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A Possible History / Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks, 2015, video installation, Developed for the 14th Istanbul Biennial, © Esra Ersen / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
A Possible History / Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks, 2015, video installation, Developed for the 14th Istanbul Biennial, © Esra Ersen / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
A Possible History / Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks, 2015, video installation, Developed for the 14th Istanbul Biennial, © Esra Ersen / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
A Possible History / Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks, 2015, video installation, Developed for the 14th Istanbul Biennial, © Esra Ersen / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Karussell, 1998, Installation, 25 Clay Heads, modelled by pupils, Developed for Art Hansa Special, Hansa-Gymnasium, Köln, Installation view: Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, 2021, © Esra Ersen / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Karussell, 1998, Installation, 25 Clay Heads, modelled by pupils, Developed for Art Hansa Special, Hansa-Gymnasium, Köln, Installation view: Kunstraum
Sammelsurium, 2010, Farbfotografien, Edition 1/3 und 2 AP 7 Teile, je 140 x 90 x 5 cm

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Biography

1988/92Studium an der Fakultät für Bildende Kunst an der Marmara Universität, Istanbul
1993/95Marmara Universität, Fakultät für Bildende Kunst, Post Graduate, Istanbul
1999/00Post-Diplom-Programm an der École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
1998 - heuteGastprogramme verschiedener Institutionen: u.a. 2001 IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden; 2004 Rooseum Center For Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden; 2004 Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg; 2005/06 Delfina / Visiting Arts, International Fellowship Programme, London, UK; 2013 Civitella Ranieri Visual Arts Fellowship, Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbertide, Italia.
2009Arbeitsstipendium für Bildende Kunst des Berliner Senats
2015Stipendium der Bundesregierung in der Kultakademie Tarabya
2019/20Stipendium der Villa Massimo
2022 Neustart Kultur-Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds
2022 - 2023Journey To Italy XXI, Casa di Goethe, Rom
2023Konrad-von-Soest Preis
2025Gabriele Münter Preis, Museum Gunzenhauser der Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
2025 - 2027Villa Massimo Jury

Solo Exhibitions

2023 - 2024Esra Ersen: A Possible History 23/23 Blaupause, Konrad-von-Soest-Preis, LWL-Kunstpreis 2023, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster
2022Heritage / Gallery Françoise Heitsch, München
2019What We Know / Swimming Pool, Alma Mater Gallery and National Library, Sofia, curated by Viktoria Draganova
2015A Possible History, Esra Ersen / SALT Ulus, Ankara, Turkey, curated by Vasıf Kortun
2013Landed / Richmond Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada, curated by Nan Capogna
2011Kunstverein Ahlen / Ahlen, Germany
2010Passengers / Yapı Kredi Culture and Art, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by René Block
2009Passengers / Tanas, Berlin, Germany, curated by René Block
2008rahncontemporary / Zurich, Switzerland
2007Elsewhere, Kunsthaus Baselland / Basel, Switzerland, curated by Sabine Schaschl
Rehabilitation / 300m3 Art space, Göteborg, Sweden
2006Frankfurter Kunstverein / Frankfurt, Germany, curated by Chus Martínez
2005The O.K Center for Contemporary Art / Linz, Austria, curated by Genoveva Rückert & Martin Sturm
2002Bild Museet / Umea, Sweden
2001If You Could Speak Swedisch, Moderna Museet / Stockholm, Sweden, curated by Maria Lind
1997Macka Sanat Galerisi / Istanbul, Turkey
1995Dialogues, Yerebatan Cisterne / BM Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Beral Madra

Group Exhibitions

2025 - 2026Durch das Prisma der Grenzen, Stadtmuseum Bozen, Italy
2025Sublime cliché, Museo Macro, Roma
2025Through the Prism of Borders, National History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
2024The 90s Onstage, Kunstverein in Hamburg
2023The Politics of Space, Film Programme, Chapter 1 Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2022 - 2023New Acquisitions of the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
201514. Istanbul Biennale
200627. São Paulo Biennale
4. Liverpool Biennale
20038. Istanbul Biennale
20024. Kwangju Biennale
Manifesta 4, The Europan Biennial of Contemporary Art, Frankfurt
19954. Istanbul Biennale

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS