Şener Özmen

*1971 / Turkey

Works

Solo exhibitions

A New Hopelessness

Pilevneli Gallery, Istanbul (TR)
6 Apr 2019 – 12 May 2019
Die Geschichte von Şener Özmen

Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)
21 Apr 2011 – 29 May 2011
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Galerie Schleicher+Lange, Paris (FR)
10 May 2005 – 14 May 2005

Group

Magnum Between Pages (1943 – 2026)

90 representative photobooks and 130 original works by Magnum Photos,

Museum Hanmi, Seoul (KR)
14 Aug 2026 – 11 Oct 2026

with Werner Bischof, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cristina De Middel, Elliott Erwitt, Jean Gaumy, Philippe Halsman, Martin Parr, Alec Soth, Alex Webb
Magnum Between Pages 1943-2025

Museum Hanmi, Seoul (KR)
23 May 2025 – 19 Oct 2025

with Jacob Aue Sobol, Werner Bischof, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Chien Chi Chang, Raymond Depardon, Elliott Erwitt, Chris Killip, Susan Meiselas, Martin Parr, Marc Riboud, Alex Webb
Donkey Work

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

with Erkan Oezgen, Marina Abramovic, Andrea Buettner, Sarah Dobai, Laura Ford, Paul Nash
Lenin Was a Mushroom – Moving Images in the 1990s

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

with Erkan Oezgen, David Claerbout, Stan Douglas, Andrea Fraser, Johan Grimonprez, Shilpa Gupta, Amar Kanwar, Aernout Mik, Gianni Motti, Rosalind Nashashibi, Arturas Raila, Rosangela Renno …
Interactions

Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul (TR)
14 Aug 2021 – 27 Feb 2022

with Haluk Akakçe, Ipek Duben, Inci Eviner, Bengü Karaduman, Thomas Ruff, Sarkis, Matt Saunders
Flucht

GAF Galerie Fotografie, Hannover (DE)
16 Feb 2017 – 26 Mar 2017

with Ali Nouraldin, Ole Spata, Gordon Welters
Artists in Their Time

Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul (TR)
1 Aug 2015 – 31 Dec 2016

with Ferhat Oezguer, Doug Aitken, Haluk Akakçe, Fikret Atay, Bedri Baykam, Mark Bradford, Ergin Cavusoglu, Canan Dagdelen, Olafur Eliasson, Cevdet Erek, Ara Gueler, Nilbar Gueres …
13th International Istanbul Biennial

Mom, am I barbarian?

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
14 Sep 2013 – 20 Oct 2013

with Murat Akaguenduez, Jananne Al-Ani, Alice Creischer & Andreas Siekmann, Halil Altindere, Bertille Bak, Yto Barrada, Guillaume Bijl, Hanna Farah Kufr Birim, Annika Eriksson, Didem Erk, Ayse Erkmen, LaToya Ruby Frazier …
iRonic - Die feinsinnige Ironie der Kunst

Kunstpalais, Erlangen (DE)
2 Jul 2011 – 4 Sep 2011

with Ahmet Oeguet, John Bock, Shannon Bool, Thorsten Brinkmann, Ragnar Kjartansson
Istanbul Modern Berlin

Istanbul Next Wave. Gleichzeitigkeit - Parallelen - Gegensätze

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

with Erkan Oezgen, Haluk Akakçe, Bedri Baykam, Ayse Erkmen, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Hale Tenger, Nil Yalter, Pinar Yolacan
BEYOND PARADISE

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

with Erkan Oezgen, Patricia Esquivias, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Matthieu Laurette, Sascha Pohle, Lisl Ponger, Bik van der Pol
Transfer

türkiye-nrw 2005-2007

Santralistanbul, Istanbul (TR)
12 Jan 2008

with Anja Jensen
Transfer Türkiye-NRW 2005-2007

Ludwig Forum, Aachen (DE)
15 Sep 2007 – 4 Nov 2007

with Anja Jensen, Sener Ozmen / Cengiz Tekin, Max Sudhues, Heike Weber
Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie

Class Hegemony in Contemporary Art

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

with Erkan Oezgen, Annika Eriksson, Hassan Khan, Natascha Sadr Haghighian
Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie

Class Hegemony in Contemporary Art

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

with Erkan Oezgen, Annika Eriksson, Hassan Khan, Natascha Sadr Haghighian
Höhepunkte der KunstFilmBiennale Köln in Berlin

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
24 Sep 2006 – 4 Oct 2006

with Bruce Conner, Johan Grimonprez, Christian Jankowski, Isaac Julien, Julian Rosefeldt, Sam Taylor-Johnson (Wood), Marijke van Warmerdam, Francesco Vezzoli, Artur Zmijewski
9th International Istanbul Biennial

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
16 Sep 2005 – 30 Oct 2005

with Pawel Althamer, Reli Avrahami, Yael Bartana, Johanna Billing, Phil Collins, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Hala Elkoussy, Jon Mikel Euba, Mireia Guzmán, Jens Haaning, Mario Rizzi, Ahlam Shibli …
hoch hinaus

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

with Erkan Oezgen, 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 Erkan Oezgen, Haluk Akakçe, Nasan Tur
Art for...

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

with Erkan Oezgen, 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, Erkan Oezgen, Köken Ergun, Berat Isik
In den Schluchten des Balkan

Fridericianum, Kassel (DE)
30 Aug 2003 – 23 Nov 2003

with Marina Abramovic, Fikret Atay, Maja Bajevic, Boris Missirkov & Georgi Bogdanov, Mircea Cantor, Danica Dakic, Ayse Erkmen, Esra Ersen, Sanja Ivekovic, Sejla Kameric, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Oliver Musovik …

Events

Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival 2023

32 exhibitions by over 100 artists from more than 20 countries

THREE SHADOWS BEIJING, Xiamen (CN)
15 Dec 2023 – 21 Jan 2024

with Maciejka Art, Eric Bouvet, Samantha Box, btr, Philippe Calia, Eiffel Chong, Li Dan, Jeannette Ehlers, Ismail Ferdous , Fryd Frydendahl, LIU Gang, Bente Geving …
The 11th Shanghai Biennale

Why Not Ask Again: Arguments, Counter-arguments, and Stories

Shanghai Biennale - Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
12 Nov 2016 – 12 Mar 2017

with Navjot Altaf, Takashi Arai, Sammy Baloji, Khaled Barakeh, Patty Chang, John Gerrard, Hao Jingban, Taus Makhacheva, LEE Mingwei, Fabrice Monteiro, Peter Piller, Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen)
9th International Istanbul Biennial

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
16 Sep 2005 – 30 Oct 2005

with Pawel Althamer, Yael Bartana, Johanna Billing, Phil Collins, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Hala Elkoussy, Jon Mikel Euba, IRWIN - Dusan Mandic, Miran Mohar, Andrej Savski, Roman Uranjek, Borut Vogelnik, Nedko Solakov