Prof. Azade Köker

 
Style of Art : Artist / academician, painter, installation artist
Branch of Art : Painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography, installation art
Art Profile :

Prof. Azade Köker was born in Istanbul in 1949. She completed Istanbul State Academy of Fine Art in 1971. She continued her study at the Berlin School of Fine Arts, Department of Industrial Design in 1973-1976 and at the Department of Sculpture in the same school from 1976 to 79. In 1978, she opened her own workshop in Berlin. Since 1992, she has taught in several Universities in Germany. Today she is a professor at the Braunschweig Technical University. Her first exhibitions were held in 1980 in Hannover, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart. She had many exhibitions not only in Germany and Turkey, but also in other countries.

Solo Exhibitions:
1980, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
1984, “Sculptures and Paintings” (with catalogue), Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin
1985, Gallery in Tiergarten, Hannover
1985, Gallery Linneborn, Bonn
1986, Gallery Schneider, Freiburg Fischerplatz-Gallery, Ulm
1989, Macka Art Gallery, Istanbul
1990, Emschertal-Museum, Herne (with catalogue)
1990-91, "Soil and Stone” (with catalogue), Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin
1991, Ankara National Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Ankara (organized by Gallery Nev, with catalogue)
1992, Atatürk Culture Center, Istanbul (organized by Gallery Nev)
1994, Installations, J.M. Kohler Company, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
1995, Kunstverein Lüneburg, Lüneburg
1995, Installation, Palace of Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
1995, Torhaus Gallery, Braunschweig
1996, “Inequalities”, Installations in the Mathematics Library of the Berlin Technical University,   Berlin
1997, Otto-Gallery, Munich
1998, “Symphony for Wind Instrument”, Otto-Gallery, Munich
1998, “Installations, Intensity, Cultural Journey” (with catalogue), Darmstadt
1999, “In The Sign of Cross” (with catalogue), Installation in the Weitendorf Chapel, Weitendorf 
2000, “Special Reports” (with catalogue),
2000, Constanze-Pressehaus, Berlin
2001, “Transparency of Gardens“, Art Institution, Bielefeld
2001, “Transparency”, Gallery Apel, Istanbul
2002, “Body-Press“,  Art Space, Drochtersen
2004, “Transparency of Absence“ , Otto- Gallery, Munich
2006, “Am Seidenen Faden“ , Fischerplatz Gallery, Ulm
2006, “Remembering“, Gallery Nev, Ankara
2007, “Human Nature“, Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, Istanbul (catalogue)
2008, “Verortung“, Otto Gallery, Munich
2008, “REAL – IRREAL“,  Installations, Train Station of Ankara, curator: Sabine Hagemann, Goethe Institute, Ankara
2009, "Hybrid Corridors-Spaces", Casa Dell’Arte, Istanbul

Reference: tu-braunschweig.de, casadellartegallery.com


Foundation : Braunschweig Technical University, the Faculty of Architecture
Web Site : www.tu-braunschweig.de/ief/personen/koeker/biographie
Email : akoeker@t-online.de
Country : Germany
Zip Code : 38108
Phone : +49 531. 235 11 50
Fax : +49 531. 235 11 51
Preferred Lang. : Turkish /German /English
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