Ozan Atalan

www.ozanatalan.com
atalan.ozan@gmail.com

Education
2018-Cont. Yasar University School of Art and Design, PhD in Arts

2013-2016 Syracuse University Visual and Performing Arts Sculpture Department, MFA (GPA 3.983/4)

2008-2013 Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Fine Arts Sculpture Department, Bachelor of Fine Arts
(BFA), Achievements: Top Grade Graduation (GPA 93.79/100)

2003-2007 Anadolu University Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (GPA 3.37/4)

Work Experience
2017-Cont. Adjunct Teacher, (Understanding Digital Media / Multimedia Design Studio / History of
Graphic Design / Design Semiotics / Drawing Studio / Visual Theory / Visual Culture) Izmir
University of Economics, Department of Visual Communication Design and Department of
New Media and Communication

2019 Instructor, Hybrid Images at Yasar University Department of Film Design

2015-2016 Adjunct Teacher, Introductory Sculpture/Sculpture Survey, Syracuse University School of

Art, Visual and Performing Arts

Awards

2021 School of Visual Arts - NYC Summer Residency Grant by American Turkish Society
2021 TAAS (Alternative School of Art) Grant by SAHA Association (Classes with Hito Stereyl,
Marinella Senatore and Mark Dion)
2016 Post-MFA Fellowship by Syracuse University at Bahcesehir University
2013 Fulbright Scholarship for MFA Program at Syracuse University
2013 Top Grade Graduation/BFA Degree from Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Fine Arts
2013 Grand Prize of Annual ECEV 12th Sculpture Competition

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Residencies

2022 School of Visual Arts (SVA) sponsored by American Turkish Society, NYC, USA
2021 Gate27 Artist Residency, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 Yarat Residency Studios, Baku, Azerbaijan
2017 Can Serrat, International Artist Residency, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain
2015 The Turner Semester Residency Program, Angels Gate Cultural Center Studios, San Pedro-Los
Angeles, California, USA

Activities

2023 Podcast interview on Arts and Politics at the University of Central Florida, Miami, USA
2023 Seminar at the Young Productions in the Digital Arts by Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul,
Turkey
2022 Artist talk at Kadir Has University Visual Communication Design Department, Oculus, CoBAC
Workspace
2021 Seminar, SUSAM, Sabancı University Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design
2021 Online Seminar, Paradigm Shift in Art and Differentiating Exhibition Practices, Aydin University
International Student Biennial: Something Happened Everything Changed, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Human centrism and Contemporary Art, Webinar, Yasar University’s Graduate Seminar Program
2021 Online seminar at Video Installation Class, Florida International University Art Department
2021 Seminar at AmberFest, Amber Platform, Istanbul, Turkey
2019 Anthropocentrism and Animal Breeding, Public Program of 16th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
Foundation of Culture and Arts (IKSV)
2018 Worskhop “Mirror”, Izmir University of Economics, Visual Communication Department, Izmir,
Turkey
2018 Workshop by Thibaut De Ruyter, Making The Exhibitons, Baku, Azerbaijan
2018 Workshop “Nature/Culture”, Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan
2016 Workshop “Translation”, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
2014 Cultures of Memory Symposium, St John University, York, UK

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Publications
2012 Article, “Marcel Duchamp: Ready-made and Its Reflections on Contemporary Art”, Yedi
(Peer Reviewed Journal), Issue 7, Pages 23-31, January 2012, Izmir, Turkey

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2020 Force Quit, MixerArts Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2016 AnthropoScene, State University of New York, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Cortland, New York, USA
2014 The Dark Sides, The Michael Sickler Gallery, Syracuse University Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse,
NY, USA
2013 Chosen Reality, K2 Contemporary Art Center, Izmir, Turkey

