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