ARTIST NAME Deniz Sözen
TEAM NAME
GROUP Group XXXVII, Oct 2013 - Mar 2014
DISCIPLINE Architecture
WEBSITE www.denizsoezen.net
BIO Born 1981 in Vienna, Austria
Lives in Vienna, Austria

Education

Art, Goldsmiths College, London
Art, University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria

Solo Exhibitions

2014
- solo-show, MUSA Start Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2012
- “Uçan Halım” – “my flying carpet”, solo show, die Nische, commissioned by Manser/ Palak/Otzoup, Basel, Switzerland

2010
- “be longing”, solo show feat. Suzan Dennis,Visual Arts Platform, ACF, London, United Kingdom

Group Exhibitions

2013
- Curators' Network Meeting, organized by Andrea Löbel and Jürgen Tabor, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria

2012
- PANik 8: „Performance as Post-Colonial Strategy!“, organized by Irene Lucas and Ruby Sircar, VBKÖ, Vienna, Austria
- “Ein.Kuechen.Bau”, video installation commissioned by Joonas Lahtinen u.a./ Punatonttu and the Freischwimmer festival/brut Vienna. Shown at: Sophiensaele Berlin, brut Vienna, Gessnerallee Zurich, Switzerland, Mousonturm Frankfurt, FFT Düsseldorf, Kampnagel Hamburg

2010
- “Living Across - Spaces of Migration“, group exhibition (cat.), curated by Christian Kravagna, x:hibit, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
- “Home Sweet Home Sick Home“, performance event, curated by Sara Hossein, lust gallery, Vienna, Austria

2009
- MFA degree show, Goldsmiths College, London, United Kingdom
- “groupe/grope,” group show, Area 10, Peckham, London, United Kingdom
- “Platform Junge Kunst”, group show, gallery Baeckerstrasse4, Vienna, Austria
- screening at Art Salon Project 2, curated by boyleANDshaw, ARTPROJX SPACE, London, United States

Screenings

2013
- street cinema, Lendwirbel festival, Graz, Austria

2011
- Espacioenter Video Art Festival, Tenerife, Spain
- Waiting For Suicidal Hares – video festival initiated by Jon Moscow & Organhaus, Chongqing, China
- SAMVAAD, curated by Sabrina Shabbu, 1shanthiroad Studio Gallery, Bangalore and the Foundation for Contemporary Indian Art, New Delhi, India

2010
- Underground City 21 (cat.), a co-operation of NOMADtheatre and LABfactory Vienna, Austria together with Theater Nestroyhof Hamakom

2009
- Art Salon Project 2, curated by boyleANDshaw, ARTPROJX SPACE, London, United States

2008
- Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria
- Diagonale, Festival of Austrian Film, Graz, Austria
- Turkish Womens’ Film Festival, Topkino, Vienna, Austria

Awards & Scholarships

2014
- artist residency, Cité des Arts Paris, granted by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture

2013
- start-scholarship for video and media arts, granted by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture

2010
- artist residency, Paliano, Italy

2007-2009
- scholarship (research preparation masters scheme) by the AHRC, United Kingdom

2007
- “Transfer project Black Sea II," Center for Art and Knowledge Transfer, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
- Fohn-stipendium, Vienna, Austria

2006
- Prize for the video-clip “O.T. - Untitled (“China to World")," Mumok’s video- contest, screenings of the clip at movie theatres in Vienna and at the Mumok-hall
- Grant, artistic achievement, Sussmann-foundation

Selected Educational Projects

2011
- “Vom Himmel der Aliens zum Himmel der Derwische: Begegnungen der Anderen Art," realization of a transnational art education project using new media (youtube & skype) between pupils in Turkey and pupils in Switzerland; commissioned by Museum Rietberg Zurich

2007
- Art educator at documenta12, Kassel; in charge of the organization and coordination of an alternative gallery education project/ director of a video-project exploring carpets in Kassel (“Kilim Filim") sponsored by Fonds Soziokultur

Publications

2012
- “Reflexionen über Zwischenräume," Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V. (ifa) (Ed..) (2012): Kunstvermittlung in der Migrationsgesellschaft. Reflexionen einer Arbeitstagung – 2011. Edition Kultur und Außenpolitik. Online-Publication.
- “From alien galaxies to the dervishes’ skies: encounters of a different kind," InSea Newsletter, Volume 4, No. 1

2009
- “Kilim Filim," “Tour Operator," “Die Gesten der Kunstvermittlung," documenta 12 education I. DVD- supplement; published by the Institute for Art Education (IAE) of the Zurich University of Arts. Berlin: diaphanes
- “Das Tänzerische in der Kunstvermittlung," documenta 12 education II: Between cultural praxis and public service. Results of a research project. Carmen Mörsch and the research team of documenta12 (Ed.) published by the Institute for Art Education (IAE) of the Zurich University of Arts. Berlin: diaphanes
- “Odessa, Odessa", Graue Donau, Schwarzes Meer. Christian Reder and Erich Klein (Ed.), Vienna: Springer
PORTRAIT
Deniz Sözen portrait
© Deniz Sözen
FINAL PROJECT
transangeles
transangeles image
© Deniz Sözen

Project Details...
JURY
Sabeth Buchmann
Selva Gürdoğan
Friedemann Malsch
Simon Starling
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein