Nasan Tur
Nasan Tur
1974
Born in Offenbach/Main, Germany
Lives and Works in Berlin, Germany
1990-1991
stay in Ankara, Turkey
1995
Academy of Art and Design Offenbach/Main
2000
Academy of Art Städelschule Frankfurt/Main
2006-2007
stay in London, United Kingdom
2014-2015
stay in Rome, Italy
2014
Villa Massimo Award, Deutsche Akademie Rome, Italy
2012
Will-Grohmann Artprize, Akademie der Kuenste Berlin
Grant of the Berlin Senate for Visual Arts
2011
Winner of the International Art Competition "Bollwerk gegen den Südosten" Institut für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark, Landeszeughaus - Universalmuseum Joanneum, CLIO-Verein für Geschichte, Graz, Austria
2008
Bursary of Stiftung Kunstfonds
2007
Stiftung Kunstfonds - Book Publication
2006
J.W. Hector Artprize 2nd Award - Kunsthalle Mannheim
2005
London Scholarship, Hessische Kulturstiftung Wiesbaden
2005
Artprize Frankfurter Künstlerhilfe
2002
Rentenbank Artprize, Städelschule
2000
Artprize "Identity" Deutsche Bank
2019
Back and Forth. Nasan Tur, Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin
2018
Nasan Tur, Casamadre arte contemporanea, Neapel, IT
Nasan Tur. Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
Nasan Tur. Memory as resistance, Adolfo Pini Foundation, Milan
Nasan Tur, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2017
Nasan Tur. Splinter in my eye, Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul
Nasan Tur, Oldenburger Kunstverein
Nasan Tur, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen
Nasan Tur, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn
2016
Nasan Tur, Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna
Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2015
GIVING IS TAKING, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt
L'ombra della luce, Musei di Villa Torlonia, Rome
Blain|Southern Gallery, London
WEST, The Hague, the Netherlands, cat.
2014
Kunstraum Innsbruck, curated by Karin Pernegger, Austria, cat.
Kunsthal 44 Moen, curated by René Block, Denmark
2013
Nasan Tur - At your own, curated by Mario Codognato, Blain/Southern Gallery Berlin
Kunstverein Rosenheim, curated by Benedikt Stegmayer, Germany
Nasan Tur - Video of the month, Video Forum - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
Nasan Tur - Good News, RUM46, Aarhus, Denmark
2011
Kunsthalle Mannheim, curated by Stefanie Müller, Germany, cat.
Galeri Mana, Istanbul, Turkey
Nasan Tur - Der unbekannte Ritter, Installation in public space, joint project between Institut für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark, Landeszeughaus - Universalmuseum Joanneum, CLIO-Verein für Geschichte, Graz, Austria
2010
Artitude, curated by Lutz Henke, Berlin, Germany
Nasan Tur - Freizeichen, Public Space in Koeflach, a project by Association for Contemporary Art, Graz, Austria
2009
Nasan Tur - Frischzelle, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, curated by Annika Plank, Germany, cat.
Yapi Kredi Art Gallery, curated by René Block, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
Nasan Tur - Belgrade says..., Goethe Institut Belgrade, Art in Public Space Project, Serbia
2008
Nasan Tur - KOMUNISMUS SOZIALLISMUS KAPIETALISMUS, curated by René Block, TANAS, Berlin, Germany, cat.
2007
Nasan Tur - J.W. Hector Kunstpreis, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, cat.
2006
Nasan Tur - Lie Low, Project RIM, Taller Publico, curated by Ichiro Irie, Mexico-City
Nasan Tur - Nichts geht mehr, curated by Peter Forster/Katharina Klara Jung, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany, cat.
2005
Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
2004
Hinter der Sonne, curated by Christian Kaufmann, Forum im Dominikanerkloster, Frankfurt/Main,Germany
2003
Waterresistant, W12 Studio, Städel Schule Frankfurt, Germany
BAR, Kunsthalle Altes Hauptzollamt, curated by Felix Ruhöfer, raumpool e.V. Frankfurt/Main, Germany, cat.
