SENCER VARDARMAN

 

     

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studies

2003-2006 Institute for Art In Context, University of Arts-Berlin, Germany Degree: MA
2002-2003 Fine Arts, by Prof. K. Sieverding, University of Arts-Berlin, Germany Degree: "Meisterschuelerstudium"
1998-2002 Fine Arts, by Prof. K. Sieverding, University of Arts-Berlin, Germany Degree: "Hochschulabschluss"
1992-1997 Fine Arts, Department of Photography, Mimar Sinan University-Istanbul, Degree: BA
1987-1991 Economics, Istanbul University-Istanbul, Turkey

 

grants

2020 Kulturakademie Tarabya Stipendium, Goethe Institut, Istanbul, Türkei
2017 Research Scholarschip of Senat Berlin
2015 Artists´ contacts (Künstlerkontakte) - project grant, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, Germany
2015 Platform residency - Vaasa, Finland
2009 KWW-Art, Science, Economy Scholarship - Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen,
2007 Scholarship of Senat Berlin,
2002 GASAG Art price - mansion,
2001 Digitale Bildwelten - Sparkasse Art Price of Kreissparkasse, Recklinghausen, mansion

 

 
 
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exhibitions & artistic participations
(selection)

2021
Bilsart - WOUNDED GROUND II, Istanbul, Turkey (solo exhibition)
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien - Studio Bosporus. Festival for the 10th Anniversary of Tarabya Cultural Academy, Berlin, Germany
okk/raum29 - look into my eyes!, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition with Demet Ortakoyluoglu)

2020
Schoeler.Berlin - Berlin 20/20 - 100 Jahre, Berlin, Deutschland
Turku City Art Museum - Under the Mother Earth’s Skin, Turku, Finland (solo exhibition)
Scotty - Territories, Berlin, Germany

2019
Mixer - LENS'19 Things Seen, Berlin, Germany
Consulate General of Germany in Istanbul- Crossdresser, Istanbul, Turkey

2018
Galerie Nord-Kunstverein Tiergarten - Stadt als Ornament, Berlin, Germany

2017
OKK, organ of critical arts - Bomb, Berlin, Germany
Axel Obiger- Gier, Berlin, Germany
Kunsthaus KuLe - Lady Dada Kalam, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Wedding - Mapping Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Axel Obiger - „Critical Mass“ Alke Brinkmann and Sencer Vardarman, Berlin, Germany

2016
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume - Soulèvements-Résistances Numériques, Online Project, Paris, France
9th Berlin Biennale - Fear of Content, Online Project, Berlin, Germany

2015
NGBK, 77□13 Politische Kunst im Widerstand in der Türkei, Berlin, Germany
Cer Modern, Kentsel Adalet, Ankara, Turkey

2014
Landskrona Fotofestival, Focus: Turkey- TYGHUSET, Landskrona, Sweden

2013
KUAD - onLine-Istanbul, Turkey
Opera Gallery - Istanbul Portfolio - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2012
3rd Canakkale Biennial- Canakkale, Turkey
art ON Istanbul - Virtual News - Istanbul, Turkey (solo exhibition)

2011
art ON Istanbul - Crossing Roads - Istanbul, Turkey

2010
Altes Museum Neukoelln - urban memories - Berlin, Germany
uqbar - CELEBRATION! , Berlin, Germany
arttransponder e.V. - R_EVOLUTION? - art practice political interventions collaborative acting - Berlin, Germany
kasa galeri - 10 Years at Kasa - Istanbul, Turkey

2009
meinblau - What Comes Next? - Post-wall realities and emergence of new aesthetic theories, Berlin, Germany
Martin Gropius Bau - Taswir - Pictorial Mappings of Modernity and Islam, Berlin, Germany
2nd Thessaloniki Biennale - 1000+1 Prax(e)i,Thessaloniki, Greece

2008
Istanbul Centre in Brussels - Istanbul Dyptychs, Brussels, Belgium
Pera Museum - Owl's Frames / Baykusun Kareleri, Istanbul, Turkey
OKK / RAUM 29 - new order, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)

2007
Capital - Lund, Sweden
Galerie Metro - Cover - Berlin, Germany
2nd Fotofestival Mannheim / Ludwigshafen / Heidelberg - Reality Crossings, Germany
kasa galeri - Legal Tender - Istanbul, Turkey
NBK - Förderkohle - Berlin, Germany

2006
Artnews Projects - Rio - Berlin, Germany
Apartment Project - all about lies - Istanbul, Turkey
SOX36 - new order I - Berlin, Germany
Fleisch Zeigt - Mixed Hypnos - Berlin, Germany
arttransponder e.V. - Outliners - Berlin, Germany

2005
Apartment Project - Waiting Room - Istanbul, Turkey
Martin Gropius Bau - Focus Istanbul - Berlin, Germany
House of World Cultures - About Beauty (Web Project) - Berlin, Germany

2004
Akbank Center for Art and Culture - Thieving City - Istanbul, Turkey
20. IFSAK - Istanbul Photography Days - Metamorphosis - Istanbul, Turkey
Künstlerhaus Bethanien - Berlin-Istanbul Vise-Versa -Berlin, Germany
Gallery Design Transfer - Big Boys Toys - Berlin, Germany

2001
21. Istanbul Modern Art Exhibition - On Image We Trust -AKM Istanbul, Turkey
Kreissparkasse - Digitale Bildwelten - Recklinghausen, Germany

2000
Çankaya Center of Contemporary Arts - Young Art in Ankara III - Ankara, Turkey
KW - Open up the corridor - Institute for Contemporary Art - Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)

 

 

curatorial experience

2018
Kunst im Stadtraum am Hansaplatz, jury member,
Senatverwaltung für Kultur und Europa - Berlin, Germany

2017
Public Art Forms and Conflict Norms, Participant in academic discussion panel,
CESPRA – EHESS - Paris, France
Auszeichnung Künstlerischer Projekträume und Initiativen, jury member,
Senatverwaltung für Kultur und Europa - Berlin, Germany

2016
1+1 TALKS - 9 - ERDEN KOSOVA + EZGI BAKCAY, MARS, Istanbul, Turkey
1+1 TALKS - 8 - ADALET R. GARMIANY + FRIEDERIKE RUFF, Kunsthaus KuLe, Berlin (with Taswir e.V.)
1+1 TALKS - 7 - ANA RIABOSHENKO + SHULAMIT BRUCKSTEIN, Kunsthaus KuLe, Berlin (with Taswir e.V.)
1+1 TALKS - 6 - IŞIN ÖNOL + SELDA ASAL, Kunsthaus KuLe, Berlin (with Taswir e.V.)

2015
1+1 TALKS - 5 - EMRE ZEYTINOGLU + ALI AKAY - MARS, Istanbul, Turkey
1+1 TALKS - 4 - KRISTINA KRAMER + MARIA NORDBÄCK, Platform, Vaasa, Finland
1+1 TALKS - 3 - MARY CREMIN + BRITT KOOTSTRA, Platform, Vaasa, Finland

2014
1+1 TALKS - 2 - ECE PAZARBASI + STEFANIE BÜRKLE, berlinerpool e.V., Berlin, Germany
1+1 TALKS - 1 - AYSE EREK + TINA LANGE, berlinerpool e.V., Berlin, Germany

2009
Istanbul off spaces - (Exhibition) Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
(with Stéphane Bauer)

2007
Legal Tender - (Exhibition) Kasa Galery, Istanbul, Turkey

2006
Outliners - (Exhibition) - arttransponder e.V., Berlin, Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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