BERKAY TUNCAY 

1983, born in Istanbul. Lives and works in Amsterdam.

+31621500424 / berkaytuncays@gmail.com /  

www.instagram.com/berkaytuncays 

 


 

EDUCATION

2008-2011  Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Computer Aided Art & Design Department, Postgraduate, Istanbul 

2001-2006 Istanbul University, Archeological Restoration and Conservation Department, Bachelor’s Degree, Istanbul

 

RESIDENCIES

2023 Delfina Foundation, London

2021 Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht 

2018 Gastatelier des Landes Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf

2014  Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris 

2011-2013 Borusan Art Center, Istanbul 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Solo Presentation, Parallel Vienna, Vienna

2020  Human, how strange, so vulgar, such a masterpiece and yet so primitive, SANATORIUM, Istanbul

2018  Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), DISPLAY, Berlin 

2016  Life Is What Happens To You While You Are Busy Watching Cute Cat Videos, Gaia Gallery, Istanbul 

2013  WE ARE ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN, 49A, İzmir 

2011  I’M SORRY, BECAUSE I DANCE, De Kijkdoos, Amsterdam 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Art Across the Borders, Galatea Kunstprijs, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht

On a Beam of Light, Taksim Sanat, Istanbul

 

2022

The Arts of One World, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal

Oeuvre and Grace, Erimtan Art and Archeology Museum, Ankara

Lorem Ipsum, Akaretler No:11, Istanbul

 

2021

Touche-Moi, Tropez, Berlin 

Crystal Clear, Pera Museum, Istanbul

Now 2021, O’Art, Istanbul

Facing Windows, Koli Art Space, Istanbul

 

2020

WHOmanity, Amsterdam Ferry Festival, Amsterdam 

Devir Projesi, Galeri 5, Istanbul 

The World Forgetting, by the World Forgot, Monitor, İzmir 

 

2019  

Ubiquitous Surfaces, Seager Gallery, London 

In the Blink of a Bird, nGbK, Berlin 

Fragments of a Hologram Rose, Sanatorium, Istanbul 

No Todo - Niet Alles, Johan Deumens Archive, Amsterdam 

F, Hayy Open Space, Izmir; Kıraathane, Istanbul; A4 Atölye, Diyarbakır; Torun, Ankara 

Pandora’nın Kara Kutusu, Galata Rum Okulu, Istanbul 

 

2018

Anger is a solution, if anger means kittens, D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig 

A Future of Archive, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam  

Future of Travel, Noks Independent Art Space, Istanbul 

99 Square, Art ON, Istanbul 

Teşbihte Hata Olmaz, Mixer, Istanbul 

A New World, METU Culture and Congress Center, Ankara 

Sweet Little Lies, Plato Sanat, Istanbul 

   

2017

A Theory of the Present, Gaia Gallery, Istanbul 

Me and You, 5533, Istanbul 

Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition, Aksanat, Istanbul 

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, 44a Gallery, Istanbul 

Kara Ütopya, TUYAP, Istanbul 

Sosyomanya, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul 

The Fragility of Now, 42 Maslak Art!Space, Istanbul 

 

2016

A MYSTICAL STAIRCASE, @ www.63rd77thsteps.com

Touch Base, Mindscape Universe, Berlin

Civilization and Its Discontents, Ins, Istanbul 

Her Havuzun Dibi Aynı, as B.I.T Collective, Çetin Emeç Sanat Galerisi, Izmir

 

2015

Bring Your Own Beamer, Pera Museum, Istanbul 

Formless: Fluid Reality in New Media Art, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade 

Post Internet is Dead, Fisher Gallery, Ohio

Free Things, STCFTHOTS, Leeds 

 

2014

Stay with me, Apartment Project, Berlin

Artists Pick Artists, ArtSumer Gallery, Istanbul 

The Spirit of Paper, ALAN,  Istanbul

 

2013

Coup de Ville - Attracted by another level, St. Niklaas 

...With All the Changes that Loomed Far Behind the Horizon, MarsIstanbul, Istanbul

Untold Unwritten: Fourth Show, Borusan Music House, Istanbul 

 

2012

Young/Fresh/Different III, CDA Projects, Istanbul 

In the Irregular Topography of the Mind, Rumeli Han, Istanbul 

Global Village, Project 072, Alkmaar, Kulturhuset Bronde, Brondby 

What I Love: The Third Show, Borusan Music House, Istanbul 

In Several Aspects, Halka Art Project, Istanbul 

 

2011

An Exchange with Sol Lewitt, Cabinet, New York 

Agency of Unrealized Projects, organized by e-flux, Kopfbau, Basel 

Update, Hayaka Artı  Istanbul 

Papergirl Istanbul, Milk Gallery - Istanbul 

Kargasa 11, KargART - Istanbul 

My Everyday Object: One Object, One Postcard, Polifemo, Milano 

Even My Mum Can Make A Book #2, Apartment Project, Istanbul 

Artbeat Istanbul/Project Space, Lütfi Kırdar Convention & Exhibition Center, Istanbul 

 

2010

Nuit Blanche des Petits, CENTQUATRE - Paris 

Lives and Works in Istanbul Project, Sanat Limanı, Istanbul  

Feldstärke International-Agora 2010, CENTQUATRE - Paris, PACT Zollverein, Essen, Kadırga Arts Production Center, Istanbul 

8. Korea-Turkey Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, MKM, Istanbul

 

2009

City and Art Project, Malmö K3 University, Krets Art Gallery, Malmö

Tophane-i Amire Cultural Center, Istanbul 

 

ARTIST TALKS/ SCREENINGS/ WORKSHOPS

2023  Film Screening, Delfina Foundation Open Studios,  London

          Film Screening, Atelier in de Stad, Greylight Projects, Heerlen

2022  Film Screening, Jan van Eyck Academie Open Studios, Maastricht

2021 Stage of Plastic Dreams, Online Video Screening, hosted by Pera Museum & HypercortexUK

2020 Human, how strange, so vulgar, such a masterpiece and yet so primitive, Online Artist Talk, hosted by OMM Museum, Eskisehir

2019 Visual Poetry in Intersecting Worlds, Artist Workshop, Pera Museum, Istanbul 

2017 Me and You with Borga Kanturk, 5533, Istanbul 

2016 Life Is What Happens To You While You Are Busy Watching Cute Cat Videos, Artist Talk, Gaia Gallery, Istanbul

2014 Cité Internationale des Arts, Open Studio and Artist Talk, Paris 

2013 International Artist Village,  Artist Talk, C-Mine, Genk

         On Artistic Practices, Artist Talk, IO Non-Profit Space, Izmir 

2012 In the Irregular Topography of the Mind, Artist Talk, Rumeli Han, Istanbul 


 

BIO

Berkay Tuncay’s practice is based on investigating the multi-layered effects of the internet on society and the human psyche. He examines the intersection points of internet culture, archaeology, psychology and language. He copies, combines and transforms images, texts and memes that are circulating online into offline prints, videos, poetry books and installations. Berkay Tuncay received his undergraduate education at Istanbul University, Department of Archeological Restoration and Conservation. He completed his master’s degree at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Computer Aided Art & Design. He has taken part in many international group exhibitions and presented his works on online culture in diverse forms. Solo exhibitions include: Human, how strange, so vulgar, such a masterpiece and yet so primitive, Sanatorium, Istanbul (2020); Getting Away With It All Messed Up, Display, Berlin, (2018); Life Is What Happens To You While You Are Busy Watching Cute Cat Videos, Gaia Gallery, Istanbul (2016); WE ARE ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN, 49A, İzmir (2013); and I’M SORRY, BECAUSE I DANCE, De Kijkdoos, Amsterdam (2011). He has participated in several artist residency programmes, including: Delfina Foundation, 2023; Jan van Eyck Academie (2021-2022); GastatelierNRW, Düsseldorf (2018); Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2014) and ArtCenter, Istanbul (2011-2013).