Burhan Kum

"Still Life with an Apple", Oil on canvas, 42 x 120 cm, 2004

Istanbul, 1962
Lives in Antalya, Turkey

Education

1981 - 1983  Istanbul Technical University, Computer Science
1984 - Moved to Holland. Established his own atelier in Holland.
1985 - 1989 The Dutch Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Painting

Solo Exhibitions

• 2010- ''Format Theory', x-ist, Istanbul
• 2008 - "And...But...Or", Karşı Sanat, Istanbul
• 2006 - "Fear versus Fear", Karşı Sanat, Istanbul
• 2005 - "Suret", x-ist, Istanbul
• 2004 - "Resmen", Karsi Sanat Calismalari, Istanbul
• 2000 - "Roots", Gallery Passion, Istanbul
• 1998 - Gallery Oda, Istanbul
• 1992 - Baku Art Center, Baku, Azerbaijan

 

Group Exhibitions and Fairs

• 2011- '' Contemporary Istanbul'11'', Istanbul
• 2011-  ''Art Beat'11'', Istanbul
• 2011- ''Scope Basel 2011'', Basel, Switzerland
• 2011- ''Art HK'11'', Hong Kong
• 2011- ''Taste of Lust'', Istanbul
• 2008 - Art Asia Miami 2008 (International Asian Contemporary Art Fair)
• 2008 - “From 1978 to 2008 - Made in Turkey”, Frankfurt, Germany
• 2008 - “Possibilities, intuitions and speculations on 2010”, İstanbul
• 2007 - “contemporaryistanbul07”, Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center, İstanbul
• 2006 -  “contemporaryistanbul06”, Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center, İstanbul
• 2005 - “young expansions”, Pera Museum, İstanbul

 

 

PRESS CLIPS

Die Welt, September 2011
Panties and Prayer Chains (german) (PDF)

Art Economy, September 2011
An international Art Fair (PDF)

Radikal, October 2010
Two striking exhibitions (PDF)

Cumhuriyet, April 2010
The visual stimulus against formatting (turkish) (PDF)

Artist Actual, April 2010
Format Theory (turkish) (PDF)