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Current

Nejat Satı
Wild Flowers Jul 10 - Aug 10, 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

Forthcoming

İz Öztat
Suspended Sep 6 - Nov 2, 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

Past

Gulay Semercioglu
Desire to Survive May 29 - Jun 29, 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

Mehmet Ali Uysal
Don't Abandon Me Mar 23 - May 11, 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

Yusa Yalcintas
yuka Jan 5 - Mar 9, 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

Ahmet Civelek
Number 3 : Grit Nov 24 - Dec 29, 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

Fatma Bucak
A World of Ten Thousand Things Sep 26 - Nov 10, 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 May 11 - Jul 31, 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

Volkan Aslan
Shoot Me! Don't Turn Me Over! Mar 7 - May 5, 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

Osman Dinc
Beewax is the Elbow Grease of Bees Feb 10 - Mar 28, 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

Nejat Sati
Light in the Dark Dec 16, 2017 - Jan 27, 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 Oct 28 - Dec 8, 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

Nancy Atakan
A Community of Lines Sep 11 - Oct 21, 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

Susan Hefuna
Angst Eats Soul May 18 - Jun 17, 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

Parastou Forouhar
Written Room Mar 18 - May 10, 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

Carys Briggs, Francis Field
fragmentedfragmentfragments Jan 7 - Feb 25, 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

Maude Maris
Antique Romance Nov 12 - Dec 30, 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 Oct 16 - Nov 5, 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

Emre Namyeter
Now I See or Do I Jul 28 - Sep 10, 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

Yesim Akdeniz
Club Dystopia May 13 - Jun 25, 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

Paul Schwer
The Passenger Mar 18 - Apr 30, 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

Farniyaz Zaker
Something There Was That Must Have Loved A Wall Jan 9 - Mar 7, 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

Allen Grubesic
Experimental Evidence Nov 7 - Dec 26, 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

Volkan Aslan
The Perfect Day Sep 1 - Oct 31, 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

Saeed Ensafi
Love, Hate and Edit Jun 17 - Jul 10, 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

Mustafa Horasan
Sleep of the Darknes Apr 30 - Jun 6, 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

Ummuhan Yoruk
Future Feb 25 - Apr 18, 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

Signs of Time
Cross the Earth, Her Head is on the Balcony Jan 10 - Feb 14, 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

Nejat Satı
Nefs Nov 8 - Dec 27, 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

Volkan Aslan, Ayman Yossri Daydban, İpek Duben, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Aslı Torcu, Sami Al Turki, Mehmet Al
Disquiet Sep 25 - Nov 6, 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

Nancy Atakan, Osman Dinc, Horasan, Nejat Sati, Ummuhan Yoruk
Summer Show Jun 28 - Sep 12, 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

Gulay Semercioglu
Walking on Wire May 10 - Jun 28, 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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Susan Hefuna
BeYond NoThing Apr 5 - May 3, 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 Mar 1, 2014 - Mar 29, 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 Jan 10 - Feb 22, 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

Tayeba Begum Tipi
Never Been Intimate Nov 1 - Dec 30, 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

Mehmet Ali Uysal
Painting Sep 11 - Oct 26, 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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Nancy Atakan
Mirror Mirror On The Wall Apr 25 - Jun 22, 2013 Istanbul Nancy Atakan is at Pi Artworks Galatasaray with her solo exhibition "Mirror Mirror on the Wall" between the dates April 25th - June 22nd, 2013. Read more

Aslı Sungu
For Sermons to Dead Mar 28 - May 25, 2013 Istanbul Aslı Sungu is at Pi Artworks Tophane with her solo exhibition "Four Sermons to the Dead" between the dates March 28th - May 25th, 2013. Read more

Turan Aksoy
A Portrait: Restless Feb 19 - Apr 19, 2013 Istanbul Turan Aksoy is at Pi Artworks Galatasaray with his solo exhibition titled A Portrait: Restless between the dates February 19th - April 19th, 2013. Read more

Çınar Eslek
Away From Clarity Jan 10 - Feb 9, 2013 Istanbul Çınar Eslek is at Pi Artworks Galatasaray with her solo exhibition “Away from Clarity” between the dates January 10th – February 9th, 2013. Read more

Serdar Yılmaz
Find Your Way Jan 8 - Mar 23, 2013 Istanbul Serdar Yılmaz is at Pi Artworks Tophane with his solo exhibition titled "Find Your Way" between the dates January 8th - March 23rd, 2013. Read more

Nezaket Ekici
Imagine: Selected works on food 2002-2012 Nov 29 - Dec 29, 2012 Istanbul Nezaket Ekici is at Pi Artworks Galatasaray and Pi Artworks Tophane with her solo exhibition "Imagine: Selected works on food 2002-2012" curated by Derya Yücel, between the dates November 29th - December 29th, 2012. The artist will present her performance titled "Imagine" only once at the 29th of November, 20:00, at Pi Artworks Tophane. Read more

