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İpek Duben
Angels and Clowns 12 Mar - 25 Apr 2020 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 - 28 Mar 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 Borders Unfold presents the latest expression of Ana Cvorovic's ongoing enquiry on migration and displacement. As part of her Arts Council England funded project with the same title, Borders Unfold is the culmination of a year-long exploration of the complex psychological effects of geographic dislocation, particularly within communities from former... 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

Yesim Akdeniz
Club Dystopia 13 May - 25 Jun 2016 Istanbul Club Dystopia is a fictitious club populated by re-creations of now demolished buildings typical of the early Republic of Turkey, building's whose architecture reflected the idealism of the newly founded nation state. Club Dystopia is Akdeniz's second exhibition with Pi Artworks. She had previously exhibited with foundations such as MAK... Read more

Susan Hefuna
CROSSROADS 2002-2016 8 Apr - 14 May 2016 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce CROSSROADS 2002-2016, Susan Hefuna's fourth solo exhibition with Pi Artworks Istanbul/London. The exhibition will bring together four films from Hefuna's CROSSROADS series, including a new iteration produced in London in collaboration with students from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Read more

Paul Schwer
The Passenger 18 Mar - 30 Apr 2016 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to announce Paul Schwer's second solo exhibition with the gallery. Last year Schwer's striking outdoor installation Shelter Haliç (2015) attracted lots of attention at Art International's By The Waterside section, and The Passenger will be a great opportunity for the Istanbul audience to see his... Read more

Nancy Atakan
Sporting Chances 19 Feb - 24 Mar 2016 London Sporting Chances, a solo exhibition by the American born Istanbul based artist, Nancy Atakan, brings together new embroidered works and drawings. The exhibition, curated by Nat Muller, will be accompanied by the launch of Passing On, a full colour monograph on work by the artist edited by Nat Muller and... Read more

Farniyaz Zaker
Something There Was That Must Have Loved A Wall 9 Jan - 7 Mar 2016 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to announce Farniyaz Zaker's new exhibition, Something There Was That Must Have Loved A Wall. Zaker was first introduced to the art scene in Turkey through the group show Rewind, Pause, Fast Forward: Mirrors on Iran, which took place at Pi Artworks Istanbul in 2012.... Read more

Parastou Forouhar
Reimaging the Illusion 10 Dec 2015 - 6 Feb 2016 London Private View: Wednesday, 9 December, 18:30 - 21:00 Artist talk with Vali Mahlouji: 9 December, 17:30 Parastou Forouhar left her native Iran to study in Offenbach, Germany due to the withdrawal of freedoms she was subjected in the years following the Iranian revolution. She has remained a vocal... Read more

Allen Grubesic
Experimental Evidence 7 Nov - 26 Dec 2015 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is proud to present Allen Grubesic’s first solo show in Turkey, having previously represented his work for the first time at Contemporary Istanbul 2014. Experimental Evidence will showcase various installations that reflect different sides of his artistic practice. Read more

Gülay Semercioğlu
The Woman On The Wire 9 Oct - 21 Nov 2015 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce Gülay Semercioğlu's solo exhibition at the gallery. Semercioğlu has been working with Pi Artworks since 2005, and her work has recently been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum, New York and Istanbul Modern, Istanbul.
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Kihlberg & Henry, Fabio Lattanzi Antinori, Simon Le Boggit, Sarah Derat, William Mackrell, Maude Maris, Rachel McRae, Cl
Heaven Is A Place Where Nothing Ever Happens 11 - 30 Sep 2015 London Curated by Ashlee Conery
11 - 30 September 2015
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Volkan Aslan
The Perfect Day 1 Sep - 31 Oct 2015 Istanbul The Perfect Day at Pi Artworks Istanbul opens in parallel with the 14th Istanbul Biennial. During the Biennial's previous iteration in 2013, Volkan Aslan exhibited one of his neon installations (Games, Games, Games, 2013) at Galata Greek Primary School, and this year he produces an even more enthusiastic project. For The Perfect Day the artist will transform the gallery with an immersive, site-specific installation that will dominate Pi Artworks Istanbul's space and act as an unconventional platform for new iterations of his neon series. Read more

Rae Hicks, Charles Sandford
Red Dog, Black Wolf Will You Remember Your Name? 14 Aug - 5 Sep 2015 London Pi Artworks is pleased to announce the second exhibition of its summer programme. The French phrase 'entre le chien et le loup' (between dog and wolf) describes a moment during dusk, before dark, where one cannot distinguish between a dog and a wolf. It expresses the ambiguity between the familiar and the comfortable, versus the unknown and the dangerous. Between the domestic and the wild, the living and the dead. It is a liminal state of in-betweenness; that uncertain, alluring threshold between hope and fear. Read more

John Henry Newton, Laura Reeves, Himali Singh Soin
An Avalanche Of Subtlety 10 Jul - 8 Aug 2015 London Private view Friday 10th July, 18:30 - 21:00 Curated by Adrienne Groen Pi Artworks is pleased to announce the first exhibition of its summer programme. An Avalanche of Subtlety presents a discussion with thirty-two boxes, each containing objects meticulously ordered by an unknown collector, that have been repossessed by... Read more

Saeed Ensafi
Love, Hate and Edit 17 Jun - 10 Jul 2015 Istanbul Iranian artist Saeed Ensafi opens his first solo show in Turkey at Pi Artworks Istanbul. Living between Tehran and Istanbul for the last three years, Ensafi's works had been previously shown at Tehran Calling London/ London Calling Tehran project at London Print Studios, London (2013); Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin (2012); Dialogue... Read more

Yeşim Akdeniz
The Secret Life of My Coffee Table 22 May - 27 Jun 2015 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce The Secret Life of My Coffee Table, an exhibition of new paintings by Yeşim Akdeniz. This is the artist's fourth London exhibition, after group shows at The Saatchi Gallery and the European Commission and a two-person exhibition at West London Projects. Read more

Mustafa Horasan
Sleep of the Darknes 30 Apr - 6 Jun 2015 Istanbul Horasan brings a new perspective to assemblage in his upcoming solo show 'Sleep of the Darkness' at Pi Artworks Istanbul. His preceding exhibition entitled 'When The Time Comes' (2014), at Pi Artworks London branch, was the first comprehensive presentation of the artist's work with photo collage. New work exceeds the... Read more

Paul Schwer
The Shape of Things to Come 10 Apr - 16 May 2015 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work by Germany artist Paul Schwer. Over the last year Schwer has had major solo exhibitions at Leopold Hoesch Museum and Kunstverein Ruhr Germany and IKOB in Belgium, though this is his first in the UK. The Shape of Things to Come features the artist's arresting Plexiglas sculptures alongside an intervention on the gallery's floor and walls. Schwer is a painters' painter, concerning himself primarily with the relationship between colour, space, light, and movement. His work, however, is far removed from the traditional two-dimensional canvas. Read more

Ummuhan Yoruk
Future 25 Feb - 18 Apr 2015 Istanbul Future, Ümmühan Yörük’s second solo exhibition at Pi Artworks Istanbul looks at the apprehension people feel for the future and the challenges it brings. Yörük considers her recent works as like agenda notes, onto which she inscribes her varying subject matter. The exhibition consists of four different series of new works, each in a different medium: painting, sculpture, fabric works, and ready-mades. Read more

Mehmet Ali Uysal
BLOCK 12 Feb - 28 Mar 2015 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce Ankara-based Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal's first UK solo exhibition. Last year, Uysal was invited to create new work for the 2014 European City of Culture, Umea, Sweden and his best-known public sculpture SKIN, that is situated in Chaudfontaine Park, Liege, Belgium, was included in a top-ten list of public art commissions compiled by The Independent newspaper. Read more

Signs of Time
Cross the Earth, Her Head is on the Balcony 10 Jan - 14 Feb 2015 Istanbul Signs of Time artist collective are proud to announce their third exhibition, Cross the Earth, Her head is on the Balcony, at Pi Artworks Istanbul. The collective, which included Huo Rf, Sena, Sabo, Burak Ata, Burak Dak was founded to bring together young artists together who shared an admiration toward... Read more

Maria Friberg
Communicate Over Vast Distances 5 Dec 2014 - 31 Jan 2015 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce Maria Friberg's first solo exhibition with the gallery. Friberg belongs to a generation of Scandinavian artists who rose to fame in the 90's that are often referred to as the Nordic Miracle, a name coined in the late 90's after a seminal survey exhibition at the Musee d'art Moderne, Paris. For Communicate over vast distances, Pi Artworks has curated a selection of both new and older photographic and video works that will give a comprehensive overview of the artists' practice as well as underscore some of the broader themes that run through her work. Read more

Nejat Satı
Nefs 8 Nov - 27 Dec 2014 Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul is proud to announce Nefs*, an exhibition of new paintings by Nejat Satı. Two years after his last solo show at the gallery, Sati invites the audience back into his own inner universe where light, color and, dynamic abstract shapes form paintings that are open to various... Read more

Susan Hefuna
Cairotraces 14 Oct - 28 Nov 2014 London Pi Artworks London is pleased to announce Susan Hefuna's third solo exhibition with the gallery and her first at our London venue. Cairotraces features a new series of her highly regarded works on paper as well as a newly commissioned palm wood installation that are influenced by the streets of... Read more

Volkan Aslan, Ayman Yossri Daydban, İpek Duben, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Aslı Torcu, Sami Al Turki, Mehmet Al
Disquiet 25 Sep - 6 Nov 2014 Istanbul Athr Gallery (Jeddah), Galeri Zilberman (Istanbul), and Pi Artworks (Istanbul) are proud to announce the opening of their exhibition, Disquiet, curated by Nat Muller. The group exhibition is on view at Galeri Zilberman and Pi Artworks in Mısır Apartımanı between September 25th and November 6th, 2014. Read more

Steven Morgana, Christian Newby, Lisa Slominski, Theodoros Stamatogiannis, Farniyaz Zaker
A House Is Not A Hotel 25 Jul - 13 Sep 2014 London A House Is Not A Hotel, 25 July - 13 September, is a curated group exhibition of emerging UK- based artists. Read more

Nancy Atakan, Osman Dinc, Horasan, Nejat Sati, Ummuhan Yoruk
Summer Show 28 Jun - 12 Sep 2014 Istanbul Summer Show brings together new works by five Pi Artworks artists Nancy Atakan, Osman Dinç, Horasan, Nejat Satı and Ümmühan Yörük. Nancy Atakan's Scarves is a series of European styled silk headscarves which were first manufactured in Turkey in the 1930's that contain drawings of old photographs showing female... Read more

Volkan Aslan
A Day Not Lived 6 Jun - 5 Jul 2014 London A Day Not Yet Lived, 6 June - 5 July 2014, is Istanbul based Turkish artist Volkan Aslan's inaugural solo exhibition at Pi Artworks, London and first major show in the UK. For the exhibition, the artist will transform the gallery with an ambitious, site-specific installation that will act as an unconventional platform for his well-known broken figurine series. Read more

Gulay Semercioglu
Walking on Wire 10 May - 28 Jun 2014 Istanbul Walking on the Wire is a presentation of new work by Gülay Semercioğlu, a Turkish artist who plays with our perceptions of light, perspective, depth and colour. Walking on the Wire presents a series of new pieces that exemplify the more sculptural aspects of her recent work. During the exhibition the gallery's lights will be dimmed and its walls and floor changed to a near-black hue, creating a dark and shadowy space in which spotlights will illuminate how Semercioğlu's glossy, satin surfaces draw light in, bending and refracting it.
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Horasan
When The Time Comes 7 Apr - 17 May 2014 London One of Turkey's seminal multidisciplinary artists, Horasan presents a series of new paintings alongside photography, collage and video work. When The Time Comes, at Pi Artworks London from 7 April - 17 May 2014, will focus on the toll of time, man's quest for immortality and the defiance of the human spirit in the face of the ravages of age. Read more

Susan Hefuna
BeYond NoThing 5 Apr - 3 May 2014 Istanbul Susan Hefuna works and exhibits internationally across a wide range of media, including drawing, sculpture, and installation as well as video, photography and performance. Coinciding with a major solo show organized by the Sharjah Art Foundation, Hefuna’s second solo show with Pi Artworks Istanbul will focus on her textile works,... Read more

Osman Dinc
Noise 1 Mar 2014 - 29 Mar 2015 Istanbul Following on from his solo exhibition Theorem, in which Osman Dinç presented all new sculpture and photography works, Pi Artworks Istanbul is pleased to announced a special one-month long sound installation project, Noise. For Dinç, the most integral part of this new project will be the creation of an interactive... Read more

Osman Dinc
Theorem 10 Jan - 22 Feb 2014 Istanbul Following on from a solo exhibition in Ankara in 2012, legendary artist Osman Dinç presents new works at Pi Artworks Istanbul this January. The artist, who has been based in Paris since 1977, creates his "figurative works telling their own stories" in various materials, including metal, glass, iron, wood and concrete. Read more

Nezaket Ekici
(After) Love At Last Sight 12 Dec 2013 - 15 Feb 2014 London (After) Love at Last Sight is a retrospective of works by Berlin-based Turkish performance artist Nezaket Ekici. Curated by Shaheen Merali, it will encompass a selection of video works of iconic performances alongside photographs and stills from the last 13 years. The exhibition will also feature a three-day performance of her iconic work - Emotion in Motion, transforming part of the space of the Pi Artworks London gallery.
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Tayeba Begum Tipi
Never Been Intimate 1 Nov - 30 Dec 2013 Istanbul In Tayeba Begum Lipi's first solo show in Turkey, the Bangladeshi artist presents works that exemplify her very literally cutting-edge artistic practice. Running from 1 November - 30 December 2013, Never Been Intimate will be on show at Pi Artworks, Istanbul. Overlapping panels of shiny silvery metal take shape as... Read more

Tayeba Begüm Lipi
Never Been Intimate 1 Nov - 30 Dec 2013 London In Tayeba Begum Lipi's first solo show in London, the Bangladeshi artist presents works that exemplify her very literally cutting-edge artistic practice. Running from 27 February - 31 March 2013, Never Been Intimate will be on show at Pi Artworks, London after debuting at the gallery's Istanbul location in late 2013, also marking the artist's first show in the Turkish capital. Read more

Volkan Aslan, Nezaket Ekici, Susan Hefuna, Horasan, Nejat Sati, Gülay Semercioğlu, Mehmet Ali Uysal
Pi: Housewarming 15 Oct - 7 Dec 2013 London Marking its first foray onto the London art scene, pioneering Turkish gallery Pi Artworks is proud to announce Pi: Housewarming, its inaugural exhibition in the British capital. Opening on 55 Eastcastle Street, in the heart of London’s bustling Fitzrovia district, the exhibition will act as a sneak peek of the gallery’s programme for the upcoming year and features works by both established and emerging Turkish and international artists, including Volkan Aslan, Nezaket Ekici, Susan Hefuna, Horasan, Nejat Sati, Gulay Semercioglu and Mehmet Ali Uysal. Read more

Mehmet Ali Uysal
Painting 11 Sep - 26 Oct 2013 Istanbul In his third solo show at Pi Artworks Istanbul, Mehmet Ali Uysal reveals his Paintings to the audience. However, these Paintings are not immediately visible, but rather, exist in the space between presence and absence. Uysal explores and experiments with the perception of the viewer and provokes the audience to visualize these embedded works in the wall. In fact, the gallery space is rendered completely white, calling for the viewer's eyes to slowly discover Uysal' embedded installations. These are made of plaster, as is the gallery itself, and appear in a variety of blank bulky renaissance frames of different forms and sizes.
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