Servet Kocyigit
Born in 1971 in Kaman Turkey
Lives and works in Amsterdam and Istanbul
Education & Residencies
2006 JCVA Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts, Israel
1999-00 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Residency, Duisburg Germany
1997-99 De Ateliers, Amsterdam
1993-97 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Scholarships & Awards
2008 Working Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts ( Fonds BKVB )
2006 Working Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts ( Fonds BKVB )
2005 Nominated for The Fritschy Award 2006, City of the Sittard-Geleen-NL
2004 Basis Stipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts ( Fonds BKVB )
2001 Basis Stipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts ( Fonds BKVB )
2000 Starts Stipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts ( Fonds BKVB )
1999-00 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Fellowship, city of Duisburg Germany
1997-99 OC&W study scholarship from Dutch Ministry of Culture.
Teaching
2007 Lecture at Hochchule fur Bildende Kunste Dresden-Germany
Round Table “ Crossings: Movements of People and Cultures ” Nicosia-Cyprus
2006 Lecture at Bezalel Academy-MFA program- Tel Aviv Israel
2005 Workshop and conference in Garikula and Tbilisi Georgia
organized by European Council of Artists
2001 Lecture at Willem De Kooning Academy, Rotterdam-The Netherlands
Solo Exhibitions
2010 “ Under The Counter “ OUTLET-ISTANBUL, Turkey
2008 “Good Things Are Much Better In Pairs “ GIVON ART GALLERY, Tel Aviv-Israel
“1000 Penguins ” TWEETAKT Theater Festival Utrecht-The Netherlands
2001 “ Poetic Accident ” NEDERLANDS FOTO INSTITUUT Rotterdam- The Netherlands
1999 De Ateliers Amsterdam-The Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
2010 “ Starter ” ARTER Space For Art, Istanbul, Turkey
“ Not easy to save the world in 90 days “ 44 MØEN, Askeby, Denmark
“ Silent Partner “ LOOP#2010 Video Festival, Barcelona , Spain
“ Videographies 21” Festival Des Images Experimentales, Liége, Belgium
2009 “ Not easy to save the world in 90 days “ TANAS, Berlin- Germany
“ Tamam “ APOLLONIA, European art exchanges, Strasbourg, France
“ RIOT//REVOLT ” Video screening, CENTER POMPIDOU, Paris, France
“ Darbe/Coup ” OUTLET-ISTANBUL, Turkey
“ Istanbul, traversée ” PALAIS DES BEAUX ARTS DE LILLE – France
“ Small distortions in the order “28th ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, video screening, Istanbul-TR
20th ANKARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Video screening, Ankara-Turkey
2008 “Field Work-Part 2 ” SMART PROJECT SPACE, Amsterdam-The Netherlands
“KAAP ” Fort Ruigenhoek Utrecht-The Netherlands
700is Experimental film and video festival Egilsstadir, Iceland
“Little Room Downstairs “ WG-Punt Exhibition Space, Amsterdam-The Netherlands
“ Biennale Cuvée ” OK-CENTRUM fur Gegenwartskunst, Linz-Austria
2007 “BoysCraft “ HAIFA MUSEUM OF ART, Haifa-Israel
“ Nobody’s Story ” online exhibition HYPERLINK “http://www.slashseconds.org” www.slashseconds.org Issue/05 Leeds University-UK
“ Crossings, a Contemporary View “ The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre-Cyprus
“ The Stability of Truth ” SMART PROJECT SPACE, Amsterdam-The Netherlands
“ Crossings, a Contemporary View ” Pôle Cathédrale, Amiens-France
2006 How We Live Together ” 27th SAO PAULO BIENNIAL, Brazil
“ Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art ” The ISRAEL MUSEUM, Jerusalem-Israel
“ Fata Morgana “ HAIFA MUSEUM OF ART, Haifa-Israel
“ Uberhaupt-What Dutch ” GUTLEUT 15, Frankfurt-Germany
“ Summerise ” GIVON ART GALLERY, Tel Aviv-Israel
“ Voices Of Silence ” HERZLIYA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART-Israel
“ Crossings, a Contemporary View ” Fort Saint Angelo, Birgu-Malta
“ De Kleine Biennale ” Utrecht-The Netherlands
2005 “ Servet Kocyigit ” Solo GIVON ART GALLERY Tel Aviv-Israel
“ Blue Side Up ” 9th INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL BIENNIAL-Turkey
“ Film Lounge ” MuHKA-media Antwerpen-Belgium
“ Cinema Continu ” Langhous & De Stad Als Theater Festival Zwolle- The Netherlands
2004 “ Inside Out ” GALLERY SAFE Dalfsen- The Netherlands
2003 “ Film Lounge ” Interactive Exhibition in 7 Film Theaters in The Netherlands
“ Short & Sharp ” 291 GALLERY London-England
“ Non-Members Only ” ARTI ET AMICITIAE Amsterdam- The Netherlands
2002 “ Terloops ” ART WALK AMSTERDAM- The Netherlands
“ 10 Künstler Geisterbahn ” JPR Gallerie Koln-Germany
“ Cinema Sculpture ” Provincieplein Den Haag- The Netherlands
Film screening, Street theater festival, Delft- The Netherlands
“ Chasing Dragons ” Prefab 4, ARTIS Den Bosch- The Netherlands
“ Film Lounge ” NEDERLANDS FOTO INSTITUUT Rotterdam-The Netherlands
“ Blue Print- Blauw Druk ” Site specific video installation Delft-The Netherlands
“ My Pretty Sugar Sailor ” HEDAH Modern Art Center Maastricht-The Netherlands
“ Look Again ” Proje 4L ISTANBUL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART-Turkey
2001 “ Miss Germany ” PROJECT ATELIER Leiden- The Netherlands
“ Unlimited. NL#4 ” De APPEL Centre For Contemporary Art, Amsterdam-NL (Cat)
2000 WILHELM LEHMBRUCK MUSEUM Duisburg-Germany (Cat.)
1999 “ Modern communications ” Essen post office-Germany
1996 “ Secretly Watching The Tigers ” WESTERGASFABRIEK Amsterdam-The Netherlands
1995 Netherlands Foto Museum in Sittard – The Netherland
Permanent Installations
2004 “ The Butterfly ” GALLERY SAFE Dalfsen-NL
1996 “ Room 563 ” HOTEL EDEN Amsterdam
2010 “ Starter “ Works from Vehbi Koc Collection, Exhb. Cat. P58-59, Arter, Istanbul
“ Unleashed “ Contemporary art from Turkey, Trans Globe Publishing, London
“ Tezgah Alti/Under the Counter ” Fisun Yalcinkaya, 13/03/2010 Sabah Newspaper,Turkey
“ Tezgah Alti/Under the Counter ” Elif Turkolmez 27/03/2010 Radikal Newspaper, Turkey
2009 “ Istanbul traversée “ Exhb.Cat. text Caroline Naphegyi, p94-174 Lille 3000-France
“ Rencontrer l’Europe, Istanbul “ p18-21, APOLLONIA, Strasbourg, France
“ Darbe/Coup ” Exhb. Cat. p 20-25 OUTLET-ISTANBUL, Turkey
“ Almanak 2008-2009 “ p 26-27 OUTLET-ISTANBUL, Turkey
2008 “ How to live Together” 27th Sao Paulo Biennale, exhibition catalogue.
