CIRRICULUM VITAE

BASAK SENOVA (MURATOGLU)
1970, Istanbul
basaksenova@yahoo.co.uk
+90 536 930 1321

EDUCATION

2002 The Curatorial Training Programme 2002, Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam.

1999 Ph.D in Art, Design and Architecture, "Dimensions of Televisual Ontology: The Alchemy of Time in Television". Institute of Economics and Social Sciences and Institute of Fine Arts of Bilkent University.

1995 MFA in Graphic Design, "A Vanguard of Postmodern Condition: Verbal and Visual Rhetoric in Contemporary Advertising" Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Department of Graphic Design of Bilkent University.

1992 Certificate of Education (Pedagogical Formation) Faculty of Education, Education Sciences Department of Hacettepe University.

1992 Diploma of English Philology, Faculty of Letters, Division of Western Languages and Literatures, Department of English Language and Literature of Hacettepe University.

SCHOLARSHIPS and GRANTS

2010 International curators program in Scotland presented by Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art, Glasgow.

2007-2008 Research grant presented by Scientific Research Committee, Kadir Has University.

2008 Short-term curatorial residency in the UK- "CN Residency", Plymouth University, i-DAT (Institute of Digital Art and Technology) and Plymouth Arts Centre.

2006 Curatorial residency in Egypt- "Open Studio, Curatorial Visiting Programme", Townhouse, Cairo.

2006 Curatorial residency (part 2) in Macedonia- "Visiting Curatorial Initiative" Pro Helvetia Skopje, Swiss Cultural Program.

2005 International visitor program by Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam.

2005 International visitor program by OCA (The Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo.

2005 Short-term research residency and grant in Austria “Forum Stadtpark”, Graz, Felix Meritis Gulliver's Connect Program 2005, financially supported by the Social Transformation Programme (MATRA) of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2005 Curatorial residency (part 1) in Macedonia- "Visiting Curatorial Initiative" Pro Helvetia Skopje, Swiss Cultural Program.

2002 Scholarship in the Netherlands, for The Amsterdam Maastricht Summer University, presented by Dutch Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

2002 Grant in the Netherlands, for the Curatorial Programme of Foundation De Appel, Amsterdam, presented by Dutch Ministry of Education, Science and International Istanbul Biennial, Culture and Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts.

1999 Short-term research residency and grant in the United Kingdom presented by Istanbul British Council.

1998 Scholarship for Honour Degrees (Full support-Financial Aid for MFA and Ph.D Programmes). Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Department of Graphic Design of Bilkent University.

EXPERIENCE

2011-present Curatorial Consultant, Zorlu Center Collection, Istanbul.                 

2006-2010 Assist. Prof. Dr., Faculty of Communication, Department of Communication Design, Kadir Has University, Istanbul.

2002-present Director, NOMAD.

2003-2005 Vice Chair and Lecturer, Fine Arts Faculty, Dept. of Art Management, Yeditepe Uni., Istanbul.

2003 Visiting Lecturer, Fine Arts Faculty, Institute of Social Science, Istanbul Technical Uni., Istanbul.

1999 – 2002 Creative Director, Investhink Limited, London, New York, Istanbul.

1998 Lecturer, Fine Arts Faculty, Department of Graphic Design of Istanbul Beykent University, Istanbul.

1997 Art Director, Dream Design Factory Co., Istanbul.

1994-1997 Research Assistant, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Dept. of Graphic Design of Bilkent University, Ankara.

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

EXHIBITIONS

2013 forthcoming "2nd Biennial of Contemporary Art, D-0 ARK Underground, Bosnia and Herzegovina", Titovu Titova Atomska Ratna Komanda (Tito's Atomic War Command), Konjic.

2012 forthcoming "Move" Adel Abidin. Runa Islam. Rosa Barba, Arter, Istanbul.

2012 "Aftermath (Hesaplasma)" Akbank Art Center, Istanbul.

2012 "Red Passage" Ali Cabbar. Yapi ve Kredi Art Center, Istanbul.

2012 "Siyah (White)" CDA Projects, Istanbul.

2011  “Soft Borders” Upgrade International Exhibition (co-curated with Elena Veljanovska) UNESP, Sao Paulo.

2011  “UNCOVERED. Nicosia International Airport” Exhibition (co-curated with Pavlina Paraskevaidou) Nicosia, Cyprus.

2011 “Ping Pong” Adel Abidin. Gallery Zilberman, Istanbul.

2011 "The 30th International Contemporary Artists Istanbul Exhibition" (co-curated with Fulya Erdemci and Arzu Yayıntas) Akbank Art Center, Istanbul.

2011 “Extracted Objects” Ipek Duben. CDA Projects, Istanbul.

2010 “Postcapital Archive. 1989-2001” Daniel Garcia Andujar. Opal Contemporary Art Space, Istanbul.

2010 “Eclipsed Voices”, Open Space Zentrum fuer Kunstprojekte, Vienna.

2010 “Disquiet Shadow” Ali Cabbar. Yapı ve Kredi Kâzım Taşkent Art Galleri, Istanbul.

2009 “Lapses”. Pavilion of Turkey at the 53rd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial, (“Exploded City" by Ahmet Ögüt, and "CATALOG 2009" by Banu Cennetoglu), Venice.

2008 “Unrecorded”. Akbank Art & Culture Center, Istanbul.

2007 “Light, Illumination, Electricity Exhibition / Open Studio”. A collaborative project with The Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, santralistanbul, ZINC – ECM de la Friche Belle de Mai, NOMAD and SCCA. Energy Museum & Residency Studios, santralistanbul , Istanbul.

2006 “under.ctrl”. Forum Stadtpark, Graz.

2006 “Rejection Episodes”. Arts Centre Vooruit and De Centrale , Ghent.

2005 “Tele-city”. Siemens-Sanat, Istanbul.

2004 “Future Projections: Arwashat and Child Testimony” Sabreen Studio. The Apartment Project, Istanbul.

2004 “The 23rd International Contemporary Artists Diyarbakir Exhibition” DSM, Diyarbakir.

2004 “The 23rd International Contemporary Artists Istanbul Exhibition” Akbank, Istanbul.

2004 “Notes From Quarantine”, ZKM | Karlsruhe “Call Me Istanbul“ exhibition, Karlsruhe.

2004 “Walking Istanbul, Notes from the Quarantine” The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon.

2003 “Glassights”, The Apartment Project, Istanbul.

2003 “Contemporary Plastic, ROR (Revolutions on Request)”, Marres, Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Maastricht.

2003 “Istanbul, Daydreaming in Quarantine”, Balkan Konsulat, Contemporary art from South-Eastern Europe - Belgrad, Prag, Budapest, Sarajevo, and St. Petersburg. <rotor> Gallery, Graz.

2002 “Haunted by Detail” (with De Appel CTP 02), Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam.

2002 “Married by Powers, Guided by Voices by Bik Van der Pol” (De Appel CTP 02). Frac Nord – Pas De Calais, CBK, TENT, Artoteek Rijnmond, TENT Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam.

2002 “Short-cut” (De Appel CTP 2002), Stichting Kunst en Openbare Ruimte (SKOR) Inkijk, Amsterdam.

1999 “Ground: Space_Surface_Layer”, Gallery Bir Dukkan, Istanbul.

1997 “Intersection”, SAN-ART, International Symposium and Art Events, METU Culture Congress Centre, Ankara.

1996 "Unmasking the Mask", Çukurova University and The Union of Chambers of Architects and Engineers, Adana.

PROJECTS

2010 - 2013 “Nicosia International Airport “ (in the United Nations Protected Area) International part of the "Art-Intervention Program" (co-curate with Pavlina Paraskevaidou) developed by Argyro Toumazou and Özgül Ezgin in the context of peace talks, under the auspices of the United Nations Good Offices, Cyprus.

2010  Three Days Event: Subject To Change Without Notice with Will Foster and Guyan Porter, with the contribution of Banu Cennetoğlu.Akbank Art Center, Istanbul.

2007 “ctrl-alt-del” sound-art project . Parallel event to the 10th Int. Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul.

2006 The Istanbul phase of HTMlles EXPORT 2 [06], 7th edition of the HTMlles Festival: Peripheries + Proximities, Montreal. NOMAD, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center and the Apartment Project, Istanbul.

2005 “ctrl-alt-del” sound-art project. “positionings” section of the 9th Int. Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul.

2005 “
Talking Game”, streaming project. Netart Community Congress 2005, Graz.

2005 “Sonic notes from Istanbul” for Radiodays, live events broadcasted from Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam.

2005 “NOMAD-TV.network” 30 workshops, presentations, and talks, and archive. Siemens-Sanat, Istanbul.

2004 “loosing.ctrl” performances, talk and screenings, Babylon, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Apartment Project, NOMAD Station 2, Istanbul.

2004 “A talk, a performance by Anabala film & video selection by NOMAD”. Trans_European Picnic: The Art and Media of Accession, Novi Sad, Serbia. Hosted by kuda.org, Novi Sad, V2_Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam.

2003 “ctrl-alt-del” sound-art project, Istanbul and Maastricht.

SCREENINGS

2009 “Turkey. Video Selection”. Video.it 2009. Artegiovane, Torino.

2007-2008 “Animations on Altered Visions”. Work to do! Self-organisation in precarious working conditions. Film Programme, Shedhalle, Zurich.

2007-2008 “Coffe with Sugar”, Lab.preparat, Seoul, InterSpace, Sofia, Netfilmmakers, Copenhagen, NOMAD, Istanbul.

2008 "Chain Reaction", Upgrade!International Screening Programme, Skopje.

2006 “Snapshot 1”. CeC &CaC, India International Centre, New Delhi, India.

2006 “Snapshot 1” & “Snapshot 2”, Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo.

2006 “Snapshot 1”, Kulturni Inkubator, Maribor.

2006 Conscious in Coma. A collaborative project of nine curators from Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Iran. Goethe Institut, Istanbul.

2005 “Vertigo Entrapped – Volume 2” video and photography selection ATTITUDE Festival, Bitola.

2005 “loosing.ctrl” Transmediale .05, International Media Art Festival, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.

2005 “Vertigo Entrapped”. Serial Cases Iasi, Graz, Holon, Novi Sad, Sofia, Prague, Istanbul, Zagreb.

2005 “Screening Series”. press to exit project space, Pro Helvetia, Swiss Cultural Programme Macedonia, Skopje.

2005 “Collaborative Projects”, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon.

2003 “Istanbul” film programme, Balkan Konsulat,. Mediathek der Stadt Graz, Graz.

2002 “Haunted by Detail” Film & Video Program (De Appel CTP 2002), Filmmuseum, Amsterdam.

EDITORIAL

2011 Editor of White (Siyah). CDA Projects, Istanbul.

2012 Editor of Rotary Istanbul Art Prize and Competition, Istanbul.

2011 Co-editor (with Pavlina Paraskevaidou). UNCOVERED. Nicosia International Airport, Nicosia.

2011 Editor of 11 Artist Booklets for RAMPA: Leyla Gediz, Vahap Avsar, Ayse Erkmen, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Erinç Seymen, Nilbar Güres, Güçlü Öztekin, Ahmet Oran, Cengiz Çekil, Ergin Çavusoglu, Nevin Aladag, Istanbul.

2011 Editor of Ping Pong. Adel Abidin. Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul.

2010 Editor of Extracted Objects. Ipek Duben. CDA Projects, Istanbul.

2009-2010 Editor of Lapses/*1, Lapses/*3 and Lapses/*4. (Book series of the 53rd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial Pavilion of Turkey). First Ed. IKSV. Istanbul.

2006 Co-editor (with Yane Calovski) Kontrol online magazine. http://nomad-tv.net/kontrol

2003 Editor for press bulletins of the 8th Int. Istanbul Biennial (curated by Dan Cameron).

2002 Editor of Art-Ist 6: Contemporary Art Magazine, Istanbul.

2001 Writing for Art-Ist 5: Contemporary Art Magazine, Istanbul.

2001 Writing for Domus, m Magazine of Architecture, Design, Art and Communication, Istanbul.

1999 Editor for press bulletins of the 6th Int. Istanbul Biennial (curated by Paolo Colombo).

1995 The Chief Editor, 4th Int. Istanbul Biennial Bulletins (curated by Rene Block).

INITIATIONS

2005 Upgrade!Istanbul, Istanbul node of the international network Upgrade! on art, technology & culture. http://nomad-tv.net/upgradeistanbul

2002 Founded “NOMAD” non-profit organization for experimental approaches in digital art. http://nomad-tv.net

PUBLICATIONS

On contemporary art, design, technology and media since 1995. Please go to publications page.

RESEARCH-BASED ACTIVITIES

2005-2011 Curatorial Researches: Romanian Cultural Institution, Bucharest; Dar Al-Ma'mûn, Marrakesh; Plymouth University, i-DAT and Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth, press to exit project space, Pro Helvetia Skopje, Swiss Cultural Programme Macedonia, Skopje; Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam; OCA, Oslo; Forum Stadtpark, Graz.

2005 Workshop: “Media Strategies for Social Change” MCTC, MASHAV, Haifa.

2003 “The Value of Culture” The Amsterdam Maastricht Summer University, Amsterdam.

1997- 1999 Researches: on media studies: "Televised Popular Agenda: A Cross-Cultural Research on Television", London, research and on "Popular Culture", British Council, Istanbul.

SELECTED SEMINARS, TALKS, and PANELS

2011 Panel and Book Launch "UNCOVERED Book 1" Depo, Istanbul.

2011 Presented "UNCOVERED project" Salt, Istanbul.

2012 Presented "UNCOVERED project and the Archive" Umam, Hangar, Beirut.

2011 Panel: "On Zorlu Center Collection", The Making of an Art Collection with Hans Irrek, Can Elgiz, Walter Seidl, moderated by Karoly Aliotti at CI DIALOGUES, Istanbul.

2011 Presentation and Book Launch "UNCOVERED Book 1" Home for Cooperation, Cyprusl

2011 Four Days Seminar Series: "Upon Biennials and Large Scale Contemporary Art Activities". Contemporary Art Studio, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul

2011 Presented "The curatorial work of the UNCOVERED project" 4th Annual March Meeting under the 10th edition of the Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah.

2010 Three Days Seminar Series “Designing Exhibition Processes”, EMAA, Northern Cyprus, Nicosia.

2010 Presented Paper: “Surviving through “mobility” and “connectivity”. Tracing Mobility: Cartography and Migration in Networked Space Symposium, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham.

2010 Lecture “Digital Culture in Turkey” for the Hybrid Media Lab, based at the Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto.

2009 Lecture and Workshop. 14th Edition of BJCEM, Skopje 2009: The Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean, European University, Skopje.

2009 A conversation with Ned Rossiter on ‘Organised Networks’. Durational Practice and Organised Networks. “Out of Blue”, International Symposium initiated and organized by The Blue House, Ijburg.

2009 Seminar: “Case of NOMAD”. Artist-Run Spaces: An Alternative Model of Practice and Exhibition in North Africa and the Middle East Today, Tate Modern, London.

2008 Lecture at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam.

2007 Presented paper: “Inter_Connections” Seminar with Ute Meta Bauer and Paul O’Neill. Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth.

2007 Presented paper: “Detecting Digital Culture in Turkey”. CWS Conference, Lab.preparat, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul.

2006 Seminar: “Sound-art in Turkey and the ctrl_alt_del Project”. The Upgrade! International: DIY Oklahoma City Symposium Untitled [ArtSpace], Oklahoma City.

2006 Seminar: “The Issues of Control, Processed by Digital Art” MSE (Middle and Southern Eastern Europe) Meeting National Gallery, Pristine.

2006 Conducted “Visiting Curatorial Initiative: cross-meeting 1”. Swiss Cultural Program South East Europe and Ukraine. press to exit project space, Skopje.

2006 Conducted “Container Project - Istanbul meeting ” partners: kuda.org (Novi-Sad,), InterSpace (Sofia), NOMAD (Istanbul), Townhouse (Cairo) and <rotor> Gallery (Graz). Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul.

2006 Panelist at “INTERLACE 1” with Philip Sherburne (moderation), Marcos Boffa, Matjaz Mancek, Alain Mongeau, and Jan Rohlf. C Transmediale, Berlin.

2005 Conducted a workshop on Curatorial Practices with young Macedonian curators in the framework of the Visiting Curatorial Initiative, ”, Swiss Cultural Program South East Europe and Ukraine. press to exit project space, Skopje.

2005 Guest Lecturer “A series of Lectures” for Curatorial Studies Programme conducted by Suzanne Van de Ven, Dept. of Art and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam.

2004 Moderator at Panel Discussion: "Performing an International Arts Program" Matei Bejenaru, Eyal Danon, David Kulhanek, Edi Muka, and Branka Curcic Middle and South-Eastern Europe meeting,
< rotor >, Palais Attems, Graz.

2004 Presented paper: "Extracts from a Polyphonic Urbanscape: A Case of Istanbul through Cultural Productions" for Conference: Cities of Collision organized by International Peace and Cooperation Centre IPCC, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, University of Arts Berlin, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jerusalem.

2004 “ Debate "Go for Soft Institution!" with Christiane Mennicke, Basak Senova, and Arno van Roosmalen, Moderator: Valentijn Byvanck.TRACER project of TENT. / Witte de With, Rotterdam.

2004 “The structure and operation of NOMAD” Regional New-Media Meeting, Goethe Institute, Belgrade.

2004 Took part in “Balkan Reunion / Pub(lic) Conference ”A follow up project for "In den Schluchten des Balkan" (Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, 2003), Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia, Sofia.

2003 Presented paper: “Reversing A Capitalist Drift through Practices of the Contemporary Art Audience” Definitely Speaking Seminar Part 3: The Feminine City, Public Art in a Gender Perspective, by Swedish Institute, Platform, Istanbul.

2002 Presented paper: “Cinematographic Spaces constructed by Nomadic Technologies” with Emre Erkal An Interdisciplinary Meeting, Cinema and Design: Design in Wonderland. Architecture Fac. ITU, Istanbul.

2003 Panelist “Draining the Poison” panel for ISTANBUL project- Balkan Konsulat - <rotor> Celery, Graz

2002 Presented paper: “Pull and Push Performances: The notion of interaction in performances or performative actions”. which which way way. Marres Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Maastricht.

1999 Presented paper: "Screen_Time_Anti-Hero: Alice in Screen Interval", Seyyar Seminerler 1, Panel No: 3 "The Visual Phases of Technology", Foundation of Social Studies, Istanbul.

1996 Presented paper: “The Ethnic Shadows Reflecting Over The City Texture”, Cukurova Uni., Fac. of Engineering and Architecture / The Union of Chambers of Architects and Engineers of Turkey, Adana.

COURSES GIVEN (last 5 years, Kadir Has University)

GRADUATE

Visual Studies (MA in Communication Sciences, Graduate Inst. of Social Sciences and Humanities)
Spatial Issues (MA in Communication Sciences, Graduate Inst. of Social Sciences and Humanities)
Sound and Image (MA in Film and Drama, Graduate Inst. of Social Sciences and Humanities)
New Media & Popular Culture (MA in New Media, Graduate Inst. of Social Sciences and Humanities)

UNDERGRADUATE

Visual Culture (Communication Design Department)
Contemporary Art and Design I (Communication Design Department)
Contemporary Art and Design II (Communication Design Department)
Arts and Cultural Management (Faculty of Communication)
Multimedia Project (Communication Design Department)
Digital Culture (Communication Design Department)
Concept Design and Research Process (Communication Design Department)
Graduation Project (Communication Design Department)

OTHER ACADEMIC COMMITMENTS (last 5 years, Kadir Has University)

2009-2010 Member, Executive Committee, Faculty of Communication

2008-2010 Member, Committee of Activities and Events, Faculty of Communication

2008-2010 Member, Executive Board of Istanbul Studies Center

JURIES

ACADEMIC

2008-2010 Member, Thesis Jury, PhD in Art and Design: Orton Akıncı, Institute of Social Sciences Art and Design Programme, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul.

2008-2010 Member, Thesis Jury, PhD in Interactive Media Design: Hüseyin Kuşçu, Institute of Social Sciences Art and Design Programme, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul.

2006-2010 Member, Thesis Jury, in Art History: Pelin Tan, Institute of Social Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul.

2008-2010 Member, Thesis Jury, MA in Communication Sciences: Kaya Tabanlı, Zeynep Altundağ, and Emir Somer, Graduate Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, Kadir Has University, Istanbul.

ART

2011  "Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group (ACM) SIGGRAPH Exhibition Jury" with Cezanne Charles, Lauren Cornell, Mona Kasra, Daniel Sauter, Osman Khan. MIT, Boston.

2011  "UNLIMITED Award for Contemporary Bulgarian Art", with Katia Anguelova and Andrea Wiarda. Art Project Depot, Sofia.

2011  “The30th International Contemporary Artists Competition” with Fulya Erdemci (TR) and Arzu Yayintaş (TR) by Painting and Sculpture Museums Association, Istanbul, Turkey. (RHMD).

2011  "Young / Fresh / Different Competition for Artists and Curators "with Yane Calovski (MK) and Stephane Ackermann (FR) by CDA Projects, Istanbul, Turkey.  

2010 “Henkel Art.Award, Central Eastern Europe” (Vienna) with Karola Kraus (AT), Juraj Carny (SK), Dorota Monkiewicz (PL), and Maria Vassileva (BR) by KulturKontakt, Austria.

2010 “Henkel Art.Award, Istanbul” with Gülsün Karamustafa (TR), Esra Sarıgedik (TR), and Zuhal Ulusoy (TR) by Henkel, Turkey.

2009-present “Rotary Istanbul Art Prize” with Ayşegül Sönmez (TR), Can Elgiz (TR), Birol Özalp (TR), Kaya Özsezgin (TR), and Haşim Nur Gürel (TR).

2010 “art.homes: an exchange program of Munich-Istanbul artists” with Ayşegül Sönmez (TR),
Marcus Graf (DE), Anna Heidenhain (DE), Bertrand Ivanoff (DE), Beste Gürsu (TR), and Canan Beykal (TR) by art.homes.

2003 “The 23rd International Contemporary Artists Competition” with Eyal Danon (IL) and Anton Lederer (AT) by Painting and Sculpture Museums Association, Istanbul, Turkey. (RHMD).

AWARDS

2009 Academic Excellence Award, presented by Kadir Has University, Istanbul.

1999 First Prize in the category of Experimental Film of 11th. International Ankara Film Festival, Ankara.

1999 Special Award of Kodak for Short-Film of the Year, Istanbul.

1999 First Prize in the category of Experimental Film of IFSAK 20th. National Short-Film Competition, Istanbul.

1997-1998 Prize of Success Turkish Advertising Society, 10th. "Crystal Apple Prize", Istanbul.