Ergin Çavuşoğlu Biography

Ergin Çavuşoğlu (born in Targoviste, Bulgaria, 1968) studied at The National School of Fine Arts “Iliya Petrov”, Sofia in the early 1980s. He consequently received a BA in painting from the University of Marmara, İstanbul, MA from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a PhD from University in Portsmouth. He took part in  the Turkish Pavillion at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003. He was shortlisted for the Beck’s Futures Prize in 2004, and most recently in 2010 for Artes Mundi 4 – the UK’s Biggest Contemporary Arts Prize. Recent solo exhibitions include Alterity, Rampa, İstanbul (2011), Crystal & Flame, PEER, London (2010), Ergin Çavuşoğlu, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen (2009-10), Haunch of Venison, London (2004 and 2009), Place After Place, Kunstverein Freiburg (2008), Quintet Without Borders, ShContemporary, Shanghai (2008), Haunch of Venison, Zurich (2007), Point of Departure, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton and NGCA Sunderland (2006), and Entanglement, DCA, Dundee (2004). Group exhibitions include Paradise Lost, İstanbul Modern, İstanbul (2011), Manifesta 8, Murcia (2010), Fast Forward 2 The Power of Motion, Media Art Sammlung Goetz, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe (2010), HomeLessHome, Museum on the Seam, Socio-Political Contemporary Art Museum, Jerusalem (2010), The First Mediterranean Biennial of Contemporary Art, Haifa (2010), There is no Road, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón (2009), All Inclusive – A Tourist World, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2008), Between Borders, MARCO Vigo (2007), British Art Show 6 (2005), the 3rd Berlin Biennial (2004), the 50th Venice Biennial (2003) and the 8th İstanbul Biennial (2003).