Biennale Cuvee, World selection of Contemporary Art, Exhibition catalogue,
OK-CENTRUM, Linz-Austria, Biennale Cuvee Exhibition Guide, OK-CENTRUM, Linz-Austria
“ Who wants to be ub normal “ Levent Calikoglu, Milliyet Sanat, Oct. P.61-Turkey
Outlet-Istanbul, Trendsetter no 78, volume 7, P64-65,October 2008- Turkey
700is Reindeer Icelandic Film Festival Catalogue, p. 41, Iceland
KAAP, Exhibition catalogue, Stichting Storm, Utrecht-NL
2007 “ BoysCraft ” exhb.cat. text Tami Katz-Freiman p.132-134, Haifa Museum of Art-Israel
Monsoon Art Collection catalogue text Nicholas Serota, Peter Simon, Simon Alford-UK
“ User’s Manual ” ( Cat.) Contemporary art in Turkey 1986-2006 Art-Ist Turkey
“ Crossings,a contemporary view ” exhb.cat. F. Flahuterz, Y. Toumazis, A. Michael-Cyprus
MUHTELIF Contemporary art publication Istanbul 2007/2 Turkey
“ The 27th Sao Paulo Biennial “ Christian Rattemeyer, ARTFORUM Feb. 2007 NO:6
Gulsen Bal “ Nobody’s story” http://www.slashseconds.org/issues/002/001/articles/gbal/index.php
Hilde de Bruijn, Smart Papers “ The Stability of Truth “ Smart Project Space p 8-11
“Crossings,Une vue contemporaine”exb.cat. F. Flahuterz, Y. Toumazis, A. Michael-France
2006 Tami Katz-Freiman “Fata Morgana” exh.cat.p.124-127, Haifa Museum of Art
Fulya Erdemci “Servet Kocyigit Interview” Exhb.Guide 27th Bienal de Sao Paulo p.218-219
Sacha Bronwasser “de Kleine Biennale” de Volkskrant 1/6/2006
Mark Kramer exh.cat. “de Kleine Biennale” Utrecht- The Netherlands, Stichting Storm
2005 Reviews over the “Servet Kocyigit” exhibition at Givon Art Gallery Tel Aviv:
Smadar Sheffi Haaretz- Galeria 25/11/2005
Ruti Director Yediot Achronot 11/11/2005
Uzi Zur Haaretz 25/11/2005
Dana Gillerman Haaretz Galeria 3.11
November Paynter “Servet Kocyigit” exh.cat.9th International Istanbul Biennial p23-26 IKSV
Susannae Boecker KunstForum International n.168 (Nov05-Jan06) p165
Chantal Pontbriand “Istanbul Biennial” Parachute n.121
Madeline Nusser “Istanbul Biennial” Contemporary ISSUE 78,2005
Annemarie Hogervorst “Crossing Continents” DAM No 4 Nov-Dec 2005 P85-89
Etienne Boileau “Istanbul Biennial 2005” BK informatie 2005-7 p.16-17
Rob Perree “Op De Handkar” Kunstbeeld 2005-11 p.25
Smadar Sheffi Haaretz- Galeria 19/9/2005
Metropolis-M, Milliyet Sanat September 2005, NTV, CNN Turk, TRT, Kan alD,
Sweedish National Tv, Radio Forex, Radikal, Genis Aci, Zaman, Aksiyon, Hurriyet…etc.
30 Years of De APPEL Amsterdam1984-2005 “If The Walls Had Ears” catalog
Michel Krielaars “Het Panthervel van Roestaveli” NRC Handelsblad, 27.05.2005
2003 “Sanat Dunyamiz”, “Laminart”, “Cumhuriyet” “Arredamento” and “RH+ Sanat”, Various Articles about “Short & Sharp”
2002 “GENIS ACI “Photo magazine- TR P.60-61, essay S.Kocyigit
“SKRIEN” Film magazine- NL P.8 May 2002
NFI News “Film Lounge” May 2002
2001 Dominic van den Boogerd “Donker Oranje”, HP/DE TIJD,23.Mart.01
Vasif Kortun & S.Koçyigit exhb.cat. “Unlimited NL#4” De APPEL Amsterdam
2000 Necmi Sonmez, Arredamento, Number 8 p.65-66.
Dominic van den Boogerd and Christoph Brockhaus “Servet Koçyigit”, exh.Cat. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum
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