Ali Kazma
Born in 1971 in Istanbul, Turkey, Ali Kazma is a lens-based media artist living and working in Istanbul and Paris.
He has a master of arts degree from the New School in New York City.
Questioning social organization and the value of human activity, he highlights the relationship between the visible and the invisible aspects of reality by looking closely at the management of labour, time, bodies, gestures, space and processes. Kazma’s attentive eye collects specific activities in a broad range of economic, industrial, scientific, medical, social and artistic spheres.
He has an interest in spaces of social significance, places of production, in industries and handicraft, as well as in the details of machinery and ritualistic, repetitive daily tasks.
The artist, who represented Turkey at the 55th Venice Biennale – Pavilion of Turkey in 2013, had a comprehensive solo exhibition at Jeu de Paume, Paris in 2017. Ali Kazma’s other solo exhibitions include Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (2023), Albergo Diurno Venezia (Milan, 2018), MUNTREF (Buenos Aires, 2018), Arter (Istanbul, 2015), CAPRI (Düsseldorf, 2015), Hirshhorn Museum (Washington, 2010) and Platform Garanti (Istanbul, 2004).
Group exhibitions and biennials include MEP (Paris 2024), Fondation Thaile (France 2024), Lenbachhaus (Munich 2024), MAST (Bologna 2024), Video Sound Art Festival (Milan, 2023), BienalSur (Buenos Aures, 2023), 6th Kuandu Biennale (Taipei, 2018), 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art (Moscow, 2017), MAXXI (Rome, 2016), Musée d’Art Contemporaine de Lyon (Lyon, 2013), 30th Sao Paulo Biennial (Sao Paulo, 2012), Istanbul Biennial (Istanbul, 2001, 2007, 2011) Muzeum Sztuki Lodz (Lodz, 2012), Istanbul Modern (Istanbul, 2011), Museum Kunstpalast (Düsseldorf, 2010) and New Museum (New York, 2010). He has received the UNESCO Prize for Promotion of the Arts in 2001 and the Nam June Paik Award in 2010.
The artist’s works have been included in a number of institutional collections such as CNAP (Paris), Fondation Cartier (Paris), NMNM (Monaco, France), Istanbul Modern (Istanbul), MEP (Paris), MONA (Tasmania), Sztuki Museum (Lodz), Tate Modern (London), TBA21 (Vienna), Collection Foundation Louis Vuitton (Paris) and VKV Foundation Collection (Istanbul).
Born in 1971 in Istanbul, Turkey, Ali Kazma is a lens-based media artist living and working in Istanbul and Paris.
He has a master of arts degree from the New School in New York City.
Questioning social organization and the value of human activity, he highlights the relationship between the visible and the invisible aspects of reality by looking closely at the management of labour, time, bodies, gestures, space and processes. Kazma’s attentive eye collects specific activities in a broad range of economic, industrial, scientific, medical, social and artistic spheres.
He has an interest in spaces of social significance, places of production, in industries and handicraft, as well as in the details of machinery and ritualistic, repetitive daily tasks.
The artist, who represented Turkey at the 55th Venice Biennale – Pavilion of Turkey in 2013, had a comprehensive solo exhibition at Jeu de Paume, Paris in 2017. Ali Kazma’s other solo exhibitions include Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (2023), Albergo Diurno Venezia (Milan, 2018), MUNTREF (Buenos Aires, 2018), Arter (Istanbul, 2015), CAPRI (Düsseldorf, 2015), Hirshhorn Museum (Washington, 2010) and Platform Garanti (Istanbul, 2004).
Group exhibitions and biennials include MEP (Paris 2024), Fondation Thaile (France 2024), Lenbachhaus (Munich 2024), MAST (Bologna 2024), Video Sound Art Festival (Milan, 2023), BienalSur (Buenos Aures, 2023), 6th Kuandu Biennale (Taipei, 2018), 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art (Moscow, 2017), MAXXI (Rome, 2016), Musée d’Art Contemporaine de Lyon (Lyon, 2013), 30th Sao Paulo Biennial (Sao Paulo, 2012), Istanbul Biennial (Istanbul, 2001, 2007, 2011) Muzeum Sztuki Lodz (Lodz, 2012), Istanbul Modern (Istanbul, 2011), Museum Kunstpalast (Düsseldorf, 2010) and New Museum (New York, 2010). He has received the UNESCO Prize for Promotion of the Arts in 2001 and the Nam June Paik Award in 2010.
The artist’s works have been included in a number of institutional collections such as CNAP (Paris), Fondation Cartier (Paris), NMNM (Monaco, France), Istanbul Modern (Istanbul), MEP (Paris), MONA (Tasmania), Sztuki Museum (Lodz), Tate Modern (London), TBA21 (Vienna), Collection Foundation Louis Vuitton (Paris) and VKV Foundation Collection (Istanbul).
- A House of Ink, 2023Triptych synchronized HD video with sound, 48 min
- Sentimental, 2022Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 7 min 45 sec
- Flour Mill, 2021Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 7 min 21 sec
- Top Fuel, 2020Single channel HD video with sound, 16 min 02 sec
- Press, 2019Synchronized diptych HD video with sound, 7 min, 26 sec
- Creach, 2019Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 3 min 31 sec
- Fins Terrae, 2019Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 7 min 21 sec
- Electric, 2017Triptych synchronized HD video with sound, 5 min 55 sec
- Tea Time, 2017Triptych synchronized video with sound, 7 min 17 sec
- North, 2017Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 5 min 07 sec
- Subterranean, 2016Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 5 min 17 sec
- House of Letters, 2015Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 4 min 50 sec
- L’Atelier Sarkis, 2015Single channel video, 6 min 48 sec
- Tattoo, 2013Single channel video, 7 min 45 sec
- Automobile Factory, 2012Single channel video, 10 min 27 sec
- Clerk, 2011Single channel video with sound, 7 min 45 sec