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Servet Kocyigit
Short Biography
Servet Kocyigit ( b. 1971, Kaman, Turkey). He studied art at Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam and currently lives and works between Amsterdam and Istanbul. He participated several artist residency programs: De Ateliers Amsterdam, Holland (1999), Wilhelm Lehmbruck Residency Duisburg, Germany (2000), JCVA Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts, Israel (2006).
His work was exhibited internationally, in Holland, Turkey, France, Germany, Brazil, Israel amongst many other countries, in museums, institutions festivals, and galleries. Servet Kocyigit’s solo exhibitions includes those at Outlet, Independet Art Space, Istanbul, “ Under The Counter “ (2010), Givon Art Gallery,Tel-Aviv “Good Things Are Much Better In Pairs “ (2008), Nederlads Foto Museum, Rotterdam “ Poetic Accident ” (2001).
He has participated in numerous important group exhibitions including, 27th Sao Paulo Biennale (2006), 9th Istanbul Biennale (2005), Biennale Cuvée, Linz, Austria (2008), ARTER Space For Art, Istanbul (2010), TANAS, Berlin (2011), Palais Des Beaux Arts De Lille, France (2009), Smart Project Space, Amsterdam (2008), Haifa Museum of Art, Israel,(2007), De Kleine Biennale Utrecht, Holland (2006), The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2006), Herzliya Museum Of Contemporary Art, Israel (2006), MuHKA- Media Antwerpen, Belguim (2005), Proje 4L Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art (2002) De Appel, Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam (2001), Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg Germany (2000).
He received several grants and prizes, OC&V scholarship from Dutch Ministry of Culture (1997), Wilhelm Lehmbruck Fellowship (1999), Working Grant, FBKvB The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts (2008). |
Selected CV
1971 Kaman-Turkey Lives and works in Amsterdam and Istanbul |
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Education / Residencies |
2006 |
JCVA Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts, Israel |
1999-00 |
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Residency, Duisburg- Germany |
1997-99 |
De Ateliers, Amsterdam- The Netherlands |
1993-97 |
Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam- The Netherlands |
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Solo Exhibitions |
2010 |
“Under The Counter“ OUTLET-ISTANBUL, Istanbul-Turkey |
2008 |
“Good Things Are Much Better In Pairs “ GIVON ART GALLERY, Tel Aviv-Israel
“1000 Penguins” TWEETAKT Theater Festival Utrecht-The Netherlands |
2005 |
“Servet Kocyigit” GIVON ART GALLERY, Tel Aviv- Israel |
2004 |
“Inside Out” #3 GALLERY SAFE – Art, Dalfsen- The Netherlands |
2002 |
“Chasing Dragons” Prefab 4, ARTIS Den Bosch- The Netherlands
“My Pretty Sugar Sailor” (Duo with Anthea Bush) HEDAH Modern Art Center,Maastricht |
2001 |
“Poetic Accident ” NEDERLANDS FOTO INSTITUUT, Rotterdam- The Netherlands |
1999 |
“Servet Kocyigit“ De Ateliers Amsterdam-The Netherlands |
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Group Exhibitions |
2011 |
“Zwolf im Zwolften“ curated by René Block and Ece Pazarbasi,TANAS, Berlin-Germany (cat.)
“Recent History of daily utopias“ video Screening, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich-Germany |
2010 |
“Starter” curated by René Block , ARTER Space For Art, Istanbul-Turkey (cat.)
“Not easy to save the world in 90 days“ curated by René Block 44 MØEN, Askeby- Denmark (cat.)
“Silent Partner“ LOOP#2010 Video Festival, Barcelona , Spain (cat.)
“Videographies 21” Festival Des Images Experimentales, Liége, Belgium |
2009 |
“Istanbul traversée” curated by Caroline Naphegyi, PALAIS DES BEAUX ARTS DE LILLE – Fr.
“Not easy to save the world in 90 days“ curated by René Blok, TANAS, Berlin- Germany (cat.)
“Tamam“ APOLLONIA, European art exchanges, Strasbourg, France (cat.)
“RIOT//REVOLT” Video screening, CENTER POMPIDOU, Paris, France
“Darbe/Coup” OUTLET-ISTANBUL, Turkey
“Small distortions in the order“ 28th ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, video screening, Istanbul-TR
20th ANKARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Video screening, Ankara-Turkey |
2008 |
“Biennale Cuvée” 08 World selection of contemporary art,OK-CENTRUM, Linz-Austria (cat.)
“Field Work” curated by Hilde Bruijn, SMART PROJECT SPACE, Amsterdam-The Netherlands
“KAAP” curated by Mark Kremer, Fort Ruigenhoek Utrecht-The Netherlands (cat.)
“I refuse to become what you call normal“ OUTLET-ISTANBUL, Turkey
“700is“ ALSAGAR Arts Centre, Manchester-UK (cat.)
“700is” ASU Media Art Centre, Arizona-USA (cat.)
“700is” Experimental film and video festival Egilsstadir, Iceland (cat.)
“Little Room Downstairs“ WG-Punt Exhibition Space, Amsterdam-The Netherlands |
2007 |
“Boys Craft“ curated by Tami Katz-Freiman, HAIFA MUSEUM OF ART, Haifa-Israel (cat.)
“The Stability of Truth” curated by Una Henry, SMART PROJECT SPACE, Amsterdam (cat.)
“Crossings, a Contemporary View“ The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre-Cyprus (cat.)
“Nobody’s Story” slashseconds.org , Issue/05 Leeds University-UK
“Crossings, a Contemporary View”, Pôle Cathédrale, Amiens-France (cat.) |
2006 |
“How We Live Together” curated by Rosa Martinez, 27th SAO PAULO BIENNIAL, Brazil (cat.)
“Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art” The ISRAEL MUSEUM, Jerusalem-Israel
“Fata Morgana“ curated by Tami Katz-Freiman, HAIFA MUSEUM OF ART, Haifa-Israel (cat.)
“De Kleine Biennale” curated by Mark Kremer, Utrecht-The Netherlands (cat.)
“Uberhaupt-What Dutch” GUTLEUT 15, Frankfurt-Germany
“Summerise” GIVON ART GALLERY, Tel Aviv-Israel
“Voices Of Silence” HERZLIYA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART-Israel
“Crossings, a Contemporary View” Fort Saint Angelo, Birgu-Malta (cat.) |
2005 |
9th INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL BIENNIAL, curated by Vasif Kortun / Charles Esche, Turkey
“Film Lounge” MuHKA-media Antwerpen-Belgium
“Cinema Continu” Langhous & De Stad Als Theater Festival Zwolle Den Haag- The Netherlands |
2004 |
“Inside Out” #3 GALLERY SAFE – Art, Dalfsen- The Netherlands |
2003 |
“Non-Members Only” ARTI ET AMICITIAE Amsterdam- The Netherlands
“Film Lounge” Interactive Exhibition in 7 Film Theaters in The Netherlands
“Short & Sharp” 291 GALLERY, London-England |
2002 |
“Look Again” curated by Vasif Kortun, Proje 4L ,MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART-Turkey
“My Pretty Sugar Sailor” HEDAH Modern Art Center Maastricht-The Netherlands
“Terloops” ART WALK AMSTERDAM- The Netherlands
“10 Künstler Geisterbahn” JPR Gallerie Koln-Germany
“Cinema Sculpture” Provincieplein Den Haag- The Netherlands
Film screening, Street theater festival, Delft- The Netherlands
“Film Lounge” NEDERLANDS FOTO INSTITUUT Rotterdam-The Netherlands
“Blue Print / Blauw Druk” Site specific video installation Delft-The Netherlands |
2001 |
“Unlimited. NL#4” curated by Vasif Kortun, De APPEL , Amsterdam-NL (Cat.)
