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

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

2005

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