Kutluğ Ataman

*1961 / Turkey

Works

Solo exhibitions

fff & Snow White

Niru Ratnam Gallery, London (GB)
15 Nov 2024 – 21 Dec 2024
Mesopotamian Dramaturgies & fiction

Niru Ratnam Gallery, London (GB)
13 Apr 2022 – 15 May 2022
Stefan's Room

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago (US)
7 Nov 2014 – 23 Dec 2014
Journey to the Moon

Thomas Dane Gallery, London (GB)
27 Feb 2013 – 6 Apr 2013
Mesopotamian Dramaturgies

Sperone Westwater, New York (US)
1 Nov 2012 – 22 Dec 2012
Mesopotamian Dramaturgies

Arter - Space for Art, Istanbul (TR)
15 Sep 2011 – 16 Nov 2011
Beggars

Thomas Dane Gallery, London (GB)
18 May 2011 – 2 Jul 2011
Mesopotamian Dramaturgies

MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti, Roma (IT)
30 May 2010 – 12 Sep 2010
fff

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB)
13 Apr 2010 – 2 May 2010
The Enemy Inside

Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul (TR)
10 Nov 2010 – 6 Mar 2010
Küba / Paradise

Museum Ludwig, Köln (DE)
1 Sep 2009 – 31 Jan 2010
Dictionary

Galleria Francesca Minini, Milano (IT)
18 Sep 2009 – 7 Nov 2009
Mesopotamische Erzählungen

Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz (AT)
13 Feb 2009 – 19 Apr 2009
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Thomas Dane Gallery, London (GB)
13 Mar 2009 – 18 Apr 2009
Paradise and Küba

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (CA)
9 Feb 2008 – 19 May 2008
Küba/Paradise

BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht (NL)
2 Sep 2007 – 16 Dec 2007
Paradise

Orange County Museum, Newport Beach (US)
11 Mar 2007 – 3 Jun 2007
Küba

John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (GB)
18 Jan 2007 – 24 Feb 2007
De-Regulation / Never My Soul

Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzeliyya (IL)
2 Dec 2006 – 10 Feb 2007
KÜBA

Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp (BE)
17 Mar 2006 – 28 May 2006
De-Regulation

MUHKA Museum, Antwerp (BE)
17 Mar 2006 – 28 May 2006
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Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney (AU)
1 Feb 2006 – 18 Feb 2006
The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read

Pinakothek der Moderne, München (DE)
28 Jul 2005 – 30 Oct 2005
Küba

Museum Contemporary Art, Sydney (AU)
22 Jun 2005 – 4 Sep 2005
Küba

Hauptbahnhof Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)
17 Jun 2005 – 10 Jul 2005
Küba

Artangel, London (GB)
22 Mar 2005 – 4 Jun 2005
Küba

Artangel at The Sorting Office, London (GB)
22 Mar 2005 – 7 May 2005
Stefan’s Room

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago (US)
18 Mar 2005 – 23 Apr 2005
Stefan's Room

Lehmann Maupin, New York (US)
2 Oct 2004 – 30 Oct 2004
Stefan's Room

Lehmann Maupin, New York (US)
2 Oct 2004 – 30 Oct 2004
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Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Den Haag (NL)
29 Mar 2003 – 29 Jun 2003
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Serpentine Galleries, London (GB)
11 Feb 2003 – 9 Mar 2003
Küba

September 2005

TBA21 Augarten, Wien (AT)

Group

Marching to the Beat

Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco (US)
14 Jul 2017 – 26 Aug 2017

with Charles Atlas, Andrea Bowers, Rineke Dijkstra, Karen Kilimnik, Catherine Opie, Malick Sidibe, Wolfgang Tillmans
The Venice Biennale - 56th International Art Exhibition

All the World's Futures

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2015 – 22 Nov 2015

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Adel Abdessemed, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Abounaddara, Boris Achour, Chantal Akerman, John Akomfrah, Maja Bajevic, Ernesto Ballesteros, Sammy Baloji, Rosa Barba, Petra Bauer …
Love me, Love me not

Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan and its neighbours

Tesa 100, Venezia (IT)
1 Jun 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Shoja Azari, Orkhan Huseynov, Sitara Ibrahimova, Taus Makhacheva, Iliko Zautashvili
12th International Istanbul Biennial

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
17 Sep 2011 – 13 Nov 2011

with Eddie Adams, Claudia Andujar, Edgardo Aragon, Marwa Arsanios, George Awde, Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Taysir Batniji, Letizia Battaglia, Mathew B. Brady, Chris Burden, Tammy Rae Carland, Mat Collishaw …
Frieze Art Fair - Video and photo based art

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
13 Oct 2011 – 16 Oct 2011

with Annelies Strba, Marina Abramovic, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Haluk Akakçe, Francis Alys, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Pawel Althamer, Fikret Atay, Michel Auder, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Rosa Barba …
You never know what will happen next...