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Game-Space, Art Istanbul Feshane by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Istanbul, Turkey
2023 Love, Peace, Harmony, Art Istanbul Feshane by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Istanbul,
Turkey
2023 A Touch of Grass, The Locker Room NYC, Brooklyn, NY, USA (as Antinomy)
2023 NFT Biennial, X Media Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (Antinomy: Artistic duo with Chong-ha Peter
Lee)
2022 A Latent Empathy, Sabanci University's Kasa Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2022 The New Grammar of Images, Mixer, Istanbul, Turkey (Antinomy: Artistic duo with Chong-ha
Peter Lee)
2022 SVA Summer Residency Exhibition & Open Studios, New York City, NY, USA
2022 TAAS Alternative Art School Artist Exhibition, Virtual
2022 Another Place, DeCollage Contemporary Art Space, Istanbul, Turkey
2022 YOLO, Senkron Video Art Events, MixerArts, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Temas / Contact, Daragac, Izmir, Turkey
2021 Digital Aura, Open Media Art Festival, Seoul, Korea

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2021 Now, Istanbul Gallery Week, MixerArts, Istanbul
2021 Terra Incognita, Fisekhane, Cocoon Art Space, by Contemporary Istanbul Foundation & Yves
Rocher Foundation, Istanbul
2021 Post-Digital Ignorance, A'21 Online Lab Exhibition, Amber Network Festival
2021 AntiSomething / Karşı Bir Şey, Barın Han, İstanbul
2020 Potential Worlds I: Planetary Memories, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland

2020 Suyun Taksimi / Sharing Water, Maksem, Istanbul, Turkey

2020 Permafrost, MOCO Panacee, Montpellier, France

2019 The Seventh Continent, 16th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey

2019 Walking Distance / Yürüme Mesafesi, MixerArts, Istanbul, Turkey

2019 Trees of Their Land, Parallel Program of 5th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art
(Immortality), MART Center for Photography, Yekaterinburg, Russia

2019 The Sound of No-one Listening, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2018 Passengers of a Kaleidoscopic Journey, Forckenbeckstr, Berlin, Germany

2018 Sick. Love. Nature., Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan

2018 A New World, Middle East Technical University Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

2018 Enclosed, Bomontiada Alt Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2018 Little Sweet Lies, Plato Sanat Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2018 Art Biz Tech Art Innovation Prix Exhibition, 42 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

2017 Kisa Devre / Short Circuit, Santral Istanbul, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey

2017 Artist`s Utopia, Tuyap ART/IST 2017 International Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey

2017 O`Art Exhibition, Odea Bank Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2017 Dekadans/Decadence, Pera Palace Hotel Jumeriah, DasArt Project, Istanbul, Turkey

2017 Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, London, UK

2016 Unexpected Territories, Tuyap ART/IST 2016 International Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey

2016 Deep Inside, 5th International Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia

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2016 None The Wiser, Rogue Space Chelsea, New York City, NY, USA

2016 Draft13 Book Release and Exhibition, Rochester Institute of Technology, Gallery r, Rochester, NY,
USA

2016 Common Table, The Michael Sickler Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA

2016 MFA 2016: None The Wiser, SUArt Galleries, Syracuse, NY, USA

2015 2nd International Visual Artists Gathering, Kedi Culture and Art Center // Cetin Emec Art Gallery,
Izmir, Turkey

2015 Fantasy Island, PØST, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2015 SimuLAcra, The Collaborative Gallery Long Beach Arts Council, Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2015 IRL, Sonce Alexander Gallery Mini White Cube, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2015 Angel`s Gate Cultural Center, Community Room, San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2015 Spark Performance Vol. 6: A Few Other Nows, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY, USA

2014 Comfort Zone, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY, USA
2014 SUtura, VPA International Graduates Exhibition, XL Projects Gallery, Syracuse, NY, USA

2013 The Z Project, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

2013 Mamut Art Project, Entrepot No. 3, Istanbul, Turkey

2013 The New Memory of Art, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey

2013 Uninvited Visitor, 5 Nights 5 Artists Residence Exhibitions, Izmir, Turkey

2013 Beruhigt. / Sakinlesmis. / Calmed Down., Goethe Institute, Izmir, Turkey

2012 Beyond Experience, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

2012 Siemens Borders & Orbits 12, Siemens Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2012 ECEV 10th-11th - 12th Sculpture Exhibitions, Izmir, Turkey

Biennials
2019 The Seventh Continent, 16th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey

2016 Deep Inside, 5th International Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia