biography of Haluk AKAKCE (1970-2023)

Personal data


Birth : 1970 - Ankara, Turkey
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Turkey - United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Education

Bilkent University (BFA) – Ankara, Turkey
RCA Royal College of Art (MA) – Kensington Gore – London, United Kingdom
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA) – 111 South Wabash Avenue – Chicago IL, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

1997:Lives and works in New York NY, USA.

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Mural painting - Oil/canvas
Sculpture-Volume : Installation
Photography
Drawing-Watercolor
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Digital video - Sound installation - Video - Video installation - Video projection

Subject

eroticism
history/society
solitude
technology

Movements and styles

Art Nouveau
Surrealism

Works

Measure of All Things
Date of creation : 2000
Medium : Video installation
Subject : technology
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2004

The Approach – London, United Kingdom
05/27/2004 – 06/27/2004

2003

A delicate Balance
Galerie Max Hetzler – Berlin, Germany
04/22/2003 – 04/26/2003

2002

Illusion of the first Time
Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris – New York NY, United States
10/28/2002 – 01/10/2003

Bernier / Eliades – Athens, Greece
02/07/2002 – 04/06/2002

Talbot Rice Gallery – University of Edinburg – Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
01/12/2002 – 02/09/2002

2001

No Way forward No Way back
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art – Ridgefield CT, United States
06/03/2001 – 07/08/2001

Measure of all Things
Kunst-Werke – Berlin, Germany
02/11/2001 – 04/01/2001

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Cosmic Galerie – 7-9, rue de l’Equerre – Paris, France

ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Bernier / Eliades – Eptachalkou Street 11 – Athens, Greece

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : The Approach – 47 Approach Road – London, United Kingdom

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Cosmic Galerie – 7-9, rue de l’Equerre – Paris, France

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Bernier / Eliades – Eptachalkou Street 11 – Athens, Greece

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Cosmic Galerie – 7-9, rue de l’Equerre – Paris, France

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Bernier / Eliades – Eptachalkou Street 11 – Athens, Greece

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Bernier / Eliades – Eptachalkou Street 11 – Athens, Greece

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Bernier / Eliades – Eptachalkou Street 11 – Athens, Greece

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Bernier / Eliades – Eptachalkou Street 11 – Athens, Greece

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Bernier / Eliades – Eptachalkou Street 11 – Athens, Greece

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Bernier / Eliades – Eptachalkou Street 11 – Athens, Greece


Group exhibitions

2004

Beck’s Futures
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, United Kingdom
03/26/2004 – 05/16/2004

2003

Nano
Galerie Fraîch’Attitude – Paris, France
05/22/2003 – 09/30/2003

2002

4th Shanghai Biennale
Shanghai Art Museum – Shanghai, China
11/22/2002 – 01/20/2003

Out of Site: A Group Show of Fictional Architectural Spaces
The New Museum of Contemporary Art – New York NY, United States
06/28/2002 – 10/13/2002

Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
03/23/2002 – 06/02/2002

2001

Casino 2001
SMAK Stedelijke Museum voor Actuele Kunst – Ghent, Belgium
10/20/2001 – 01/13/2002

Animations
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
2001

Painting at the edge of the World
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/10/2001 – 05/06/2001

2000

Special Projects Program, Fall 2000
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
09/01/2000 – 31/11/2000

1999

The Passion and the Wave – 6th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
09/17/1999 – 10/30/1999

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2003

Cream 3
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
06/2003
ISBN : 0714843113

2002

Vitamin P – New Perspectives in Painting
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Collectif
2002
ISBN : 071484246X


Periodicals

2003

DOUGLAS Sarah – Reviews
in: Flash Art n° 228 p. 110
Milan MI, Italy
01/2003-02/2003

Legals