B.1981
Ege Kanar’s work explores lens-based media from an ontological standpoint dealing with topics such as materiality, indexicality, representation, and memory to ponder on intrinsic ways photographic images construct meaning.
The artist deals with conventions of seeing that are tailored by scientific disciplines such as astronomy, geology, and anthropology; or by power structures such as family, and the state.
Kanar studied “Visual Arts and Communication Design” at Sabancı University in Istanbul, and completed an M.A. degree on “Photography” at The Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague.
He lives in Istanbul and currently teaches at Bahcesehir University Photography and Video Department.
FOR INQUIRIES:
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Beyoğlu, Istanbul - Turkey
CONTACT:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 - Upcoming
Versus Art Project, Istanbul
2018 - Hammer For Scale
poşe, Istanbul
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019 - Galip Project: Ayn-ı Galip
Pasaj, Istanbul
2018 - Large Meadow
Ariel Sanat, Istanbul
2018 - Distortion
Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, Istanbul
2018- Latest Edition II
Daire Sanat, Istanbul
2018 - Monomyth
Galeri Nev, Ankara
2016 - Les Glaneurs et Les Glaneuses
Versus Art Project, Istanbul
2016 - Aralık 2
Toz Artist Run Space, Istanbul
2015 - Drawing Thoughts
C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2015 - Reunion
Sabancı Museum, Istanbul
2014 - Produce II: Everyone Could Be A Sculptor One Day
El Hamra Han, Istanbul
2014 - Small
Bant Mag. Mekan, Istanbul
2014 - Focus: Turkey
Landskrona Foto, Landskrona
2013 - Close Quarters
Istanbul Modern Museum, Istanbul
2012 - Similarity in Some Respects
44A Art Gallery, Istanbul
2012 - U.F.G. 8
Uludağ University, Bursa
2011 - Newcomers IV
Edisyon, Istanbul
2010 - 10 Years at Kasa
Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
2008 - M.A. GraduatIon ExhibItion
Gallery A.M.U., Prague
2008 - U.F.G. 5
Uludağ University, Bursa
2007 - Young Talents in Turkish Photography V.04
Various Cities
2007 - Reality in Contrast
Limkokwing University, Kuala Lumpur
2006 - City: Chaos & Magic
1st International Biennial Of Photography, Istanbul
2006 - 66
Gallery Velryba, Prague
2005 - Hidden / Trace
Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
ARTIST BOOKS / PUBLICATIONS:
2019 - Işığın Çapraz Geldiği Saat
Istanbul, Artist Book
2018 - Hammer For Scale
Istanbul, Artist Book
2017 - Aralık 2
Istanbul, Collaborative Artist Book
2016 - Retouch
Istanbul, Artist Book Dummy
2013 - Mobility and Fantasy in Visual Culture
On Elsewhere. In L.K.Johnson [Ed.]
London, Routledge.
2013 - Journal Of Photography and Video Katalog 25.2
On "Paradigm Metamorphoses" by Alen Aligrudic
In J.Friis & I.Jonge [Eds.]
Odense, Museet For Fotokunst Brandts.
2012 - New Nordic Photography ‘12
On "Paradigm Metamorphoses" by Alen Aligrudic
In J.Blixt & D.Vujanovic [Eds.]
Göteborg, Göteborgstryckeriet.
2008 - Photography As Artificial Memory: Construction Of The Photographic Self.
Prague, M.A. Dissertation (FAMU)
2008 - Nobody Does Anything Anywhere
Prague, Artist Book Dummy
2007 - Young Talents in Turkish Photography Vol:4
New Times. In R. Akyüz & S. Darendeliler [Eds.] Istanbul, Geniş Açı Magazine.
PERFORMANCES:
2018 - Hum Audio Performance - with Arda Ertem
Long Thursday
Salt Galata, Istanbul
2017 - Hum Audio Performance - with Arda Ertem
Tekrar ∞ Döngü Talk & Performance Series organized by HER HÂL
Salt Galata, Istanbul
ARTIST TALKS / LECTURES:
2018 - Balkon Konuşması - with Selim Süme
poşe, Istanbul
2018 - Ege Kanar in Conversation with Natasha Christia
Salt Galata, Istanbul
2018 - Muğlak Sınırlar - with Yasemin Özcan
Geniş Açı Project Office, Depo, Istanbul
2018 - Touch / Surface / Scale: Variations On Archive
Nida International Photography Symposium, Nida / Lithuania
2018 - Distant Points Of Interest [Within Close Range] - with Sinem Dişli
Ariel Sanat, Istanbul
2018 - On Conceptual Photography
TGFK, Istanbul
2017 - Self-Publishing As A Claim To Autonomy - with Sinem Dişli
Nida International Photography Symposium, Nida / Lithuania
2017 - Bak Sana Ne Getirdim: Arles Seçkisi - with Sinem Dişli / Zeynep Kayan / Özgür Atlagan
KA Fotograf Geliştirme Atölyesi, Ankara
2016 - Memories of an Elsewhere: Impressions on Extraterrestrial Images
8. Fotograf Buluşmaları, Galata Fotografhanesi, Istanbul
2015 - Reunion Artist Talk Series - with Pınar Asan / Cemre Yeşil
Sabancı Museum, Istanbul
2012 - Photography as Physical Object
4. Fotograf Buluşmaları, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul
2011 - Artist Talk
3. Fotograf Buluşmaları, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul
WORKSHOPS:
2019 - Ayn-ı Galip Darkroom Workshop
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul
2018 - Portre: Sanatçı Atölyesi - with Selim Süme
Pera Museum, Istanbul
2017- Çekmeden Fotoğraf - with Ege Berensel / Zeynep Kayan / Metehan Özcan
Geniş Açı Project Office, Salt Ulus, Ankara
2016- Senin Kopyan Hangisi? - with Ekin Özbiçer / Metehan Özcan / Melisa Önel / Alp Sime / Selim Süme
Geniş Açı Project Office, Salt Galata, Istanbul
2015 - Gülümseyin Çekiyorum!
Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul
CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES:
2011 - Elsewhere (Mobility & Fantasy in Visual Culture Symposium)
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul
COLLECTIONS:
2019 - Fotohof Vienna, Austria
2018 - BAS Collection, Turkey
2018 - Franklin Furnace Artists' Books Collection, USA
2018 - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2013 - Istanbul Modern Museum, Turkey
SELECTED SCREENINGS:
2015 - Depo: Life in Mental Hospitals
Documentarist Film Festival, Istanbul
2015 - Depo: Life in Mental Hospitals
Tarlabaşı Community Center, Bilgi University, Istanbul
2015 - Depo: Life in Mental Hospitals
Fol Presents, Aynalı Geçit, Istanbul
2015 - Depo: Life in Mental Hospitals
!f İstanbul Film Festival, Salt Beyoğlu, Istanbul
2014 - Depo: Life in Mental Hospitals
States of Mind and the City: Place and Wellbeing, Kadir Has University, Istanbul
RECORDINGS:
2013 - Dadaruhi Tribute
Change of Plans (Compilation by Offprint)
2012 - Music Minus One
Change of Plans (E.P.)
2008 - Best Mountain
Change of Plans (E.P.)
2006 - Nobody Does Anything Anywhere
Change of Plans (E.P.)
2004 - Anybody is Who
Change of Plans (E.P.)
TEACHING:
since
2016 - Lecturer
Photography & Video Department, Faculty of Communication
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul
2009 - Research Assistant
Photography & Video Department, Faculty of Communication
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul