TR, 1981
Ege Kanar received his undergraduate degree from Sabancı University, Visual Arts and Communication Design Program (Istanbul, 2004). He was awarded his graduate degree in Photography at F.A.M.U. Academy of Performing Arts (Prague, 2008).
In his practice, Kanar tackles photographic images from an ontological standpoint and scrutinizes the intermediary role of photographs within various scientific and cultural contexts. His recent projects that incorporate sound, video, and installations, deal with notions of rhythm, scale, and materiality.
Kanar’s past solo shows include “Apparatus” (Versus Art Project, Istanbul, 2019) and “Hammer for Scale” (poşe, Istanbul, 2018). Some of the recent group shows he has participated in, are “Sound is the Silence of the Image” (Fabrikraum, Vienna, 2022), “Workaround” (F.A.K., Münster, 2021), “Past Present Istanbul” (Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul, 2021), and “Tempo Incognito” (Depo, Istanbul, 2021). He was an artist in residence at SAHA Studio (Istanbul, January-September 2021), and Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart, April-October 2023)
Alongside his artistic practice, Kanar has taught part-time at Bahçeşehir University Photography and Video Department (2016-2020, Istanbul). He resides in Istanbul, Turkey.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 - Apparatus
Versus Art Project, Istanbul
2018 - Hammer For Scale
poşe, Istanbul
DUO EXHIBITIONS:
2021 - Workaround
Curated by Pınar Asan
FAK, Münster
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024 - The Hunter of Thyself
Curated by Oğuz Karakütük
Versus Art Project, Istanbul
2023 - The Age of Fire
Curated by Can Akgümüş
Çankaya Mun. C.A.C., Ankara
2022 - Metamorphosis and Metaphors
Curated by Christian Oxenius
Ark Kültür, Istanbul
2021 - Sound is the Silence of the Image
Curated by Fatih Aydoğdu
Fabrikraum, Vienna
2021 - SAHA Open Studio
SAHA Studio, Istanbul
2021 - Past.Present.Istanbul
Curated by Murat Germen
Sabancı Museum, Istanbul
2021 - Tempo Incognito
Curated by Rana Öztürk
Depo, Istanbul
2020 - Scale
Curated by Ezgi Bakçay
Versus Art Project, Istanbul
2020 - Crystal Chateau
Curated by Can Akgümüş
Evliyagil Museum, Ankara
2020 - Photography in Days of Pandemic
Curated by Demet Yıldız
Istanbul Modern Museum, Online
2019 - Protect Me From What I Want
Curated by Eda Yiğit & Ezgi Bakçay
Artist - TÜYAP, Istanbul
2019 - Lens ‘19: Things Seen
Curated by Sena Çakırkaya
Mixer, Istanbul
2019 - Galip Project: Ayn-ı Galip
Organized by Eda Emirdağ
Pasaj, Istanbul
2018 - Large Meadow
Organized by Norgunk
Ariel Sanat, Istanbul
2018 - Distortion
Curated by Jochen Proehl
Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, Istanbul
2018 - Latest Edition II
Curated by Volkan Kızıltunç
Daire Sanat, Istanbul
2018 - Monomyth: Nev Nesil '18
Curated by Deniz Artun
Galeri Nev, Ankara
2016 - Les Glaneurs et Les Glaneuses
Curated by Ezgi Bakçay & Selim Süme
Versus Art Project, Istanbul
2016 - Aralık 2
Toz Artist Run Space, Istanbul
2015 - Drawing Thoughts
Curated by Sevim Sancaktar
C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2015 - Reunion
Curated by Derya Yücel
Sabancı Museum, Istanbul
2014 - Everyone Could Be A Sculptor One Day
Curated by Zeynep Öz
El Hamra Han, Istanbul
2014 - Small
Bant Mag. Mekan, Istanbul
2014 - Focus: Turkey
Curated by Sena Çakırkaya
Landskrona Foto, Landskrona
2013 - Close Quarters
Curated by Sena Çakırkaya
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 (Turkey)
2007 - Reality in Contrast
Curated by Alex Wong
Limkokwing University, Kuala Lumpur
2006 - City: Chaos & Magic
Curated by Murat Germen
1st Int. Biennial of Photography, Istanbul
2006 - 66
Gallery Velryba, Prague
2005 - Hidden / Trace
Curated by Murat Germen
Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
FAIRS:
2024 - Photo London
w/ Versus Art Project, London
2022 - Photo Basel
w/ Versus Art Project, Basel
2022 - Photo London
w/ Versus Art Project, London
2022 - Art Weeks Akaretler VI
w/ Versus Art Project, Istanbul
2020 - London Art Fair
w/ Versus Art Project, London
2020 - Photo Basel Virtual Edition
w/ Versus Art Project, Online Exhibition
2016 - Contemporary Istanbul
w/ Art On, Istanbul
RESIDENCIES:
2023 - Akademie Schloss Solitude
April 11 - September 30, Stuttgart
2021 - SAHA Studio
January 15 - October 15, Istanbul
ARTIST BOOKS:
2019 - Işığın Çapraz Geldiği Saat
Artist Book, Istanbul
2018 - Hammer For Scale
Artist Book, Istanbul
2017 - Aralık 2
Collaborative Artist Book, Istanbul
2016 - Retouch
Artist Book Dummy, Istanbul
2008 - Nobody Does Anything Anywhere
Artist Book Dummy, Prague
PERFORMANCES:
2018 - Hum
Audio Performance with Arda Ertem
Long Thursday
Salt Galata, Istanbul
2017 - Hum
Audio Performance with Arda Ertem
Tekrar ∞ Döngü by HER HÂL
Salt Galata, Istanbul
TALKS / LECTURES:
2021 - Exhibiting & Preserving an Installation
Artist Talk with Osman Serhat Karaman
Sabancı Museum, Istanbul
2021 - Le Témoin Silencieux
Lecture with Orhan Cem Çetin
Open Seminar, Online
2021 - Looking at the Archive: Context to Form
Artist Talk
ESOGU Design Days, Online
2020 - On "Scale" Exhibition
Collective Artist Talk with Ezgi Bakçay
Versus Art Project, Istanbul
2019 - On "Apparatus"
Artist Talk with Ezgi Bakçay
Versus Art Project, Istanbul
2018 - Balcony Talk
Artist Talk with Selim Süme
poşe, Istanbul
2018 - On "Hammer for Scale"
Artist Talk with Natasha Christia
Salt Galata, Istanbul
2018 - Muğlak Sınırlar
Artist Talk with Yasemin Özcan
Geniş Açı Project Office, Depo, Istanbul
2018 - Variations On Archive
Artist Talk
Nida Int. Photography Symposium
Nida, Lithuania
2018 - Distant Points Of Interest
Artist Talk with Sinem Dişli
Ariel Sanat, Istanbul
2017 - Self-Publishing As A Claim To Autonomy
Lecture with Sinem Dişli
Nida Int. Photography Symposium
Nida, Lithuania
2017 - Bak Sana Ne Getirdim: Arles Seçkisi
Talk with S. Dişli, Z. Kayan, Ö. Atlagan
KA Fotograf Geliştirme Atölyesi, Ankara
2016 - Memories of an Elsewhere
Artist Talk (8. Fotograf Buluşmaları)
Galata Fotografhanesi, Istanbul
2015 - Reunion Talk Series
Artist Talk with Cemre Yeşil & Pınar Asan
Sabancı Museum, Istanbul
2012 - Photography as Physical Object
Lecture (4. Fotograf Buluşmaları)
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul
2011 - I Know Where I Don't Know When
Artist Talk (3. Fotograf Buluşmaları)
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul
WORKSHOPS:
2019 - Ayn-ı Galip Project, Darkroom Workshop
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul
2018 - Portrait
Artist Workshop with Selim Süme
Pera Museum, Istanbul
2017- Çekmeden Fotoğraf
Collective Mentorship Program
GAPO, Salt Ulus, Ankara
2016- Senin Kopyan Hangisi?
Collective Mentorship Program
GAPO, Salt Galata, Istanbul
2015 - Gülümseyin Çekiyorum!
Artist Workshop
Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul
CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES:
2011 - Elsewhere
Mobility & Fantasy in Visual Culture
Symposium organized by Lewis Johnson
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul
TEACHING:
2016
2020 - Lecturer
Photography & Video Department
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul
2009 - Research Assistant
Photography & Video Department
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul
COLLECTIONS:
2019 - Fotohof Vienna, Austria
2018 - BAS Collection, Turkey
2018 - F. Furnace Artists' Books Collection, USA
2018 - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2013 - Istanbul Modern Museum, Turkey