Photo: Zeynep Fırat
Kerem Ozan Bayraktar
b.1984, Istanbul. He lives and works Istanbul
Education
2011–2017 | Doctor of Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, Painting, Marmara University
2007–2011 | Master of Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, Painting, Marmara University
2009–2010 | Master of Fine Arts (Exchange Program), Fine Arts, Newcastle University
2003–2007 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting, Marmara University
Selected Solo Projects
2022-24 | Marmara Board Game & Publication, with Aslı Uludağ, Balıkesir, Istanbul
2019 | Rocks and Winds, Germs and Words, Sanatorium, Istanbul
2019 | Phases of Nix, Bilsart, Istanbul
2018 - 24 | Sokak Otları, Istanbul
2018 | Chance and Necessity, with Sergen Şehitoğlu, Sanatorium, Istanbul
2015 | et cetera, PGArt, Istanbul
2015 | Minor Perceptions, Şekerbank Açıkekran, Istanbul
2012 | Rules, Nesrin Esirtgen Collection, Istanbul
Selected Group Projects & Exhibitions
2024 | Timeless Curiosities, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
2024 | Geometria Situ: Traces and Poetics of Translation, Hothouse, Singapore
2023 | Ghost Gardens, Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo
2022 | Hauntologists, BAK, Utrecht
2022 | A Bit of Unruly Complexity, Sanatorium, Istanbul
2022 | Accross Space - Sympathetic Vibration, Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Changwon
2022 | What Water Nows, Pilot, Istanbul
2021 | Hosting Bodies, Sanatorium, Istanbul
2021 | Sentient Matter, D21, Leipzig
2021 | Non-/Human Assemblages, Busan Sea Art Festival, Ilgwang, Busan
2020 | Cadavre Exquis, Galeri Nev, Istanbul
2020 | At the End of the Day, Odunpazarı Modern Museum, Eskisehir
2020-21 | Sandstorm – And Then There Was Dust, DEPO, Istanbul; Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin
2020 | Regular Insanity, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul
2020 | I Haven’t Told My Garden Yet, Monitor, İzmir
2019 | Ubiquitous Surfaces, Open Space, Seager Gallery, London
2019 | flesh and bone, Operation Room, Istanbul
2019 | Istanbul Biennial Digestion Programme – Concrete, Istanbul
2019 | Light Like a Bird, Not Like a Feather, Signs, Istanbul
2019 | Pandora's Black Box, Galata Greek Primary School, Istanbul
2019 | A Horn in The Neck, Apartment Project, Berlin
2019 | The Sound of No-one Listening, Corridor, Amsterdam
2018 | colony, Abud Efendi Konagi, Istanbul; Schwules Museum, Berlin
2018 | Monomit, Galeri Nev, Ankara
2018 | Vanishing Mediator, Müze Evliyagil, Ankara
2017 | Deep, Darkness and Splendor, Galerist, Istanbul
2017 | aRb, Sanatorium, Istanbul
2017 | Landslide, SALT Galata, Istanbul
2016 | Ohne, Mekan68, Vienna
2016 | Habitat, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
2015 | Backyard, Plato Sanat, Istanbul
2015 | VIVO, Kasa, Istanbul
2015 | Redefining the Space of Everyday Life, Gaia Galeri, Istanbul
2015 | Art Speaks Out, Til It’s Done, Icono.tv, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
2014 | Focus: Turkey, Landskrona Foto, Landskrona, Sweden
2014 | [ ] PG Art, Istanbul
2013 | Hypologie, Sanatorium, Istanbul
2013 | Please do not disturb! Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
2012 | Simulation Crisis, Plato Sanat, Istanbul
2009 | Temporary Harassment, Istanbul 2010, Kartal, Küçükçekmece, Atakent, Ümraniye Cultural Centers, Istanbul
2009 | You can’t kiss away a murder, Galerist, Istanbul
Selected Festivals & Fairs
2024 | Noise_Media Art, Kadiköy Kent Museum, Istanbul
2023 | Art Dubai, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
2023 | Untitled Art Miami, Miami
2022 | Art Brussels, Tour & Taxis, Brussels
2021 | Digital Aura, Open Media Art Festival, The Oil Tank Culture Park, Seoul
2020 | Proyector Video Art Festival, Debris, Sala El Águila, Madrid
2019 | Art Düsseldorf, Areal Bohler, Düsseldorf
Awards & Nominations
2016 | Nomination, Prix Pictet, Geneva
2016 | Long list, ING Unseen Talent Award, Amsterdam
2008 | Success Award, Painting and Sculpture Museums Association, Istanbul
2008 | Borders & Orbits 04, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul
2008 | 26. Contemporary Artists, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul
2007 | Borders & Orbits 01, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul
2007 | First Prize in Graduation Project, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
2007 | Runner-Up Award for Academic Excellence, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul Grants
2023 | Ghost Gardens, Tokyo Biennale Assoc.; SAHA
2023 | Marmara (publication), SAHA Publication Fund
2022 | Marmara, Marmara Kültürleri Ağı & CultureCIVIC
2021–2022 | Fellowship for Situated Practice, BAK – basis voor actuele kunst
2020 | Saha Studio, SAHA
2020 | Spirits on the Ground (publication), SAHA; Sanatorium
2019 | Berlin Senate Residency Program, Die neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK) & Depo
Selected Book, Catalog & Magazine Features
- Kutlay, Alican, editor. "Timeless Curiosities". Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, 2024.
- Cho, Kwanyong, editor. "Changwon Sculpture Biennale - Channel: Wave-Particle Duality". Changwon, 2022.
- Güler, Kevser, and Süreyya Evren, editors. "On Celestial Bodies". Arter, İstanbul, 2021.
- "Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021: Unseen Everyday Scene -Purity x Earnestness x Deviation". Tokyo, 2021.
- Şaşmazer, Nilufer, editor. "Gate 27 Almanak". Istanbul, 2021.
- Eryılmaz, Hale, editor. "Monitor". Istanbul, 2021.
- Akın, Enis, editor. "Natama 29". Istanbul, 2021.
- Maske, Sarah, editor. "Sandstorm". Istanbul, 2020.
- Yalçınkaya, Fisun, editor. "Sanat Dünyamız". 09.2019
- Barber, Stephen, and Michael Benson, editors. "Prix Pictet: Space". teNeues, Italy, 2017.
- Aliotti, Karoly, and Nilüfer Şaşmazer, editors. La Ventura. Masa, Istanbul, 2016.
- Özendeş, Engin, editor. "Modern And Contemporary Approaches To Photography In Turkey". Yem, Istanbul, 2015.
- Kantarcı, Can, editor. "Habitat". Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, 2015.
- Kanar, Ege. "On Elsewhere." Mobility and Fantasy In Visual Culture. Edited by L.K. Johnson, Routledge, 2013.
- Derviş, Pelin, editor. "Please do not disturb". Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, 2013.
- "Landskrona Foto Focus, Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to Istanbul Modern", Landskrona stad, Landskrona, 2014.
Selected Reviews, Essays & Interviews
- Biner, İlker Cihan. "Kerem Ozan Bayraktar & Artificial Intelligence", NFTify, 29.09.2023.
- Mercado Magazine. "Kerem Ozan Bayraktar". Mercado, Issue 6, 2023.
- Kızıl, Uras. "Yeni Materyalizm Haritalandırması: Türkiye Ölçeği". Argonotlar, 03.02.2023.
- Seven, Aslı. "Sugar and heat: red, blue, green, purple, orange" border_less, 03.02.2022.
- Lazo, Inez Plaza. "Notes on Istanbul: Compost as an Alibi". Art of the working class, 04.10.2022
- Yıldız, Misan Adnan. "A Bit of Unruly Complexity". Sanatorium, 2022.
- Özgüven, Fatih. "Bienal ve Bienaldışı sergi notları: İki endişeli". K24, 29.09.2022.
- Yurteri, Ezgi. "Akışkan Ekolojiler: Kerem Ozan Bayraktar ile “Strands” üzerine". Argonotlar, 11.01.2022.
- Sayın, Zeynep. "Dreams of dump", in Spirits on the Ground (ed. Soley, U.), SAHA, Sanatorium, 2021.
- Özgen, Yağız. "A Fictional Investigation on the Existence of Zombies" in Spirits on the Ground (ed. Soley, U.), SAHA, Sanatorium, 2021.
- Soley, Ulya. "Üreticiler, Ayırt Ediciler ve Arada Kalanlar" Güncel • Issue 2 6, Galeri Nev, Istanbul.
- Soley, Ulya. "On Space, Time, Planets and Plants: A Conversation with Kerem Ozan Bayraktar". border_less, 07.02.2019.
