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TR, 1981

Ege Kanar received his undergraduate degree from Sabancı University, Visual Arts and Communication Design Program (Istanbul, 2004). He was awarded his graduate degree in Photography at F.A.M.U. Academy of Performing Arts (Prague, 2008).

 

In his practice, Kanar tackles photographic images from an ontological standpoint and scrutinizes the intermediary role of photographs within various scientific and cultural contexts. His recent projects that incorporate sound, video, and installations, deal with notions of rhythm, scale, and materiality.

 

Kanar’s past solo shows include “Apparatus” (Versus Art Project, Istanbul, 2019) and  “Hammer for Scale” (poÅŸe, Istanbul, 2018). Some of the recent group shows he has participated in, are “Sound is the Silence of the Image” (Fabrikraum, Vienna, 2022), “Workaround” (F.A.K., Münster, 2021), “Past Present Istanbul” (Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul, 2021), and “Tempo Incognito” (Depo, Istanbul, 2021). He was an artist in residence at SAHA Studio (Istanbul, January-September 2021), and Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart, April-October 2023)

 

Alongside his artistic practice, Kanar has taught part-time at BahçeÅŸehir University Photography and Video Department (2016-2020, Istanbul). He resides in Istanbul, Turkey.

FOR INQUIRIES:

Versus Art Project

info@versusartproject.com

Gazeteci Erol Dernek Sokak No:11/3

BeyoÄŸlu, Istanbul - Turkey

CONTACT:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2019 - Apparatus

            Versus Art Project, Istanbul

 

2018 - Hammer For Scale  

            poÅŸe, Istanbul

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DUO EXHIBITIONS:

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2021 - Workaround 

            Curated by Pınar Asan

            FAK, Münster            

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

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2024 - The Hunter of Thyself

            Curated by OÄŸuz Karakütük

            Versus Art Project, Istanbul

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2023 - The Age of Fire

            Curated by Can AkgümüÅŸ

            Çankaya Mun. C.A.C., Ankara

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2022 - Metamorphosis and Metaphors

            Curated by Christian Oxenius

            Ark Kültür, Istanbul

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2021 - Sound is the Silence of the Image

            Curated by Fatih AydoÄŸdu

            Fabrikraum, Vienna

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2021 - SAHA Open Studio

            SAHA Studio, Istanbul

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2021 - Past.Present.Istanbul

            Curated by Murat Germen

            Sabancı Museum, Istanbul

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2021 - Tempo Incognito

            Curated by Rana Öztürk

            Depo, Istanbul

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2020 - Scale

            Curated by Ezgi Bakçay

            Versus Art Project, Istanbul

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2020 - Crystal Chateau

            Curated by Can AkgümüÅŸ

            Evliyagil Museum, Ankara

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2020 - Photography in Days of Pandemic

            Curated by Demet Yıldız

            Istanbul Modern Museum, Online

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2019 - Protect Me From What I Want

            Curated by Eda YiÄŸit & Ezgi Bakçay

            Artist - TÜYAP, Istanbul

 

2019 - Lens ‘19: Things Seen

            Curated by Sena Çakırkaya

            Mixer, Istanbul

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2019 - Galip Project: Ayn-ı Galip

            Organized by Eda EmirdaÄŸ

            Pasaj, Istanbul

 

2018 - Large Meadow

            Organized by Norgunk

            Ariel Sanat, Istanbul

 

2018 - Distortion

            Curated by Jochen Proehl

            Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, Istanbul

 

2018 - Latest Edition II

            Curated by Volkan Kızıltunç

            Daire Sanat, Istanbul

 

2018 - Monomyth: Nev Nesil '18

            Curated by Deniz Artun

            Galeri Nev, Ankara


2016 - Les Glaneurs et Les Glaneuses

            Curated by Ezgi Bakçay & Selim Süme

            Versus Art Project, Istanbul

 

2016 - Aralık 2

            Toz Artist Run Space, Istanbul

 

2015 - Drawing Thoughts

            Curated by Sevim Sancaktar

            C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul

 

2015 - Reunion

            Curated by Derya Yücel

            Sabancı Museum, Istanbul

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2014 - Everyone Could Be A Sculptor One Day

            Curated by Zeynep Öz

            El Hamra Han, Istanbul

 

2014 - Small

            Bant Mag. Mekan, Istanbul

 

2014 - Focus: Turkey

            Curated by Sena Çakırkaya

            Landskrona Foto, Landskrona

 

2013 - Close Quarters

            Curated by Sena Çakırkaya

            Istanbul Modern Museum, Istanbul

 

2012 - Similarity in Some Respects

            44A Art Gallery, Istanbul

 

2012 - U.F.G. 8

            UludaÄŸ University, Bursa

 

2011 - Newcomers IV

            Edisyon, Istanbul

 

2010 - 10 Years at Kasa

            Kasa Gallery, Istanbul

 

2008 - M.A. GraduatIon ExhibItion

            Gallery A.M.U., Prague

 

2008 - U.F.G. 5

            UludaÄŸ University, Bursa

 

2007 - Young Talents in Turkish Photography V.04

            Various Cities (Turkey)

 

2007 - Reality in Contrast

            Curated by Alex Wong

            Limkokwing University, Kuala Lumpur

 

2006 - City: Chaos & Magic

            Curated by Murat Germen

            1st Int. Biennial of Photography, Istanbul

 

2006 - 66

            Gallery Velryba, Prague

 

2005 - Hidden / Trace

            Curated by Murat Germen

            Kasa Gallery, Istanbul

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FAIRS:

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2024 - Photo London

            w/ Versus Art Project, London

 

2022 - Photo Basel

            w/ Versus Art Project, Basel

 

2022 - Photo London

            w/ Versus Art Project, London

 

2022 - Art Weeks Akaretler VI

            w/ Versus Art Project, Istanbul

 

2020 - London Art Fair

            w/ Versus Art Project, London

 

2020 - Photo Basel Virtual Edition

            w/ Versus Art Project, Online Exhibition

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2016 - Contemporary Istanbul

            w/ Art On, Istanbul

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RESIDENCIES:

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2023 - Akademie Schloss Solitude

            April 11 - September 30, Stuttgart

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2021 - SAHA Studio

            January 15 - October 15, Istanbul

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ARTIST BOOKS:

 

2019 - Işığın Çapraz GeldiÄŸi Saat

            Artist Book, Istanbul

 

2018 - Hammer For Scale

            Artist Book, Istanbul

 

2017 - Aralık 2

            Collaborative Artist Book, Istanbul

 

2016 - Retouch

            Artist Book Dummy, Istanbul

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2008 - Nobody Does Anything Anywhere

            Artist Book Dummy, Prague

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PERFORMANCES:

 

2018 - Hum

            Audio Performance with Arda Ertem

            Long Thursday

            Salt Galata, Istanbul

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2017 - Hum 

            Audio Performance with Arda Ertem

            Tekrar ∞ Döngü by HER HÂL

            Salt Galata, Istanbul

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TALKS / LECTURES:

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2021 - Exhibiting & Preserving an Installation

            Artist Talk with Osman Serhat Karaman

            Sabancı Museum, Istanbul

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2021 - Le Témoin Silencieux

            Lecture with Orhan Cem Çetin

            Open Seminar, Online

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2021 - Looking at the Archive: Context to Form

            Artist Talk

            ESOGU Design Days, Online

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2020 - On "Scale" Exhibition 

            Collective Artist Talk with Ezgi Bakçay

            Versus Art Project, Istanbul

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2019 - On "Apparatus"

            Artist Talk with Ezgi Bakçay

            Versus Art Project, Istanbul

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2018 - Balcony Talk

            Artist Talk with Selim Süme

            poÅŸe, Istanbul

 

2018 - On "Hammer for Scale"

            Artist Talk with Natasha Christia

            Salt Galata, Istanbul

 

2018 - Muğlak Sınırlar

            Artist Talk with Yasemin Özcan

            GeniÅŸ Açı Project Office, Depo, Istanbul

 

2018 - Variations On Archive

            Artist Talk

            Nida Int. Photography Symposium

            Nida, Lithuania

 

2018 - Distant Points Of Interest

            Artist Talk with Sinem DiÅŸli

            Ariel Sanat, Istanbul

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2017 - Self-Publishing As A Claim To Autonomy

            Lecture with Sinem DiÅŸli

            Nida Int. Photography Symposium

            Nida, Lithuania

 

2017 - Bak Sana Ne Getirdim: Arles Seçkisi

            Talk with S. DiÅŸli, Z. Kayan, Ö. Atlagan

            KA Fotograf GeliÅŸtirme Atölyesi, Ankara

 

2016 - Memories of an Elsewhere

            Artist Talk (8. Fotograf BuluÅŸmaları)

            Galata Fotografhanesi, Istanbul

 

2015 - Reunion Talk Series

            Artist Talk with Cemre YeÅŸil & Pınar Asan

            Sabancı Museum, Istanbul

 

2012 - Photography as Physical Object

            Lecture (4. Fotograf BuluÅŸmaları)

            Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul

 

2011 - I Know Where I Don't Know When

            Artist Talk (3. Fotograf BuluÅŸmaları)

            Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul

 

WORKSHOPS:

 

2019 - Ayn-ı Galip Project, Darkroom Workshop

            BahçeÅŸehir University, Istanbul

           

2018 - Portrait

            Artist Workshop with Selim Süme

            Pera Museum, Istanbul

 

2017- Çekmeden FotoÄŸraf

           Collective Mentorship Program

           GAPO, Salt Ulus, Ankara

 

2016- Senin Kopyan Hangisi?

           Collective Mentorship Program

           GAPO, Salt Galata, Istanbul

 

2015 - Gülümseyin Çekiyorum!

            Artist Workshop

            Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul

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CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES:

 

2011 - Elsewhere

            Mobility & Fantasy in Visual Culture

            Symposium organized by Lewis Johnson

            BahçeÅŸehir University, Istanbul

 

TEACHING:

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2016

2020 - Lecturer

            Photography & Video Department

            BahçeÅŸehir University, Istanbul

 

2009 - Research Assistant

            Photography & Video Department

            BahçeÅŸehir University, Istanbul

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COLLECTIONS:

 

2019 - Fotohof Vienna, Austria

 

2018 - BAS Collection, Turkey

 

2018 - F. Furnace Artists' Books Collection, USA

 

2018 - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

 

2013 - Istanbul Modern Museum, Turkey

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