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Servet  Kocyigit           

1971  Kaman-Turkey

Lives and works in Amsterdam and Istanbul

Education / Residencies
2005
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
Exhibitions
2007
“Servet Kocyigit - Insight Series” CAM- Chelsea Art Museum, New York- U.S.A.

“The Stability of Truth” SMART PROJECT SPACE, Amsterdam- The Netherlands

“Crossings, a Contemporary View” Pôle Cathédrale, Amiens- France

2006

“How We Live Together” 27th SAO PAULO BIENNIAL, Brazil

“Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art” The ISRAEL MUSEUM, Jerusalem- Israel

“Fata Morgana“ HAIFA MUSEUM OF ART, Haifa- Israel

“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

De Kleine Biennale, Fort ‘t Hemeltje Utrecht- The Netherlands

2005

Servet Kocyigit” GIVON ART GALLERY, Tel Aviv- Israel ( Solo)

Blue Side Up” 9th INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL BIENNIAL- Turkey

Film Lounge”  MuHKA-media, Antwerpen- Belgium

Cinema Continu” Langhous & De Stad Als Theater Festival Zwolle- The Netherlands

2004
Inside Out” GALLERY SAFE, Dalfsen- The Netherlands
2003

Film Lounge” Interactive Exhibition in 7 Film Theaters in The Netherlands

Short & Sharp” 291 GALLERY, London- England

 “Non-Members Only” ARTI ET AMICITIAE, Amsterdam- The Netherlands
2002

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

Chasing Dragons” Prefab 4  ARTIS, Den Bosch- The Netherlands

Film Lounge” NEDERLANDS FOTO INSTITUUT Rotterdam- The Netherlands

Blue Print/ Blauw Druk”, Delft- The Netherlands

My Pretty Sugar Sailor” HEDAH Modern Art Center Maastricht- The Netherlands

Look Again” Proje 4L ISTANBUL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART- Turkey
2001

Miss Germany” PROJECT ATELIER, Leiden- The Netherlands

Poetic Accident” NEDERLANDS FOTO INSTITUUT Rotterdam- The Netherlands (Solo)

Unlimited. NL#4” De APPEL Centre For Contemporary Art, Amsterdam- NL (Cat)
2000
WILHELM LEHMBRUCK MUSEUM Duisburg- Germany (Cat.)                
Scholarships / Prizes
2006
Working Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts
2005
Nominated for The Fritschy Award 2006, City of the Sittard-Geleen-NL
2000 & 01 & 04
FVBKVB The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts Various subsidies.  
1999/00
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Fellowship, city of Duisburg- Germany          
1997-99
OC&W study scholarship from Dutch Ministry of Culture. 
Lectures / Workshops / Conferences
2005

Lecture at Bezalel Academy- MFA program- Tel Aviv Israel

8-15 May, Workshop and conference in Garikula and Tbilisi- Georgia, organized by European Council of Artists

2001
Lecture at Willem De Kooning Academy, Rotterdam- NL
Bibliography
2006

Tami Katz-Freiman “Fata Morgana” exh.cat.p.124-127, Haifa Museum of Art

Fulya Erdemci “Servet Kocyigit Interview” Exhb.Guide 27th Bienal de Sao Paulo p.218-219

Sacha Bronwasser “de Kleine Biennale” de Volkskrant 1/6/2006

Mark Kramer exh.cat. “de Kleine Biennale” Utrecht- The Netherlands, Stichting Storm
2005

-Reviews over the “Servet Kocyigit” exhibition at Givon Art Gallery Tel Aviv:

Smadar Sheffi Haaretz- Galeria  25/11/2005

Ruti Director Yediot Achronot 11/11/2005

Uzi Zur Haaretz 25/11/2005

Dana Gillerman Haaretz Galeria 3.11

-Reviews and interviews over 9th International Istanbul Biennial:

November Paynter “Servet Kocyigit” exh.cat.9th International Istanbul Biennial p23-26 IKSV

Susannae Boecker KunstForum International n.168 (Nov05-Jan06) p165                

Chantal Pontbriand “Istanbul Biennial” Parachute n.121

Madeline Nusser “Istanbul Biennial” Contemporary ISSUE 78,2005

Annemarie Hogervorst “Crossing Continents” DAM No 4 Nov-Dec 2005 P85-89

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,  Kan alD,

Sweedish National Tv, Radio Forex, Radikal, Genis Aci, Zaman, Aksiyon, Hurriyet…etc. 

-30 Years of De APPEL Amsterdam1984-2005 “If The Walls Had Ears” catalog

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

GENIS ACI “Photo magazine- TR P.60-61, essay S.Kocyigit

SKRIEN” Film magazine- NL P.8 May 2002

NFI News “Film Lounge” May 2002
2001

Dominic van den Boogerd “Donker Oranje”,  HP/DE TIJD,23.Mart.01

Vasif Kortun & S.Koçyigit exhb.cat. “Unlimited NL#4” De APPEL Amsterdam
2000

Necmi Sonmez, Arredamento, Number 8 p.65-66.

Dominic van den Boogerd and Christoph Brockhaus “Servet Koçyigit”, exh.Cat.

Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum