Erkan Özgen

♂ *1971 / Turkey

Works

Solo exhibitions

Off the Record

Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
2 Apr 2022 – 28 Aug 2022
Wonderland

EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo (FI)
2 Feb 2022 – 1 May 2022
Giving voices

Fundació Antoni Tàpies , Barcelona (ES)
13 Nov 2018 – 24 Feb 2019
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Rooseum Provisorium, Malmö (SE)
29 Aug 2005 – 28 Oct 2005

Group

Echoes: Videos from the Han Nefkens Foundation Donation

Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
9 Jul 2026 – 23 May 2027

with Aziz Hazara, Hao Jingban, Gabriel Mascaro, Thao Nguyen Phan, Bárbara Sánchez Barroso
Power

Film series

PalaisPopulaire, Berlin (DE)
19 Feb 2026 – 13 Apr 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Karimah Ashadu, Dara Birnbaum, Jen Denike, Korpys / Loeffler, Seyed Farian Sabahi, Rosemarie Trockel, Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen)
Donkey Work

Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool (GB)
28 Jun 2025 – 20 Sep 2025

with Sener Oezmen, Marina Abramovic, Andrea Buettner, Sarah Dobai, Laura Ford, Paul Nash
Ivy

Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul (TR)
14 Sep 2022 – 1 Dec 2022

with Heba Y. Amin, Burcak Bingoel, Yane Calovski, Didem Erk, Zeynep Kayan, Egle Oddo, Cengiz Tekin, Simon Wachsmuth
Lenin Was a Mushroom – Moving Images in the 1990s

MUHKA Museum, Antwerp (BE)
3 Jun 2022 – 21 Aug 2022

with Sener Oezmen, David Claerbout, Stan Douglas, Andrea Fraser, Johan Grimonprez, Shilpa Gupta, Amar Kanwar, Aernout Mik, Gianni Motti, Rosalind Nashashibi, Arturas Raila, Rosangela Renno …
22nd Biennale of Sydney — NIRIN

Museum Contemporary Art, Sydney (AU)
14 Mar 2020 – 8 Jun 2020

with Lhola Amira, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Huma Bhabha, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Tarek Lakhrissi, Zanele Muholi
Here We Are Today

A View of the World in Photography & Video Art / Das Bild der Welt in Foto- & Videokunst

Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg (DE)
7 Jun 2019 – 29 Sep 2019

with Zarina Bhimji, Johanna Diehl, Samuel Fosso, Andreas Gursky, Pieter Hugo, Bertram Kober, Herlinde Koelbl, Eva Leitolf, Shirin Neshat, Marcel Odenbach, Trevor Paglen, Peter Piller …
Homeless Souls

Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek (DK)
27 Jun 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Kader Attia, Tiffany Chung, Shilpa Gupta, Ramin Haerizadeh, Hiwa K, Nalini Malani, Otobong Nkanga, Kara Walker
The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement

The Phillips Collection, Washington (US)
22 Jun 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Adel Abdessemed, Chantal Akerman, John Akomfrah, Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Guillermo Arias, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Beverly Buchanan, Phil Collins …
VERGESSENE AUFKLÄRUNGEN

Unbekannte Geschichten über den Islam in der zeitgenössischen Kunst

HALLE 14, Leipzig (DE)
27 Apr 2019 – 14 Aug 2019

with Adel Abidin, Azadeh Akhlaghi, Feriel Bendjama, Anahita Razmi
Istanbul Modern Berlin

Istanbul Next Wave. Gleichzeitigkeit - Parallelen - Gegensätze

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
12 Nov 2009 – 17 Jan 2010

with Sener Oezmen, Haluk Akakçe, Bedri Baykam, Ayse Erkmen, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Hale Tenger, Nil Yalter, Pinar Yolacan
11th International Istanbul Biennial

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
12 Sep 2009 – 8 Nov 2009

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Nevin Aladag, Doa Aly, Karen Andreassian, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Rena Effendi, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Nilbar Gueres, Igor Grubic, Sharon Hayes, Vlatka Horvat …
BEYOND PARADISE

SMBA Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
20 Jul 2008 – 7 Sep 2008

with Sener Oezmen, Patricia Esquivias, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Matthieu Laurette, Sascha Pohle, Lisl Ponger, Bik van der Pol
Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie

Class Hegemony in Contemporary Art

Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul (TR)
23 Jan 2007 – 3 Mar 2007

with Sener Oezmen, Annika Eriksson, Hassan Khan, Natascha Sadr Haghighian
EurHope 1153

Villa Manin, Codroipo (IT)
28 Oct 2006 – 25 Feb 2007

with Ahmet Oeguet, Haluk Akakçe, Fikret Atay, Bashir Borlakov, Banu Cennetoglu, Hussein Chalayan, Esra Ersen, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Ali Kazma
Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie

Class Hegemony in Contemporary Art

Gasworks, London (GB)
10 Nov 2006 – 14 Jan 2007

with Sener Oezmen, Annika Eriksson, Hassan Khan, Natascha Sadr Haghighian
hoch hinaus

Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun (CH)
10 Jul 2005 – 18 Sep 2005

with Sener Oezmen, Sonja Braas, Fischli & Weiss, ZHANG Huan, Joël Tettamanti
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Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul (TR)
1 Jan 2005 – 1 Apr 2005

with Sener Oezmen, Haluk Akakçe, Nasan Tur
Art for...

Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul (TR)
10 Dec 2004 – 26 Feb 2005

with Sener Oezmen, Esra Ersen, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Aydan Murtezaoglu, Bülent Sangar, Secil Yersel
Placebo effect

Sparwasser HQ, Berlin (DE)
4 Nov 2004 – 18 Dec 2004

with Ahmet Oeguet, Sener Oezmen, Köken Ergun, Berat Isik

Events

7th Mardin Biennial – SKYground

Mardin Biennial, Mardin (TR)
15 May 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Hamra Abbas, Carlos Aires, Mehtap Baydu, Isaac Chong Wai, Canan Dagdelen, Alfredo Jaar, Hiwa K, Ali Kaaf, Sejla Kameric, Basim Magdy, Khalil Rabah, Xul Solar
LOOP Video Art Fair 2025

LOOP, Barcelona (ES)
18 Nov 2025 – 20 Nov 2025

with Yalda Afsah, Janet Biggs, Florian Braakman, Julien Discrit, Elyla, Dionis Escorsa, Gabriela Golder, Noemie Goudal, Saodat Ismailova, Claudia Joskowicz, Annika Kahrs, Stelios Kallinikou …
Sharjah Biennial 15

Thinking Historically in the Present

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
7 Feb 2023 – 11 Jun 2023

with John Akomfrah, Monira Al Qadiri, Farah Al Qasimi, Brook Andrew, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Pablo Bartholomew, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Carolina Caycedo, Ali Cherri …
ART COLOGNE 2022

Art Cologne, Köln (DE)
18 Nov 2022 – 20 Nov 2022

with Heba Y. Amin, William Anastasi, Alvin Baltrop, Banz & Bowinkel, Rosa Barba, Matthew Barney, Lothar Baumgarten, Christiane Baumgartner, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Laurenz Berges, Gregory Bojorquez, Gerd Bonfert …
22nd Biennale of Sydney

NIRIN

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
14 Mar 2020 – 8 Jun 2020

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Tony Albert, Maria Thereza Alves, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Sammy Baloji, Huma Bhabha, Mohamed Bourouissa, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Tania Bruguera, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Jose Davila, Rokni Haerizadeh …
LOOP Festival 2018

LOOP, Barcelona (ES)
12 Nov 2018 – 22 Nov 2018

with Eugenio Ampudia, Mitra Azar, Marion Balac, Rosa Barba, Mircea Cantor, Tang Chao, DEMOCRACIA, George Drivas, Antje Ehmann, Harun Farocki, Douglas Gordon, Lucy Harvey …
FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art

114 Artists. 28 Exhibitions

Front International, Cleveland (US)
14 Jul 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Eric Baudelaire, Walead Beshty, Dawoud Bey, Barbara Bloom, Candice Breitz, Gerard Byrne, Willie Doherty, Paul Druecke, Paul Druecke, Harrell Fletcher, Harrell Fletcher, Cyprien Gaillard …
Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions 2018

Mapping the Invisible - <a href="https://www.yebizo.com/en/" target="_blank">yebizo.com/en/</a>

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
9 Feb 2018 – 25 Feb 2018

with Ismail Bahri, Maeve Brennan, Sebastian Buerkner, Marina Gioti, Mako Idemitsu, Jonna Kina, Ken Matsubara, Natacha Nisic, Lisa Oppenheim, Makoto Oshiro, James Richards, Yoshiko Seino …
15th International Istanbul Biennial

a good neighbour

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
16 Sep 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, Volkan Aslan, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Latifa Echakhch, Klara Liden, Liliana Maresca, Olaf Metzel, Lee Miller, Henrik Olesen, Stephen G. Rhodes, Dayanita Singh, Lukas Wassmann