Sencer Vardarman
About
b.1970 / Istanbul, Turkey
Lives and works in Berlin and Istanbul.
Education
2003-2006 Institute for Art in Context, University of Arts, Berlin, Germany
2002-2003 Fine Arts, University of Arts, Berlin, Germany
1998-2002 Fine Arts, University of Arts, Berlin, Germany
1992-1997 Fine Arts, Department of Photography, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey
1987-1991 Economics, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Virtual News, Art On Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 New Order II, OKK / RAUM 29, Berlin, Germany
2006 New Order I, SOX36, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2020 Territories, Scotty Enterprises, Berlin, Germany
2019 Lens’19, Mixer, Istanbul, Turkey
2019 Consul’s Mnemosyne: The Crossdresser, German Consulate, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 Mapping Berlin, Galerie Wedding, Berlin, Germany
2017 Lady Dada Kalam, Kunsthaus KuLe, Berlin, Germany
2017 Critical Mass, Axel Obiger, Berlin, Germany
2016 Soulèvements-Résistances Numériques, Online Project, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
2016 Fear of Content, Online Project, 9th Berlin Biennial, Berlin, Germany
2015 77□13 Politische Kunst im Widerstand in der Türkei, NGBK, Berlin, Germany
2015 Urban Justice, Cer Modern, Ankara, Turkey
2014 Focus: Turkey, Landskrona Fotofestival 2014, TYGHUSET, Landskrona, Sweden
2013 onLine, KUAD, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Istanbul Portfolio, Opera Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2012 Fictions and Dissentions, 3rd Canakkale Biennial - Canakkale, Turkey
2010 Urban Memories, Altes Museum Neukoelln, Berlin, Germany
2010 CELEBRATION!, Uqbar, Berlin, Germany
2010 R-EVOLUTION? Art practice political interventions collaborative acting, Arttransponder, Berlin, Germany
2009 What Comes Next?, Post-wall realities and emergence of new aesthetic theories, Meinblau, Berlin, Germany
2009 Taswir - Pictorial Mappings of Islam and Modernity, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
2009 1000+1 Prax(e)is, 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale, Thessaloniki, Greece
2008 Istanbul Dyptychs, Istanbul Centre in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2008 Owl’s Frames, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 Capital, Lund, Sweden
2007 Reality Crossings, 2nd Fotofestival Mannheim / Ludwigshafen / Heidelberg, Germany
2007 Förderkohle, NBK, Berlin, Germany
2007 Legal Tender, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 Rio, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany
2006 All about Lies, Apartment Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 Mixed Hypnose, Fleisch Zeigt, Berlin, Germany
2006 Outliners, Arttransponder, Berlin, Germany
2005 Focus Istanbul, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
2005 Waiting Room, Apartment Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Thieving City, Akbank Center for Art and Culture, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Metamorphosis, 20th IFSAK - Istanbul Photography Days, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Berlin-Istanbul Vice-Versa, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2004 Big Boys Toys, Gallery Design Transfer, Berlin, Germany
2001 On Image We Trust, 21st Istanbul Modern Art Exhibition, AKM Istanbul, Turkey
2000 Open Up The Corridor, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Grants & Residency Programs
2017 Research Scholarschip of Senat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2015 Artists´ contacts (Künstlerkontakte) - project grant, IFA Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen,
Stuttgart, Germany
2015 Platform Residency, Vaasa, Finland
2009 KWW-Art, Science, Economy Scholarship, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany
2007 Scholarship of Senat Berlin, Germany
2002 GASAG Artprice, Berlin, Berlin, Germany