2002
Meister Yang, curated by Andreas Bee Presseamt Frankfurt/Main, cat.
2001
Nasan Tur - Testsieger, Kommunale Galerie Darmstadt, Germany
2018
GEFÄHRTEN, Schau Fenster - Raum für Kunst, Berlin, D
Power to the People. Politische Kunst Jetzt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main
2017
documenta 14, Kassel/Athens, DE/GR
Performing the city. Videonale, Kunstmuseum Bonn
UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA , MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon
Future Perfect, MUSA - Museo de las Artes - Guadalajara, Mexico
UNPREDICTABLE, Fondazione Golinelli, Bologna, Italy
2016
Uncertain States. Künstlerisches Handeln in Ausnahmezuständen, Akademie der Künste Berlin
PIECES OF WATER, Kunstverein Göppingen
Bucharest Biennale 7, Bucharest, Rumania
Future Perfect, Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Columbia
This yearning is ours ! Center of Contemporary Art - CoCA, Torun, Poland
Passengers, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin
Uncertain States, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
What is left, MuseumsQuartier Q21, Vienna, Austria
Remember Lidice, Kunsthalle Mannheim / Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
Ich kenne kein weekend. René Block, LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz
2015
Istanbul. Passion, Joy, Fury, MAXXI-Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, curated by Hou Hanru, Rome, Italy, cat.
Creating Common Good, KUNST HAUS WIEN,curated by Robert Punkenhofer and Ursula Maria Probst, Vienna, Austria
Ich kenne kein weekend. - René Block, Berlinische Galerie - Museum für moderne Kunst and Neuer Berliner Kunstverein - n.b.k., curated by René Block, Berlin, Germany, cat.
DO DISTURB!, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Stand Up!, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
playing future, Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel
Degrees of Freedom, curated by Cristiana Perrella and Giovanni Carrada, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, cat.
Future Perfekt, Museo Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Tirana Open, Tirana Open Art Festival, Albania
Kunstwerkstatt für Demokratie & friedlichen Protest, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
Full House, curated by Silke Opitz, Kunsthalle Erfurt - Schoss Molsdorf, cat.
Remember Lidice, curated by René Block, Edition Block, Berlin and Museum Lidice, Germany/Czech Republic, cat.
Fashion as Social Energy, curated by Gabi Scardi, Palazzo Morando - Museum of Imagine, Fashion and Costume, Milan, Italy, cat.
Wave upon wave of invaders, curated by Rainer Ganahl, Armada Milano, Milano, Italy
NGORONGORO, Artist Weekend, Studiobuildings - Lehderstrasse, Berlin
Die Nacht der Villa Massimo, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2014
Memory Lab or the The Sentimental Turn: Photography Challenges History, curated by Frank Wagner, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, cat.
dal il al di, ArtQ13, Rome, Italy
Future Perfekt, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, cat.
Sette opere per la Misericordia, curated by Mario Codognato Chiesa del Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples, Italy
RE: Collect, curated by Ina Neddermeyer, Kunstpalais Erlangen, cat.
3 + 6 = 1, Galerie Von Bartha - Galerie Stampa - Galerie Idea Fixa, Basel, Switzerland
Artists Film International, Fundacion PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Revolution, Rohkunstbau, curated by Mark Gisbourne, Schloss Marquardt, Potsdam, Germany, cat.
Rainproof ideas & more editions, Edition Block, Berlin, Germany
Future Perfekt, Kaliningrad State Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia, cat.
2013
WALL WORKS, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, cat.
10 Jahre Lentos, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, curated by Stella Rollig, Austria
Utopien vermeiden, Werkleitz Festival, curated by René Block and Barbara Heinrich, Halle, Germany, cat.
In Situ - Julius von Bismarck, Satiago Sierra, Nasan Tur, Public site-specific works, Senatsreservenspeicher Berlin, Germany
Artistic Programme, curated by Stephane Ackermann, ArtInternational Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
Lieu de Memoire, Sumarria/Lunn Gallery, London, UK
Artists Film International, KINOKINO Centre for Art and Film, Sandnes, Norway
Future Perfekt, cur. by Angelika Stepken und Philipp Ziegler, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, cat.
