Burçak Bingöl’s works explore notions of belonging, cultural heritage, identity, decoration and failure by blurring the boundaries between these seemingly distinct notions. Through her labor- intensive process of tracing, copying and re-forming, she adopts an analytical approach to new configurations. The works are psychological landscapes that hover between abstraction and representation, rejection and preservation that both embrace and disregard Eastern and Western traditions. Working with various mediums such as ceramics, drawings, video, photography and installation, Bingöl’s works are constant re-working of materials and objects to converge to a repetitive act where fiction and failure merges. 

 

Burçak Bingöl (b.1976) Born in Görele, raised in Ankara, she lives and works in Istanbul. Her works are in many private and public collections in the US, Europe and the Middle and Far East including The Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York. Represented by Zilberman Gallery, İstanbul - Berlin.

2008-2009

EDUCATION

 

Photography,

The New School,

New York, USA

2002-2008

PhD, Ceramics,

Hacettepe University,

Ankara, Turkey

2000-2002

MFA, Ceramics,

Hacettepe University,

Ankara, Turkey

1996-2000

BFA, Ceramics,

Hacettepe University,

Ankara, Turkey

1985-1991

Music (part-time student)

Hacettepe University, Ankara State Conservatory,

Ankara, Turkey

COLLECTIONS

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

 

21st Century Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA


Baksı Museum, Bayburt, Turkey

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Haus Des Papiers, Berlin, Germany

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Hostetler - Wrigley Foundation, Florida, USA

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LVMH Collection, Paris, France

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MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland


Salsali Private Museum, Dubai, UAE


Private Collections in Turkey, Europe, North America, the Middle and Far East

SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PRESENTATIONS

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2019

Interrupted Halfway Through,

Zilberman Gallery, Berlin, Germany

April 24 - July 27

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Living Inside a Tale and There Only,

Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

May 14 - August 17

2018

Solo Presentation,

Untitled - San Francisco,

January 12-14

2017

Jardin Particulier,

French Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

October 24-29

 

Mythos and Utopia,

Zilberman Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey

February 18 - April 30

2015

Solo Presentation,

VOLTA NY, Pier 90, New York, USA

March 5 - 8

2014

A Carriage Affair,

Galeri Zilberman, İstanbul, Turkey

May 10 - June 21

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Solo Presentation,

Art Basel Hong Kong Insight, China

May 15 - 18

2021

2020

2019

2018

RESIDENCIES AND ACTIVITIES

 

Artist Talk, Letter to a Friend

Organized by Dou Printstudio

Ka, Ankara, Turkey

November 6

 

Lithography Workshop

Collaboration with Dou Printstudio

Ankara, Turkey

September 20-26

 

Gate 27 - Ayvalık

Balıkesir, Turkey

September 5 - November 6

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Curating Art: Objects Through Time

Talk with Anna Källén 

Accelerator, Stockholm - Sweden

November 27

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Artist Residency, Iaspis

Stockholm, Sweden

October 2019 - January 2020

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Book Launch and Conversation,

with Wendy Shaw

Zilberman Gallery, Berlin, Germany

May 21

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Artist Talk, Mamut SHOTS

Mamut Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

April 19

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Artist Talk

Base Talks, Galata Greek School

December 21

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Artist Talk

Sakarya University

December 19

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Artist Residency, Zilberman Gallery

Berlin, Germany

September 25 - November 15

 

Jury Member, Base 2018

İstanbul, Turkey

 

Jury Member, Young Fresh Different (2012-2018),

Galeri Zilberman

İstanbul, Turkey

 

Jury Member,"Conceptual Varieties", Ceramic Exhibition, SSEDD

Turkey

 

Jury Member, Young Fresh Different (2012-2018),

Galeri Zilberman

İstanbul, Turkey

 

Workshop, Social City

İstanbul, Turkey; May 14 - 5

Stockholm, Sweden; August 15 -18

 

