Exhibitions

Current

Tête À Tête
David Olatoye and Cherry Aribisala 25 May - 10 Jun 2023 A pairing of two emerging Nigerian contemporary painters, Cherry Aribisala and David Olatoye, based in the UK and Nigeria respectively. Co curated by Jade Turanli and Kayode Adegbola. Read more

Past

serdar acar
Serdar Acar's first solo exhibition at Pi Artworks 15 Apr - 20 May 2023 Istanbul The artist focuses on loneliness in the present day and on the various forms of existence one can experience in isolation. In doing so, he creates alternative forms of existence for individuals through his paintings. “The title of the exhibition is influenced and borrowed from William Shakespeare’s infamous play, “A... Read more

Matt Golden | Golden Family
Harbours 6 - 29 Apr 2023 London Golden Family are Matt Golden (b.1974 Salisbury, England) and Natsue Ikeda (b.1976, Hiroshima, Japan). They live and work between London and rural Northamptonshire. This is their second solo exhibition at Pi Artworks. Read more

Aviv Benn | And the Sky Cast an Eye On This Marvellous Meat
Curated by Tamara Admoni 9 - 25 Mar 2023 London Aviv Benn is a London-based artist. She completed her MFA in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018, and her BFA at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem in 2013. Benn exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions and art fairs in the US, Europe and Tel-Aviv, such as Raw Art Gallery (Tel-Aviv), Art Von Frei (Berlin), Devening Projects (Chicago), Pi Artworks (London), Untitled Art Fair (Miami), Future Fair (New-York) and more. She participated in artist residencies including Affect in Berlin (2014), Pilotenkueche, Spinnerei, Leipzig (2015) and the Vermont Studio Center (2019). She received the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant in 2021, Rabinovich Foundation Grant in 2015 and 2019 and the Graduate Dean Professional Development Award from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017 and 2018. Read more

Fabio Lattanzi Antinori
Chased By Unicorns 4 Feb - 25 Mar 2023 Istanbul Alluding to unicorns – or start-ups that have become synonymous with disruptive software, hyper-fast growth, and an income stream very often derived from tracking and monetising data - this exhibition grows from Antinori’s interest in language, the dynamics of power, and the way market values and ideologies permeate and shape... Read more

Friends and Family: Part II
5 - 28 Jan 2023 London Pi Artworks London is thrilled to present a newly commissioned exhibition of emerging female artists. Featuring a range of young and emerging artists, and expanding across a variety of mediums, we have brought together seven creatives to reflect on the notion of belonging. From the intimate and nostalgic,... Read more

Nancy Atakan
scent of time 10 Dec 2022 - 31 Jan 2023 Istanbul Scent of Time revolves around the construction of time in individual consciousness, an amalgam of our perception, memory and imagination defying the irrevocable passage of time by the arbitrary numbers on a clock while forming a unity of all experiences for the self. This unique construction, born out of... Read more

Fabio Lattanzi Antinori
Chased by Unicorns 10 - 30 Nov 2022 London Consisting of entirely new works that range from sculpture to silkscreen prints and video, Antinori explores the notion of value systems in present society. He looks to the tensions between personal gains and corporate profit, desire and surveillance, privacy and the involuntary contribution of our personal information to an unremunerated,... Read more

Selma Parlour
Yonder Cloud 6 - 28 Oct 2022 London Pi Artworks London is delighted to present Yonder Cloud, award-winning painter Selma Parlour's third solo exhibition at the gallery from the 6th-28th October.

Having created a unique visual vocabulary comprising framing, surface, flatness, transparency, trompe l'oeil illusion, repetition and of course, colour, Selma Parlour is known for her meticulous oil paintings that appear as though drawn, dyed, or printed.
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Gülay Semercioglu
more than a memory 14 Sep - 26 Nov 2022 Istanbul Pi Artworks İstanbul is pleased to present Gulay Semercioglu’s 7th solo exhibition with the gallery, “More than a Memory” on 14th September 2022. Semercioglu’s first solo exhibition at Pi, “Kinetic Line” was initially shown in 2006. Semercioglu (1968) creates fields of kinetic impact, altering lines of coloured, silver and... Read more

Everywhere was nowhere, and nowhere everywhere
curated by Mustafa Hulusi 1 - 17 Sep 2022 London ‘Everywhere was nowhere, and nowhere everywhere’ is a group exhibition that sits within a territory where we are faced with the human need to connect with a sense of the cosmic. Each artist here has their own idiosyncratic approach to this cosmo-anthropic task, using both esoteric and exoteric methodologies. Some... Read more

Vuslat
Silence Curated by Chus Martínez 26 May - 11 Jun 2022 London Vuslat’s forthcoming solo exhibition, 'Silence', presents a substantial and arresting collection of never-before-seen sculptures—some monumental in scale—offering a survey of the enigmatic forms that fuels her practice. Organic forms derived from nature and the emergence of objects that mirror states of the mind, her works are uniquely committed to the... Read more

Matt Ager: FEELS2NICE
Curated by Francesca Gavin 10 - 21 May 2022 London Ballon Rouge and Pi Artworks are pleased to present a new body of works in FEELS2NICE by London-based and born artist Matt Ager, curated by Francesca Gavin at Pi Artworks in London, from 10 - 21 May, 2022. The exhibition will be on view for London Gallery Weekend (May 13-15,... Read more

Paint, Once More
7 May - 30 Jun 2022 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul realises the first gallery-university collaboration with Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. The gallery will host the group exhibition titled “Paint, Once More” by the 2020 and 2021 graduates of the Faculty of Fine Arts’ Painting Department between May 7 and June 30, 2022. The young artists participating... Read more

Friends and Family
Alya Hatta, Emma Prempeh, Olha Pryymak, Noemi S. Conan, Ozer Toraman and Caroline Wong. 15 Mar - 23 Apr 2022 London Pi Artworks is delighted to present Friends and Family, a group show of six young and emerging, London based artists: Alya Hatta, Emma Prempeh, Olha Pryymak, Noemi S. Conan, Ozer Toraman and Caroline Wong. The work produced by these artists draw attention to the importance of belonging. Memories of particular... Read more

Kemal Seyhan
FUTUREGARDEN 26 Feb - 23 Apr 2022 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present FUTUREGARDEN, the fourth solo exhibition at the gallery by Kemal Seyhan, one of Turkey’s most prolific contemporary painters. Conceived as a site-specific intervention around the notion of the double, or the potential for the non-singular to appear in painting, and effect complex sculptural... Read more

An Ode to Orlando
Curated by Marcelle Joseph 4 - 26 Feb 2022 London 'I'm sick to death of this particular self. I want another.' 'For she had a great variety of selves to call upon, far more than we have been able to find room for, since a biography is considered complete if it merely accounts for six or seven selves, whereas a... Read more

TREES DIE STAND: Plants and humans Curated by Freda Uziyel
Aviv Benn, Yifat Bezalel, Jyll Bradley, Dorothy Cross, Osman Dinc, Susan Hefuna, Mustafa Hulusi, Gary Hume, Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin, Goshka Macuga, Simon Moretti, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Schütte, Daniel Silver, Paloma Varga Weisz, Sam Taylor (Wood) Johns 25 Nov 2021 - 15 Jan 2022 London Three years ago, while opening the front doors of the house, I found my old prunus tree laying down on the soil of the front garden. As the tree was full of buds, just before it’s early spring flowering, I could not understand what happened. But at the same moment... Read more

The invisible enemy should not exist
( Section 1, Room C, Northwest Palace of Nimrud) 28 Oct - 25 Dec 2021 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to announce the Chicago-based and award-winning artist Michael Rakowitz’s first solo exhibition in Istanbul. Michael Rakowitz’s “The invisible enemy should not exist” is an ongoing series that he began in 2007. The goal: to recreate the missing and destroyed artifacts taken from the National Museum... Read more

Susan Hefuna
Landscapes 12 Oct - 13 Nov 2021 London Private Views: 12 October 6-8pm Pi Artworks London is pleased to present LANDSCAPES by artist Susan Hefuna. LANDSCAPES is a completely new group of works created in 2021. The works will be shown publicly for the first time in London from 12 October to 13 November 2021. The opening of... Read more

Özer Toraman
Meanwhile The World Goes On 21 Sep - 23 Oct 2021 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present Ozer Toraman's first solo show with the gallery. Ozer Toraman's favourite poem Wild Geese by Mary Oliver is the initial inspiration for this show. The exhibition titled as "Meanwhile The World Goes On" and inspired by nature, transformation and hope. Read more

Ana Čvorović
Archipelago 9 Sep - 23 Oct 2021 Ballon Rouge and Pi Artworks present ‘Archipelago,’ a solo exhibition of Ana Čvorović’s (b. Sarajevo 1981) work from September 9 - October 23 at Ballon Rouge, Brussels. Visit the exhibition at Ballon Rouge Read more

Osman Dinç
Theorem 2 3 - 30 Sep 2021 Istanbul Seen by many in the art world as being somewhere at the crossroads of Arte Povera and Miminalism, Dinc describes his general approach to his artistic practice and creative process as: 'Sculpture is a three-dimensional examination of real space. This is why it brings with it so many figural issues... Read more

Osman Dinc | Maude Maris | Selma Parlour | Kemal Seyhan
Intersections 1 Sep - 2 Oct 2021 London Pi Artworks London is delighted to present Intersections, a group exhibition comprising work by Osman Dinc (b.1948, Turkey), Maude Maris (b.1980, France), Selma Parlour (b.1976, United Kingdom) and Kemal Seyhan (b. 1960, Turkey) running from 1 September to 2 October 2021. Read more

Guy Haddon Grant
Mind's Eye 13 Jul - 14 Aug 2021 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to present Mind’s Eye, the gallery’s first exhibition devoted to London based artist Guy Haddon Grant. Singled out by renowned critic, writer, and broadcaster Lucie Edward Smith as an “influential” sculptor who is outpacing established authorities in the contemporary art world, Haddon Grant (b. 1986)... Read more

Serdar Acar | Yılmaz Bulut
Pink Hills and The Mule 30 Jun - 10 Sep 2021 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present emerging artists Serdar Acar and Yilmaz Bulut’s duo exhibition Pink Hills and The Mule from 30 June until 10 September 2021. Pi Artworks Istanbul brings together two emerging artists based in Istanbul sharing a studio in Cihangir for the past ﬁve years. Serdar... Read more

Maude Maris
BLUE MILK 27 May - 26 Jun 2021 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present BLUE MILK, a new body of work by Maude Maris. Paris based Maude Maris (b.1980) has created a series of works rooted around the ideas of vicinity, morphological symmetry and symbiosis in animal species. Blue Milk will run between the dates 28 May... Read more

Kemal Seyhan
Kemal Seyhan 13 May - 30 Jun 2021 London Pi Artworks London is proud to present inaugural solo exhibition by Vienna-Istanbul based artist Kemal Seyhan. For his debut solo exhibition in the UK, Seyhan will present signature paintings from past 3 decades, new paintings, drawings and sculptural objects. Kemal Seyhan’s paintings in the last two decades are narrated with... Read more

Kemal Seyhan
1 Apr - 10 May 2021 Istanbul New series focuses on meditative colours inspired by nature and compositions created by repetition. A painterly stratum is created on each canvas by kilograms of paint applied via thousands of spatula touches. Kemal Seyhan, b.1960, Kayseri, lives and works in Vienna, Austria and Istanbul, Turkey. Major exhibitions include; Untitled -... Read more

Maude Maris
Vertebrate 9 Mar - 30 Apr 2021 Istanbul, London MAUDE MARIS | VERTEBRATE Pi Artworks is pleased to announce Maude Maris's solo exhibition 'Vertebrate' as part of re-launch of the London Collective on Vortic Collect. Vertebrate celebrates the artist's instantly recognisable technique, which will see the artist spilling into her characteristic pastelesque brushstrokes, but further exploring, far more... Read more

İz Öztat
Watercolour on Paper 11 Feb - 26 Mar 2021 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present Iz Oztat's solo exhibition: Watercolour on Paper. Pi Artworks Istanbul is presenting Iz Oztat's second solo exhibition Watercolour on Paper. Oztat's previous solo exhibition at the gallery titled Suspended, which received critical acclaim internationally, took place in 2019, during the 16th Istanbul... Read more

Mustafa Hulusi
Cyprus Realism （As part of the London Collective on Vortic Platform） 15 - 31 Dec 2020 December 15 - December 31 2020 Mustafa Hulusi mines his hybrid identity - he was born in London to Turkish-Cypriot parents - to create evocative paintings, installations, films, and photographs. By combining diverse artistic styles and both Middle Eastern and Western art historical references, with a nod to pop... Read more

Jade van der Mark
We're All Human 12 - 15 Dec 2020 London Jade van der Mark will exhibit a new body of work in her first London solo show at Pi Artworks this December. The work explores contemporary society, both before and after the coronavirus pandemic, and examines the dichotomy of crowds and human intimacy. Amsterdam-born van der Mark, now based in... Read more

Selma Parlour
Selma Parlour 12 Nov 2020 - 30 Jan 2021 Istanbul Selma Parlour is known for her meticulously rendered oil paintings that appear as though they're drawn or printed.Her self-styled coda to historic abstract painting and minimalism reassesses in/extrinsic conventions from a contemporary perspective.This is the London-based award-winning artist’s first solo exhibition at Pi Artworks Istanbul and includes examples of her... Read more

Fiona Banner, Barry Flanagan, Toby Tobias Kidd, John Latham, Cally Spooner, Anne Tallentire
EXTROSPECTION curated by David Thorp 1 Oct - 5 Dec 2020 London Examination or observation of what is outside oneself. In 1969 in an article ‘Situational Aesthetics’ published in the British magazine Studio International, artist Victor Burgin proposed that the concepts of artistic object and artistic form should be disassociated from fabricated things and redefined in terms of the ‘structures of psychological... Read more

Nancy Atakan
London Collective on Vortic Collect, Remembering the Future 30 Jul - 26 Sep 2020 Pi Artworks London is excited to announce Nancy Atakan’s solo exhibition ‘Remembering the Future’ as part of London Collective on Vortic Collect. Using lace, cloth cut outs, thread drawings, photographs, and antique textiles from her personal collection, in a new series of needlework pieces Atakan continues with... Read more

Susan Hefuna
Thought 26 Jun - 18 Jul 2020 London Pi Artworks London is delighted to announce Susan Hefuna's solo exhibition 'Thought' as part of London Collective. Launched on 26 June 2020, London Collective brings together 40 of the UK's best commercial galleries to present exhibitions and artists' projects on Vortic Collect, the new extended reality app for the art... Read more

İpek Duben
Angels and Clowns 12 Mar - 31 Oct 2020 Istanbul Ipek Duben’s new work Angels and Clowns at Pi Artworks Istanbul looks at excesses, paradoxes, fantasies and divine myths in contemporary life in the post-truth era. “I watch with tears and smiles the condition of humanity in the post-truth, post-fact, post-faith era. I am part of it and yet... Read more

Nancy Atakan and Kalliopi Lemos
It still is as it always was 20 Feb - 15 Jul 2020 London Pi Artworks is delighted to announce It still is as it always was, the first joint exhibition by Nancy Atakan and Kalliopi Lemos; artists who have established considerable international reputations for work rooted in storytelling, identity and the female experience. The exhibition will feature the premiere of the collaborative film,... Read more

Selma Parlour
Activities for the Abyss 21 Nov 2019 - 11 Jan 2020 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to present Activities for the Abyss, London-based painter Selma Parlour’s second solo exhibition at the gallery. Selma Parlour is a prolific award-winning artist known for her oil paintings that look as though they are drawn, dyed, or printed. With over 30 unseen artworks from... Read more

Turan Aksoy
Dissymmetrical 14 Nov 2019 - 8 Feb 2020 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is proud to present Dissymmetrical by Turan Aksoy. Aksoy assembles his show around the perception of human solitude, delicately balancing and juxtaposing the existing world's order and disorder. Dissymmetrical runs from November 14, 2019 to February 8, 2020. “What are we against a disorder befriending human... Read more

Jamie North
Inflection 11 - 17 Nov 2019 London Informality and Pi Artworks are thrilled to announce Inflection, the first solo show in the UK of renowned Australian sculptor Jamie North. Indicative of his critically acclaimed sculptures combining blast furnace slag, concrete and blown glass, Inflection consists of an eroded column encircled by distorted elliptical terraria. These forms play... Read more

Ana Čvorović
Borders Unfold 28 Sep - 26 Oct 2019 London Pi Artworks London is proud to present Borders Unfold, the first UK solo show of Sarajevo-born British artist Ana Cvorovic. Borders Unfold presents the latest expression of Ana Cvorovic's ongoing enquiry migration and displacement. As part of her Arts Council-funded project with the same title, Borders Unfold is the culmination... Read more