Die Sammlung 1900-2010

Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz (AT)
12 Feb 2010 – 31 Dec 2010

with Irene Andessner, Dieter Appelt, Dietmar Brehm, Barbara Denzer, Dorothee Golz, Gottfried Helnwein, Andre Kertesz, Brigitte Kowanz, Man Ray , Angel Marcos, Michaela Melian, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy …
29th Bienal de São Paulo

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
25 Sep 2010 – 12 Dec 2010

with Albano Afonso, Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Miguel Angel Rojas, Qiu Anxiong, Pedro Barateiro, Yto Barrada, Artur Barrio, Yael Bartana, Zarina Bhimji, Jacobo Borges …
17th Biennale of Sydney

THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
12 May 2010 – 1 Aug 2010

with Adel Abidin, AES+F, Makoto Aida, Brook Andrew, Miguel Angel Rios, Kader Attia, Lara Baladi, Roger Ballen, John Bock, Jota Castro, Dana Claxton, Marcus Coates …
Auto-Kino!

Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin (DE)
5 Feb 2010 – 14 Mar 2010

with Kenneth Anger, Rosa Barba, Marcel Broodthaers, Martin Creed, Lucile Desamory, Christian Jankowski, Bruce LaBruce, Isabelle Spengler, Hito Steyerl, Gillian Wearing, Artur Zmijewski
Little Theatre of Gestures

Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (SE)
10 Oct 2009 – 10 Jan 2010

with Inaki Bonillas, David Byrne, Rodney Graham, Susanne M. Winterling
Mois de la photo a Montreal - 11eme edition

Les espaces de l'image / The Spaces of the Image

MOMENTA, Montréal (CA)
10 Sep 2009 – 11 Oct 2009

with Sammy Baloji, Yael Bartana, Robert Burley, Jim Campbell, Pascal Convert, Luc Courchesne, Michael Flomen, Jeff Guess, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Emmanuelle Léonard, Yveline Loiseur …
LAUGHING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Hayward Gallery, London (GB)
25 Jan 2008 – 13 Apr 2008

with Guy Ben-Ner, Andreas Bock, Candice Breitz, Marcus Coates, CAO Fei, Ghazel, Grupa Azorro, Janne Lehtinen, Ugo Rondinone, Julian Rosefeldt, Roi Vaara, Martin Walde
10th International Istanbul Biennial

Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary - Optimism in the age of global war

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
8 Sep 2007 – 4 Nov 2007

with Hamra Abbas, Adel Abdessemed, AES+F, Fikret Atay, Ursula Biemann, Lee Bul, Banu Cennetoglu, Paul Chan, CHEN Chieh-Jen, LU Chunsheng, Nancy Davenport, CAO Fei …
Not Afraid of the Dark

Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milano (IT)
28 Mar 2007 – 27 May 2007

with William Kentridge, Fabio Mauri, Santiago Sierra
Reality Bites: Making Avant-garde Art in Post-Wall Germany

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis (US)
9 Feb 2007 – 29 Apr 2007

with Sophie Calle, Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Beate Guetschow, Christian Jankowski, Korpys / Loeffler, Eva Leitolf, Daniel Pflumm, Collier Schorr, Wolfgang Tillmans
2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - FOOTNOTES on Geopolitics, Market, and Amnesia

Moscow Biennale, Moscow (RU)
1 Mar 2007 – 1 Apr 2007

with Lida Abdul, Victor Alimpiev, Narda Fabiola Alvarado, Shoja Azari, Bigert & Bergstroem, Monica Bonvicini, Sergey Bratkov, Olga Chernysheva, Gary Hill, Josephine Meckseper, Ana Mendieta, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset …
Touch My Shadows

New Media from the GOETZ Collection in Munich

Centre for Contemporary Art, Warszawa (PL)
1 Dec 2006 – 28 Feb 2007

with Doug Aitken, Chantal Akerman, Janine Antoni, Janet Cardiff, David Claerbout, Rineke Dijkstra, Tracey Emin, Jeanne Faust, Fischli & Weiss, Douglas Gordon, Mona Hatoum, Isaac Julien …
m+m & friends

Maison d'art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur-Marne (FR)
16 Nov 2006 – 30 Dec 2006

with Annelies Strba, Juliette Agnel, Lionel Bayol-Themines, Veronique Bourgoin, Geraldo de Barros, Rene Groebli, Peter Knapp, Les Krims, Roland Laboye, Sergio Larrain, Didier Ben Loulou, Katharina Mouratidi …
Full House – Gesichter einer Sammlung

Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim (DE)
2 Apr 2006 – 22 Oct 2006

with Darren Almond, Nobuyoshi Araki, Oliver Boberg, Sergey Bratkov, Candice Breitz, Chris Cunningham, Flavia da Rin, Willie Doherty, Piero Steinle, Sam Taylor-Johnson (Wood), Bill Viola
The Grand Promenade

The Grand Promenade, Athína (GR)
17 Jul 2006 – 29 Sep 2006

with Pawel Althamer, Ghada Amer, Janine Antoni, Per Barclay, Michael Blum, Christian Boltanski, Fouad Elkoury, Gary Hill, Thomas Hirschhorn, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Wolfgang Laib …
Nature Attitudes

TBA21 Augarten, Wien (AT)
5 Apr 2006 – 9 Sep 2006

with Haluk Akakçe, John Bock, Ilkka Halso, Marine Hugonnier, Mariele Neudecker, Thomas Ruff, Allan Sekula, Thomas Struth, Janaina Tschaepe
Küba: Journey Against the Current

Kunstraum Nestroyhof, Wien (AT)
25 Jun 2006 – 9 Sep 2006

with Matei Bejenaru, Anetta Mona Chisa, László Csaki, Nedko Solakov
SNAFU. Medien, Mythen, Mind Control

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)
2 Apr 2006 – 5 Jun 2006

with Francis Alys, Lutz Dammbeck, Korpys / Loeffler, Otto Muehl, Bruce Nauman, Andy Warhol
Indeterminate States

Video in the Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection

Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami (US)
3 Dec 2005 – 3 Feb 2006

with Marina Abramovic, Chantal Akerman, Sophie Calle, SONG Dong, William Kentridge, Ana Mendieta, Julian Rosefeldt, Melanie Smith, Fiona Tan, Bill Viola, Robert Wilson, Francesca Woodman
Realit;-)t

30 Videoarbeiten aus der Sammlung Goetz in München

Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon (CH)
28 Aug 2005 – 23 Oct 2005

with Doug Aitken, Francis Alys, David Claerbout, Rineke Dijkstra, Tracey Emin, Fischli & Weiss, Mona Hatoum, Rachel Khedoori, Bjoern Melhus, Pipilotti Rist, Anri Sala, Beat Streuli …
Fast Forward. Avance rápido. Media Art de la Colección Goetz

Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid (ES)
9 Feb 2005 – 17 Apr 2005

with Michael Ackerman, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Francis Alys, Emmanuelle Antille, David Claerbout, Tacita Dean, Rineke Dijkstra, Tracey Emin, Fischli & Weiss, Pierre Huyghe, Bjoern Melhus, Aernout Mik …
2004–5 Carnegie International

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (US)
9 Oct 2004 – 30 Mar 2005

with Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, John Bock, Maurizio Cattelan, Robert Crumb, Jeremy Deller, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Trisha Donnelly, Chris Donovan, Harun Farocki, Saul Fletcher, YANG Fudong …
Monument to now

Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary, Athína (GR)
22 Jun 2004 – 30 Jan 2005

with Ghada Amer, Laurie Anderson, Janine Antoni, Matthew Barney, Vanessa Beecroft, Maurizio Cattelan, Rineke Dijkstra, Olafur Eliasson, Fischli & Weiss, Anna Gaskell, Gilbert & George, Douglas Gordon …
Ficcions documentals

Fundació la Caixa . Islas Baleares, Palma (ES)
24 Sep 2004 – 9 Jan 2005

with Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, Keren Amiran, Javier Codesal, Jordi Colomer, Tacita Dean, Harun Farocki, Peter Friedl, Valerie Jouve, Florence Lazar, Avi Mograbi, Noelle Pujol, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group) …
Turner Prize 2004

The winner is Jeremy Deller

Tate Britain, London (GB)
20 Oct 2004 – 28 Dec 2004

with Jeremy Deller, Langlands & Bell, Yinka Shonibare MBE
Down here

Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (NO)
8 Oct 2004 – 18 Nov 2004

with Miranda July, Anri Sala, David Shrigley, Salla Tykkae
ROSE C’EST LA VIE: ON FLOWERS IN CONTEMPORARY ART

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (IL)
1 Jul 2004 – 1 Nov 2004

with Helen Chadwick, Mat Collishaw, Keith Edmier, Fischli & Weiss, Robert Mapplethorpe, Paul Morrison, Erin O'Keefe, Marc Quinn, Andy Warhol
The Future Has a Silver Lining. Genealogies of Glamour

migros museum, Zürich (CH)
28 Aug 2004 – 31 Oct 2004

with Michel Auder, Daniele Buetti, Tom Burr, Janet Cardiff, Sylvie Fleury, Jonathan Horowitz, Sanja Ivekovic, Urs Luethi, George Bures Miller, Meret Oppenheim, Katharina Sieverding, Cosey Fanni Tutti …
Die Neue Kunsthalle III: materiell - immateriell

Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim (DE)
17 Mar 2004 – 17 Oct 2004

with Darren Almond, Oliver Boberg, David Claerbout, Paul Cunningham, Tracey Emin, Gary Hill, Isaac Julien, Christian Marclay, Mariko Mori
Eyelids and Lips - PHOTOESPAÑA 2004

Antigua Fábrica de Tabacos, Madrid (ES)
4 Jun 2004 – 18 Jul 2004

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Runa Islam, Emily Jacir, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
PHOTOESPAÑA 2004 - Historias

PHotoEspaña, Madrid (ES)
2 Jun 2004 – 18 Jul 2004

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Dennis Adams, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Paco Almengló, Pedro Álvarez, Jalon Angel, Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil, Joseph Beuys, Elena Blasco, Isidro Blasco, Daniel Blaufuks, Christian Boltanski …
Ficcions documentals // Documentary Fictions

CaixaForum, Barcelona (ES)
10 Mar 2004 – 27 Jun 2004

with Javier Codesal, Jordi Colomer, Tacita Dean, Harun Farocki, Peter Friedl, Valerie Jouve, Noelle Pujol, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Zineb Sedira, Allan Sekula, Jun Yang
7+7

National Museum of Contemporary Art - EM, Athína (GR)
31 Mar 2004 – 30 May 2004

with Bill Viola
Synopsis 3 - Testimonies: Between Fiction & Reality

National Museum of Contemporary Art - EM, Athína (GR)
10 Dec 2003 – 1 Mar 2004

with Johan Grimonprez, William Kentridge, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Jayce Salloum, Allan Sekula, Ann-Sofi Siden, Fiona Tan, Gillian Wearing, Akram Zaatari
fast forward - Media Art. Sammlung Goetz

ZKM | Zentrum Kunst Medien, Karlsruhe (DE)
11 Oct 2003 – 29 Feb 2004

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Doug Aitken, Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Emmanuelle Antille, David Claerbout, Tacita Dean, Rineke Dijkstra, Stan Douglas, Tracey Emin, Fischli & Weiss, Douglas Gordon …
8th International Istanbul Biennial

"Poetic Justice"

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
19 Sep 2003 – 16 Nov 2003

with Can Altay, Alexander Apostol, Knut Asdam, Fikret Atay, Txomin Badiola, Zarina Bhimji, Monica Bonvicini, Tania Bruguera, Gerard Byrne, Filipa Cesar, Attila Csoergoe, Minerva Cuevas …
Days Like These

Triennial exhibition of contemporary British art

Tate Britain, London (GB)
26 Feb 2003 – 26 May 2003

with Tim Head, Mike Marshall, Sarah Morris, Shizuka Yokomizo
dOCUMENTA (11)

documenta, Kassel (DE)
8 Jun 2002 – 15 Sep 2002

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Zarina Bhimji, John Bock, Pavel Braila, Luis Camnitzer, Destiny Deacon , Stan Douglas, Carlos Garaicoa, David Goldblatt, Craigie Horsfield, Feng Mengbo …

Events

Art Basel Qatar 2026

Art Basel, Doha (Qatar)
5 Feb 2026 – 7 Feb 2026

with Adel Abidin, Sophia Al-Maria, Halil Altindere, Mustapha Azeroual, Meriem Bennani, Ali Cherri, Simone Fattal, Ângela Ferreira, Shilpa Gupta, Mona Hatoum, Iman Issa, Hassan Khan …
ABU DHABI ART 2025

ABU DHABI ART, Abu Dhabi (AE)
19 Nov 2025 – 23 Nov 2025

with Omar Al Gurg, Farah Al Qasimi, Manal AlDowayan, Faycal Baghriche, Sara Benabdallah, BOLOHO, Nick Brandt, Vincenzo Castella, Ipek Duben, Osama Esber, Elger Esser, Samuel Fosso …
Küba / Paradise

Museum Ludwig, Köln (DE)
1 Sep 2009
Where is Küba?

Artangel, London (GB)