Canan
Canan , "The Expulsion of Eve and Havva", mixed media on special paper, 70 x 100 cm, 2008
1970, Istanbul
Education
1987-92 Studied Marmara University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Business Administration Dept.
1994-98 Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting Dept.
PRICE AND AWARDS
1999 Painting Competition of Esbank Yunus Emre, Special Award of Jury, DKM, Istanbul
2003 Residency Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Germany
2004 Residency Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany
2006 Residency at The School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 “Even A Cat Has Mustache” Gallery x-ist, Istanbul
2007 “Bahname” Masa Project, Istanbul
2006 “Behind the Curtains”, Festival De Rode Loper, Amsterdam
2006 “Eyes cannot cognize” KBH Kunstall, Copenhagen
2005 “Behind the Curtains”, 9th International Istanbul Biennial Paralel Project, Istanbul
2003 “Es war einmal”, Laden No:5 Bad Ems, Germany
2000 "Finally you are in me", Tabela, Istanbul
1997 "Dreams, Faces, Plotters", Curator :Beral Madra, Rahmi Koç Museum, Istanbul
“Light up a Candle for the Light!” Performance, Istanbul
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Istanbul Contemporary'11, Istanbul
Choosing another strategy” Machine-RAUM, Vejle Art Museum, Denmark
Dream and Reality, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul
Where Fire Has Struck, Depo, Istanbul
Confessions Of Dangerous Minds Contemporary Art from Turkey, Saatchi Gallery, London
Art Dubai 2011
2010
État D’âmes, une génération hors d’elle, Beaux-arts de Paris
Video et Apres, Turquieet Alors, Centre Pompidou, Paris
ACT V: Power Alone, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
‘Like a dream... but not Yours, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington
Broken Down Walls of the Crimson Salon , Gallery Skuc, Ljubljana
“Emploi Saisonnier”, La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille
2009
“for example” Gallery Nova, curators WHW, Zagreb
Contemporary İstanbul Art Fair 09, Istanbul
City_net Asia 2009 - Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Seoul
11th International Istanbul Biennale, curators WHW, Istanbul
“Red Thread”, Curator WHW, Tanas Gallery, Berlin
Scope Art Fair, Basel
“Unfair Provacation”, Curator Canan Senol, Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul
2008
Contemporary İstanbul Art Fair 08, Istanbul
“Save As”, Contemporary art from Turkey, Triennale Bovisa, Milan
“Makul”, Hafriyat Karakoy, Istanbul
Sehir Hatları / Stadtverbindungen, Kunstmuseum Erlangen, Germany
2007
“Hicap”, Performance, Platform Art Center, Istanbul
" Here, There, Abroad" Ifa Galery Stuttgard, Germany
"Here, There, Abroad" Ifa Gallery Berlin, Germany
"Global Feminsms", Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley
“Be a realist, demand the impossible”, Curator Halil Altındere, Karşı Sanat İstanbul
“IFCA 13th international Festival of Computer arts”, Maribor
“Global Feminisms” Brooklyn Museum, Newyork
“Never From the Back but Face to Face” Radikal Art, Istanbul
“without head”, performance, MacArt Gallery, İstanbul
2006
“All about lies”, Apartman Project, Istanbul
Home and Away” Maribor Art Gallery, Slovenia
2005
“Free Kick”, Istanbul 9th International Istanbul Biennial Hospitally Zone, Istanbul
“Secret and Time”, Ankara
“Werke der Stipendiaten in Privatbesitz”, Emser Salon, Germany
2004
“Metamorphosis”, Darphane, Istanbul
“K-ein Weg”, Gallery Berkelkraftwerk Vreden, Germany
“38. Paralel, Horizon”, Skironio Centrum Kiffissia, Athens
“Muslims in Cairo, Teheran, Istanbul, Paris, Dakar”, Parc de la Villette, Paris
2003
“I’m too sad to kill you” Proje 4L, Istanbul
“Good, Bad, Ugly” Bilgi Üniversity, Istanbul
“Bad Emser Medienkunsttage”, Bad Ems, Germany
“Art bytes” Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
“Short & Sharp” Curator: Gulsen Bal, London Gallery 291, London
2002
“VideoRom 4,0”,Curator: Giacinto Di Pietrantonio Italia
“VideoRom 2,0” Curator: Cristiana Perralla, Giancarla Zanutti Gallery Milan,
“Video-Pool” Curator: Beral Madra, Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul
2001 "The Passions", 1st Valancia Biennial
2000
"Young Art 3", Curator Vasıf Kortun, Ankara
"Resistance ", Istanbul Technical University, Curator: Beral Madra, Istanbul
1999
"The picture in the hills" Dulcinea Art Gallery, Istanbul
“Out from Nowhere" centrem Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht, Schiedam, Lieden, Holland
"Mixed Painting Exhibition", Galery Galetea, Curator; Vasif Kortun, Istanbul
1998
"Reise Durh das Labyrinth", Galery Pozzo Pozzoza, Curator: Beral Madra, Berlin
Art in The World, Critical Trends and Young Artists, Passage de Retz, Paris
1997
18.Contemporary Istanbul Artists Exhibition, AKM Istanbul
"Kaos" Youth Action 3,TUYAP, Istanbul
"Varna'97" 9. International Print Biennial, Varna
"Dungeon" Group 97, Anemas Dungeon, Istanbul
1996 "Territory-Deterritorialisation" Youth Action 2, TUYAP, Istanbul
Workshops / Lectures
2010 Artist talk Beaux-arts de Paris
2009 workshop at İstanbul Modern Museum
2008 Artist Talk, “Here, There, Abroad”, rum46, Aarhus, Denmark
2007 Artist Talk, “Open Table”, Platform art center, Istanbul
2006 Colloquium “Islam and Contemporary art” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2006 Artist Talk,The School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2006 Lecture, workshop “Eyes Cannot Cognize” , Royal Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen,
2006 Lecture “Eyes Cannot Cognize”, , KBH Kunstall, Copenhagen,
2004 Lecture “If you do not deserve to be non-existant, you should better give up”, Marmara University, Ataturk Faculty of Education Department,
Website: http://www.cananx.com/
PRESS CLIPS
Radikal, January 2012
Activist & Feminist Painter: CANAN (PDF)
Milliyet Sanat, January 2012
Odalisques who are reading Judith Butler, use Facebook (PDF)
Hürriyet, December 2011
Turkish Delight (turkish) (PDF)
Artam Global Art, December 2011
Turkish Delight (turkish) (PDF)
New York Times, December 2011
Modern Women Artists in Turkey Meet Their Trailblazing Counterparts (PDF)
Vogue, November 2011
Hard Words, Attractive Lives (PDF)
Radikal İki, October 2010
Women, Art and Canan (turkish) (PDF)
Artist Actual, February 2010
Even a cat has a mustache (turkish) (PDF)