BERKAY TUNCAY
1983, born in Istanbul. Lives and works in Istanbul.
Iskenderpasa mh. Degnekci sk. No.5 Fatih 34080 ISTANBUL/TURKEY.
+905387393347 / berkaytuncays@gmail.com / www.berkaytuncay.net
EDUCATION
2008-2011
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Computer Aided Art & Design Department, Postgraduate, Istanbul (TR)
2001-2006
Istanbul University, Archeological Restoration and Conservation Department, Bachelor’s Degree, Istanbul (TR)
RESIDENCIES
2017
Gastatelier des Landes Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf (DE)
2014
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris (FR)
2011-2013
Borusan Art Center, Istanbul (TR)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Human, how strange, so vulgar, such a masterpiece and yet so primitive, SANATORIUM, Istanbul (TR)
2018
Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), DISPLAY, Berlin (DE)
2016
Life Is What Happens To You While You Are Busy Watching Cute Cat Videos, Gaia Gallery, Istanbul (TR)
2013
WE ARE ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN, 49A - Izmir (TR)
2011
I’M SORRY, BECAUSE I DANCE, De Kijkdoos - Amsterdam (NL)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Ubiquitous Surfaces, Seager Gallery, London (UK)
Fragments of a Hologram Rose, Sanatorium, Istanbul (TR)
F, Hayy Open Space, Izmir; Kıraathane, Istanbul; A4 Atölye, Diyarbakır; Torun, Ankara (TR)
No Todo - Niet Alles, Johan Deumens Archive, Amsterdam (NL)
Pandora’nın Kara Kutusu, Galata Rum Okulu, Istanbul (TR)
Devir Projesi, Galeri 5, Istanbul (TR)
In the Blink of a Bird, nGbK, Berlin (DE)
2018
Future of Travel, Noks Independent Art Space, Istanbul (TR)
99 Square, Art ON, Istanbul (TR)
Tesbihte Hata Olmaz, Mixer, Istanbul (TR)
A New World, METU Culture and Congress Center, Ankara (TR)
Sweet Little Lies, Platosanat, Istanbul (TR)
2017
A Theory of the Present, Gaia Gallery, Istanbul (TR)
Me and You, 5533, Istanbul (TR)
Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition, Aksanat, Istanbul (TR)
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, 44a Gallery, Istanbul (TR)
Black Utopia, TUYAP, Istanbul (TR)
Sosyomanya, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul (TR)
The Fragility of Now, 42 Maslak Art!Space, Istanbul (TR)
2016
A MYSTICAL STAIRCASE, @ www.63rd77thsteps.com
Touch Base, Minscape Universe, Berlin, (DE)
Civilization and Its Discontents, Ins, Istanbul (TR)
Her Havuzun Dibi Aynı, as B.I.T Collective, Çetin Emeç Sanat Galerisi, Izmir (TR)
2015
Bring Your Own Beamer, Pera Museum, Istanbul (TR)
Formless: Fluid Reality in New Media Art, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade (RS)
Post Internet is Dead, Fisher Gallery, Ohio (USA)
Free Things, STCFTHOTS, Leeds (UK)
2014
Stay with me, Apartment Project - Berlin (DE)
Artists Pick Artists, ArtSumer Gallery - Istanbul (TR)
The Spirit of Paper, ALAN - Istanbul (TR)
2013
Coup de Ville - Attracted by another level, St. Niklaas (BE)
...With All the Changes that Loomed Far Behind the Horizon, Mars Istanbul, Istanbul (TR)
Untold Unwritten: Fourth Show, Borusan Music House, Istanbul (TR)
2012
Young/Fresh/Different III, CDA Projects, Istanbul (TR)
In the Irregular Topography of the Mind, Rumeli Han, Istanbul (TR)
Global Village, Alkmaar (NL), Kulturhuset Bronde, Brondby (DNK)
What I Love: The Third Show, Borusan Music House, Istanbul (TR)
In Several Aspects, Halka Art Project - Istanbul (TR)
2011
An Exchange with Sol Lewitt, Cabinet, New York (USA)
Agency of Unrealized Projects, organized by e-flux, Kopfbau, Basel (CH)
Update, Hayaka Artı Istanbul (TR)
Papergirl Istanbul, Milk Gallery - Istanbul (TR)
Kargasa 11, KargART - Istanbul (TR)
My Everyday Object: One Object, One Postcard, Polifemo, Milano (IT)
Even My Mum Can Make A Book #2, Apartment Project, Istanbul (TR)
Artbeat Istanbul/Project Space, Lütfi Kırdar Convention & Exhibition Center, Istanbul (TR)
2010
Nuit Blanche des Petits, CENTQUATRE - Paris (FR)
Lives and Works in Istanbul, Sanat Limanı, Istanbul (TR)
Feldstärke International-Agora 2010, CENTQUATRE - Paris (FR), PACT Zollverein - Essen(DE), Kadırga Arts Production Center, Istanbul (TR)
8. Korea-Turkey Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, MKM, Istanbul (TR)
2009
City and Art Project, Malmö K3 University, Krets Art Gallery - Malmö (SE), Tophane-i Amire Cultural Center - Istanbul (TR)
ARTIST TALKS/PRESENTATIONS
2017
“On Collecting” with Borga Kanturk, 5533, Istanbul (TR)
2016
“Life Is What Happens To You While You Are Busy Watching Cute Cat Videos”, Gaia Gallery, Istanbul (TR)
2014
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris (FR)
2013
“International Artist Village”, C-Mine, Genk (BEL)
“On Artistic Practices”, IO Non-Profit Space”, Izmir (TR)
2012
“In the Irregular Topography of the Mind”, Rumeli Han, Istanbul (TR)