Volkan Diyaroglu
1982, Istanbul, Turkey
Lives and works in Berlin, Santocko and Valencia.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESIDENCES:
1996-2002: Tekfen Holding Scholarship, Turkey
2002-2003: Promoe, fine arts Faculty of UPV San Carlos, Valencia, Spain
2003-2004: Promoe, fine arts Faculty of UPV San Carlos, Valencia, Spain
2006-2007: Residence Abbaye de Maubuisson, Val-d’Oise, France
2007-2008: Residence in Cite International des Arts, Paris, France
2008: Scholarship, The National Museum of George Enescu, Transfer Project, Tescani, Romania
2009: Residence in Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal
2018: Residence in Saco Azul – Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal
2022-2023: City of Gorzów Wielkopolski Scholarship, Poland
AWARDS:
Juan Francés National Painting Prize, 2nd Prize, Spain, 2024
II Bienal de Pintura Mª Isabel Comenge, Honorable Mention, Spain, 2020
XXXV Bancaja Painting, Sculpture, Digital Art Prize, First Prize, Spain, 2008
Next Star Artist Competition, Finalist, Australia, 2008
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023:
– LA VERSIÓN PRIMERA ERA DE OTRO, Jorge López Galería, Valencia, Spain
– LACK OF WHOLENESS, Terminal 08, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
– GUERNICA EVERY DAY, Mos, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
2022:
– ALIENATION, Ceart, Fuenlabrada, Spain
2021:
– THEORY OF ALMOST EVERYTHING, Evliyagil Dolapdere, Istanbul, Turkey
2018:
– EU NUNCA EMERGI / EMERGIR PARA AFUNDAR, Saco Azul, Porto, Portugal
2015:
– I EXHIBIT, THEREFORE I DIE, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, Belgium
2014:
– FORMATRACIA, LaMetro, Valencia, Spain
– MEMORY & BLOOD, Element Art Space, Singapore
2013:
– CUTFINGERISM, Karsi Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
2010:
– CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL 2010 ART FAIR, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
– HOY ALGO MAL PASA EN EL ACUARIO, Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal
– WORMHOLES, Ar / Contemporary Gallery, Milano, Italy
2009:
– SEEKING THE PARADISES, Galerie Celal, Paris, France
– Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal
2008:
– CEET, Madrid, Spain
– NEVER_INTIM, Arsloca, Gandia, Valencia, Spain
2007:
– MI VERTIGO, Galeria Edgar Neville, Valencia, Spain
– ZIGZAG, EROA, Cergy, France
– DELIK, Forja Arte Contemporaneo, Valencia, Spain
– DECALAGES, Abbaye de Maubuisson, Val-d’oise, France (TRAM Paris/Ile-de-France Project 2007 “Hospitalités”)
2006:
– FOR THE MYOPIC, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
2004:
– POST KARAOKE IS HYGIENIC, La Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain
2003:
– INTRODUCTION OF POST KARAOKE FOR ADULTS, Kitsch International Artediverso, Valencia, Spain
– VIII ISTANBUL BIENNIAL official parallel event, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024:
– Eden / Finding the Order in Chaos, Larc, Grasse, France
– Juan Francés National Painting Prize, Casa de Cultura, Xativa, Spain
– Drop It, BCMA, Berlin, Germany
– Miad, Madrid, Spain
– Frequently Asked Questions, Kanya & Kage, Berlin, Germany
2023:
– Salon Jesienny, MOS, Gorzów Wielkopolski , Poland
– Estampa 2023 Art Fair, Jorge López Galería, Madrid, Spain
– 1st Mediterranean Biennial, Tarsus, Turkey
– Arco Madrid, Jorge López Galería, Madrid, Spain
2022:
– Salon Jesienny, BWA Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland
– Pills, Survival 20, Wroclaw, Poland
2021:
– All Over, Galería Punto / Jorge López Galería, Valencia, Spain
– Art Marbella, Galería Punto / Jorge López Galería, Marbella, Spain
– Concept 2021, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
– 1.5 degrees, GG3, Berlin, Germany
2020:
– II Bienal de Pintura Mª Isabel Comenge, Atarazanas del Grao, Valencia, Spain
2016:
– Artcop22 /Art Speaks Out, WACE – Arkane Afrika, Marrakesh, Morocco
– A Slice of Contemporary Turkish Visual Arts, Project 504, Sydney, Australia
– Low-Cost Diplomatic Bag, L’Accademia Spagnola di Roma, Roma, Italy
2015:
– Low-Cost Diplomatic Bag, Immigration Museum, Melbourne, Australia
– Low-Cost Diplomatic Bag, Instituto Cervantes, New York, USA
– Low-Cost Diplomatic Bag, CCE Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Chile
– Las Meninas, Karsi Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
– Low-Cost Diplomatic Bag: Boarding, Espacio expositivo AENA, Madrid, Spain
– (P)ARAMORPHOSE(S), Art Brussels 2015 Artists and Curators Run Spaces, Brussels, Belgium
– Every day I’m…, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, Belgium
2014:
– Elgiz Collection New Selection, Museum of Contemporary Art Elgiz, Istanbul, Turkey
– Penthouse Art Space Exhibition and Performances, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, Belgium
– Climate Change, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
– I Wish I Had a River, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, Belgium
2013:
– Connection, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
– Sustratos, IVAM Museum, Valencia, Spain
– Pluralistic, ironic, poetic, Papko Art Collection, The Sofa Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
– Alienation / Estrangement, Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey
– Gabinete de Hygiene, Espacio V, Valencia, Spain
2012:
– Contemporary Istanbul 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
– MIMAA_Muestra Internacional de Música y Audiovisuales Avanzados, La Rambleta, Valencia, Spain
– Kreuz-Kassel Zwei, Kreuzberg Pavilion, 100 days in Kassel, Kassel, Germany
– Artbosphorus 2012 Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey
2011:
– 21st International Istanbul Art Fair, Artist 2011, Istanbul, Turkey
– 1st Istanbul Summer Exhibition, Antrepo 5, Istanbul, Turkey
– Contemporary Turkish Art Auction, Sotheby’s, London, UK
2010:
– 7 billionth person project, The Parachute Factory Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
– Ar / Contemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy
– The Power of the Dynamism, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
2009:
– Contemporary and Modern Works, Ar / Contemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy
– XV International Biennial of Cerveira, Portugal
– Horaley, Mtaar – G.A.F, Istanbul, Turkey
– Caos vs. Ordine, Ar / Contemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy
– In search of lost reality: nevgeneration, Galeri Nev, Ankara, Turkey
– Transfer, Sub-Carturesti Art Gallery, George Enescu National Museum Project, Bucharest, Romania
– Al Bastakiya Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, Dubai, Emirates
– Beautiful Freak, Forja Arte Contemporanea, Valencia, Spain
– Doga-Ask-Su, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
– Contemporary 1-2009, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
2008:
– XXXV Bancaja Painting, Sculpture, Digital Art Prize Exhibition, Centro cultural de la Asuncion, Albacete, Spain
– Slick Paris 2008, Focus Gallery Dubai, Paris, France
– XXXV Bancaja Painting, Sculpture, Digital Art Prize Exhibition, IVAM, Valencia, Spain
2006:
– Desafios, Kanazawa Citizen’s Art Center, Kanazawa, Japan
– Artistanbul 2006 International Contemporary Art Fair of Istanbul, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
– Generacion Vulture, Feria de Julio, Valencia, Spain
– Art in evolution, Espacio Carmen, Antiguo convento Mosén Sorell, Valencia, Spain
– O eres tu john wayne o lo soy yo, La Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain
2005:
– Observatori 2005 VI International artistic investigation festival of Valencia Museum of Principe Felipe, Ciudad de las artes y ciencias, Valencia, Spain
– Post Patetic, La Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain
2004:
– En el margen de Turia Festival, Ribaroja, Spain
2003:
– Fons d’art of UPV, Valencia, Spain
2002:
– Fine arts faculty of Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey
2001:
– Istanbul State Gallery, Atolye 4, Istanbul, Turkey
2000:
– Museum of Fine Arts of Istanbul, Ipek-Ahmet Merey Resim Yarismasi, Istanbul, Turkey
WORKS AT COLLECTIONS:
– Bancaja Foundation, Spain
– Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Turkey
– Ministry of Foreign Affairs Collection, Turkey
– Enka Collection, Turkey
– National Museum of George Enescu, Romania
– Papko Art Collection, Turkey
– Evliyagil Museum, Ankara, Turkey
– Xativa City Art Collection, Spain
PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2023:
– Makma Magazine, Soy un hiperrealista de mi propia realidad, Jose Ramón Alarcón, May 2023, Spain
– Art Unlimited Magazine, Her Gün Guernica, Firat Arapoglu, Issue: 74, Page 56-59, March April 2023, Turkey
2021:
– José Luis Clemente, Shadow Optics, Evliyagil Dolapdere Publication, Ankara, Turkey
– Trt Radyo 1, Gecenin Icinden, Interview, July 2nd, 2021, Turkey
– Hürriyet Kitap Sanat, Hemen Hemen Herseyin Tedirginligi, Issue: 227, Page 11th, June 4th, 2021, Turkey
– Volkan Diyaroglu, Monographic Book, Editor: Altan A. Marcelli, Writers: Nilo Casares, Mehmet Ergüven, Denis Maksimov, Publisher: A4 Istanbul, 6 Volumes, 1065 Pages, ISBN: 978-975-8416-87-5, Edited in English, Spanish and Turkish, 2021
2018:
– Dália Magalhães, Volkan Diyaroglu: Perigo da tecnologia e do nacionalismo, Jornal de Noticias, August 16th, 2018, Portugal
– Luís Miguel Queirós, Um artista turco que embirra com nacionalismos, Público Newspaper, Issue; 10338, Page 26th-27th, August 10th, 2018, Portugal
2016:
– Gulistan Ertik, Kultur Sanat Haritasi, Interview, Issue: 212, Page: 52nd – 58th, June 2016, Turkey
– Denis Maksimov, Volkan Diyaroglu: I Exhibit Therefore I Die, Art.es Magazine, Issue: 66-67, Page: 115th, February 2016, Spain
2015:
– Denis Maksimov, The Brussels Times Magazine, Issue: 17, Page 30th, December 2015, Belgium
– Colette Dubois, H Art Magazine, Issue: 149, December 2015, Belgium
– Sam Steverlynck, For Flag and Fatherland, Agenda Magazine, November 20th-26th, 2015, Page 32nd, Belgium
– Art Volcanique, Revue Ten Ten, August 19th, 2015, Belgium
– Ali Deniz Uslu, Karganin Duydugu, Illustration of book, Esen Editions, Turkey
– Aksam Newspaper, Melez Muzigin Iki Mimari, Ulan, April 25th, 2015, Turkey
– Pinar Tarcan, Vatan Newspaper, Makaron, Her Duyguda Bir Isyan Vardir: Ulan, Page 6th, April 11th, 2015, Turkey
2014:
– Cumhuriyet Newspaper, November 10th Edition, Page 9th, November 10th, 2014, Turkey
– Denis Maksimov, Politics in Contemporary Art an Untapped Potential a Conversational Analysis of Volkan Diyaroglu’s Work, Bxl Connect, Issue: 10, Page 14th – 18th, Oct/Nov 2014, Belgium
– Isabel Pérez, Pintar un diario, Levante Posdata, September 26th, 2014, Page 6th, Spain
– José Ramón Alarcón, Formatracia. Apuntes Causticos de Diyaroglu, Makma Magazine, Spain
– Toni Calderon, Formatracia, LaMetro Catalogue, Spain
– Nilo Casares, Memory & Blood, Element Art Space Catalogue, Singapore
– Isabel Pérez, Sustratos, Parejas Desconcertantes, Levante Posdata, February 7th, 2014, Page 6th, Spain
– Rafa Mari, Lo Nuevo y lo consolidado, Las Provincias, January 11th, 2014, Page 47th, Spain
– José Ramón Alarcón San Martino, Lupanario (o Mediodia del Matarife), Book Cover, Spain
2013:
– Ali Deniz Uslu, The Civilization is a Censorship, 46 Magazine, Skull Edition, Nov/ Dec 2013, Turkey
– Nilo Casares, Sustratos Exhibition Book, IVAM, Spain
– Ali Deniz Uslu, The Civilization is a Censorship, Interview, Cumhuriyet Pazar, September 22nd, 2013, Front Page – Page 2nd, Turkey
– Mehmet Ergüven, Volkan Diyaroglu or to Set Up the Imagination, Karsi Sanat Calismalari Exhibition Catalogue, Turkey
– Gulseli Inal, Alternative I / Alternative Aesthetic, Yapi Magazine, Issue: 377, April 2013, Turkey
– Maronda, La Orfebrería Según los Místicos, Album Cover, Spain
2012:
– Michael Organ, Tuck Magazine, December 2012
2010:
– Bulletin Of Clinical Psychopharmacology Magazine, Issue: 20, 4, December 2010, Turkey
– Art-core.tv, Interview, December 2010, Turkey
– Lucien de Guise, Asian Art Newspaper, Golden Horn of Plenty, May 2010
– Ginevra Bria, Exibart, Wormholes, April 8th, 2010, Italia
– Francesco Clerici, Wormholes, February 1st, 2010, Italia
2009:
– Antena 3 Neox TV, Meeting Point, Interview, November 22nd, 2009, Spain
– Nicholas Forrest, The Art of Volkan Diyaroglu, The Visual Artbeat Magazine, September 2009, Austria
– Baris Acar, Artist Actual, In the Search of the Lost Reality, July-August 2009, Page 32nd, Turkey
– Tendencias Fashion Magazine, June 2009, Issue: 148, Page 103rd, Spain
2008:
– Star Newspaper, Mihrisah Safa, August 3rd, 2008, Page 17th, Turkey
– Star Kibris Newspaper, Mihrisah Safa, August 6th, 2008, Cyprus
– El Mundo Newspaper, El Arte del futuro se da cita en el IVAM, July 25th, 2008, Spain
– El País Newspaper, El turco Diyaroglu y el ucranio Aljoscha, premios Bancaja, July 25th, 2008, Spain
– Levante Newspaper, L’IVAM acull els premis Bancaixa, July 25th, 2008, Spain
– Abc Newspaper, Tintes Universales en el XXXV Premio Bancaja de Arte, July 25th, 2008, Spain
– Barbara Steffen, Director of Contemporary Art of the Albertina Museum of Vienna, Austria, XXXV Bancaja de Pintura, Escultura y Arte Digital Prize Book, Interview, Spain
– Yahoo NEWS Spain, El IVAM toma el pulso a las tendencias del arte internacional, July 24th, 2008, Spain
– Vrv Gallery, Interview, Canada
– Nicholas Forrest, Turkish Artist Volkan Diyaroglu, Artmarketblog, Interview with Toni Calderón, May 28th, 2008, Australia
– Alix Rule, Saatchi Online Critic’s Choice, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
– Artiz Magazine, Issue: 2, Turkey
– Nicholas Forrest, Saatchi Online Critic’s Choice, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
– Artiz Magazine, Issue: 1, Turkey
– Metropolis, TVE2, Interview, February 3rd, 2008, Spain
– Jhon Magazine, Issue: 20, France
2007:
– Christian Parra-Duhalde, Vértigos globales, Levante Newspaper, Posdata, December 7th, 2007, Spain
– Toni Calderón, Mestizaje y Sincretismo, Mi Vertigo Catalogue, Spain
– Connaissance des Arts Magazine, April 2007, Issue: 648, Page 32nd, France
– Paris / Ile de France, Museums & Monuments brochure, Paris, France
– Sabah Newspaper, April 16th, 2007, Turkey
– Sortir Magazine, March 2007, Issue: 171, Cergy-Pontoise, France
– Caroline Coll-Seror, Tram “Hospitalites” brochure, France
– Tram brochure, January – April 2007, France
– Sortir Magazine, April – June 2007, Issue: 20, France
– Evene Artists Celebres, France
– Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Gallery Online Top 10, London, UK
– Toni Calderón, Interview, Delik Catalogue, Grupo Forja, Spain
– Jose Mir, Delik Catalogue, Grupo Forja, Spain
– Levante Newspaper, Mercalevante, Valencia, Spain
– Ven y Verás, UPV TV, Interview, May 7th, 2007, Valencia, Spain
2006:
– Artistanbul 2006 book, Turkey
– Hurriyet Newspaper, Kelebek, June 8th, 2006, Turkey
– Sabah Newspaper, Gunaydin, June 17th, 2006, Turkey
– Miyoplar Icin, Toni Calderón Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
– Levante Newspaper, April 4th, 2006, Valencia, Spain
– Vulture Magazine, February 2006, Issue: 31, Spain
2005:
– Observatori 2005 Book, Toni Calderón, Valencia, Spain
OTHER PROJECTS:
2020:
– “Genelgeçer”, Ulan Album, Turkey
2017:
– “Under Radar”, Ulan Album, LP, Spain
2016:
– «Elefante Unplugged Sessions», Ulan EP, Spain
– “Life in Vain”, Ulan EP, Spain
2015:
– “Dua Tarlasi”, Ulan Album, Sony Music Turkey