- Teo, Jing Yi. "Let’s Start from the End." so-far, 03.10.2019.
- Çankaya Eksen, Gaye. "Bad Encounters: Crisis, death, extinction, and the end of the World as we know it" in Rocks and Winds, Germs and Words (ed. Guler, K.), Sanatioum, 2019.
- Güler, Kevser. "Rocks and Winds, Germs and Words" in Rocks and Winds, Germs and Words (ed. Guler, K.), 2019.
- Özgen, Yağız. "Mapping and Functionality in Bayraktar’s work" in Rules, Nesrin Esirtgen Collection, 2012.
- Soley, Ulya. "Rastlantı ve Zorunluluk". Art Unlimited, 2018.
Selected Talks and Broadcasts
- Piksel. | O'art Talks #2 - Sanat ve Eleştirel İçerik [Art and Critical Content] with Süreyya Evren. April, 2023. TAK, Istanbul.
- Facebook’ta İyi Görünmenin Yolları: Basın Sonrası Dönem [How to Look Good on Facebook: Post-Press Era], with Erkan Saka. 15.06. 2022. Pera Museum,Istanbul.
- Çağdaş Sanat Buluşmaları: Gündelik Yaşam Estetiği [Aesthetics of the Everyday]. Moderated by Kültigin Kağan Akbulut. 26 April 2021, Ataşehir Kültür Sanat, online.
- Kerem Ozan Bayraktar ile Söyleşi. Program by Çelenk Bafra, 2021.Hariçten Sanat. Açık Radyo.
- Yapıttan Önce Sonra Sanat [Art After and Before the Artwork]. Moderated by Süreyya Evren. 24.03.2021, Küçükçekmece Dijital Festival, online.
- Etüt: Güncel Sanata Doğru İlk Adımlar: Kavramsal Sanat [An Introduction to Conceptual Art ]. Moderated by Murat Alat. 03.03.2021, Nilüfer Sanat, online.
- Circular Sanat Sohbetleri: Kayalar ve Rüzgarlar, Mikroplar ve Kelimeler [Rocks and Winds, Germs and Words]. Moderated by Veli Mert. 19.05.2021, D5 Sanat Ortamı, çevrimiçi.
- Sokak Otları ve Onların Kent Ekolojisindeki Yeri [Urban Weeds and Their Place in Urban Ecology]. Program by Benan Kapucu, Botanitopya. 23.02.2020, Açık Radyo.
- Pandemi Döneminde ”Kayalar ve Rüzgarlar, Mikroplar ve Kelimeler” Sergisini Yeniden Düşünmek [Rethinking "Rocks and Winds, Germs and Words" Exhibition During the Pandemic ]. Moderated by Ulya Soley. 02.05.2019, Sanatorium.
- Bilsart Sanat Konuşmaları: Kerem Ozan Bayraktar & Ulya Soley - Nix’in Evreleri üzerine söyleşi [Talk with Ulya Soley on Phases of Nix]. 31.01.2019, Bilsart, Istanbul.
- Kerem Ozan Bayraktar ile Sokak Otları [Urban weeds]. Program by Melis Oğuz, Mekan ve İnsan. 22.04.2019, medyascope.tv
- Sokak Otları [Urban weeds]. Program by Nurhan Keleer, Biofilia. 07.02.2019, Açık Radyo.
Selected Essays
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "‘Mükemmel Günler’ ve Gündelik Yaşam Estetiği" ['Perfect Days' and the Aesthetics of Everyday Life]. unlimitedrag.com, 2024.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan."Yapay Zeka Elektrikli Koyun Düşler mi?" [Does Artificial Intelligence Dream of Electric Sheep?]. argonotlar.com, 2023. published in Argonotlar Almanak (ed. Seçil Epik), Istanbul, 2024.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "Cevdet Erek’in Haritalamaları" [Cevdet Erek’s Mappings]. Art Unlimited, March-April 2020, no. 56, pp. 24-28.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "İstanbul Ruderalleri - Sokak Otları" [Ruderals of Istanbul - Urban Weeds], Port No:2, 2019-20.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "On the Borderline of Empiricism: Yağız Özgen’s Instructions" [Deneyciliğin Sınırında: Yağız Özgen’in Yönergeleri]. Exhibition review, Yağız Özgen: Yönergeler, Sanatorium, 2019.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "Şu Didaktiklik Meselesi” ve Bir Öneri: Karmaşıklık"[The “Issue of Didacticity” and a Suggestion: Complexity]. medium.com, 2018.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "Yeni Medya mı, Formalist Pornografi mi?" [New Media or Formalist Pornography?]. Post-Dergi, 2018.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "Futbol Ne Anlatır?"[What does Football Say?]. medium.com, 2018.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. " Neden Hala Sanat Var? " [Why is There Still Art?]. Post-Dergi, 2017.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. " Dünyalar Nasıl Yapılır " [Ways of Worldmaking]. Exhibition Review, Erinç Seymen: Homo Fragilis, XOXO Digital, 2017
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. " Noktürnel Perspektif " [Nocturnal Perspective]. Essay on Ahmet Doğu İpek’s work, 2017.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. " Ai Weiwei: Siyaset, Temsil ve Sistemler Üzerine Notlar " [A i Weiwei: Notes on Politics, Representation and Systems]. Post-Dergi, 2016
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "Skin of the Image" [İmgenin Teni]. Exhibition Review, Guido Casaretto: Synesthesia, Zilberman, N.p., 2015.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "Çevrimiçi Bilgisayar Oyunlarının Sanal Ekonomileri " [The Virtual Economy of Online Computer Games]. apofani.org, 2012.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "Sanal Fotoğrafçılık" [Virtual Photography]. apofani.org, 2011.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. " Limbo: Modern Bir Memento Mori"[Limbo – A Modern Memento Mori]. Essay. apofani.org, 2009
Seminars & Panels
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "Dünyalar Nasıl Yapılır ve Nasıl Yıkılır?" [How to Make and Unmake Worlds?], 6-week contemporary art seminar programme, Arter Learning Programme, Istanbul, Turkey, 2024. interview with Cihan Ataş, medyascope.tv. interview with Milliyet Sanat. Essays accompanying the seminar, 2023-24.
- Bayraktar, K. O., Cansızoğlu, I., Nur, Y., & Kantürk, B. “Akademi: Sanat Pratikleri, Araştırma Çalışmaları ve Öneriler” [Academia: Artistic Praxis, Work of Research, and Suggestions]. SAHA Studio, 2022.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "Dağıtık Yaşam" [Distributed Life] Research on Symbiosis, Istanbul, Turkey, 2020.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "Sokak Otları" [Urban Weeds], İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Orman Bilimleri Fakültesi, 2019.
- Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. Medyum-sonrası Çağda Fotoğraf [Photography After Post-medium], Ortaformat, SALT Galata, Istanbul, 2019.
Bayraktar, K. O., Özcan, M., Germen, M., Çetin, O. C., & Süme, S. "Soru olarak İmge" [Image as a Question]. Base Talks, Galata Rum Okulu, Istanbul, 2017.
Bayraktar, K. O., & Ozgen, Y. "Sanatta Sistemler" [Systems in Art]. Mersin University Faculty of Fine Arts, Mersin. 2011. - Bayraktar, Kerem Ozan. "Dijital Ortamda Temsil" [Representation in Digital Media] . Mersin University Faculty of Fine Arts, Ugur Oral Lecture Room , Mersin, 2010.
Workshops
2024 | Instructor, Urban MicroClimate Recordings, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul. Presented in Cashmere Radio, 22.04.2024, Berlin. 2023 | Instructor, Aletlerin Fizyolojisi [Physiology of Tools], Istanbul Modern Museum, Istanbul
2023 | Coordinator, Experimental Media Garbology (by Luuk Schröder), Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
2023 | Instructor, Boyacılar, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
2022 | Instructor, Playing Marmara, with Aslı Uludağ & Şehir Dedektifleri, Müze Gazhane, Istanbul
2022 | Instructor, Sessiz Atölye [Silent Studio], Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
2022 | Instructor, Excerpts From Sea Matter, IKSV Alt Kat, Istanbul
2021 | Instructor, Gezegen Tasarımı [Planet Design], OMM, Eskişehir
2018 | Instructor, Materyalist Medya Ekolojisi ve Sanatsal Üretim [Materialist Media Ecology and Artistic Production], Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
2016 |Instructor, Erasure, Fkare Photography Festival, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul
2012–13 |Participant, Kurt Gödel & Gotlob Frege Workshop, System Studies, Yağız Özgen & Guido Casaretto Studio, Istanbul