Esra Ersen
1999/00 Ecole Beauxs-Arts de Nantes,Post-Diplom Program, Nantes, France
1992/95 Marmara University The Faculty of Fine Arts, Post Graduate, Istanbul, Turkey
1988/92 Marmara University The Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
2005-2006
Visiting Arts/Delfina International Fellowship Programme, London, UK
2004
Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Rooseum Center For Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden
2001
IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
1999-2000
Ecole Beauxs-Arts de Nantes,Post-Diplom Program, Nantes, France
1999
Stiftung Kulturfonds, Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany
1998
NRW-fondation, Künstlerdorf Schoppingen, Münsterland, Germany
ACC Gallery and Stadt Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Selected Solo Exhibition
2007 Rehabilitation, 300m3 Art space, Göteburg, Sweden
2007 Elsewhere, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Swiss
2006 Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
2005 The O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
2002 Bild Museet, Umea, Sweden
2001 If You Could Speak Swedisch, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Macka Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey
1995 Diologues, Yerebatan Cisterne, BM Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Selected Group Exhibition
2007
“Is this fiction”, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
“A forest and a tree “, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien, Austria
2006
27th Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Liverpool Biennial , Liverpool, UK
EurHope 1153, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art , Codroipo, Italy
Verstehst Du das?, Austellungshalle für zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster, Germany
The Peninsula, Singapore History Museum, Singapore
Cooling Out - on the paradox of feminism, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Irland
Cooling Out - on the paradox of feminism, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Swiss
2005
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA
euroPART. Public art project throughout Austria, Austria
Rundlederwelten, Martin Groupius Bau, Berlin, Germany
EindhovenIstanbul, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Pursuit of Happiness, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Moving..on..., NGBK, Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Sous les ponts, le long de la riviere...2, Casino Luxembourg, Luxemburg
2052 Malmo no Longer be Swedish, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden
Normalization, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
A forest and a tree, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Yellow Bird Gallery, New York, USA
Other, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Der Knochen der Zunge, Medienturm, Graz, Austria
Xenopolis, RathausGalerie, München, Germany
Hilchot Shchenim Chapter C, Israeli Digital Art Lab Holon, Israel
It ́s Hard to Touch the Real, Yeans Göteborg, Sweden
2004
Coalesce, Model Arts & Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Effort, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastián, Spain
Minority Report: Challenging Intolerance in Contemporary Denmark, Aarhus,
Continental Breakfast, Belgrade Cultural Centre, Serbia and Montenegro
Re:Location Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Swedish Heart, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
(EA)Stories, K&S Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Borderline, kino arsenal, Berlin, Germany
Shake Society, Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Exciting Europe, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Trading Places, The Pump House Gallery, London, UK
Green Box, Trafo gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Along the Gates of the Urban, Galerie K & S, Berlin, Germany
Call me Istanbul, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
Arte Fierra, Bollogna, Italy
Revolution is Not What it Used to Be, S1 Artspace , Sheffield, UK
2003
Poetic Juctice, 8th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
The way of the ideas, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
10th Biennial of Moving Images, The Centre for Contemporary Images Saint Gervais, Swiss
In the gorges of the Balkans, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Where? Here? , The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
How Latitudes Become Forms, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Real Utopia, <Rotor>,Graz Culture Capital of Europe, Graz, Austria
Totally Motivated, Kunstverein München, Münich, Germany
It Is Hard To Touch The Real, Kunstverein München, Münich, Germany
Here, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
How Latitudes Become Forms, Walker Art Center, Minnepolis, USA
2002
Manifesta 4, Europan Biennial of Contemporary art, Frankfurt, Germany
Pause, 4 th Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, Korea
What? A tale in free images, Memling Museum, Burgge, Belgium
Animation:Video, Centre d'édition contemporaine,Genève, Swiss
In Search for Balkania, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
City of Women, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Art and Documentary, TEMPO Documentary Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
On my way to Timbuktoo, ifa Galerie Berlin, Bonn, Germany
2001
Under the Sign of the City, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Becoming a Place, Istanbul Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Dare to be different, organized by Cultural Art Center Lind Art, Fier, Albanian
Standardrum, Randers Kunstmuseum, Randers, Denmark
2000
Divine Comedy, Galerie Urart, Istanbul, Turkey
Between Condition and Construction, ifu-open space, Hannover, Germany
Showview, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
Activ-Reactiv, Lieu Unique, Nantes, France
MK2 projekt cafee, video program, Paris, France
International Boutique, Galery Lafeyett, Nantes, France
SansSousi, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
Spring Time, Nicolaj Contemporary Art Center, Cophenagen, Denmark
One night stand, Klemens Gasner & Tanja Grunert, New York, USA
1999
Mode of Art, Düsseldorf Kunstverein, Düsseldorf , Germany
Relation with an Other, Galellery Emsdetten, Emsdetten, Germany
Society and Communitiy, ACC Gallery,Weimar, Germany
1998
Art Hansa Special, Hansa Gymnasium, Köln, Germany
Interfaces, Paleantologisches Museum, Münster, Germany
Dialogues-art in scools, Real Schule Velen, Münsterland, Germany
1996
Dialogues/the lost idea of the oder of things, AKM, Istanbul, Turkey
Dialogues/the lost idea of the oder of things Kunstpalast im Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf
A Ding Table, BM Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
1995
Orient/ation, 4 th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
16th. Istanbul Exhibition, Paintig and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Borders and Beyond, TUYAP, Istanbul, Turkey
1994
15 th Istanbul Exhibition, Paintig and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Hope and Responsibilitiy, Ship of City Lines, Istanbul, Turkey
1993
14 th Istanbul Exhibition, Paintig and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Irit rogoff, The address, catolog, Esra Ersen Works 1998-2005, Folio Verlag Wien, 2006
Chus martinez, the incredible adventures of esra ersen or how to become an inside and outside observer simultaneously, catolog, Esra Ersen Works 1998-2005, Folio Verlag Wien, 2006
Erden Kosova, Engagement in Istanbul, catolog, Esra Ersen Works 1998-2005, Folio Verlag Wien, 2006
Stefano collicelli cagol, Eurhoppe1153, catolog, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, italy, 2006
Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, The [un]common place - art, public space and urban aesthetics in Europe, Fondaziona Adriano Olivetti, Rome, 2005
Arjan Reinders, Magazine Bij Pursuit of Happiness in Leidscherijn, Utrecht, 2005
Moving on, Catolog, NGBK, 2005, Berlin
Frank Falch, Andre/Others, Sorlandets Kunstmuseum 2005, catolog
Celine Poulin, catolog, Sous les ponts, le long de la rivière II, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxsembourg, 2005
Magdalena Malm, catolog, Svenska Hjartan, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2004
Juan Antonio Alvarez Reyes, Effort and its shortcomings, catolog , ahalegina asfuerzo, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian, 2004
Charles Esche & Lesley Young, Cartes Blanches, catolog, 10th Biennial of moving Images, 2003, Geneve
Soren Grammel, “Butterflies”, Moderna Museet Projekt, Catologue, Stockholm, 2002
Lene Crone Jensen, “Esra Ersen”, Unterwegs nach Timbuktu, catologue, ifa Galerie, Berlin, 2002
Standsard Space, catolog, Randers Kunstmuseum, 2002
Maria Lind, Under the Sign of the City, catalogue, Kunsmuseum Bonn, Bonn, 2001.
Erden Kosova, catalogue, Schloss Wiepersdorf, Wiepersdorf, 2001.
Springtime, Nicolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, catolog, Copenhagen, 2000
Vas?f Kortun, Ecole Reginale des Beaux-Arts de Nantes , Post Diplome catolog, Nantes, 1999-2000
Interview with Angelika Stepkhan, catalogue, Badischer Kunstverein, Kahrsruhe, 2000.
Peter Herbstreuth, "Das Innere Weimars von aussen betractet", catalogue, ACC Galerie, Weimar, 1999 Erden Kosova , "Baska Bir Yerde", Resmi Görüs, no 2, Istanbul, 1999
Mary Rozell Hopkins, "Gemeinschaft und Geselschaft", Weimar Kultur Journal, no 8, Weimar,1998.
Beral Madra, catalogue, BM Contemporary Art Center,Istanbul,1995.