Kutlug Ataman

Biography

Kutlug Ataman studied film at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, graduating with an MFA in 1988 and has pursued a career both as a filmmaker and artist. Ataman has received critical acclaim for his films, which document the lives of marginalized individuals. Ataman’s films examine the way in which we create and rewrite our identities through self-expression and the blurred line between reality and fiction. In 2004 Ataman was short-listed for the Turner Prize at the Tate, and he participated in the Carnegie International at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, where he was awarded its prestigious Carnegie Prize. His recent solo exhibitions include Paradise, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California (2007), De-Regulation With the Work of Kutlug Ataman, MuHKA, Belgium (2006), Kuba, Artangel (2005), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2005), Long Streams, Serpentine Gallery, London and Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Centre, Denmark (2002). Group exhibitions include Moscow Biennial (2007); Without Boundary, Seventeen Ways of Looking, MOMA New York; Documentary Fictions, Caixa Forum, Barcelona (2004); Istanbul Biennial (2003); Testimonies: between Fiction and Reality, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (2003); Witness, Barbican, London (2003); Days Like These, Tate Triennial, Tate Britain (2003); Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany (2002); Berlin Biennial, Germany (2001); 48th Venice Biennale (1999); Manifesta 2, Luxembourg (1998).

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Gallery Exhibitions

• Partial Recall - July 20 - August 25, 2006
• Kutlug Ataman, Stefan's Room - October 2 - 30, 2004
• Kutlug Ataman - December 7, 2002 - January 11, 2003
• Kutlug Ataman, Never My Soul - June 6 - July 19, 2002
• New Work, Group Show - June 21 - July 31, 2001
• Kutlug Ataman, Women Who Wear Wigs - January 18 - February 28, 2001

Museum Exhibitions

• Partial Recall - July 20 - August 25, 2006
• Kutlug Ataman, Stefan's Room - October 2 - 30, 2004
• Kutlug Ataman - December 7, 2002 - January 11, 2003
• Kutlug Ataman, Never My Soul - June 6 - July 19, 2002
• New Work, Group Show - June 21 - July 31, 2001
• Kutlug Ataman, Women Who Wear Wigs - January 18 - February 28, 2001

Publications

• Kutlug Ataman, A Rose Blooms in the Garden of Sorrows
• Kutlug Ataman, Kuba
• Kutlug Ataman, Long Streams
• Kutlug Ataman, Perfect Strangers

Selected Works

The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read, 2002 4 DVDs, each approximately 1 hour four-screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM3417


1+1=1, 2002 2 DVDs, each approximately 50 minutes two- screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM6181


kutlug ataman's semiha b. unplugged, 1997 single-screen video installation, approximately 8 hours variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM3289


Never My Soul, 2001 single-screen video installation, approximately 3 hours variable dimensions (approximately 4 x 8 meters) Edition of 5 LM3208


99 Names, 2002 5 DVDs five-screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM6190


It's a vicious circle, 2002 DVD, 60 minutes multi-screen video installation Edition of 5 LM6327


Martin Is Asleep, 1999 DVD, dollhouse bed, projector variable dimensions LM3294


Nothing, 2003 DVD variable dimensions Edition of 6 LM7169


Twelve, 2003 6 DVDs, each approximately 45 minutes six-screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM6623


Stefan's Room, 2004 5 DVDs five-screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM7855


Kuba, 2004 40 DVDs 40 monitor video installation Edition of 5 LM7861


Cinderella and the Virgin, 2004 two-channel video variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM8169


Turkish Delight, 2006 single-channel video projection approximately 71 inches (180 cm) high Edition of 5 LM10429


Fool, 2004 DVD, household TV variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM8171