Iskele: The Unanswered Question, curated by René Block, NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein and TANAS Berlin, Germany, cat.
Rethinking Modernity, cur. by Levent Calikoglu and Celenk Bafra, Istanbul Modern, Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
Zizhiqu - Autonomous Regions, curated by Hou Hanru, Times Museum, Guangzhou, China, cat.
Farbe bekennen, Marta Museum, Herford, Germany, cat.
Terrain of Threshold Voices, curated by Susanne Husse and Lorenzo Sandoval DISTRICT- Berlin, Germany
Freie Sicht, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany, cat.
Picturing Places Around the World / Remix, curated by Kathrin Becker, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kaliningrad, Russia, cat.
Artists Film International, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand
Selected Artists 2012, NGBK - Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, cat.
Artists Film International, Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom
New kids of the Block, curated by Ayse Erkmen, TANAS, Berlin, cat.
Artists Film International, Cultural Center Belgrade, Serbia
Tell Me Whom You Haunt: Marcel Duchamp and the Contemporary Readymade, curated by Mario Codognato, Blain/Southern Gallery London, UK
Artists Film International, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
Die Irregulären, NGBK - Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, cat.
2012
Berliner Zimmer, curated by Birgit Hoffmeister, HDLU - Mestrovic Pavilion, Zagreb, Croatia, cat.
Im Netzwerk der Moderne, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden, Germany
A Gathering, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Denkzeichen, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin in Cooperration with the Museum Festung Kustrin, Kulturzentrum Kustrin/Kostrzyn, Poland, cat.
Minor Truths, curated by Elif Kamisli, Egeran Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey
Art and Toys, Me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany, cat.
A Gathering, Peiraios 260 - Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Athens, Greece
X O, curated by Silvia Ploner and Anna Schaeffler, Grimmuseum, Berlin
Berliner Zimmer, curated by Birgit Hoffmeister, Paviljon Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade, Serbia, cat.
Berlin Status, curated by Sven Druehl and Christoph Tannert, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, cat.
Languages of Revolution, Kleine Humboldt Galerie, Berlin
2011
Cities and Thinks That Matter, Lombard Freid Projects, New York, USA
Berliner Zimmer, curated by Birgit Hoffmeister, MNAC - National Museum of Contemporary Art Bucharest, Romania
Zwoelf im Zwoelften, curated by René Block, TANAS, Berlin, Germany, cat.
The End and Beyond, curated by Vjara Mlechevska, Week of Contemporary Art - Center for Contemporary Art Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Seven New Works, curated by Mario Codognato and Sylvia Kouvali, Borusan Contemporary Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
MULTIPLIZIEREN IST MENSCHLICH, Edition Block, Berlin, Germany, cat.
Berliner Zimmer, Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Public Abstraction, Private Construction, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
From where to where, curated by Suzanne Egeran, Galeri Mana, Istanbul, Turkey
Ueber Dinge, curated by Stella Rollig, Kunsthaus Muerz, Austria, cat.
Berliner Zimmer, MMCA - Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, cat.
Tactics of Invisibility, curated by Daniela Zyman and Emre Baykal, ARTER - Vehbi Koc Contemporary Art Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
2010
Tactics of Invisibility, curated by Daniela Zyman and Emre Baykal, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria, cat.
The Only One, Trieste Contemporanea, Triest, Italy, cat.
The Disasters of Peace, Umspannwerk Berlin-Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany cat.
Nishiko - Nasan Tur - Chris Burden, Walden Affairs Gallery, Den Haag, NL
3 - unendlich, Galerie Edition Block, Berlin, Germany
Starter, ARTER - Vehbi Koc Contemporary Art Foundation, Istanbul, TR, cat.
Tactics of Invisibility, TANAS, Berlin, Germany, cat.
Journey's with no return, A Foundation, London, United Kingdom, cat.
Transit: Topos, curated by Ali Akay, Akbank Sanat Gallery, Istanbul, TR, cat.
