HUSEYIN ALPTEKIN

Born in Ankara, Turkey, 1957
Lives and works Istanbul, Turkey

EDUCATION

1994 Proficiency in Doctorate, "Popular Culture and Image Traveling",
Institute of Sociology Department, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey

1992 Sprachkursstipendium of Goethe-Institut, Berlin, Germany

1988 – 1984 PhD. ,"Ethics and Aesthetics of Game", University of Paris I, Sorbonne, Paris, France

1984 – 1983 MA and D.E.A. (Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies), Philosophy,
"Game as a Closed System" , University of Paris I, Sorbonne, Paris, France

1983 – 1982 French Language Courses, Sorbonne, Diplome Supérieur, Paris, France

1981 – 1977 BA, Philosophy (high honor), Certificate in Psychology, Sociology
Hacettepe University Social and Administrative Sciences, Ankara, Turkey

1975 Swedish Language Courses, Kursverksamheten, Uppsala Universitetet, Uppsala, Sweden

RESIDENCIES

2007 Platform, Vaasa, Finland

2006 Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Air_Cruise, Dunaujvaros/Hungary, Graz/Austria, Usti nad Labem/Czech Republic, Leipzig/Germany
Sandarbh, Garhi-Partapur, Rajasthan, India

2004 IASKA: International Art Space Kellerberrin, Australia

2003 IASPIS, International Artists’ Studio Program in Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
HIAP: Helsinki International Artist Program, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
HIAP: Helsinki International Artist Program, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
Resartis (International Artist residency), Sea Elephant Travel Agency, Istanbul, Turkey

2002 NIFCA: Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, FinlandSOLO EXHIBITIONS2005 Catching Up, IASKA, (International Art Space Kellerberrin Australia) Gallery, Kellerberrin, Australia

2003 Georgia on My Mind: B-fact, Leena Kuumola Gallery, with B-fact Group, Helsinki, Finland

2000 Total Global, Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
Sur les Traces de Jules Verne: A Propos de Kiraban Institut Francais, Istanbul ,Turkey

1999 Over the Threshold, Museum Ksiazki, Artystycznej fabs, Lodz, Poland
Kriz: Viva Vaia, Galley Dulcinea, Istanbul, Turkey

1998 Winter Depression, Gallery Nev, Istanbul, Turkey1995 Desert in the Bath, Tvrvk Flrdu, Budapest, Hungary

GROUP EXBITIONS

2007 52th Venice Biennial, Turkish Pavilion, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Global Cities, on Mumbai & Istanbul, Tate Modern, London, England

2006 Art, Life & Confusion, “Hotel October” commissioned work for 7 venues, October Art Salon Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Air_Cruise 2006, Emil Filla Gallery, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
Interrupted Histories, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Catching up, India, Urban-Rural, Partapur/Garhi, Rajasthan, India

2005 Conquering New Spaces, Kosova Art Gallery, Prishtina, Kosova
EindhovenIstanbul, The Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland
Sweet Taboos, with Camila Rocha, 3rd Tirana Biennial, Tirana, Albania
H-fact: Horses & Heroes, 9th Istanbul Biennial, Platform Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey

2004 Trunk Show: Artist as Traveler, King House, Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
BIACS 1, 1 Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
Manifesta 5, European Biennial of Contemporary Art, San Sebastian, Spain
Permanent Revolution, The Project Studio, IASPIS, Stockholm
Balkan Bunker Hotel The Balkans, A Crossroad to the Future, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy

2003 Community and Art:Artists and Independent Initatives, Yogyakarta
Bunker Research Group, 8th Havana Biennial, Havana
B-Fact Gallery, 1 1 1, Istanbul, Turkey
B-Fact/ Bunker Research Group, Tirana Biennial, Tirana
Inden Schlucten des Balkan, Kunsthalle Fredicianum, Kassel, Germany.
Turkish Art Today, Saitama Contemporary Art Center, Saitama/ Tokyo, Japan
Prophetic Corners, Periferic 6, Contemporary Art Biennial, Iasi, Romania
Bal/Kan: Blutt und Honig, Kunst der Gegenwarst, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria
Burada/Here, Platform Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
How Latitudes Become Forms, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Turin, Italy

2002 Small Brother, National Gallery of Modern Art, Tirana, Albania
Between the Waterfronts, Galerie Ron Mandos, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Fundamentalisms of the New Order, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
In Search of Balkania, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Intersection, Khar-Khorum/Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia
4th Cetinje Biennale, Cetinje, Montenegro

2001 Under the Sign of the City, Kunst Museum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Mutations / Rumour City, TN Probe, Tokyo, Japan
Conversation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Becoming a Place, Project 4L, Istanbul New Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Zero_Absolute_the Real, Gallery Marino Cettina, Umag, Croatia
Ante-sound, Center of Contemporary Art - Inner Spaces, Poznan, Poland

2000 Springtime-New Art from Istanbul, Nikolaj Museum, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

1999 Ah Odessa: Tracing Jules Verne, Museum in Progress, Der Standard, Austria
Iskorpit: Recent Art from Istanbul, Badischer Kunstverein e.V., Karlsruhe, Germany
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

1998 São Paulo Biennale, São Paulo, Brasil

1995 4th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey

1994 Little Things, Art in General, New York, USA

1993 A Foreigner=A Traveller, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Netherlands

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007 Traffic in remains: identity and resistance in recent art from Turkey, Lewis Johnson, “Identity Theft: Contemporary Art and Cultural Colonization,” Jonathan Harris, ed., Tate Gallery Publications / University of Liverpool Press / University of Chicago Press

2006 Gratis Jet-lag on a Charter Flight and Daydreaming in Zanzibar, Hüseyin Alptekin, Transitionary Report on the State of Mobility at the Beginning of the 21st Century, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Revolver, Archiv füur aktuelle Kunst, EU
47th Oktobarski Salon, October, G. Höller, Spike
The Istanbul Biennial Plays It Safe, Art Fairs International, June 18th

2005 The Issue of ‘Otherness’ has Become a Cliché, but the Problem Still Exists, Hüseyin B. Alptekin, European Cultural Policies, 2015, A Report with Scenarios on the Future of Public Funding for Contemporary Art in Europe, Iaspis – International Artists Studio Programme in Sweden, eipcp – European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies, London, Stockholm, Vienna
H-fact, Hüseyin Alptekin, Charles Esche, Catalogue: “Istanbul,” 9th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
A Stroll Through the Istanbul Biennial,” Michel Oren, X-tra, Contemporary Art Quarterly, 2005, Volume 8, Issue 3
Eine Frage der Perspektive, Die neunte Kunstbiennale von Istanbul,” Samuel Herzog, 28. September 2005, Neue Züricher, Zeitung
3 x Istanbul, Dagens Nyheter, October
Istanbul Biennial, Wall Street Journal, September

2004 Hotel Bombay: Highway or Hemingway, Hüseyin B. Alptekin, Catalogue: “The Joy of My Dreams,” I International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Seville, Spain
Art on Parade, Analyses a Popular Form of Interventionist Art, Pablo Lafuente, Artforum International Magazine, New York
Manifesta 5: various venues, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, Jordan Kantor, Art Forum, September
Manifesta 5 and beyond: notes from a tour in the Basque Country, Ombretta Agri, New York Arts Magazine
Nomads, tourists and territories: Manifesta and the Basque country, Maeve Connolly, Afterimage, January
Manifesta 5, 2004, in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, Marco Marcon, Art Montly, Australia, No: 172
Carteles destrozados en San Sebastián. Destrozan a pedradas los carteles luminosos de un artista turco que exponía su obra en San Sebastián,” J. García, El Mundo
Intervenir la Intervencion, Alber Vázquez, Ecritor,
Dispatch: Istanbul, Susan Platt, A publication of the International Sculpture Center, May
B-fact, Bunker Research Group and Small Brother, Marketta Seppälä, Framework, The Finnish Art Review
Hotel Holiday: Bat in the Local, Hüseyin B. Alptekin, “Where is Surabaya?” Lesley Young, “Fixing the Bridge,” Cemeti Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Hotel Holiday: My Way or High-way, Hüseyin B. Alptekin, “With All Due Intent,” Catalogue; Manifesta 5, European Biennial of Contemporary Art, San Sebastian, Spain
Balkan Bunker Hotel, Hüseyin B. Alptekin, “The Balkans – A Crossroad to the Future,” Arte Fiera Bologna, Italy
Hüseyin Alptekin (A face-to-face introduction to the work), edited by Jean-Charles Massera, “Fundamentalisms of the New Order,” Nifca – Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen and Lucas & Sternberg, New York

2003 Kleine künstlerische Erdbehen gibt es auf dem Balkan, Die Welt, September
Hotel Balkan: Honey and Yogurt / Unconditional Hospitality, Instant Hostility, Hüseyin B. Alptekin, Catalogue: “Blood and Honey / Future’s in the Balkans,” Vienna, Austria
Artelier, Contemporary Art Magazine, No: 8, “Balkan & Balkanness, Bucharest, Romania
Periferic 6: Prophetic Corners,” Matei Bejenaru, Anders Kreuger, Iasi, Romania
Hüseyin Alptekin, Hüseyin Alptekin, “Hotel Karaoke / Essential Tremor,” Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Catalogue: “Neresi? / Burasi?: Turkish Art Today,” The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
Huseyin Alptekin, Erden Kosova, Catalogue: “In the Gorges of the Balkans,” Kunsthalle Friericianum, Kassel, Germany
When Exhibitions Have More to Say Than to Show,Roberta Smith, The New York Times, April 13th
Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Philippe Vergne, "How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA

2002 Art in Europe 1990-2000, Marta Kuzma, Skira, Milan, Italy
In Search of Balkania, Magda Carneci, World of Art Magazine
A Users’ Manuel, Roger Conover, Catalogue: “In Search of Balkania, Graz, Austria
Alltagsdialoge auf der Brücke, Ulli Allmendinger, TAZ
Politiquement incorrect, Léa Gauthier, Les Editions du Mouvement
Tremor, Roumor, Hoover, Mutations / Rumour City, TN Probe, Tokyo

2001 You Got the Money, I Got the Soul, Erden Kosova,
Catalogue: “Im Zeichen der Stadt,” Kunst Museum Bonn, Germany
Tremor Roumor Hoover, Hüseyin B. Alptekin, Catalogue: “Becoming a Place,” Istanbul, Turkey
Guardians of the Threshold, Erden Kosova, Catalogue: “Konverzacija,” Center for Contemporary Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Love Lace, Erden Kosova, Catalogue: “Zero_Absolute_The Real,” Gallery Marino Cettina, Croatia
Istanbul – le pont traversé, Hüseyin B. Alptekin, “Love Face – Love Lace,” Hüseyin B. Alptekin, “Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin: Hostipitalité,” Samuel Herzog

2000 Total Global: Umgang mit nicht–westlischer Kunst: Sschwerpunkt Türkei, Museum für Gegenwarstkunst Basel, Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel, Switzerland
Ah Odessa, Lene Crone Jensen, Hüseyin B. Alptekin, Catalogue: "Springtime-New Art from Istanbul,” Copenhagen, Denmark

1999 Ah Odessa: Tracing Jules Verne, Museum in Progress, Der Standard, November
Kriz: Viva Vaia, Vasif Kortun, Hüseyin B. Alptekin,
Catalogue: Hüseyin B. Alptekin, Istanbul, Turkey

LECTURES AND PANELS

2007 Situations/Material City, 9th Istanbul Biennial, Arnolfini, Bristol, England
Svenska Yrkeshögskolan, University of Applied Sciences, Institution for Fine Arts, Media and Design, Nykarleby, Finland

2006 Some Questions of Urban Spaces, Collectivity, Neighborhood, The Abstract Cabinet, Rekalda, Bilbao, Spain
Incident: Bombay on my Mind, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Incident: Bombay on my Mind,Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria

2005 European Cultural Policies 2015: A Report with Scenarios on the Future of Public Funding for Contemporary Arts in Europe, Iaspis, Stockholm, Sweden
Hüseyin Alptekin, Works and Ideas, VanAbbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands

2004 Artist as Traveler, King House, Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
AICA Manifesta 5 Round Table, San Sebastian, Spain

2003 Fixing the Bridge: An International Workshop on Artists Initiatives, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Bunker Research Group, B-fact, Sea Elephant Travel Agency, RAIN Group, 8th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
Community and Art: Artists and Independent Initiatives, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Kungliga Konsthögskolan, Royal Art Academy, Stockholm, Sweden
Turku Fine Arts Academy, Turku, Finland
Time and Space, Helsinki Fine Arts Academy, Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland
Tampere Fine Arts Academy, Tampere Finland
Kungliga Konsthögskolan: Royal Art Academy, Stockhom, Sweden

2002 Conditions for Cultural Co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region, Visby, Gotland, Sweden
International Mobility and Transnational Cultural Production, Res Artis Meeting, Helsinki, Finland
B-fact: Black Sea, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea: Artistic Mobility, Cultural Exchanges and inter-Regional Solidarity, Helsinki Fine Arts Academy, Helsinki, University of Lapland, Fine Arts Faculty, Rovaniemi Finland

2001 Artistic Mobility in a Multicultural Europe, Port of Thessalonica, Apollonia, Thessalonica, Greece
Mutual Realities, Re-mapping Destinies: Sea Elephant Travel Agency, B-fact: Black Sea, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Conversation on the International Art World and its Exclusions, Conway Hall, London, England
Revue Culturelles et Artistique, L’Ecole Superieure des Arts Decoratifs de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
Mutual Realities, Re-mapping Destinies: Sea Elephant Travel Agency, Jules Verne and the Black Sea, Conversation on the International Art World and its Exclusions, Beyoglu Kiraathanesi, Istanbul, Turkey
Sea Elephant Travel Agency: Jules Verne and the Black Sea,Artistic Mobility in a Multi-cultural Europe, Marc Bloch University, Apollonia: European Art Exchanges, Strasbourg, France
Capital & Gender, Skopje, Macedonia
Reconstruction and Renaissance in the Balkans, Biennial of Cetinje Cetinje, Montenegro

2000 Jules Verne and the Black Sea, Apollonia: Art Exchanges in South-East Europe, Thessalonica, Greece
Jules Verne and the Black Sea, International Forum 2000: Sea, Dagomys-Sochi, Russia
Total Global, Müseum für Gegenwarstkunst, Basel, Switzerland
Jules Verne and the Black Sea, Contemporary Art Center (SSAC), The Worldwide Club of Odessit's, Odessa, Ukraine
Contemporary Art in Balkans, French Culture Institute, Istanbul, Turkey

1999 L'Art Contemporain dans les Balkans, Institut Français de Bucarest-La Fondation Artexpo- International Center for Contemporary Arts Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

1997 Inter-textuality and Displacement in Contemporary Metropolis, 5th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
Other Modernisms, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

1995 Oriental Challenge in Art, 4th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey

1994 Intensions de Texts et d'Images, Ecole Regionale des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France

1991 The Global Village and the Media Revolution, Salzburg Seminar, Salzburg, AustriaACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2004-2000 Post-graduate, Music and Critical Studies Coordinator,
Faculty of Literature and Science, Music Department
Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul
Post-graduate, Seminar, Visual Communication Department
Coordinator, Visiting Artist Seminar
Instructor, Faculty of Literature and Science, Music Department

1999 – 1998 Visiting Professor, Seminar: “City, Mind, Fantasies”

1994-1990 Bilkent University, Ankara
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Fine Arts and Design

1992-1990 Post-graduate Seminar with Vasif Kortun
Member of International Conference & Exhibition Committee