Özlem Altin

biography | selected works | exhibitions
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Born 1977 in Goch, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

2004-2006 Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
2000-2003 Hoogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem



PRESS

2010 Mousse magazine


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Günther–Peill–Stiftung / Leopold–Hoesch–Museum, Düren, Germany (September)

2011
Several bodies, Circus, Berlin

2010
Ianus (My memory of what happened is not what happened), curated by Francesca Boenzi,
Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples

2009
Each movement appears like hesitation, Circus, Berlin

2008
The night of her first vision, Op Kijkavond, Extrapool, Nijmegen
Geometric portrait, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem
The eye in the mirror, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (videoprogram)

2007
Die dritten Personen, Swingr, Wien

2006
The Movement Movement, BRAVO!, Rotterdam (with Ruth Buchanan)
There are people watching expecting to hear absolute silence, Tent, Rotterdam


GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS

2012
Case Report, curated by Lorenzo Sandoval, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona (May)
Sammlung Rheingold, Schloss Dyck, Jüchen (April)
Regarding Düsseldorf 6, curated by Pia Witzmann, KuK Monschau, Aachen (March)
I went to an exhibition in Warsaw / Byłem na wystawie w Warszawie, curated by Aleksander Wawrzyniak, Koło plastyków, Warsaw

2011
the light, the shape & the body, curated by Philipp Ziegler, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
Figures in Space, curated by Rita Kersting, Galerie Ute Parduhn, Dusseldorf
Regarding Düsseldorf 6, curated by Pia Witzmann, KIT - Kunst im Tunnel, Dusseldorf
Group Show, Malibu Circa 1990, Contemporary Art Gallery, Malibu, USA
Untitled (Evidence), curated by Vincent Honoré, David Roberts Art Foundation, London
based in Berlin, Atelierhaus Monbijoupark, Berlin
Starke Emergenz, curated by Veit Loers, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck

2010
Spirits & Landscapes, curated by Ada von Hoorebeke, Wiels, Brussels
group show with Armin Boehm, Björn Braun & Björn Dahlem, curated by Camilla Wegener, Forgotten Bar, Berlin
The Reading Room, a presentation with NOMAS Foundation at ROMA Contemporary Art Fair, Rome
(one day event), curated by Ilaria Gianni & Cecilia Canziani
Dezines, la casa encendida, Madrid, curated by Óscar Martin and Roberto Vidal
24 Advertisements, curated by Jacob Fabricius

2009
Arises, curated by Kathrin Vellrath, Exile, Berlin
Purpling, curated by Lucy Stein, Gimpel Fils, London
Source Material, Tent, Rotterdam
Club attent, Rotterdam Dialogues, Witte de With, Rotterdam
Press Harder, de Player, Rotterdam
What’s new?, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem
Corillos, Tent, Rotterdam
Ethnic Fantastic 2, O Tannenbaum, Berlin

2008
Hedendaagse spiritualiteit en spannende rituelen, Stedelijk, Amsterdam
Anderhalfwitavond, Extrapool, Nijmegen
Copyright, O Tannenbaum, Berlin
New Ordner, O Tannenbaum, Berlin
Wildlife- Survival, O Tannenbaum, Berlin
Le societas!, De Veemvloer, Amsterdam
Stipendiaten-Ausstellung, Schloss Ringenberg

2007
India Song, If I can’t dance…Festival, CASCO, Office for Art, Theory and Design, Utrecht
India Song, Soiree des Ateliers, Huis aan de Werf, Utrecht
Conlang II, Performance Lab, Amsterdam Bravo! Foto Vivo!, BRAVO, Rotterdam Normal desires, rm 103, Auckland, NZ


ARTIST BOOKS

2010
De motu, a reader, Orient Press, Berlin
Umbra, Orient Press, Berlin

2009
Erstarrte Unruhe, Orient Press, Berlin

2008
Survival of an Idea, Orient Press, Berlin
The fall occurs inside, a reader, Orient Press, Berlin
Freunde und Futter, Orient Press, Berlin (with Olivier Maarschalk)

2007
Zig Zag Lady, Orient Press, Berlin
India Song, Orient Press, Berlin
De Integratie Suite, Orient Press, Berlin (with The Hitmachine)
The Primitive Mentality, Orient Press, Berlin (with Pieter Kock)

2006
No Description Mentioned, KNUST / Extrapool, Nijmegen


BOOK PROJECTS

2010
Who wants to Act Now, or Even See Acting, edited by Nazli Gurlek on the occasion of the screening program ‘Who wants to Act Now, or Even See Acting, DEPO, Istanbul

2009
Katarina Zdjelar, Parapoetics, published by TENT, Rotterdam (contribution), 2009
Fragmentation of perception / Perception of fragmentation, edited by Marjolein Kok and Suzanne van Rossenberg

2008
Resonant bodies, voices, memories, edited by Anke Bangma, Deirdre Donoghue, Lina Issa, Katarina Zdjelar,
published by Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam and Revolver, Frankfurt, (artist-contribution)

2006
After Rouge, edited by Navid Nuur and Lisa Vieten, published by Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam and
Revolver Books, Frankfurt (artist-contribution)

2005
Black Friday, edited by Christoph Keller, published by Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam and
Revolver Books, Frankfurt (artist-contribution)


AWARDS / GRANTS / RESIDENCIES

2010
grant of the Günther-Peill-Stiftung, Düren
artist in residence at Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples

2009
Residence at URA Gallery, Istanbul
Residence at Dek 22, projectspace, Rotterdam Delfshaven

2008
Publicationgrant, the Netherlands fond for visual arts, design and architecture, Amsterdam

2007
Startstipendium, Workgrant, the Netherlands fond for visual arts,
design and architecture, Amsterdam

2006
Residency Schloss Ringenberg
Dullertstichting Hey KonijnFonds, Arnhem


CATALOGUES / SELECTED WRITINGS / PUBLICATIONS

Starke Emergenz, edited by Veit Loers, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, 2011
based in berlin, edited by Kulturprojekte Berlin
100 New Artists, Despite moments of clarity, there is no 'ism' in this book, by Francesca Gavin, 2011
Self-Publishing Issue, Graphic #10, Korea, 2009
Özlem Altin - Erstarrte Unruhe, Endless lowlands, 2009, Interview with Wytske van Keulen
Zonder wil/without willpower, 2008, by Hanne Hagenaars
Gap#2, Schloss Ringenberg, 2008, by Anke Bangma
Do it Yourself!, Mr. Motley, 2008, by Taco Hidde Bakker
Özlem Altin, Museumkrant voorjaar 2008 MMKA, by Mirjam Westen
Wherein certain persons..., 2006, Piet Zwart Institute, TENT. (exhibition catalogue)
Store, CBKG, 2005 (exhibition catalogue)
Euregio Kunstpreis 2005, Museum Katharinenhof Kranenburg, 2005, edited by Gerd Borkelmann and Hilde de Bruijn (exhibition catalogue)


SELECTED PRESS / REVIEWS

2011 rovesandroams.com, Review David Roberts Art Foundation: Untitled (Evidence), Victoria Gray, 23/08/2011
2010 Mousse magazine, ‘Survival of an idea’, interview with Christiane Rekade, issue 23, April–May
2009 Monopol online, ‘Ethnografien: Ein Blick in Berliner Ausstellungen’, Elke Buhr, 08/09/09
2009 Sounds like me blog, ‘Ausströmung der Bilder’, Marcus Woeller, 04.09.09


Özlem Altin is founding publisher of Orient Press, www.Orientpress.de