“Miss Germany” PROJECT ATELIER Leiden- The Netherlands |
2000 |
WILHELM LEHMBRUCK MUSEUM Duisburg-Germany (Cat.) |
1999 |
“Modern communications” Essen post office-Germany |
1996 |
“Secretly Watching The Tigers” WESTERGASFABRIEK Amsterdam-The Netherlands |
1995 |
“A circle of light ” Netherlands Foto Museum, Sittard-The Netherlands (cat.) |
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Permanent installations |
2004 |
“The Butterfly” GALLERY SAFE ART Dalfsen-The Netherlands |
1996 |
“Room 563” HOTEL EDEN Amsterdam |
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Scholarships / Prizes |
2010 |
Nominated for PrixPictet 2010 “Growth“ |
2008 |
Working Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts ( Fonds BKVB ) |
2006 |
Working Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts ( Fonds BKVB ) |
2005 |
Nominated for The Fritschy Award 2006, City of the Sittard-Geleen-NL |
2000 & 01 & 04 |
Basis Stipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts ( Fonds BKVB ) |
1999-00 |
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Fellowship, city of Duisburg- Germany |
1997-99 |
OC&W study scholarship from Dutch Ministry of Culture. |
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Lectures / Workshops / Conferences |
2011 |
Artist talk “Zwolf im Zwolften” TANAS Berlin |
2008 |
Studio visits at Bezalel Academy, MFA program, Tel Aviv-Israel |
2007 |
Lecture at Hochchule fur Bildende Kunste, Dresden-Germany
Round Table “Crossings: Movements of People and Cultures” Nicosia-Cyprus |
2006 |
Lecture at Bezalel Academy, MFA program, Tel Aviv-Israel |
2005 |
Lecture at Bezalel Academy- MFA program- Tel Aviv Israel
Workshop and conference in Garikula and Tbilisi- Georgia, organized by European Council of Artists |
2001 |
Lecture at Willem De Kooning Academy, Rotterdam-The Netherlands |
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Bibliography |
2011 |
“At Home Wherever“ Edited by René Block, YKY ( Yapi Kredi Publishing), Istanbul
“101 Works” in Turkish contemporary art, Art-ist Publishing, Istanbul |
2010 |
“Starter“ Works from Vehbi Koc Collection, Exhb. Cat. P58-59, Arter, Istanbul
“Unleashed“ Contemporary art from Turkey, Trans Globe Publishing , London
“Tezgah Alti/Under the Counter” Fisun Yalcinkaya, 13/03/2010 Sabah Newspaper,Turkey
“Tezgah Alti/Under the Counter” Elif Turkolmez 27/03/2010 Radikal Newspaper, Turkey |
2009 |
“Istanbul traversée“ Exhb.Cat. text Caroline Naphegyi, p94-174 Lille 3000, Lille-France
“Rencontrer l’Europe, Istanbul“ Exhb.cat. p18-21, APOLLONIA, Strasbourg, France
“Darbe/Coup” Exhb. Cat. p 20-25 OUTLET-ISTANBUL, Turkey
“Almanak 2008-2009“ p 26-27 OUTLET-ISTANBUL, Turkey |
2008 |
“How to live Together” 27th Sao Paulo Biennale, exhibition catalogue.
