Ahmet Ögüt. Photo by Zeynep Ozkanca. Ahmet Öğüt
Born in Silvan, Diyarbakir, Ahmet Öğüt completed his BA from the Fine Arts Faculty at Hacettepe University, Ankara, MA from Art and Design Faculty at Yıldız Teknik University, Istanbul. He works across different media and has exhibited widely, more recently with solo exhibitions in institutions including Van Abbemuseum, State of Concept Athens, Kunstverein Dresden, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Chisenhale Gallery; Berkeley Art Museum; and Kunsthalle Basel.
Öğüt was awarded the Visible Award for The Silent University (2013); the special prize of the Future Generation Art Prize, Pinchuk Art Centre, Ukraine (2012); the De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2011, Netherlands; and the Kunstpreis Europas Zukunft, Museum of Contemporary Art, Germany (2010). He co-represented Turkey at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009).
He currently lives and works in Amsterdam and Istanbul.
- Volkskrant - Ahmet Ögüt eist dat zijn kunstwerk uit het Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam wordt verwijderd
- Personal website of Ahmet Öğüt ︎
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