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ALI CABBAR works at his Brussels studio Vlaamsepoort, and keeps a place in Istanbul's Dolapdere neighborhood. His work draws inspiration from personal experiences, and explores identity and political issues using symbols. He employs a variety of media such as drawing, painting, photography and 3-D installations, and likes to combine digital and traditional techniques in innovative ways.

Selected exhibitions

ART HISTORY IS A SINGLE FAKE (Group)

Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin, Jan.-April 2023

Curated by Başak Şenova

MEMENTO MORİ (Group)
Maçka Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

March-April, 2022

TICKER TAPE (Group)

Art project

BOTANICC Antwerp & NICC vitrine Brussels

February 21 - March 22, 2021

I SHOT THE LAST RHINO

Urban Space Installation

Yankose Project, Istanbul, Turkey

July 2020  - Jan. 2021

​MONSTER {ge.net.i.cal.ly.mod.i.fied}

adas.ist, Istanbul, Turkey

Sept. 8 - Nov. 10, 2019

SHORES (Artist books) / 2019 (Group)

Open Club Gallery

Moscow, Russia

Aug. 29 - Sept. 9, 2019

Curators: Mikhail Pogarsky, Ipek Duben

 

ELDORADO: A Wor{l}d Game / 2019 (solo)

Fine Arts Museum (Galerija umjetnina) Split, Croatia

April 10 - May 29, 2019

Curated by Başak Şenova and Branko Franceschi 

CLIMBING THROUGH THE TIDE  / 2019 (group)

B7L9 (Kamel Lazaar Foundation), Tunis, Tunisia

March 15 - June 6, 2019

Curated by Başak Şenova

FIRST ROUND / 2018
(Çarmıklı Collection)

Galata Greek School, Istanbul

March 6 - May 12, 2018

HELIX / 2017 (Yapı Kredi Collection)

Yapi Kredi Cultural Center, Istanbul

Sept. 13, 2017 - Jan. 20, 2018

Curated by Necmi Sonmez

 

IN SHADOW / 2017 (group)

CAM Gallery, Istanbul

Sept. 9 - Oct. 21 2017

UGLY / 2016 (solo)
DEPO, Istanbul, Turkey

Oct. 22 - Nov 27, 2016

PLACEBO EFFECT / 2015 (solo)
Operation Room Gallery, Istanbul

April 25 - May 10, 2016

O PIPPA WHERE ART THOU? / 2013 (solo)
Yapi Kredi CC, Istanbul

March 25 - April 14, 2013

RED PASSAGE / 2012 (solo)
Yapi Kredi CC, Istanbul

March 10 - April 15, 2012

Curated by Başak Şenova

ANIMACALL / 2011 (group)
Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

March 30 - June 5, 2011

Curated by Syrago Tsiara

DISQUIET SHADOW / 2010 (solo)
Yapi Kredi Kazim Taskent Art Gallery, Istanbul

April 7 - May 2, 2010

Curated by Başak Şenova

MEMENTO MORI / 2008 (group)
The F.U.E.L. Collection, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

April 1 - 21, 2008

Curated by Katerina Lydon-Warner

OPEN ARTIST STUDIOS / 2007 (group)
Beral Madra Suma Contemporary, Istanbul

Nov. 26 - Jan. 12, 2007

13th International Festival of Computer Arts / 2007 (group)

Maribor, Slovenia

May 10 - 13, 2007

Curated by Dunja Kukovec

STRAWBERRY FIELDS [ge.net.i.cal.ly mod.i.fied] / 2007 (solo outdoor installation)

Montagne de la cour/Hofberg, Brussels, Belgium

March 1 - 31, 2007

ESCAPE / 2006 (solo)
Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium

Nov. 23 - Dec. 24, 2006

EGO BUSTERS / 2006 (group)
CAM Gallery, Istanbul

Nov. 2 - Dec. 5, 2006

MANIFESTATION / 2006 (group)
Atticsalt Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Nov. 3 - Dec. 5, 2006

REJECTION EPISODES / 2006 (group)
Vooruit, Gent, Belgium

Dec. 7 - 25, 2006

Curated by Basak Senova

FACES AND SIGNS / 2006 (group)
5th International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, Rep. of Macedonia,

Nov. 2006

EXILIC EXISTENCE / 2005 (solo)
AKM Gallery, Istanbul, (Positioned in the 9th International Istanbul Biennial)

Sept. 23 - Oct. 7, 2005 

4eme Biennale International de Gravure / 2003 (group)
Musee D'Art Modern et D'Art Contemporain, Liege, Belgium

March 14 - May11, 2003

4th Biennal - International Miniature Print Competition / 2003 (group)

Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA

April 2003

4th International Triennial of Graphic Art / 2003 (group)

Bitola, Republic of Macedonia

Nov. 2003

Axion Art / 2002 (group)
Dexia Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

June 2002

1994 (group)
Long Gallery, Wollongong, Australia, August

St Kilda Festival Exhibition / 1991 (group)

Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Australia,

Feb. 1991

1990 (group)
Footscray Community Art Center, Melbourne, Australia

Sept. 1990

A MAN, A WOMAN, A CITY / 1989 (solo)
Piccolo Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Sept. 1989 (in the program of Spoleto Art Festival)

IF I WERE A FISH... / 1987 (solo)
Taksim Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul

Nov. 1987

A Meaningless Loop

A Meaningless Loop is a 5 minute long animated drawing video prepared for the Disquiet Shadow exhibition.

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"Embroidered Democracy," 2016, at the First Round exhibition, which showcases works from Banu-Hakan Çarmıklı collection

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