Studies & Theory, curated by Birte Kleemann, KWADRAT, Berlin, Germany
Transit: Istanbul, curated by Ali Akay, Passage de Retz, Paris, France, cat.
Nicht einfach, die Welt in 90 Tagen zu retten, curated by René Block, Kunstforeningen 44 Moen, Askeby, Denmark, cat.
Suspended Spaces, Maison de la culture d'Amiens, Amiens, France, cat.
Daniel Lergon, Matt Saunders, Nasan Tur, Sigmar Polke/Christof Kohlhöfer, Galerie Sassa Truelzsch, Berlin, Germany
2009
Zeigen, curated by Karin Sander, Temporaere Kunsthalle Berlin, cat.
Nicht einfach, die Welt in 90 Tagen zu retten, curated by René Block, TANAS, Berlin, Germany, cat.
Labyrint: Writings and Observations, Botkyrka Konsthall, Tumba, Sweden, cat.
28th Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljublijana, International Center of Graphic Arts, Gallery Skuc, Ljublijana, Slovenia, cat.
Playing the City, curated by Matthias Ulrich, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main
Collection Dubai, curated by November Paynter, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherland
On the Shoulders of Davids, JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Systeme, Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung M1, Hohenlockstedt, Germany
(very) small distortions in the order, 28th International Film Festival Istanbul, TR
OHNE UNS!, curated by Frank Eckhardt, riesa efau., Dresden, Germany
Personality Crisis, OUTLET - Art Space, Istanbul, Turkey
Socially Disorganized, curated by Vasif Kortun, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
Politische Ikonografie, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, Germany
2008
Salon Of The Revolution, 29th Youth Salon Zagreb, curated by Ivana Bago and Antonia Majaca, Croatia, cat.
SCAPE Biennial, cur. Danae Mossman and Fulya Erdemci, Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space, New Zealand, cat.
6th Taipei Biennial, curated by Manray Hsu and Vasif Kortun, Taiwan, cat.
Ars Telefonica, Art in Public Space, curated by Alina Serban, Bucharest, Romania, cat.
Becoming Istanbul, DAM - Deutsches Architektur Museum, Germany, cat.
States of Ecstasy, curated by Ali Akay and Levent Calikoglu, Akbank Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
Nicht alles tun, Kunstraum emyt, curated by Jens Kastner und Elisabeth Bettina Spörr, Berlin, Germany, cat.
du dialogue social, curated by Frank Eckhardt, Motorenhalle-Projektzentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden, Germany, cat.
Gone City, Bregenzer Kunstverein, cur. Gulsen Bal, Austria, cat.
ZEIGEN, curated by Karin Sander, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany, cat.
2007
Land of Human Rights: To Raise One's Voice Here and Now, curated by Margarethe Makovec and Anton Lederer, Association for Contemporary Art, Graz, Austria, cat.
TRUNK 07, The Nordic Art Video Festival, Ostersund, Sweden
10th Istanbul Biennale, curated by Hou Hanru, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
Be a realist, demand the impossible!, curated by Halil Altindere, Karsi Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
The State of the World, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, cat.
7. Internationale Foto-Triennale, Galerie der Stadt Esslingen, Germany, cat.
Create!, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, Germany, cat.
Ground Lost, curated by What, How & for Whom, Galerija Nova, Zagreb, cat.
Crossings, The Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus, cat.
Out of Loop, BICA-Brooklyn Industries Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Miriam Steinhauser - Nasan Tur, White Space - Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Never from the back but face to face, Public Space, Art Project by Radikal, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
Crossings, curated by Androula Michael and Yiannis Toumazis,Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France, cat.
Ground lost, curated by What, How & for Whom / WHW, Stadtforum Graz, Austria, cat.
2006
EurHope 1153, curated by Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Villa Manin - Center for Contemporary Art, Codroipo, Italy, cat.
art, life & confusion, curated by René Block, 47th October Salon, Culture Center Belgrad, Yugoslawia, cat.
Territories of Duration, Karsi Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
Crossings, Fort Saint Angelo, Birgu, Malta, cat.
