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| ESRA ERSEN |
| Born 1970 in Ankara, Turkey. Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Esra Ersen, “If You Could Speak Swedish” (video still), 2001. © Esra Ersen |
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Education
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1988-95 |
Marmara University, The Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey (Graduate and Post Graduate level) |
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1999-2000 |
Ecole Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France (Post-Diploma program) |
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Selected Solo Exhibitions |
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2001 |
If You Could Speak Swedish, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (curated by Maria Lind) |
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1995 |
Dialogues, Yerebatan Cisterne, BM Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2003 |
Poetic Justice, 8th International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey (curated by Dan Cameron)
How Latitudes Become Forms, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (curated by Philippe Vergne) |
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2002 |
Manifesta 4: Europan Biennial of Contemporary Art, Frankfurt, Germany
Pause: 4th Gwangju Biennale, Korea (curated by Charles Esche & Hou Hanru)
Becoming a Place, P4L – Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, Turkey (curated by Vasif Kortun) |
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1995 |
Orient/ation: 4th International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey (curated by René Block) |
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Selected Bibliography
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Geneviève Breerette, “Manifesta 4, Biennale consensuelle à Francfort,” Le Monde, May 30, 2002.
Søren Grammel, “Butterflies,” in Moderna Museet projekt, Stockholm, 2002.
Peter Herbstreuth, Das Innere Weimars von aussen betrachtet, Weimar: ACC Galerie, 1999.
Silke Hofmann, “Manifesta 4, Künstler Portraits: Esra Ersen,” Frankfurter Rundschau, July 18, 2002.
Joanna Sandell, “Esra Ersen pendlar mellan Europa och Asien,” Svenska Dagbladet, October 13, 2001.
Mats Stjernstedt, “Esra Ersen,” in MAKE-Special Edition 92, London, 2002.
Philippe Vergne, “Esra Ersen,” in The Curator's Egg Vol. 4, Japan: Tokyo, 2003. |
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| Contribution: Participates in Station 1: The Equestrian Hall, Aarhus, with “If You Could Speak Swedish,” 2001. Video, 23 min. Courtesy of the artist. |
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