Özlem Altin
biography | selected works | exhibitions
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Born 1977 in Goch, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
2004-2006 Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
2000-2003 Hoogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem
PRESS
2010 Mousse magazine
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2012
Günther–Peill–Stiftung / Leopold–Hoesch–Museum, Düren, Germany (Cat.) (upcoming September)
2011
Several bodies, Circus, Berlin
2010
Ianus (My memory of what happened is not what happened), curated by Francesca Boenzi,
Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples
2009
Each movement appears like hesitation, Circus, Berlin
2008
The night of her first vision, Op Kijkavond, Extrapool, Nijmegen
Geometric portrait, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem
2007
Die dritten Personen, Swingr, Wien
2006
The Movement Movement, BRAVO!, Rotterdam (with Ruth Buchanan)
There are people watching expecting to hear absolute silence, TENT, Rotterdam
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2012
Lieber Aby Warburg, curated by Eva Schmidt, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen (Cat.) (upcoming December)
Case Report, curated by Lorenzo Sandoval, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona (upcoming May)
Orchesterwechsel, Sammlung Rheingold, Schloss Dyck, Jüchen, Germany
Regarding Düsseldorf 6, curated by Pia Witzmann, KuK Monschau, Aachen
Byłem na wystawie w Warszawie, curated by Aleksander Wawrzyniak, Koło plastyków, Warsaw
2011
the light, the shape & the body, curated by Philipp Ziegler, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
Figures in Space, curated by Rita Kersting, Galerie Ute Parduhn, Dusseldorf
Regarding Düsseldorf 6, curated by Pia Witzmann, KIT - Kunst im Tunnel, Dusseldorf (Cat.)
Group Show, Malibu Circa 1990, Contemporary Art Gallery, Malibu, USA
Untitled (Evidence): From Alternative Knowledge to Counter Memories, curated by Vincent Honoré,
David Roberts Art Foundation, London
based in Berlin, Atelierhaus Monbijoupark, Berlin (Cat.)
Starke Emergenz, curated by Veit Loers, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck (Cat.)
2010
Spirits & Landscapes, curated by Ada von Hoorebeke, Wiels, Brussels
Group show, curated by Camilla Wegener, Forgotten Bar, Berlin
The Reading Room, a presentation with NOMAS Foundation at ROMA Contemporary Art Fair, Rome
(one day event), curated by Ilaria Gianni & Cecilia Canziani
24 Advertisements, curated by Jacob Fabricius
2009
Arises, curated by Kathrin Vellrath, Exile, Berlin
Purpling, curated by Lucy Stein, Gimpel Fils, London
Source Material, TENT, Rotterdam
Press Harder, de Player, Rotterdam
Corillos, TENT, Rotterdam
2008
Hedendaagse spiritualiteit en spannende rituelen, Stedelijk, Amsterdam
Anderhalfwitavond, Extrapool, Nijmegen
New Ordner, O Tannenbaum, Berlin
Wildlife- Survival, O Tannenbaum, Berlin
Le societas!, De Veemvloer, Amsterdam
Stipendiaten-Ausstellung, Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln, Germany
AWARDS / GRANTS / RESIDENCIES
2010–12
Scholarship of the Günther-Peill-Stiftung, Düren, Germany
2010
Residency at Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples
2009
Work grant, the Netherlands fond for visual arts, design and architecture, Amsterdam
Residency at URA Gallery, Istanbul
Residency at Dek 22, projectspace, Rotterdam Delfshaven
2008
Publication grant, the Netherlands fond for visual arts, design and architecture, Amsterdam
2007
Startstipendium, Work grant, the Netherlands fond for visual arts, design and architecture, Amsterdam
2006
Residency Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln
Scholarship of Dullertstichting Hey KonijnFonds, Arnhem
BOOK PROJECTS / ARTIST BOOKS
2012
One Question-Nine Possible Answers-Three rooms, Issue one, edited by Melanie Bonajo, published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien
2010
Who wants to Act Now, or Even See Acting, edited by Nazli Gurlek on the occasion of the screening program ‘Who wants to Act Now, or Even See Acting, DEPO, Istanbul
2009
Katarina Zdjelar, Parapoetics, published by TENT, Rotterdam, 2009
Fragmentation of perception / Perception of fragmentation, edited by Marjolein Kok and Suzanne van Rossenberg
2008
Resonant bodies, voices, memories, edited by Anke Bangma, Deirdre Donoghue, Lina Issa, Katarina Zdjelar,
published by Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam and Revolver, Frankfurt
2006
After Rouge, edited by Navid Nuur and Lisa Vieten, published by Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam and
Revolver Books, Frankfurt
2005
Black Friday, edited by Christoph Keller, published by Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam and Revolver Books, Frankfurt
Özlem Altin is founding publisher of Orient Press.
Find full list of artist books at
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Starke Emergenz, edited by Veit Loers, published by Kunstraum Innsbruck (exh. cat.)
rovesandroams.com, Review David Roberts Art Foundation: Untitled (Evidence), Victoria Gray, 23/08/2011
Mousse magazine online, ‘Untitled (Evidence)’ at David Roberts Art Foundation, 11/07/2011
100 New Artists, by Francesca Gavin, Laurence King Publishing
2010
Startstipendium 2006-2008, published by Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam (cat.)
De Zines, published by la casa encendida, Madrid (exh. cat.)
based in berlin, Atelierhaus Monbijoupark, Berlin (exh. cat.)
Mousse magazine online, ‘Napoli-Untitled (Atlas) at Fondazione Morra Greco’, http://www.moussemagazine.it/blog/?p=3457
Mousse magazine, 'Survival of an idea', interview with Özlem Altin, by Christiane Rekade, issue 23, April-May 2010
2009
Tagesspiegel, ‘Füße in der Luft’, Claudia Wahjudi, 12.09.09
Monopol online, ‘Ethnografien: Ein Blick in Berliner Ausstellungen’, Elke Buhr, 08.09.09
Sounds like me blog, ‘Ausströmung der Bilder’, Marcus Woeller, 04.09.09
Graphic, ‘Selfpublishing Issue’, interview with Özlem Altin, by Lim Kyung Yong, issue 10, May 2009
2008
Museumkrant, ‘Özlem Altin’, MMKA, by Mirjam Westen
Mr. Motley, ‘Do it Yourself!’, by Taco Hidde Bakker
1:1 projects online, ‘Unfair Fair: the catalogue’, edited by Louise Garrett
Schloss Ringenberg, ‘Gap#2’, by Anke Bangma
Opzij, ‘Fascinatie voor het lichaam/fascination for the body’, by Riet van der Linden
Items, 2008
Mr. Motley, ‘Zonder wil/without willpower’, by Hanne Hagenaars
2006
Wherein certain persons..., Piet Zwart Institute, TENT. (exh. cat.)
2005
Euregio Kunstpreis 2005, Museum Katharinenhof Kranenburg, edited by Gerd Borkelmann and Hilde de Bruijn (exh. cat.)
Store, de gele rijder, published by CBKG, Arnhem, 2005 (exh. cat.)