Juan Botella Lucas
Seven Sleepers (The Second Resurrection) Oct 4 - Nov 25, 2012 Istanbul Juan Botella Lucas is at Pi Artworks Tophane with his solo exhibition ''Seven Sleepers (The Second Resurrection)'' between the dates October 4th - November 25th, 2012. The exhibition is the second part of Lucas' project inspired by the ''Seven Sleepers'' myth which is based on Anatolian geography and history, mentioned in the holy books as well. Read more

Nejat Satı
State of Mind Oct 2 - Nov 25, 2012 Istanbul Nejat Satı is at Pi Artworks Galatasaray with his solo exhibition titled 'State of Mind' between the dates October 2nd - November 25th, 2012. 'State of Mind' represents the states of change and caution. The series are in relation to different moods of being. This is also reflected in the... Read more

Morteza Ahmadvand - Mahmoud Bakhshi - Pedram Baldari - Simin Keramati - Neda Razavipour - Farniyaz Zaker
Rewind, Pause, Fast Forward: Mirrors on Iran Jun 29 - Sep 29, 2012 Istanbul Pi Artworks hosts six Iranian artists in the video art exhibition titled "Rewind, Pause, Fast Forward: Mirrors on Iran". Video works of Morteza Ahmadvand, Mahmoud Bakhshi, Pedram Baldari, Simin Keramati, Neda Razavipour and Farniyaz Zaker can be seen both at Pi Artworks Galatasaray and Pi Artworks Tophane between the dates June 29th - September 29th, 2012.
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Neslihan Karaağaç
Shadows May 24 - Jun 16, 2012 Istanbul Neslihan Karaağaç is at Pi Artworks Galatasaray with her first solo exhibition "Shadows" between the dates May 24th - June 16th 2012.
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Juan Botella Lucas
Seven Sleepers (as) Apr 28 - Jun 16, 2012 Istanbul Juan Botella Lucas is at Pi Artworks Tophane with his solo exhibition ''Seven Sleepers (as)'' between the dates April 28th - June 16th, 2012. The exhibition which is composed of Lucas' latest work mainly brings out the unconsciousness of everyday life. The extraordinary and sometimes even confusing features of his... Read more

Horasan
Labyrinth Apr 5 - May 19, 2012 Istanbul Horasan is at Pi Artworks Galatasaray with his solo exhibition "Labyrinth" between the dates April 5th - May 19th 2012.
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Ümmühan Yörük
Nearness at a Distance Mar 1 - Apr 14, 2012 Istanbul "Nearness at a Distance", the first solo exhibition of Ümmühan Yörük in Istanbul, is at Pi Artworks Tophane between the dates 1 March - 14 April 2012. The exhibition of Yörük's latest works is the visualisation of bonding that occurs between the people who have experienced similar circumstances. Read more

Merve Şendil
BirdDay Feb 18 - Mar 31, 2012 Istanbul Pi Artworks Galatasaray hosts Merve Şendil's "BirdDay" between the dates 18 February - 31 March 2012. Read more

Tunca Subaşı
Residue Jan 5 - Feb 25, 2012 Istanbul Tunca Subaşı is at Pi Artworks Tophane with his latest solo exhibition, "Residue", between the dates January 5th - February 25th 2012. In this exhibition of his recent works, Subaşı predicts a "residue-esque" impression reproducing photographic images that generate historical memory. Read more

Ahmet Sel
Oriental Illusions Dec 15, 2011 - Feb 12, 2012 Istanbul Ahmet Sel is at Pi Artworks Galatasaray with his solo exhibition "Oriental Illusions" between the dates December 15th 2011 - February 12th 2012. Read more

Turan Aksoy
Dust and Rush Nov 11 - Dec 12, 2011 Istanbul Pi Artworks Galatasaray hosts Turan Aksoy's " Dust and Rush " solo exhibition between the dates November 11'th - December 11th 2011. Aksoy's new exhibition consists of four different groups of installation that questions time versus space. Read more

Çınar Eslek
Besides Nov 10 - Dec 25, 2011 Istanbul Çınar Eslek is at Pi Artworks Tophane with her solo exhibiton, "Besides", in between the dates November 10th - December 25th 2011. "Besides" form around a video, paintings and photographs. In this exhibition, Eslek departs from two dialectic concepts: breeding and decay.
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Susan Hefuna
Istanbul Sep 14 - Oct 30, 2011 Istanbul Pi Artworks Galatasaray hosts Egyptian/German artist Susan Hefuna "Istanbul" solo exhibition between the dates September 14th and - October 30th 2011. This will be Hefuna's first appearance at Istanbul. Read more

Volkan Aslan
Unstable Repetition Sep 10 - Oct 30, 2011 Istanbul Pi Artworks Tophane hosts Volkan Aslans solo exhibition "Unstable repetition" between the dates September 10th - October 30th, 2011.
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Gülay Semercioğlu
Erotic Line May 17 - Jul 9, 2011 Istanbul Pi Artworks Galatasaray hosts Gülay Semercioğlu "Erotic Line" exhibition between the dates May 17th and - July 9th 2011. Read more

Irfan Onurmen
Autopsy Apr 26 - Jul 16, 2011 Istanbul Archive series "Autopsy", which is the continuation of İrfan Önürmen's newspaper series, is being exibited between the dates 26.04.2011 - 16.07.2011 at Pi Artworks Tophane. Read more

Irfan Onurmen
Gaze Apr 14 - May 14, 2011 Istanbul Pi Artworks opens its new space, Pi Artworks Galatasaray, at Mısır Apartment with İrfan Önürmen's exhibition 'Gaze' between the dates 14.04.2011 - 14.05.2011. The works at the exhibition refer to the area between the outer world and the individual's inner world. It deals with the situation of gazing which is... Read more

Azadeh Akhlaghi, Volkan Aslan, Nancy Atakan, Sam Curtis, Mehmet Dere, Carol Sabbadini, Anna Heidenhain, Borga Kantürk
Trade Routes Mar 3 - Apr 7, 2011 Istanbul This touring/developing exhibition invites artists to consider Trade Routes as an actual and poetic departure point for a discourse on trade, mobility, and translation. The exhibition will be stopping at galleries in multiple cities, and features works by artists from the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, Italy and Iran. It will... Read more

Nancy Atakan
How Do We Know We Are Not Impostors? Jan 20 - Feb 27, 2011 Istanbul www.ekavart.tv/?id=900&start=&k=1 Read more

Nancy Atakan
From Here Jan 20 - Feb 27, 2011 Istanbul www.ekavart.tv/?id=900&start=&k=1 Read more

Ayten Turanli
Cobblestones Nov 11 - Dec 8, 2010 Istanbul The exhibition, which consists of 17 different Wall Sculptures, consists of combining 2036 units, which look exactly the same but are completely different, in size 1x1cm and in different heights. The person who watches these works what are called "Fantasy", can establish their own fantasy and perceive it with different interpretations. Read more

Cinar Eslek
Therefore Nov 11, 2010 - Jan 8, 2011 Istanbul Spaces do not exist just physically; they are also formed in our minds. Art offers people the most tangible examples of realistically or fictionally composed spaces altogether with all their complexity. Places composed by the artists take us to newer horizons while at the same time causing us to perceive... Read more

Nejat Sati
Hypoglottis Nov 4 - Dec 11, 2010 Istanbul Tripping Up But Not Falling: The Transformation of Nejat Satı's Works I remember my trip to Nejat Satı's atelier, filled with paintings and objects, in İzmir's K2 Contemporary Arts Center nearly five years ago. This was a dazzling experience and I felt disoriented, as if stepping into Alice's Wonderland. 'Aferin'... Read more

Mehmet Ali Uysal
"Suspended" and “Tebdilibeden” Sep 21 - Nov 30, 2010 Istanbul The artist puts forth his first personal exhibition in Pi Artworks by utilizing two different spaces of the gallery. The exhibition titled “Tebdilibeden” in Gallery 2, which he prepared taking the relationship of similarity among the architectural structure and the body as the starting point, is based on works making references to the “Tebdilimekan” exhibition in 2005. In his works, Mehmet Ali Uysal compares the relationship of the Architectural structure to the body with the relationship of the skin to the wall and replies the relationship between Body/Skin with the metaphor of Architectural Structure/Wall. Read more

Irfan ONURMEN, Erdoğan ZUMRUTOGLU, Cemal Gursel SOYEL, Turan AKSOY, HORASAN
Extract Jul 8 - Sep 8, 2010 Istanbul Read more

Onursal Zırtıl
The Way Out is Through Jun 27, 2010 Istanbul A PERFORMANCE BY ONURSAL ZIRTIL @ PI ARTWORKS GALLERY 1 - ISTANBUL 27/06/2010, 21.00 pm Pi Artworks is pleased to present a performance by Onursal Zirtil. One night project «The Way Out is Through« will take place on Sunday the 27th of June at 9 pm. Onursal Zirtil works on... Read more

HORASAN
IF YOU KILL THE DEVIL IN ME YOU WILL ALSO KILL THE ANGEL Apr 27 - May 26, 2010 Istanbul First part of the show in Gallery 1 consists of one large installation located at the centre of the gallery. Sculptures, typography, video and sound are the elements to it. Installation focuses on what manipulates human being today. Show continues at the second space of Pi Artworks, here artist covers... Read more

Turan Aksoy
Glowing Thing Mar 23 - Apr 22, 2010 Istanbul Pi Artworks will be hosting Turan Aksoys' Glowing Thing exhibition in April 2010 at both of its Galleries in Tophane-Istanbul. Glowing Thing reflects on the issues and the concepts that Aksoy has been involved in the years 2008-09. Aksoy groups the exhibition under three main headings: chaotic but sterile (present... Read more

NANCY ATAKAN, ILKE ILTER, JUAN BOTELLA LUCAS, MEHMET ALI UYSAL
OUT OF CONTEXT Feb 25 - Mar 20, 2010 Istanbul 4 DIFFERENT CITIES 4 DIFFERENT ARTISTS Pi Artworks Gallery 1 brings together 4 artists working with 4 different materials from 4 different cities in Turkey. The exhibition title is OUT OF CONTEXT and will run between 25 February and 20 March 2010. Nancy Atakan from Istanbul with “Fake Reality” installation,... Read more

Volkan Aslan
Those Who Wear the Same T-shirt Feb 25 - Mar 20, 2010 Istanbul Volkan Aslan’s Those Who Wear the Same T-shirt exhibition will run between February 25th and March 20th 2010 at Pi Artworks Gallery 2. Those Who Wear the Same T-shirt is a video installation based on the interviews with people wearing Turkish flag T-shirts. Since 2008, Volkan Aslan opened exhibitions in... Read more

Cemal Gursel SOYEL
Chapeau! Jan 12 - Feb 20, 2010 Istanbul Vienna based Cemal Gursel Soyels first solo show in Turkey at Pi Artworks. Pi Artworks will be showcasing CHAPEAU! by Cemal Gürsel Soyel from January 12th till February 20th 2010 at Gallery 1 and Gallery 2. 1961 Cyprus born and Vienna based painter Cemal Gursel Soyel graduated in 1986 from... Read more

Erdoğan Zumrutoğlu
Or II Dec 10 - 31, 2009 Istanbul 'Painting Forces': The 'Or Else Paintings' by Erdoğan Zümrütoğlu Dr. Özgür Uçkan (Translated from Turkish by Deniz Şener) '...it was new, and anything new is always tinted by the scourge of thunders and the pain of devastation' Three forces readily become apparent in Zümrütoğlu's paintings: 1) Vertical action (fall/rise, spasm,... Read more

Erdoğan Zümrütoğlu
Or I Nov 5 - Dec 31, 2009 Istanbul Read more

Irfan Onurmen
Panic Sep 10 - Oct 31, 2009 Istanbul Irfan Onurmen is one of the outstanding representative of contemporary turkish art. He has shown an increasing presence in many of the major international art markets last years. He is represented by Pi Artworks since 2000 and has been the primary artist of the gallery. Living and working in Istanbul,... Read more

Gulay Semercioglu
Light on Line Jun 2 - Jul 18, 2009 Istanbul Gulay Semerciglu 'Light On Line' exhibition at Pi Artworks will run between June 2nd and July18th 2009. Gulay Semercioglu is an emerging figure of Turkish Contemporary Art Scene. She is represented by Pi Artworks Istanbul since 2005 and by Galerie Kashya Hildebrand in Zurich since 2008. Selected international art fairs... Read more

Cinar Eslek
Parallel Lands May 5 - 30, 2009 Istanbul As an extension to her show 'I am Unaware', Parallel Lands focus on the body and space, and their relationship with each other. Cinars starting point is once more her own body. Eslek questions the possibilities of the physical body as a space and uses photography and video as well... Read more

Nancy Atakan
I Believe / I Don't Believe Mar 31 - Apr 27, 2009 Istanbul In the world today and throughout history, there are and have been innumerable belief systems. Such variables as our cultural backgrounds, place of origin, lived experiences, level of education, and languages, influence which belief system or systems seem true and reliable to us. One system may not be any more... Read more

Zeynep Ozdemir
Zeynep Ozdemir Mar 5 - 30, 2009 Istanbul Pi Artworks' young artist Zeynep Özdemirs first solo show at the gallery will take place between 5-30 March 2009. Read more

Juan BOTELLA LUCAS
70% Water 99% Sponge Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2009 Istanbul Spanish Sculpture Juan Botella Lucas' solo show '99% Sponge 70%Water ' will continue until the 28th February 2009 at Pi Artworks Tophane. The essential exhibition themes are: life and death, movement and immobility, beginnings and endings, sound and silence, war and games against boredom. Juan Botella Lucas is born in... Read more

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