Solo Exhibitions
2024 - "SCULPTING IN TIME"
Curator: Gülten Yalmanbaş
Gala Gallery
G/G artconnectıon
Istanbul, Turkey
2014 - "KATABASIS"
Writer: Prof. Vinay Dharwadker
ARTNEXT ISTANBUL
Contemporary Art Space
Istanbul, Turkey
2012 - "STONE/BLACK/COLOR"
Gumusluk Academy Galleries
Bodrum, Turkey
2011 - "DUR JI WELAT"
Overture Center for the Arts
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2010 - "STONES/WOMEN/ASHES"
Writer: Lutfiye Bozdag
Karsi Sanat Gallery
Istanbul, Turkey
2008 - "UNTITLED"
Altan Gallery
Adana, Turkey
2006 - "NOCTURNE 2"
Galerie Christine Colas,
France, Paris
2005 - "NOCTURNE 1"
Istanbul Chamber of Industry Odakule
Istanbul, Turkey
2003 - "BODIES IN SPACE 4"
A Art Gallery
Istanbul, Turkey
2003 - "ANGELS IN THE STAGE"
Writer: Levet Calikoglu, (Director of Istanbul Modern Museum)
Arcola Gallery
London, UK
2002 - "FOREIGNER"
Writers: Cem Mumcu, Ozlem Hemis Ozturk
Curator: Nida Nevra Savcilioglu
Ataturk Culture Center
Istanbul, Turkey
2001 - "DRAWINGS"
Museum of Press
Istanbul, Turkey
2001 - ''BODIES IN SPACE 3''
Istanbul, Turkey
2001 - "BODIES IN SPACE 2"
Ekav Art Gallery
Istanbul, Turkey
1995 - "BODIES IN SPACE 1"
Triada Gallery
Istanbul, Turkey
1992 - "N. ERKAN SOLO SHOW"
Museum of Press
Istanbul, Turkey
Group Exhibitions
2024 - "CLEAR GAP"
Guga Contemporary
G/G artconnectıon
Istanbul, Turkey
2024 - "FIELD OF COVERAGE"
Gala Gallery
G/G artconnectıon
Istanbul, Turkey
2023 – "DEMOCRACY"
Overture Center for the Arts
Playhouse Gallery
Madison, US
2019 – "MAN SEEN FROM REMOTE"
Summart Art Center
Istanbul, Turkey
2018 – "RESPITE" (MÜHLET)
Department of Special Collections at Memorial Library
University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
2016 – "IMAGE AND THE BODY"
Summart Art Center
Istanbul, Turkey
2014 – "FIGURATIVE SUMMER EXHIBITION"
ARTNEXT ISTANBUL CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE
Istanbul, Turkey
2013 - "FREIUNDNEUNZIG"
Writers: Prof. Dr. Hayati Develi
(Head of Yunus Emre Institute)
Kaya Ozsezgin
Yunus Emre Institute
Berlin, Germany
2013 – "ARTNEXT CONTEMPORARY GROUP SHOW"
Curator: Hasan Bulent Kahraman
8th CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL
Istanbul, Turkey
2011 - "WHICH WAY IS THE DIYARBAKIR PRISON, SIR?"
Karsi Sanat Gallery
Istanbul, Turkey
2010 - "MADISON AREA OPEN ART STUDIOS"
Evolution Art Collective Gallery
Madison, Wisconsin, US
2010 - "EXHIBITION OF THE LAST 100 YEARS"
Curator and Writer: Kiymet Giray
CER MODERN
Ankara, Turkey
2010 - "XIII. LIKYA-KAS ART FESTIVAL"
Organization: Mayor of KAS
Kas, Antalya, Turkey
2009 - "MY NAME IS CASPER"
Ziraat Bank Building
Istanbul, Turkey
2009 – "ARTIST 2009"
KARSI ART GALLERY GROUP SHOW
19th Istanbul Tuyap Art Fair
Istanbul, Turkey
2008 - "TIME TO LOVE, TIME TO GO HOME"
Sefik Bursali Art Gallery
Bursa, Turkey
2008 - "UNLIMITED"
18th Istanbul Tuyap Art Fair
Tuyap Fair and Congress Center
Istanbul, Turkey
2007 - "BEING MEDITERRANEAN AND ON EXILE"
Curator: Nurettin Erkan
(Board Member of International Association of Art UNESCO)
Writers: Nurettin Erkan, Bedri Baykam, Prof. Kiymet Giray, Nedim Gursel
17th Tuyap Art Fair
Tuyap Fair and Congress Center
Istanbul, Turkey
2007 – "AS YOU FEEL"
Curator: Sahin Paksoy
EsConsept Gallery Stand
5th ANTREPO
Istanbul, Turkey
2007 – "MEDITERRANEAN"
17th Istanbul Tuyap Art Fair
Tuyap Fair and Congress Center
Istanbul, Turkey
2007 – "2nd IZMIR BIENNIAL"
