ALI KAZMA

1971, Istanbul
Lives and works in Istanbul

  • EXHIBITIONS AT FRANCESCA MININI

     

    2008 Obstructions

     

    PRIZES

    2010
    NAM JUNE PAIK AWARD, winner together with Rosa Barba

    2001
    UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts, winner together with Mathieu Briand, Leoandro Erlich, Sascha Haghighian

    SELECTED SOLO SHOW

    2012
    IN IT, curated by Paul Ardenne, C24 Gallery, New York (USA) 

    INTIMACY, Francesca Minini, Milan (I)

    ABSENCE, Q-Box gallery, Athens (G)
     

    2011
    RED FOX MUST DIE/KıZıL TILKI ÖLMELI, Galeri Nev, Istanbul

    2010
    SAVOIR - FAIRE, Galerie Villa des Tourelles, Nanterre (F)
    THINGS WE DO, Musée de Bibracte, Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, (F)
    THINGS WE DO, Tanas, Berlin (D)
    THINGS WE DO, l’arC, scène nationale du Creusot, Le Creusot (F)

    2009
    OBSTRUCTIONS, curated by Emre Baykal, Kazim Taskent Yapi Kredi Gallery, Istanbul (T)
    OBSTRUCTIONS, curated by Mo Gourmelon, Espace Croisé, Roubaix (F)
    RETROPROSPECTIVE, curated by Barbara Polla, Analix Forever Gallery, Genéve, (CH)
    OBSTRUCTIONS, curated by Emre Baykal, Qbox Gallery, Athens, Greece

    2008
    OBSTRUCTIONS, curated by Maurizio Bortolotti, Francesca Minini, Milan, (I)

    2003
    WHAT REMAINS, curated by Vasif Kortun, Platform Garanti, Istanbul (T)

    SELECTED GROUP SHOW

    2013

    55 Venice Biennale, Pavilion of Turkey coordinated by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and curated by Emre Baykal, Venice (I)

     

    2012

    THE IMMINENCE OF POETICS, 30th São Paulo Biennial, curated by Luis Pérez-Oramas, Sao Paulo (BR) 

    2011
    12th Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul, curated by Adriano Pedrosa e Jens Hoffmann
    3rd Thessalonik Biennale, Thessaloniki, curated by Paolo Colombo
    DOUBLE CRESCENT, curated by Dan Cameron, Chelsea24 Gallery, New York (NY)
    TACTICS OF INVISIBILITY, ARTER, Istanbul (T)
    PARADISE LOST, curated by Paolo Colombo and Levent Çalıkoğlu, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul (T)

    2010
    SECOND EXHIBITION, ARTER Space for Art, Istanbul (T)
    CITY-O-RAMA, Public Spaces, Hong Kong (HKG)
    NAM JUNE PAIK, Museum Kunst Palast, curated by Susanne Rennert and Soo-Kyung Lee, Museum Kunst Palast, Duesseldorf and Tate Liverpool, Liverpool.
    WORKERS LEAVING THE WORKPLACE, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz (POL)
    H BOX, curated by Benjamin Weil, Laboratorio de Arte Alameda, Mexico City travels to: New Museum, New York and Fondation Beyeler, Basel
    THIS STORY IS NOT READY FOR ITS FOOTNOTES, Ex Elettrofonica, Roma (I)
    TACTICS OF INVISIBILITY, TBA21, Vienna (AUS)
    LE CORPS À L'OEUVRE, L'OEUVRE AU CORPS, curated by imagespassages, Centre Bonlieu, Annecy (F)

    2009
    IN THE BETWEEN, curated by Suzanne Egeran, Istanbul (T)
    A DIFFERENT SIMILARITY: ENDGAME, curated by Pelin Uran, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea
    ART IN AUDITORIUM, Fundacio N Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    ISTANBUL TRAVERSEE, curated by Caroline Naphegyi, Lille 3000, Lille, France

    2008
    ART IN AUDITORIUM, project developed by Whitechapel Gallery, London, curated by Emre Baykal, GAMeC, Bergamo (I)
    THE CITY RISES, curated by Paolo Colombo, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul (T)
    PLATFORM PARADISE, curated by Maurizio Bortolotti, Fast - The Foundation for Achieving seamless Territory, Ein Hawd (IS)
    ART IN AUDITORIUM, project developed by Whitechapel Gallery, London, curated by Emre Baykal, The Vehbi Koc Foundation, Istanbul (T)
    WORKING MEN, curated by Paul Ardenne and Barbara Polla, Analix Forever Gallery, Genéve, (CH)
    INTERNATIONAL FIILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM, Rotterdam (NL)
    LAST THINGS, curated by Vasif Kortun, Westfalischer Kunstverein, Munster (D)

    2007
    THE HISTORY OF A DECADE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN NAMED, 9th Lyon Biennial, curated by Stephanie Moisdon and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Lyon (F)
    DESTROY ATHENS, 1st Athens Biennial, curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-yio, Augustine Zenakos, Athens (G)
    OPTIMISM IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL WAR, 10th Istanbul Biennial, curated by Hou Hanru, Istanbul (T)
    WORLD FACTORY, curated by Hou Hanru, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, (U.S.A)

    2006   
    CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE BOSHPHORUS, EurHope 1153, curated by Francesco Bonami e Sarah Canarutto, Villa Manin Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Udine (I)
    BEAUTIFUL GAME, curated by Trevor Schoonmaker, Franklin Sirmans, Roebling Hall Gallery, New York (U.S.A.)
    HUMAN GAME WINNERS AND LOSERS, curated by Francesco Bonami, Fondazione Pitti, Florence (I)
    GLAMOUR AND GLOBALISATION, curated by Inke Arns, Hartware Medienkunstverein, Dortmund (D)
    DINAMICS DE LA CULTURA URBANA, 9th Havana Biennial, curated By Nelson Herrera Ysla, Havana (C)

    2005
    2nd Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions, curated by Emre Baykal, Fulya Erdemci, Istanbul, (T)
    RESTFEST, Istanbul (T)

    2004
    LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT, Cetinje Biennial 5, curated by Rene Block, Natasa Ilic, Cetinje, Montenegro
    ZIYARETÇI / THE VISITOR, curated by Emre Baykal Galerist Istanbul, Istanbul (T)
    MAKING OF ISTANBUL MODERN, curated by Fulya Erdemci, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul (T)
    Ram Gallery, Rotterdam, Holland
    EM JOGO / ON SIDE curated by Albano S. Pereira, Miguel Amado, Centro De Artes Visuais, Coimbra (P)
    A Project of Cetinje Biennial 5, curated by Rene Block, Natasa Ilic, Dubrovnik (HR)

    2003
    IN DEN SCHLUCTEN DES BALKAN, curated by Rene Block, Kunsthalle Friedricianum Kassel, Kassel (D)
    ESKI AÇIK SARI DESENE, Feature Documentary, Turkey Nationwide Theatrical Release (T)
    PERFORMANS GÜNLERI, Bilgi University, Istanbul (T)
    NERESI? BURASI?, curated by Emre Baykal, Fulya Erdemci, Vasıf Kortun, Yuji Maeyama, Itaru Hirano, Museum Of Modern Art, Saitama (J)

    2002       
    Inge Baecker Gallery, Cologne (D)
    Biennale Mediterraneenne des Art de Tunis, organized by Ecume (TN)
    FAUX/REAL, curated by Elga Wimmer, Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul (T)
    BETWEEN THE WATERFRONTS, Ram Gallery, Rotterdam (NL)
    Avanto New Media Festival, Museum Of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Helsinki (FIN)
    EV+A 2002, HEROES + HOLIES, curated by Apinan Poshyananda, Limerick City Galery Of Art, Limerick (IRL)

    2001
    Valencia Biennial, Valencia (E)
    7th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (T)
    EGOFUGAL: FUGUE FROM EGO FOR THE NEXT EMERGENCE,
    winner of the UNESCO Award For The Promotion Of The Arts, curated by Yuko Hasegawa
    9th Biennale de l'image en mouvement, Centre Pour L'image Contemporaine, Saint Gervais (CH)
    EGOFUGAL, Tokyo Opera City, Curated By Yuko Hasegawa, Tokyo (J)
    IM ZEICHEN DER STADT, curated by Dieter Ronte, Kuntsmuseum Bonn, Bonn (D)
    Splitski New Film Festival, Split (HR)

    2000
    GENC  SANAT, Ankara, curated By Vasıf Kortun (T)
    SOUTH, by Southwest Film Festival, Austin, Texas (U.S.A.)
    Darklight Digital Film Festival, Irish Film Center, Dublin (IRL)   

    1999   
    Film Fest New Haven, New Haven (U.S.A.)