
Ahmet Öğüt
Ahmet Öğüt born in 1981 in Diyarbakır, is an artist, sociocultural initiator, and lecturer. Working across a variety of media, including photography, video, and installation, Öğüt often uses humor and small gestures to offer his commentary on rather serious or pressing social and political issues. Öğüt is regularly collaborating with people from outside of the art world to create shifts in the perception of common. He has exhibited widely, more recently with solo presentations at MoCA Skopje – Museum of Contemporary Art, Kunstverein Dresden, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Chisenhale Gallery, and Van Abbemuseum. He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including Dhaka Art Summit (2023); 17th Istanbul Biennial (2022); FRONT International – Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art (2022); Asia Society Triennial: We Do Not Dream Alone (2021); In the Presence of Absence, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2020); Zero Gravity at Nam SeMA, Seoul Museum of Art (2019); Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale (2018); the British Art Show 8 (2015-2017); the 13th Biennale de Lyon (2015); Performa 13, the Fifth Biennial of Visual Art Performance, New York (2013); the 7th Liverpool Biennial (2012); the 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011); the New Museum Triennial, New York (2009); and the 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art (2008). Öğüt has been a guest professor, mentor, tutor, advisor, research teacher at several schools. Among the schools are Institut für Kunst im Kontext at Universität der Künste Berlin; Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht; Sandberg Institute Amsterdam; Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki; TransArts – Transdisziplinäre Kunst, Institut für Bildende und Mediale Kunst Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien; and DAI (Dutch Art Institute) Arnhem. 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).
Ahmet Öğüt is a resident at Tarabya Cultural Academy from October 2023 to January 2024.

Ahmet Öğüt
Diyarbakır’da 1981 yılında dünyaya gelen Ahmet Öğüt, bir sanatçı, sosyokültürel öncü ve eğitmendir. Fotoğraf, video ve yerleştirme gibi çeşitli mecralarda çalışan Öğüt, ciddiyet veya aciliyet gerektiren sosyal ve politik meseleleri çoğu kez mizah ve küçük jestler yoluyla yorumlar. Ortak algıda değişimler yaratmak için düzenli olarak sanat dünyasının dışından insanlarla işbirliğine giden sanatçı, son dönemde MoCA Üsküp Çağdaş Sanatlar Müzesi, Kunstverein Dresden, Kopenhag’daki Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Londra’daki Chisenhale Gallery ve Eindhoven’daki Van Abbemuseum’da kişisel sergiler açtı. Başta Dhaka Art Summit (2023); 17. İstanbul Bienali (2022), FRONT International – Cleveland Çağdaş Sanat Trienali (2022), Asia Society Triennial: We Do Not Dream Alone (2021), In the Presence of Absence, Amsterdam’daki Stedelijk Müzesi (2020), Seul Sanat Müzesi SeMA’daki Zero Gravity at Nam (2019), Echigo Tsumari Sanat Trienali (2018); British Art Show 8 (2015-2017), 13. Lyon Bienali (2015), Performa 13, 5. New York Görsel Sanatlar Performansı Bienali (2013), 7. Liverpool Bienali (2012), 12. İstanbul Bienali (2011), New York’taki New Museum Trienali (2009) ve 5. Berlin Çağdaş Sanat Bienali (2008) olmak üzere çok sayıda karma sergiye katıldı. Pek çok eğitim kurumunda misafir öğretim görevlisi, danışman, öğretmen, rehber ve araştırma öğretmeni olarak çalışan Öğüt’ün ders verdiği okullar arasında Berlin Sanat Üniversitesi (UDK) bünyesindeki Institut für Kunst im Kontext, Maastricht’teki Jan van Eyck Akademisi, Amsterdam’daki Sandberg Enstitüsü, Finlandiya Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi, Viyana Uygulamaları Sanatlar Üniversitesi’ndeki TransArts – Transdisziplinäre Kunst, Institut für Bildende und Mediale Kunst ve Arnhem’deki DAI (Dutch Art Institute) yer almaktadır. Öğüt aynı zamanda Visible Award for the Silent University (2013), Future Generation Art Prize, Pinchuk Art Centre, Ukrayna (2012) Özel Ödülü, De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2011, Hollanda ve Almanya Çağdaş Sanat Müzesi tarafından verilen Kunstpreis Europas Zukunft (2010) ödüllerine layık görüldü. Türkiye’yi 53. Venedik Bienali’nde (2009) temsil eden sanatçılardan biriydi.
Ahmet Öğüt konuk sanatçı olarak Ekim 2023 ile Ocak 2024 tarihleri arasında Tarabya Kültür Akademisi’nde bulunacak.

Ahmet Öğüt
Ahmet Öğüt wurde 1981 in Diyarbakır geboren und ist Künstler, soziokultureller Initiator und Dozent. In seinen Arbeiten nutzt er eine Vielzahl von Medien, darunter Fotografie, Video und Installation. Seine Kommentare zu dringenden sozialen und politischen Themen verarbeitet Öğüt in seinen künstlerischen Arbeiten mit Hilfe von humoristischen Mitteln und kleinen Gesten. Ahmet Öğüt arbeitet regelmäßig mit Menschen außerhalb der Kunstwelt zusammen, um Veränderungen in Gewohnheiten und Wahrnehmungen zu bewirken. Kürzlich präsentierte er Einzelausstellungen im MoCA Skopje – Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, im Kunstverein Dresden, in der Kunsthal Charlottenborg, in der Chisenhale Gallery und im Van Abbemuseum. Des Weiteren hat Öğüt an folgenden Ausstellungen teilgenommen: Dhaka Art Summit (2023); 17th Istanbul Biennial (2022); FRONT International – Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art (2022); Asia Society Triennial: We Do Not Dream Alone (2021); In the Presence of Absence, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2020); Zero Gravity at Nam SeMA, Seoul Museum of Art (2019); Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale (2018); the British Art Show 8 (2015-2017); the 13th Biennale de Lyon (2015); Performa 13, Fifth Biennial of Visual Art Performance, New York (2013); 7th Liverpool Biennial (2012); 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011); New Museum Triennial, New York (2009) und die 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art (2008). Öğüt war als Mentor, Tutor, Berater, Gast- und Forschungsdozent an mehreren Schulen tätig, dazu gehören das Institut für Kunst im Kontext an der Universität der Künste in Berlin, die Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, das Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, die Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, TransArts – Transdisziplinäre Kunst, Institut für Bildende und Mediale Kunst an der Universität für angewandte Kunst in Wien und das Dutch Art Institute (DAI) in Arnheim. Ahmet Öğüt erhielt den Visible Award for the Silent University (2013), den Sonderpreis des Future Generation Art Prize des Pinchuk Art Centre in der Ukraine (2012), den De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2011 in den Niederlanden, und den Kunstpreis Europas Zukunft des Museums für Gegenwartskunst in Deutschland (2010). Außerdem vertrat er die Türkei auf der 53. Biennale von Venedig (2009).
Ahmet Öğüt ist von Oktober 2023 bis Januar 2024 Stipendiat der Kulturakademie Tarabya.