İz Öztat
Suspended 6 Sep - 2 Nov 2019 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Iz Oztat, Suspended, open to the public between September 6 and November 2, 2019. Through this exhibition, the artist reflects on the current social context, where agency in public space is suspended, commenting on the interrelations between the subject... Read more

Osman Dinc
Ankara-Istanbul 3 - 30 Sep 2019 Istanbul Osman Dinc’s Ankara-Istanbul exhibition is taking place at Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center, Tek Kubbe from 3rd to 30th of September. The exhibition is an opportunity to discover the international artist’s sculptures and photography works created in Ankara which he remembers as the place of his artistic rebirth. Living... Read more

Nejat Satı
Wild Flowers 10 Jul - 10 Aug 2019 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to host artist Nejat Satı’s solo exhibition Wildflowers, a special show interpreting the links between art and nature. It presents an exploration of wildflowers in relation to their colors, and is open between 10 July and 10 August, 2019. The exhibition for the first time... Read more

Alyazia Bint Nahyan
I met a traveller from an antique land 25 Jun - 7 Jul 2019 London Pi Artworks London is proud to present Alyazia Bint Nahyan’s first London solo show “I met a traveller from an antique land”. “I met a traveler from an antique land” is curated by Janet Rady and presented in collaboration with Janet Rady Fine Art. The show opens Tuesday 25 June... Read more

Gulay Semercioglu
Desire to Survive 29 May - 29 Jun 2019 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is delighted to host Gulay Semercioglu and her solo exhibition Desire to Survive, featuring the artist's inedited drawings from the 29th of May to the 29th June, 2019. Gulay Semercioglu's works have been acquired by major national and international institutionsand collections, including İstanbul Museum of Modern Art... Read more

Susan Hefuna
TEXTILES 23 May - 22 Jun 2019 London TEXTILES is Susan Hefuna's seventh solo exhibition with Pi Artworks. Bringing together a curated selection of textile and costume works, TEXTILES showcases new works such as Stand Up (2019) alongside costumes and masks previously used for performances in Dubai, UAE (2008); Mapping Vienna, at the Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria... Read more

Mustafa Hulusi
Cyprus Realism 12 Apr - 17 May 2019 London Pi Artworks London presents Cyprus Realism, its first solo exhibition by the British-Cypriot-Turkish artist Mustafa Hulusi. The show opens Thursday 11th April and runs until Saturday 11th May 2019. Encompassing his persistent enquiry into the topic of ethics and aesthetics, the exhibition will feature new paintings created specifically for the exhibition, alongside a multi-channel video work and a large-scale ceramic tile installation. Read more

Mehmet Ali Uysal
Don't Abandon Me 23 Mar - 11 May 2019 Istanbul Uysal believes that the mind shapes our perception of events, so that our recollection of occurrences are biased, and that this perception shifts with time. According to this thought, the reality experienced in a home creates and adds to the consciousness of the physical space, which in turn intrinsically records all occurrences taking place within its four walls. By means of the works, which are exclusively created for Don't Abandon Me, Uysal wishes to transcribe and share with the viewer some of the memories that would have otherwise vanished from his mind. Read more

Ian Breakwell, Ruth Ewan, Dave Hanger, Franziska Lantz, Kate Owens, Mark Titchner, Amikam Toren, Markus Vater, Laura Yui
Living is A Problem 15 - 30 Mar 2019 London Private View: Thursday 14 March 2019, 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm Pi Artworks London is proud to present Living is a Problem, a group exhibition featuring artists Ian Breakwell, Ruth Ewan, Dave Hanger, Franziska Lantz, Kate Owens, Mark Titchner, Amikam Toren, Markus Vater and Laura Yuile. Living is a Problem... Read more

Yusa Yalcintas
yuka 5 Jan - 9 Mar 2019 Istanbul Elements of esotericism, iconography, as well as the interlaced relationship between ritual and recreation are ideas that evoke Yalcintas's first solo exhibition, Causa Sui, that took place in 2016 at Pi Artworks Istanbul. In Yuka, Yalcintas builds upon these concepts, this time focusing upon the aspect of 'daily practices'. The theatrical narrative brought to life by the artist's composition, constituted of elements placed together for a particular purpose, blends with the exhibition space's architectural background, generating an atmosphere of mystical quality. Read more

Golden Family
A Pony / A Bridge / Mountain / Rain 30 Nov 2018 - 19 Jan 2019 London Pi Artworks London is proud to present A Pony / A Bridge / Mountain / Rain, the first solo exhibition at the gallery by Golden Family (Natsue and Matt Golden). In 2008, Matt co-founded The Russian Club in Dalston; in varying degrees an exhibition space; fashion-photography studio; music and film-screening... Read more

Ahmet Civelek
Number 3 : Grit 24 Nov - 29 Dec 2018 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present Number 3: Grit, a solo exhibition by Turkish-American multimedia artist, Ahmet Civelek. Centering around a concept usually quite foreign to creative artists -destruction- in these new bodies of work Civelek employs a humble, readymade, and quite contradictory material: commercially manufactured sandpaper. Civelek's highly process-based practice inhabits the symbolic and poetic spaces in between drawing, sculpture, and installation. This solo exhibition is the artist's third, and his first with Pi Artworks. Read more

Maude Maris
Who Wants to Look at Somebody's Face? 29 Sep - 9 Nov 2018 London Pi Artworks London is proud to present, Who Wants to Look at Somebody’s Face?, the first UK solo presentation of French artist, Maude Maris. Following on from two successful presentations in 2018 Recast, solo show at Espace à vendre, Nice and Double jeu, at FRAC Auvergne Collection, Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie d’Aurillac as well as the Anatolian Studies (solo), Embac Chateauroux, France (2017); Who Wants to Look at Somebody’s Face?, celebrates the role of photography in sculpture and painting, with reference to some of the greats of modern sculpture and how they used photography as an archive. The exhibition will feature 12 new paintings of playful compositions, titles of which relate to extracts from texts written by both Barbara Hepworth and Emily Dickinson. Read more

Fatma Bucak
A World of Ten Thousand Things 26 Sep - 10 Nov 2018 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is proud to present, the first solo exhibition A World of Ten Thousand Things by Fatma Bucak for Pi Artworks Istanbul curated by Övül Ö. Durmuşoğlu between the dates 26 September – 10 November 2018. The exhibition will feature site-specific installations including videos and a sculptural work. Read more

Kemal Seyhan
Untitled - Poetics of Inner Space 11 May - 31 Jul 2018 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present Kemal Seyhan's solo exhibition Untitled / Poetics of Inner Space between 12 May - 30 June 2018 at our space in Karaköy. In addition to the artist's paintings, new sculptures will be exhibited for the first time, being produced with materials Seyhan never used before. Read more

Fahrettin Orenli
Money without Nationality 10 May - 9 Jun 2018 London This Spring, Turkish-Dutch artist, Fahrettin Orenli's presents a solo exhibition, Money without Nationality, opening at Pi Artworks London. Money without Nationality is a series of works across drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and poetry, examining the psychological and physical aspects of cities as living organic structures, perceiving them as control towers for the distribution of mass information. A version of the presentation in London at Pi Artworks was shown in Seoul, at Art Sonje Centre, in late 2017, but this is the first time these artworks will have been seen in Europe. Read more

Volkan Aslan
Shoot Me! Don't Turn Me Over! 7 Mar - 5 May 2018 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present Volkan Aslan's solo exhibition Shoot Me! Don't Turn Me Over! curated by Merve Elveren between 7 April - 5 May 2018 at our new space in Karaköy. Read more

Ipek Duben
in via incognita 1 Mar - 7 Apr 2018 London Pi Artworks London are pleased to present a new exhibition of work by New York and Istanbul based artist Ipek Duben. Duben has worked for over 30 years as a multi-media artist, focussing on documentary images which address individual subjectivities. in via incognita brings together sculptural art books and wall pieces based on documentary material that looks head on at one of the issues that is most pressing in our lives today – and has been for centuries – global migration. It will be Duben’s first major show of works in London since the early 1980s. Read more

Osman Dinc
Beewax is the Elbow Grease of Bees 10 Feb - 28 Mar 2018 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present Osman Dinc’s solo exhibition Beewax is the Elbow Grease of Bees between 10 February - 28 March 2018 at our new space in Karakoy. Dinc’s changes in his practice throughtout the years are visible in this show, presenting works made with many different materials such as steel, aluminum, stone. In this exhibition, the artist’s sculptures remind what human labor is, in a poetic and subtle sequence of elements. Read more

Selma Parlour
Upright Animal 5 Jan - 10 Feb 2018 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to present Upright Animal, the inaugural exhibition of London-based painter Selma Parlour at Pi Artworks, where she joins our roster of international artists. All of the works are new and never before exhibited. The show is curated by Sacha Craddock who participated in the gallery’s latest curatorial season with the exhibition Strike Site. Read more

Nejat Sati
Light in the Dark 16 Dec 2017 - 27 Jan 2018 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present Nejat Sati's solo exhibition Light in the Dark from 16 December 2017 – 27 January 2018 at our new space in Karakoy. After presenting the Cracks exhibition at Pi Artworks London in 2016, Satı's three new series demonstrate the power of light through experimental approaches on canvas. Read more

Huo RF
Stories in Reverse 28 Oct - 8 Dec 2017 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present Huo Rf’s second solo exhibition, Stories in Reverse curated by Nicole O’Rourke between 28 October – 25 November 2017 at our new space in Karakoy. Read more

Fatma Bucak
Sticks and Stones 29 Sep - 21 Nov 2017 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to present Fatma Bucak’s first solo exhibition in the UK,Sticks and Stones, curated by Nat Muller. A fortnightly in-gallery performance will accompany the work Black Ink (2016-ongoing). “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never break me,” hums the old nursery rhyme. Today, in an ever-polarising climate of assault on the press and free speech, words are increasingly used to break those who utter them. In Sticks and Stones Fatma Bucak addresses two of the most pertinent struggles of our times: for freedom of expression and freedom of movement. Through her photographs, videos and installations she shows how these two liberties are inextricably intertwined. Read more

Nancy Atakan
A Community of Lines 11 Sep - 21 Oct 2017 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present Nancy Atakan's solo exhibition A Community of Lines curated by Asli Seven between the dates 11 September - 21 October 2017. This is the inaugural exhibition of Pi Artworks Istanbul's new space in Karakoy. Read more

Nancy Atakan, Didem Erbaş, Neslihan Koyuncu, Fatih Pınar, Özlem Sarıyıldız, Andrea Luka Zimmerman
Letter from Istanbul 15 Jun - 17 Jul 2017 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to present Letter from Istanbul, a multi-part exhibition curated by London-based curator Morgan Quaintance. This is the final exhibition of Pi Artworks London’s Curatorial Season that runs from October 2016 to July 2017 and will bring together the work of Nancy Atakan, Didem Erbas, Neslihan Koyuncu, Fatih Pınar, Özlem Sarıyıldız and Andrea Luka Zimmerman. A daylong symposium of talks and screenings featuring these artists, writers and activists will follow on July 8th, in London. Details will be released nearer the date. Read more

Susan Hefuna
Angst Eats Soul 18 May - 17 Jun 2017 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to announce Susan Hefuna's solo exhibition, Angst Eats Soul, featuring three video works by the artist. Parallel to her Istanbul exhibition, Hefuna's works from Guggenheim collection is on view at The Creative Act: Performance, Process, Presence by Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, which runs until the end of July. Read more

Sovay Berriman, Ilana Halperin, Iz Oztat, Lindsay Seers, and Michelle Williams Gamaker
The World Made New 14 Apr - 20 May 2017 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce The World Made New curated by Oliver Sumner. The World Made New is the fourth of five exhibitions that make up Pi Artworks London’s Curatorial Season that runs from October 2016 – July 2017. For the season Övül Ö. Durmusoglu, Alexandra Schwartz, Sacha Craddock, Oliver Sumner, and Morgan Quaintance have been invited to devise and develop their own curatorial project working with artists predominantly or entirely fromoutside the gallery’s roster. Read more

Parastou Forouhar
Written Room 18 Mar - 10 May 2017 Istanbul Parastou Forouhar left her native Iran to study in Offenbach, Germany due to the withdrawal of freedoms she was subjected to after the Iranian revolution. She has remained a vocal critic of the regime ever since. Forouhar’s practice examines the power structures within certain authoritarian political systems, paying attention to how they block oppositional discourse from entering the public sphere. Read more

Ana Čvorović, Anna Fasshauer, Brian Griffiths, Siobhán Hapaska, Alice Hartley, and Jack Killick
Strike Site 13 Jan - 11 Mar 2017 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce Strike Site curated by Sacha Craddock. Strike Site is the third of five exhibitions that make up Pi Artworks London’s Curatorial Season that runs from October 2016 – July 2017. For the season Övül Ö. Durmusoglu, Alexandra Schwartz, Sacha Craddock, Oliver Sumner, and Morgan Quaintance have been invited to devise and develop their own curatorial project working with artists predominantly or entirely from outside the gallery’s roster.  Read more

Carys Briggs, Francis Field
fragmentedfragmentfragments 7 Jan - 25 Feb 2017 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to present f r a g m e n t e d f r a g m e n t f r a g m e n t s, an exhibition by Carys Briggs and Francis Field. Curated by Ashlee Conery, the exhibition brings together an immersive installation by London based artist Briggs, and Ocean, a proposition for the first man-made planet designed by London based designer Field. Read more

Kenseth Armstead, Firelei Báez, Maria Berrio, Chitra Ganesh, Fay Ku, Lina Puerta, Frohawk Two Feathers, William Villalon
American Histories 18 Nov 2016 - 7 Jan 2017 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce American Histories curated by New-York based curator Alexandra Schwartz. American Histories is the second of five exhibitions that make up Pi Artworks London’s Curatorial Season that runs from October 2016 – July 2017. For the season Övül Ö. Durmusoglu, Alexandra Schwartz, Sacha Craddock, Oliver Sumner, and Morgan Quaintance have been invited to devise and develop their own curatorial project working with artists predominantly or entirely from outside the gallery’s roster.  Read more

Maude Maris
Antique Romance 12 Nov - 30 Dec 2016 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is proud to host Paris-based artist Maude Maris' first solo exhibition in Turkey. The artist's work had been exhibited this year at Ville de Thonon-les-Bains (solo) and VOG Fontaine (solo); and last year at Pi Artworks London, the gallery's Contemporary Istanbul booth, and Musée des Beaux-Arts de... Read more

Yusa Yalcintas
Causa Sui 16 Oct - 5 Nov 2016 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to announce Yuşa Yalçıntaş's first solo exhibition since the gallery became the artist’s primary representation in mid-2015.
Yalçıntaş draws on his investigation into the history of humanity and the belief systems, mythology and behaviours of those within early civilizations. Inspired by this, he creates a fictional place that he gives his audience a peek through his drawings, paintings and installations. Read more

Kasper Bosmans, Geta Bratescu, Osman Dinc, Rodrigo Hernandez, Ad Minoliti, Anca Munteanu Rimnic, Pilvi Takala
What's The Riddle 5 Oct - 5 Nov 2016 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce What’s The Riddle curated by Berlin based curator Övül Ö. Durmusoglu. What’s The Riddle is the first of five exhibitions that make up Pi Artworks London’s Curatorial Season that runs from October 2016 – July 2017. For the season Övül Ö. Durmusoglu, Alexandra... Read more

Alex Anikina, Omer Even-Paz, huber.huber, Manuel Mathieu, Rachel McRae, Mark Salvatus, Victoria Sin
Will Nature Make A Man Of Me Yet? Curated by John Kenneth Paranada 26 Aug - 10 Sep 2016 London Through painting, video, collage, sculpture, performance and installation by huber.huber, Manuel Mathieu, Mark Salvatus, Rachel McCrae, Victoria Sin, Omer Even-Paz, and a lecture-performance by Alex Anikina, Will Nature Make A Man of Me Yet? asks how do humans, and their creations, adapt to uncontrollable environmental changes after centuries of ecocide?... Read more

Emre Namyeter
Now I See or Do I 28 Jul - 10 Sep 2016 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to announce Now I See or Do I?, an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, installations, and light boxes by Emre Namyeter. Namyeter creates abstract compositions on wooden panels with his own self-produced paint. Using various pouring techniques directed by his curiosity and experimental approach he generates... Read more

Parastou Forouhar
Written Room 15 - 30 Jul 2016 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce it has commissioned Parastou Forouhar to create a new version of Written Room [1999 - ongoing] at the gallery. Previous iterations of the work have been exhibited around the world at venues such as the 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland... Read more

Nejat Satı
Cracks 19 May - 9 Jul 2016 London Nejat Satı is part of a generation of artists who have used innovative techniques to transform the discipline of painting. Cracks is Satı's first solo exhibition in London and will showcase an extensive new series of works which inject a melancholic undertone in his distinctive painting style. Read more

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