Canan Dağdelen

b. 1960 / Istanbul,Turkey

Works in Vienna

1980-1986

• Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria

1986–1991

• University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria

• Artist in residence in USA, Finland, Turkey, and the Netherlands

Since 2003

• Teaching at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria

• Institute of Artistic Sciences, Art Education and Communication / I. KKK

• Department of Design, Architecture and Environment for Art Education / DAE

2005–2006

• Professorship at the University of Art und Industrial Design Linz, Austria, Institute of Art and Design

 

Solo Exhibitions

2023

• lâ mekân, Art On İstanbul, Turkey

2017

• UPRISE ile hiç, Nev Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

2015

• modular CONSTRUCTION, Viktor Bucher Project Space, Vienna, Austria

• dual CONSTRUCTION, artON Istanbul, Turkey

2014

• SPACE OF PRESENCE, Mekan 68, Vienna, Austria

• Selâm_MEKȂN, Foundation Katara, Doha, Qatar

2013

• Reconstructive memory / Yeniden kuran bellek, Nev Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

2012

• Spatial memory / Uzamsal bellek, Operation Room by American Hospital Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)

• moment_space / an_uzam, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2011

• covalent bonding, Freihaus Gallery, Villach, Austria

2009

• NONPLACE dot, Sankt Georg Gallery, Istanbul

2007

• KiTÂBESi dot / INSCRIPTION dot,AKBANK Sanat,  Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)

• CANEViNE dot, Nev Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

2004

• yurt tutmusch dot, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Study Collection, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)

• HOMELIKE dot, Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria

• Canan Dagdelen, Atelier Berndt Gallery, Wolfsberg, Austria

• soyut. somut.,Akbank Sanat, Istanbul , Turkey

2001

• at home, Gallery 1756, Chicago; Concordia Gallery, New York, USA (catalogue)

• at home, Apel Gallery,  Istanbul, Turkey

2000

• CHILDHOOD white DREAMS, Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria

• SELF white EVIDENT, Urart Gallery,  Istanbul, Turkey

• red/white, Siyah Beyaz Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

1997

• WRITE white OUT II, Urart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

• analog II, Objekta Gallery, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland (with D. Schellhorn)

1996

• analog, Ceramic Arts Gallery, Vienna, Austria (with D. Schellhorn)

• WRITE white OUT, Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria

1995

• bir yazida seramik, Urart Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

• Unart Gallery, Villach, Austria

• scrittura e ceramica, Spatia Gallery, Bolzano, Italy (catalogue)

• von Schale zu Bild, Friesacher Gallery, Bruneck, Italy

1994

• Joseph-Greising-Saal, Würzburg, Germany (with Z. Saribatur)

1993

• ceramic ductus, Gallery 1756, Chicago, USA

• Schriftsteller, Looshaus, Vienna, Austria

1992

• Der keramische Duktus, Ceramic Arts Gallery, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)

• bir kalemde seramik, Zebra Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

  

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020

• Malzeminin Hafifliği / Lightness of the Material, Arton Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2019

• Closer to strange, with Giuliana Natali, Palazzo Ducale, Mantova, Italy (catalogue)

• Vertical Space, with Kemal Seyhan, Mekan 68, Vienna, Austria

• the PART and the WHOLE / PARÇA BÜTÜN, Arton Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)

• The Ghosts of Sunday Morning / 50th anniversary of EKWC, Design Museum den Bosch, The Netherlands (catalogue)

• BEST OF 20 YEARS_, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna, Austria

• Golden age / Altın çağ, Nev Gallary, Ankara, Turkey

2018

• The 1990s – A Viennese Divan, Das Wien Museum MUSA, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)

• CERAMICS NOW! – 60. Premio Faenza, MIC The International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy (catalogue)

• Encounter #03, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna, Austria

• nostospektif V, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

• Toprak ve Lif 2018, 20th year`s final exhibition, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2016

• Augen-Blicke, Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus/Suha, Austria (catalogue)

• When home won´t let you stay, Refectory Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)

• Canan Dagdelen, Ahmet Oran, Kemal Seyhan, Ekrem Yalcindag, mekan 68, Vienna, Austria

• Memory and Continuity / A selection from the Huma Kabakçı Collection, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)

2015

• Artists in their time, Istanbul Modern Museum of Modern Art Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)

• Keramik Preise 2015, Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg, Austria (catalogue)

• CROSS BORDERS, Masc Foundation, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)

• OUR WOUNDS, OUR BALLADS, artOn Istanbul, Turkey

2014

• 1984, Nev Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

• ODTÜ Sanat 15, Middle East Technical University METU, Ankara, Turkey (catalogue)

2013

• Signs Taken in Wonder / Searching for contemporary Istanbul,

• MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Exhibition Hall, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)

• Past and Future / Geçmiş ve Gelecek, , Istanbul Museum of Modern Art Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)

• The first ten years of the LENTOS, Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria

• Sampling – Konzert der Skulpturen, Ossiach Abbey, Ossiach, Austria

2011

• Dream and Reality, Modern and Contemporary Women Artists from Turkey, Istanbul

• Museum of Modern Art Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)

• The Collection: 1900-2011, 11 Spaces, 11 Decades, 11 Interventions, Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria

• Sieben Grenzgänge, Wittgenstein House, Vienna, Austria

• The [Secret] Return of Noever, New Ace Museum on La Brea, Los Angeles, USA

• 4th International Egeart Art Days, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey

2010

• ‘Mahya’ Competition / Lightinstallation of texts for mosques, New Mosque, Hünkar Pavilion, Istanbul, Turkey, (catalogue)

• eingeschrieben, Hölzl Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

• AbbaraKaddabra, 1st Biennal of Mardin, Zinciriye Madrasah, Mardin, Turkey, (catalogue)

• + Infinity, A Selection from the Ebru Özdemir Collection, Museum Cermodern, Ankara, (catalogue)

• wien-ankara/ aus einem teil der alten stadt besteht bloß, die neue stadt, Nev Gallery, Ankara, (catalogue)

2009

• second encounter, artSümer, Istanbul, Turkey

2008

• Lichtspuren: Fotografie aus der Sammlung, Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria (catalogue)

• je m’appelle apel – benim adim apel, New Tabaccostore/Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

• gift,touring exhibition of Think Tank, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, United Kingdom

• Gustavsberg Konsthall, Gustavsbergs Hamn, Sweden (catalogue)

2007

• sechs3, Schafschetzy Gallery, Graz, Austria

• Der Kuss der Schmetterlinge,touring exhibition in Lower Austria

• at hand, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

• 9th Art Festival, ODTÜ/Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

• Turkish Ceramics Art, Tophâne-i Amire Cultural Centre, Istanbul, Turkey

2006

• Nomaden im Kunstsalon: Begegnungen mit der Moderne von Bayer bis Sol

• LeWitt,Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria

• CROSSOVER III, Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia

• forma corporis II, Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria

• und +,Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2005

• Alternative Paradise, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (catalogue)

• Lebt und arbeitet auch in Wien, Projektraum Viktor Buchner, Vienna, Austria

• forma corporis, Rathausgalerie, Waidhofen/Ybbs Museum, Austria

• FOR TILES: Infinite Iteration as a Problem of Surface, Hagia Sophia Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)

• BILD und SCHRIFT, Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria

• TILES, Art Center Buskerud, Drammen, Norway

• HERZENSCHREI: Das Kind im Blick der Künste, Österreich & Ungarn 1900–2005, touring exhibition in Lower Austria, WEINSTADTmuseum, Krems, Austria (catalogue)

2004

• + positive, 2nd Biennial of kunst Meran, Kunsthaus Meran, Italy (catalogue)

• Paula’s Home: Paula Modersohn-Becker und weitere 103 Künstlerinnen aus der Sammlung Lentos, Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria

• Frau.selbst: Von Lassnig bis Kandl, Altnöder Gallery, Salzburg, Austria

• Gegen-Positionen: Künstlerinnen in Österreich 1960–2000, Museum of Modern Art,

• Foundation Wörlen, Passau, Germany

• Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Türkei und Österreich,Schlossmuseum Landeck, Austria

• dereden tepeten, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Expressionismus – Bestände und Neuerwerbungen aus der

• Sammlung Lentos, Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz, Austria

• Keramikpreis 2004, Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg; KERAMIK.WERKSTATT,

• Gmundner Ceramic Factory, Gmunden, Austria (catalogue)

2003

• Mimosen, Rosen, Herbstzeitlosen: Künstlerinnen von 1945 bis zur Gegenwart, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria (catalogue)

• 21 artists each from America, Europe, Asia, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary

• Art in Korinba Daiwa Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan (catalogue)

• bağ3 – şairin bahçesi/poet’s garden, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

• 30 Jahre Jubiläum, Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg, Austria

• artposition 2003, Ottakringer Brauerei, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)

• artposition at Kunstverein Baden, Kunstverein Baden, Austria

2002

• Between the Waterfronts, Maas Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands (catalogue)

• t≈art,AAI Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2001

• five FRESH voices, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, USA

• Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, USA

• Metamorphosen, Museum Grimmerhus, Middelfart, Denmark (catalogue)

2000

• west-östlicher DIVAN, Museum auf Abruf Gallery, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)

• Art-Kart, Apel Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey

• Beyond Postcards from Gallery 1756, 1990–2000, Gallery 1756, Chicago, USA

• BrennPunkt Keramik, European Porcelain Museum, Hohenberg/Selb, Germany;

• Municipal Museum of Art, Győr, Hungary

1999

• WEISS, Kunstbunker Tumulka Gallery, Munich, Germany (folder)

• Toprak ve Lif 2000, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (folder)

• 21/2000,Atrium ed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria

• BrennPunkt Keramik, Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Refectory, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)

• Günce, Apel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

• verein.t 99, Station 3, Vienna, Austria

• hors d’œuvre de Turquie,Trigon Gallery, Liège, Belgium

1998

• Keramikpreise 98, Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg, Austria (catalogue)

• WEISS, Kunstforum beim Rathaus, Hallein, Austria (folder)

• Three European Artists, Gallery 1756, Chicago, USA

1997

• Ceramic Biennial, Spiez, Switzerland

1996

• Günce, Enersis, Ankara, Turkey

• 5. Biennale de la Céramique, Andenne, Belgium (catalogue)

1995

• Designers Odyssey, Ankara, Turkey (catalogue)

• Tragetto Gallery, Venice, Italy

• Tonhaus, Bolzano, Italy

1993

• Northwestern University, Norris Center, Evanston, USA

• Zeitgeist, Hinteregger Gallery, St. Pölten, Austria

1992

• Le bol, Leonelli Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland

• Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Awards 92, Auckland, New Zealand (catalogue)

1991

• Keramik aus Wien, Hipp-Halle, Gmunden, Austria

 

• Querdurch, Designers Saturday, Vienna, Austria

  

 

Art in Public Spaces

2010

• Libellulidae, Lunz am See, Public Art Lower Austria

• NONPLACE dot, IKSV, Istanbul,Turkey

  

 

Awards and Scholarships

2019

• Georg Prize for Art, Prize of the Sankt Georg School Istanbul, Vienna, Austria

2010

• 2nd Prize, ‘Mahya’ Competition / Lightinstallations of texts for mosques,

• Istanbul 2010 / European Capital of Culture Agency, Istanbul, Turkey

2004

• Federal Chancellery scholarship, Ceramic Prize 2004, Salzburg, Austria

2001

• Working scholarship of the Federal Chancellery for the European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC), ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

1999

• Working scholarship of the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna, Austria

1998

• Federal Chancellery scholarship, Ceramic Prize 1998, Salzburg, Austria

1996

• 1st Prize, 5ème Biennale de la Céramique, Andenne, Belgium

1991

• Achievement Prize of the Austrian Institute of Design (ÖIF)

1990/91

• Federal scholarship, Austria