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Dorian Sari
Born 1989, Izmir, Turkey
Lives and Works in Basel, Switzerland
Solo & Duo Shows
2024 I exaggerated because I wanted to be understood, Gallery Öktem Aykut, Liste Art Fair Basel, Switzerland
2024 Art Düsseldorf with Gallery Anton Janizewski Düsseldorf, Germany
2023 Hide & Seek, Gallery Anton Janizewski Berlin, Germany
2023 Doppio, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen Schaffhausen, Switzerland
2023 jardin et jalousie, Gallery Wilde Geneva, Switzerland
2021 Just because. In the blink of an eye. Bombon Projects Barcelone, Spain
2021 Ding-dong, the itch is back!, Gallery Öktem&Aykut, FIAC-Paris Paris, France
2021 Ding-dong, the itch is back!, Gallery Öktem&Aykut, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Post-truth, Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart, Manor Art Prize Basel, Switzerland
2020 La Parade de l'aveuglement, Centre Culturel Suisse Paris Paris, France
2019 A Permanent Fugue, Gallery Wilde, Basel, Switzerland
2018 Der Narr, Kunst(zeug)haus Rapperswil, Rapperswil, Switzerland
2017 Voices, Gallery Wilde, Geneva, Switzerland
2017 Meeting With The Tank Family, Der Tank - Institut Kunst, Basel, Switzerland
2015 Solo, Le Cabinet, Geneva, Switzerland
Group Shows
2024 Des Seins A Desseins, Fondation Francine Delacrétaz, Lausanne, Switzerland
2024 Beyond The Bounds, Arkas Art Center, Izmir, Turkey
2024 What Are We Doing?, SALTS Basel, Switzerland
2024 Look!, Gallery Anton Janizewski Berlin, Germany
2024 Spielact Festival Geneva, Switzerland
2023 After Laughter Comes Tears, Musée d’Art Modern du Grand Duc Jean de Luxembourg Luxembourg
2023 Teasers II, by Collectif La Detente, FMAC - Fonds Municipal d'Art Contemporain Geneva, Switzerland
2022 Ascendance, Fondation Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Arles, France
2022 Contemporary Istanbul, Gallery Öktem Aykut Istanbul, Turkey
2022 Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basel Basel, Switzerland
2022 How does the body take shape under pressure?, Queer Museum Vienna, Austria
2022 Swiss Emerging Artist Prize, Kunsthalle Geneva, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève Geneva, Switzerland
2022 Video City, Eye/View Basel, Switzerland
2021 Spring Collective, Gallery Wilde Basel, Switzerland
2021 Do you hear us? , Istituto Svizzero Roma Rome, Italy
2021 Zirkuliere!, Helmhaus Zürich Zürich, Switzerland
2021 A Finger for an Eye, Pose, Protocinema Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Concerned, Red Cross Museum Geneva, Switzerland
2020 A-PART, Kunsthalle Basel Basel, Switzerland
2020 Subject Sitting in Darkened Room, Gallery Barbara Seiler Zürich, Switzerland
2020 Rewriting Our Imaginations, Liste Art Fair Basel, Switzerland
2020 Supper Club, Gallery Wilde Basel, Switzerland
2020 Where the Story unfolds, Akademie der Künste Berlin Berlin, Germany
2019 Obsessive & Passive, DAMA Torino, Italy
2019 Zeit/Ge/Schichten», Kunsthaus Baselland Basel, Switzerland
2019 Swiss Art Awards Basel, Switzerland
2019 Body Splits, Salts Basel, Switzerland
2019 Miart Milano Art Fair, Gallery Wilde Milano, Italy
2019 Toiles et Toiles, Le Manoir Martigny, Switzerland
2019 Art Genève, Art Fair with Gallery Wilde Geneva, Switzerland
2018 A Tooth for an Eye, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2018 Regionale 19, Kunsthaus Basel Land, Basel, Switzerland
2018 Kiefer Hablitzel Kunstpreis, Kunstraum Glarus Glarus, Switzerland
2018 Kurs, Klingental Raum 103, Basel, Switzerland
2018 Atlas of Heavens, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
2018 Exhibition of Swiss Art Awards - Kiefer Hablitzel Basel, Switzerland
2018 Orizzonti Creativi, San Michele degli Scalzi Exhibition Center, Pisa, Toscana, Italy
2018 Alpine Dream, Art Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
2017 Aqua, SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brasil
2017 The X Project, Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland
2017 It is a lover who speaks and says, BAR project + Homesession, Barcelona, Spain
2017 In My Garden, FABRIKculture Hegenheim, France
2016 Fermez les portes en sortant, LIVE IN YOUR HEAD, Geneva, Switzerland
2016 Photo, Fondation Act On Your Future, Geneva, Switzerland
2016 Art For The World, Conference with Adelina von Fürstenberg, Cinemateca Nazionale, Rome, Italy
2016 Malakoff Mon Amour, Maison des arts de Malakoff, Paris, France
2016 Nouvelles Vagues, Villa Bernasconi, Geneva, Switzerland 2015 Muesum, International Red Cross Museum, Geneva, Switzerland 2015 La Ballade du Crime, Saint Martin Lausanne, Switzerland
2015 Army of Me, Festival Act at Villa Bernasconi, Geneva, Switzerland
Art Residencies
2019 Akademie der Künste Berlin Berlin, Germany
2017 The BAR Project, Barcelona, Spain
2017 La Fondazione Lac O Lemon, Lecce, Italy
Art Prices & Scholarships
2024 Creative Climate Leadership Program by Julie's Bicycle Switzerland
2022 Néstle Art Prize Vevey, Switzerland
2021 Manor Kunstpreis Basel, Switzerland
2020 Swiss Performance Art Awards (Cancelled due to Pandemic) Switzerland
2019 Kunstkredit Basel Basel, Switzerland
2019 Swiss Art Awards Switzerland
2018 Basel Kunstverein Prize Basel, Switzerland
2018 Kiefer Hablitzel Art Price - Swiss Art Awards Switzerland
2016 Finalist of International Red Cross Museum Art Price, Geneva, Switzerland
2016 Finalist of Foundation Act On Your Future Art Price, Geneva, Switzerland
2014-2016 Merite scholarship by Fondation Hans Wilsdorf - Rolex, Geneva, Switzerland
Education
2016-2018 Institut Kunst Basel - MA Visual Arts, Basel, Switzerland 2013-2016 HEAD Geneva - BA Visual Arts-Sculpture Department, Geneva, Switzerland 2013- Dvir Gallery, internship, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011-2012 Mediterranea Arte Gallery, internship, Naples, Italy
2011-2012 International exchange program, Political science, and languages at University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
2007-2011 Paris Sorbonne University (Paris IV) Political Science and Languages (italian & swedish) BA, Paris, France
2007-2011 Paris Sorbonne University (Paris IV) Greek Literature BA, Paris, France
Dorian Özhan Sari
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