Geld schiesst keine Tore, curated by Beate Kempfert, Zentrum für Kunst, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Germany
Dialog, Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany, cat.
Estasionarte, Estasionarte, Mexico City, cat.
Forest Man, The New Gallery Jerusalem, Israel, cat.
2005
Rundlederwelten, curated by Dorothea Strauss, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, cat.
Videologija, Videoart Festival, Volgograd, Russia
Urban Realities: Focus Istanbul, curated by Christoph Tannert, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Germany, cat.
...mehr als nur Gäste..., Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany
3 Video, curated by Rosa Martinez and Fulya Erdemci, Museum of Modern Art Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
2004
Love it or Leave it - 5th Cetinje Biennale, curated by René Block and Natasa Ilic, Montenegro, cat.
Visitor, curated by Emre Baykal and Rob Perree, Galerist, Istanbul, TR, cat.
fog - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Forum für öffentliche Gegenwartskultur Darmstadt, Germany
hidden face, K2 Contemporary Art Center, Izmir, Turkey
Das erinnerte Haus, curated by Necmi Sönmez, Museum Folkwang, Essen, cat.
Someone Else's Problem, Bilsar Binasi, Istanbul, Turkey, cat.
Invisible, Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
Indifference/Difference, curated by Laplateforme, Mains d'Oeuvres, Paris, cat.
Brothers and Sisters and Birds, curated by Angelika Stepken, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany, cat.
Emporter des femmes à paris, curated by David Borchers, Goethe Institut Athen, Greece, cat.
Junge Kunst, Saarland Museum Saarbrücken/Galerie Junge Kunst/Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Trier Germany, cat.
2003
I'm too sad to kill you!, Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, Turkey, cat.
Absolvenz, Städel Museum, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, cat.
Neresi?/Burasi?, Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Japan, cat.
Blut und Honig - Blood and Honey, curated by Harald Szeemann, Sammlung Essl-Kunst der Gegenwart, Vienna, Austria, cat.
Die neue Kunsthalle, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
2002
Under The Beach : The Pavement, curated by Vasif Kortun, Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, Turkey
2001
vasisdas, Teknik Üniversite Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey
2000
Identity, Deutsche Bank touring exhibition Frankfurt-New York-London-Tokio, cat.
1999
from 0-1 and back again, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2018
Nasan Tur, with texts by Gertrude Wagenfeld-Pleister, Dr. Thomas Niemeyer, Veronika Adam and Nasan Tur, Revolver Publishing, Berlin
2015
Nasan Tur. Failed, Karin Pernegger, with texts by Mario Codognato, Hou Hanru and Karin Pernegger, Revolver Publishing, Berlin
2011
Nasan Tur: Premiere 2, text by Stefanie Müller, Ulrike Lorenz, Änne Söll, Kerber Publishing, Kunsthalle Mannheim
Nasan Tur: Der unbekannte Ritter, text by Lilli Messina, Revolver Publishing, Berlin
2009
Nasan Tur, text by René Block and Barbara Heinrich, Revolver Publishing Berlin
Nasan Tur: Stuttgart says..., Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Nasan Tur: Frischzelle, text by Annika Plank, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
2008
Nasan Tur: Collective Notice, text by Esra Sarigedik, Yapi Kredi Taskent Art Gallery, Berlin
Nasan Tur: KOMUNISMUS.SOZIALLISMUS.KAPIETALISMUS, text by Esra Sarigedik, TANAS, Berlin
2007
Nasan Tur: Kunsthalle Mannheim, text by Angelika Stepken, REVOLVER Archiv für aktuelle Kunst
2006
Nasan Tur: Nichts geht mehr, text by Katharina Klara Jung, Nassauischer Kunstverein
2003
Nasan Tur: BAR, text by Daniel Birnbaum and Felix Ruhöfer, REVOLVER Archiv für aktuelle Kunst
2002
Nasan Tur: Meister Yang, text by Andreas Bee, interview with Nasan Tur, REVOLVER Archiv für aktuelle Kunst
