Kadir KayserilioÄŸlu is an artist mainly works on experimental film and video art. His works have been invovled in various exhibitions and screening programs in Turkey and abroad. His artistic practice is grounded in an idea of play that operates across a wide range of forms including video games and collaborative, performance-based videos, documentation and experimental processes. His works often rely on a combination of instructions and protocols on one hand, and collective improvisational processes and chance operations on the other. This often results in works that challenge conventional notions of authorship and authority with a dark humoristic style, and show irreverence towards traditional hierarchies between forms of high and popular culture, assembling high production value with home made and DIY esthetics.
His areas of investigation include the nature of social reality, posthumanism, speculative fiction, finiteness, conspiracy theories and micro-stories. He often engages in strategies of the absurd, repurposing mythological narratives as well as science fiction and horror tropes towards a critical take on contemporary political dynamics.
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Education
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Marmara University, Painting, Proficiency In Art, 2018 - 2022
Yeditepe University, Plastic Arts, Master’s Degree, 2012 - 2017
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Intermedia Confrontation, Erasmus, 2014
Yeditepe University, Graphic Design, Undergraduate, 2005 – 2010
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Personal Exhibitons
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The Past Is An Alien Planet: The Pill, Istanbul, 2021
A Dinner With Friends: Curated by Aslı Seven, Bilsart, Istanbul, 2019
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Residency & Research Programmes
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The Istanbul Biennial Production and Research Programme: Istanbul, 2021
TAPA - Transformative Art Project For Activists, Turkey, 2020
!!! - sub, Çanakkale, Turkey, 2020
Selected Group Exhibitions & Screenings
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Neo-Ordinary: Mahal, Turkey, 2023
Monoco.io - New Horizon:Bilsart Gallery, 2023
DA-Z Festival: Zurich, 2022
VRAL: Milan Machinima Festival, Organiser: Matteo Bittanti, Italy, 2022
in chorus - Ashkal Alwan, Lebanon, 2021-2022, Curator: Aykan SafoÄŸlu
Our Nature - Emin Barın Han, 2020
Debris | Abstract Stories of Urban Distortion - Curators: Ulya Soley & Fatma
ÇolakoÄŸlu,
PROYECTOR´20, Madrid, Spain, 2020
I ME CE - Hub Ä°stanbul, 2019
DaraÄŸaç IV: Lüzum - 2019
What Home Remembers: A Class of Image - Organiser: Zeynep Sayın, Bozlu Art
Project, 2019
A Spectacle of Collaborative Strategies - Curator: T. Melih Görgün, Akbank Art,
2019
Curriculum Vitae - Sub, 2019
Meta’staz - Marmara Pera Hotel, 2019
Poltergeist - Space Debris Art, 2018
DaraÄŸaç III - 2018
Instants Vidéo Numériques Et Poétiques - Sapienza University, Italy, 2018
.EXE - Santralistanbul, 2017
E X P O S U R E - Bina, 2017
Klausura - UMPRUM, Czech Republic, 2014
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Curation Experience
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Poltergeist: Space Debris Art, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018
(Arists: C.M. Kösemen, Cins, Erdal Inci, Erman Akçay, Esk Reyn, Kadir Kayserilioglu,
Lilla Eflatun, M. Kıvanç Gökmen, Merve Vural, Rafet Arslan, Iris Ergül)
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Competitions & Awards
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Akbank 37th Contemporary Artist Prize Exhibition, 2019
Mamut Art Project, 2019
FABISAD, Gio Awards, 2018
Rota Art Competition, 2018
Bazaart, 2018
O’Art Odeabank Art Competition, Achivement Award, 2017
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Collections
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Odeabank Art Collection