“Biennale Cuvee“ World selection of Contemporary Art, Exhibition catalogue,
OK-CENTRUM, Linz-Austria
“Biennale Cuvee“ Exhibition Guide, OK-CENTRUM, Linz-Austria
“Who wants to be abnormal“ Levent Calikoglu, Milliyet Sanat, Oct. P.61-Turkey
Outlet-Istanbul, Trendsetter no 78, volume 7, P64-65, October 2008- Turkey
700is Reindeer Icelandic Film Festival Catalogue, p. 41, Iceland
“KAA “ Exhb. Cat. Text Mark Kremer, publisher Stichting Storm, Utrecht-NL |
2007 |
“Boys Craft” exhb.cat. text Tami Katz-Freiman p.132-134, Haifa Museum of Art-Israel
“Monsoon Art Collection” text Nicholas Serota, Peter Simon, Simon Alford-UK
“User’s Manual” Contemporary art in Turkey 1986-2006 Art-Ist publishing, Turkey
“Crossings, a contemporary view” exhb.cat. text F. Flahuterz, Y. Toumazis, A. Michael-Cyprus
MUHTELIF Contemporary art publication Istanbul 2007/2 Turkey
“The 27th Sao Paulo Biennial“ text Christian Rattemeyer, ARTFORUM Feb. 2007 NO:6
“The Stability of Trut “ text Hilde de Bruijn, Smart Papers, Smart Project Space p 8-11
“Crossings,Une vue contemporain ”exb.cat. text F. Flahuterz, Y. Toumazis, A. Michael-France |
2006 |
“27th Biennale von Sao Paulo“ text Thomas Wulffen, KunstForum International no183 p266
“Fata Morgana” exh.cat. Tami Katz-Freiman p.124-127, Haifa Museum of Art-Israel
ARTECONTEXTO art magazine, Cover page, April 2006, No:12
“Servet Kocyigit Interview” Exhb.Guide, text Fulya Erdemci 27th Bienal de Sao Paulo p.218-219
“Crossings,a contemporary view” exb.cat. F. Flahuterz, Y. Toumazis, A. Michael -Malta
“de Kleine Biennale” text Sacha Bronwasser, de Volkskrant 1/6/2006
“de Kleine Biennale” exhb.cat. text Mark Kramer , Stichting Storm Utrecht-The Netherlands |
2005 |
“If The Walls Had Ears” 30 Years of De APPEL1984-2005, Amsterdam
Reviews over the “Servet Kocyigit” exhibition at Givon art gallery Tel Aviv:
Smadar Sheffi Haaretz-Galeria 25/11/2005, Ruti Director Yediot Achronot 11/11/200
Uzi Zur Haaretz 25/11/2005, Dana Gillerman Haaretz Galeria 3/11/2005
“Servet Kocyigit” exh.cat. text November Paynter 9th International Istanbul Biennial p23-
26, IKSV ( Istanbul Culture and art Foundation )
Susannae Boecker, 9th Istanbul Biennial KunstForum International no178 p165
Chantal Pontbriand “Istanbul Biennial” Parachute no121
Madeline Nusser “Istanbul biennial” Contemporary ISSUE 78,2005
Annemarie Hogervorst “Crossing Continents” DAM No 4 Nov-Dec 2005 P85-89
Allison Carroll & Caroline Williams “Istanbul Biennia “, Artlink Vol26 No1
Etienne Boileau “Istanbul Biennial 2005” BK informatie 2005-7 p.16-17
Rob Perree “Op De Handkar” Kunstbeeld 2005-11 p.25
Smadar Sheffi Haaretz-Galeria 19/9/2005
Metropolis-M, Milliyet Sanat September 2005, NTV, CNN Turk, TRT, Kanal D,
“9th Istanbul Biennial” Sweedish National Tv, Radio Forex, , Radikal, Genis Aci, Zaman,
Aksiyon, Hurriyet, Tempo,Time out Istanbul, …etc.
“ECA International artists Encounter“ Georgia, Workshop catalogue
Michel Krielaars “Het Panthervel van Roestaveli” NRC Handelsblad, 27.05.2005 |
2003 |
“Sanat Dunyamiz”, “Laminart”, “Cumhuriyet” “Arredamento” and “RH+ Sanat”, Various Articles about “Short & Sharp” |
2002 |
“S.Kocyigit” GENIS ACI Photo magazine P.60-61, Istanbul
“SKRIEN” Film magazine P.8 May 2002, The Netherlands
NFI News “Film Lounge” May 2002 |
2001 |
“Donker Oranje” Dominic van den Boogerd HP/DE TIJD,23.Mart.01
Vasif Kortun “Unlimited NL#4” exhb.cat. De APPEL , Amsterdam |
2000 |
“Formlar ve kokular“ Arredamento , Number 8,p.65-66, text Necmi Sonmez.
“Servet Koçyigit” exh.Cat. Dominic van den Boogerd and Christoph Brockhaus
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum , Germany |
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Eden Hotel Magazine p.6 -7 |
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Rob Slooten and Bert Taken “A circle of light”, p31, Exhb.Cat. The Netherlands |
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