Artist Talk, Montclair University

New Jersey, USA

April 10

 

Artist Talk, Karatay University

Konya, Turkey

March 13

 

Conversation with Hera Buyuktasciyan and Yasemin Ozcan

"Fureya: Ceramics from the Public Sphere to the Studio Practice"

İstanbul, Turkey

January 6

2017

Jury Member, Baticim Painting and Sculpture Competition

Turkey

 

Conversation with Residents from Cité des Artes, Salon IKSV

İstanbul, Turkey

2011

Cabinet of Curiosities,

Cda-Projects, İstanbul, Turkey 

May 14 - June 14

2009

Feeling The Blanks, 

Turkish Embassy Art Gallery, New York, USA

July 20 - 30

2008

Attention! Fragile,

PhD Graduation Show, 

Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

December 1 - 5

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Ankara 3+1,

Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

March 5 - 6

2006

Syste-Matic,

Artist-in-Residency Exhibition,

Thomas Hunter Gallery, Hunter College, NYC, USA

August 1 - 29

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

Letter to a Friend

Organized by Dou Printstudio

Ka, Ankara, Turkey

November 5-28

Haus de Papiers Opening Exhibition

Berlin - Germany

22 May

Tempo Incognito

curated by Rana Öztürk

Tütün Deposu, Istanbul, Turkey

March 3 - April 18

Of Paper

curated by Selin Akın

Ferda Art Platform, Istanbul, Turkey

February 12 - March 19

2016

Artist Residency by IKSV, Cité des Artes

Paris, France

April - June

 

Artist Talk, Seramik Yapmak ya da Yapmamak, Pera Museum

İstanbul, Turkey

March 12

 

Artist Talk, Natur Morte, Plato Sanat

İstanbul, Turkey

March 17

2015

Founder Lecturer at Nesin Art Village

Şirince, İzmir, Turkey

 

Participant, FIELD MEETING Take 2: An Afterthought,

Venice Biennial Collateral Event

Venice, Italy

May 8

 

Artist Talk, H.U. Fine Arts Faculty

Ankara, Turkey

April 30

 

Presentation, 10th Ufat Photography Days, "Signals &Systems"

Bursa, Turkey

22-25 April

2014

Lecture Performance, ACAW

NYC, USA

 

Jury Member, Young Fresh Different (2012-2013),

Galeri Zilberman

İstanbul, Turkey

2013

Curatorial travel grant in Europe, Goethe Institute

Ankara, Turkey

2011

Visiting Artist, Eczacıbaşı Sanat Atölyesi

İstanbul, Turkey

2010

Cura Bodrum Residency

Bodrum, Turkey

2020

Shifting Patterns

curated by Ayşe Güngör and Veronika Witte

Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany

October 31 - January 16, 2021

2019

I'm an Eye, A Mechanical Eye

curated by Naz Beşcan

Zilberman Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey

May 14 - July 5

2018

House of Wisdom

curated by Collective Çukurcuma

Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK

September 28 - October 27

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Future of Travel / the Journey of the Artwork

NOKS Independent Art Space, İstanbul, Turkey

September 9 - October 7

 

First Round

Selections from the Çarmıklı Collection

Galata Greek School, İstanbul, Turkey

April 6 - May 12 

 

Unleashing

curated by Işın Önol and Livia Alexander

Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, 

April 1- May 31

2017

Guest: Unexpected

curated by Özlem Ünsal,

MIXER, İstanbul, Turkey

15 December 2016 - 13 January 2017

 

A Good Neighbour, 15th Istanbul Biennial

curated by Elmgreen & Dragset

İstanbul, Turkey 

September 16 - December 12

 

Past Meets Present

curated by Huma Kabakçı and Mine Küçük,

Anna Laudel Galeri, İstanbul, Turkey

September 7 - October 13 

 

Çanakkale Art Walk 2017: Homeland,

Osnabrück, Germany 

June 6 - August 8

 

Tiny Office Art

Consulate General of Sweden, İstanbul, Turkey

 

House of Wisdom

curated by Naz Cuguoğlu & Mine Kaplangı

Dzialdov Project Space, Berlin, Germany

April 29 - June 4

 

Sculpture

SPM (Salsali Private Museum), Dubai, UAE

March 13 - September 11

2016

Stay With Me: Artists´ Diaries from İstanbul

21er Haus, Vienna, Austria

26 October 2016 - 08 January 2017

 

O Zaman Renk!

curated by Selen Sarıoğlu

Artnivo Project Space, Istanbul, Turkey

September 22 - November 11

 

Ultrahabitat

Zilberman Gallery, Berlin, Germany

 

Printed 16’

Mixer, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Nature Morte

Curated by Marcus Graf

Plato Sanat, İstanbul, Turkey 

January 21 - March 5

 

Stay With Me

De Kijkdoos Public Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands

January 16 - February 12

2015

With His Feet Resting Heavily on Clouds

Curated by Antonello Tolve

Pescara, Italy

November - February

 

On

Curated by Marcus Graf

Baksı Museum, Bayburt, Turkey

August 12 - May 12

 

Minor Heroisms

Curated by Nat Muller

Galeri Zilberman, İstanbul, Turkey

September 2 - October 24

 

Thinking Currents

Curated by Leeza Ahmady, 

Seattle, WA, USA

2014

Stay With Me!

Apartment Project, Berlin, Germany

 

Sculpture Road to Miro

curated by Emre Zeytinoğlu and Nilüfer Ergin

Baksı Museum, Bayburt, Turkey

 

Learned Helplessness

curated by Işın Önol

Bergsen&Bergsen Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey

2013

The Way We Were

curated by Ferhat Özgür

Galeri Zilberman, İstanbul, Turkey

2012

Encounters: Turkish Contemporary Art in Korea

curated by Hasan Bülent Kahraman

Seoul, South Korea 

 

Figure Out: Contemporary Turkish Arts

Artsawa, Dubai, UAE

 

Who Left? / What Behind ?

Flying Broom, Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara, Turkey

2011

Ceramic Material And Material Culture

Flushing Town Hall, Queens, New York, USA

 

Untitled Original

Cda-Projects, İstanbul, Turkey

2010

Relief Valve

New Agrarian Center, Oberlin, Ohio, USA

2008

We Don’t Have Any Obstacles

ANKARA 3+1 Exhibition, Hacettepe University,

Ankara,Turkey

2006

International Miniature Ceramics Competition Exhibition

Zagrep, Crotia

2009

‘Occupation: Curator’, workshop with Suzanne Jaschko,

Goethe Institute

Ankara, Turkey

2006

Artist-in-Resident, Workshops and Talks,

Hunter College

New York, USA

2004

Participant Artist, Workshops and Talks,

2nd International Contemporary Ceramic Sessions,

Buenos Aires and Obera, Argentina

2004-2007

Chorister, Koro@Modern Music Group,

Ankara, Turkey

1995-2012

Chorister, Koro@Modern Music Group,

Ankara, Turkey

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2019

Young Fresh Different 10: One Must Continue

Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

July 13 - August 17

2011

Erinnerungen An Die Fremde,

Goethe Institute, Ankara, Turkey

 

Existrong,

Cda-Projects, İstanbul, Turkey

January 7 - 29

2010

Nearfar: The Reaction Interstice,

Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, Ankara, Turkey

May 7

2005

The Works From The New Generation of Turkish Artists

Hacettepe University Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

 

Multi-Cultural Identity: Cultural Heritage, Arts, Image

Exhibition organized by the Turco-British Association,

Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara, Turkey

 

2nd International Contemporary Mosaic Biennial

Buenos Aires, Argentina

2003

34-06 Group Ceramics Exhibition

Toyan Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

2002

62nd The State Painting And Sculpture Exhibition

Ankara, Turkey