Hasan Özgür Top
1987, Ankara
hozgurtop@gmail.com
2020-2018 MA, Dutch Art Institute, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem
2019-2015 MFA, Marmara University, Institute of Fine Arts, Painting, Istanbul
2014-2008 BA, Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting, Istanbul
SOLO EXHIBITION:
2018 The Atelier, Protocinema at Proyecto AMIL, Lima
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022 12th Berlin Biennale, Berlin
2021 Don’t Look Back, Deep is the Past, Odunpazarı Modern Museum, Eskişehir
2020 A Few In Many Places, Protocinema, Berlin
Distant Gaze, Are Projects, Antalya
XYZ, BACO, Bergamo
2019 Art Initiative: OPEN SPACE, Parallel Vienna, Vienna
YFD 10: One Must Continue, Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul
2017 The Multiplier Effect, Mixer, Istanbul
2016 Replaced, Rampa Art Gallery, Istanbul
If you can’t go through the door, go through the window, Alt Art Space, Istanbul
2015 The Ways We Stand By, 5533, Istanbul
YFD VI, Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul
2014 Borders Orbits 15-16, Siemens Sanat, Depo, Istanbul
Hazy, Kare Art Gallery, Istanbul
2013 Connecting the Dots: Workshops, Pera Museum, Istanbul
2012 Prescription, Karşı, Istanbul
2011 Even My Mum Can Make a Book, Manzara Perspectives, Istanbul
SCREENINGS:
2021 "Public Screening with Hasan Özgür Top", Aperturist at Fujifilm X-Space, Shanghai
2020 Are We in a Golden Age?, DAI–Planetary Campus: Aeroponic Acts, Radio Kootwick, Apeldoorn
2019 The Atelier, DAI–Planetary Campus: The Kitchen, Silent Green Kulturquartier, Berlin
2018 Where the Sun Rises, Protocinema at Swiss Institute, New York
The Atelier, Protocinema at DEPO, Istanbul
2012 That’s How We Do It In Istanbul, B15 Occupato, Rome
Counter Manipulation, NO-TAV Camp,Turin
2010 Two Shadows of ‘The Public’: Screen and Space, Lothringer13, Munich
Two Shadows of ‘The Public’: Screen and Space, DEPO, Istanbul
TALKS:
2022 Caliphate Pop, Index, Stockholm
2021 The Genocide, Present, Future, Seyyar+Bakış, Online
2021 Working with Found Footage, Altyazı Sinema Dergisi, Online
2019 Are Different Narratives Really Different?, DAI–Planetary Campus: The Kitchen, EXMA, Cagliari
2018 Symbol as Commodity Form, With Ezgi Akyol, Protocinema at DEPO, Istanbul
Artist Talk: Hasan Özgür Top, Protocinema at Proyecto AMIL, Lima
2017 Live Broadcast: What Remains of ISIS?, Medyascope TV, Istanbul
2016 Video Games and War Images, 5533, Istanbul
Live Broadcast: Propaganda Videos Which Including Violence From Past To Today, Medyascope TV, Istanbul
Resistance in Contemporary Art Practices, Creative Çukurcuma, Atölye İstanbul, Istanbul
From a Distance: An Ethics of Image Construction, Alt, Istanbul
COLLECTIVES:
2016 After The Archive?, Initiative, Istanbul
2010 Temaşa, Book, Istanbul
INTERVIEWS:
2020 La fabbrica di bandiere, La Balena Bianca, Sara Benaglia
2019 En Turquie, la scène artistique sort de l'isolement, l'hebdo du Quotidien de l'Art, Killian Cogan
Image, Geography and Visible Landscape, Art Unlimited, İlker Cihan Biner
2018 The Art of Survival, The Economist
What Makes a Flag Real, Barahunda, Inez Piso
2017 Indicators, Images and Aesthetics of Political Affairs, Plato Sanat, Dilara Altuğ
Huo Is Asking, Art Unlimited, Huo Rf
Is There Life After the Archive?, Gazete Duvar, Kültigin Kağan Akbulut
2016 Nothing Will Be The Same, Istanbul Art News, Şebnem Kırmacı
“I don’t have any worry about making political art”, Trendsetter Istanbul, Naz Cuguoğlu
WRITINGS & PUBLICATIONS:
2022 Caliphate Pop, Hasan Özgür Top, Mandus Ridefelt, Assem Hendawi, Sarnama Press
2019 A Brief Overlook of the Recent Past: On Testimonies and Production, One Must Continue, Hasan Özgür Top
2017 In-Between Worlds, Kurdish Contemporary Artists, Imago Mundi
The Battle of Oranges, Gazete Duvar, Hasan Özgür Top
Thinking About After The Islamic State, Gazete Duvar, Hasan Özgür Top
“Hasan Özgür Top”, Sanat Dünyamız, Kültigin Kağan Akbulut
Terror, War, Un-War…, I-Team, Zeynep&Marina
2016 Portfolio: Hasan Özgür Top, Istanbul Art News, Mari Spirito
Shades Of The Same, Near East Magazine #4, Nicole O’Rourke
Istanbul Codex, Contemporary Artsits from Turkey, Imago Mundi
Artists from Turkey Navigate History, Memory, and Authorship, Hyperallergic, Nicole O’Rourke
2014 Graphic protests inspire laughter and hope, Eye Magazine
2013 #OccupyGezi: The art of the Turkish protests, CreativeReview
We Are Pissing Off Fathers, Çağla Özbek, 5Harfliler
Fathers Will Piss Off!, Posta
2012 New Media And…, Deniz Yengin, Anahtar Kitaplar, ISBN: 9789758612680
Collage-Photomontage In The Contemporary Art, Cemil Ergün, Art-Design Magazine
Political View and Critics In Contemporary Art at Turkey After 1990, Osman Odabaş
WORKSHOPS:
2020 Radical Mythologies, SALT, Online
2016 City Link Festival, Copenhagen
Amateur Archives, SALT, Istanbul
2015 Thinking Emotional, 14th Istanbul Biennial, Cezayir, Istanbul
2013 Connecting the Dots: Workshops, Marmara University, Istanbul