytac Ilkogretim okulu
Yılmaz Guney Caddesi Diclekent, Kayapinar
21100 DIYARBAKIR- TURKIYE
M: +90 530 426 10 20
E-MAIL: erkanozgen47@hotmail.com
erkanozgen@gmail.com
web side: http://www.erkan-ozgen.blogspot.com/