Curator: Bedri Karayagmurlar
Buca School of Education "2nd International Visual Arts Meeting"
9 Eylul University, Buca School of Education
Vali Rahmi Bey Mh., 135. Sk. Uğur Mumcu Cad. No:5, 35150 Buca
İzmir, Turkey
2007 - "STATION ISTANBUL"
Caravansarai/Koridoor Program
Karsi Sanat Gallery
Istanbul, Turkey
2007 - "NEW ILLUSIONS AND REALITY"
Director: Kamola Akilova
4. Tashkent International Biennial
Uzbekistan, Tashkent
2007 - "TIME TO SEE"
Director: Sabiha Kurtulmus
Es Konsept Gallery
Istanbul, Turkey
2007 - "BORDERLINE"
Canakkale International Biennial (44. Troia Art Festival)
Canakkale, Turkey
2007 - "MY LAND MY BODY"
Korridor Program Exhibition
Arcola Gallery
London, UK
2007 – "ASMALIMESCID STREET EXHIBITION"
Organizator: Beyoglu Municipality
Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 – "CULTURE OF COSMOS INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM OF PAINTING"
Curator: Panagiotis Milt Zervas
Helenic National Committee of Unesco and Art Zervas Productions
The Municipal Art Gallery of Thessaloniki
Selanik, Greece
2007 - "CHAOS 7"
Curator: Ibrahim Ciftcioglu
Kargart Gallery
İstanbul, Turkey
2006 – "INTERNATIONAL PAINTING EXHIBITION"
Curator: Panagiotis Milt Zervas
Helenic National Committee of Unesco and Art Zervas Productions
Buildings of UNO
Bruxelles
2006 – "LETS TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION"
Curator: Panagiotis Milt Zervas
Club UNESCO for Arts and
Letters of the Department of Achaia
Patras, Greece
2006 - "V. INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF DRAWING"
WRITERS: MUDr. Petr Zimmermann
(President of the Pilsen Region)
Dana Doricova, (Commissary of the Biennial Exhibition)
Museum of West Bohemia
Gallery of West Bohemia
Jiri Trnk Gallery
Pilsen, Czech Republic
2006 - "MOLDOVA INTERNATIONAL PAINTING SYMPOSIUM"
Curator: Prof. Kiymet Giray
Summart Gallerys and Studios
Chisinau, Moldova
2005 – "1. INT. GRAMEEN MICRO-CREDIT ART BIENNIAL'S
EXHIBITION ENTITLED FIGHTING POVERTY"
With the contribution of Ministry of
Culture and Tourism of the Turkish Republic
Painting and Sculpture Museum
Ankara, Turkey
2005 - "ARTROL"
Curator: Ibrahim Ciftcioglu
Istanbul Modern Arts Gallery
İstanbul, Turkey
2005 - "CHAOS 5"
Curator: Ibrahim Ciftcioglu
Kargart Gallery
İstanbul, Turkey
2005 - "KARSI ART GALLERY GROUP SHOW"
15th Istanbul Tuyap Art Fair
Tuyap Fair and Congress Center, Beylikduzu, Cekmece
Istanbul, Turkey
2004 - "TRANSFORMATION"
Marmara University, Toptası Social Complex
Istanbul, Turkey
2004 - "KARSI ART GALLERY WORKSHOP"
14th Istanbul Tuyap Art Fair
Tuyap Fair and Congress Center, Beylikduzu, Cekmece
Istanbul, Turkey
2003 - "ART ALAN"
Kargart Gallery
İstanbul, Turkey
2003 - "PEACE FROM TRADITION TO FUTURE"
Nazim Hikmet Culture Center
Turkey
2003 - "PEACE FROM TRADITION TO FUTURE"
Kadikoy Municipality Art Gallery
Kadikoy, Istanbul
2003 - "DREAMS"
(Kadir Aktay-Nurettin Erkan)
St. Martin-in-the-Field, St. Martin Gallery
London, UK
2003 - "STATE/INNER REFLECTIONS"
Organization: International Association of Art, UNESCO
Kadir Has University
Istanbul, Turkey
2002 – "3 ARTIST"
Istanbul National Fine Arts Gallery
Director: Ayla Yılmaz
Istanbul, Turkey
2002 – "VAKIFBANK GROUP EXHIBITION"
Vakifbank Art Gallery
Kadikoy, Istanbul
1992 - "THE EXHIBITION OF MIMAR SINAN
FINE ART UNIVERSITY STUDENTS"
Museum of Press
Istanbul, Turkey
Books, Catalogs, Encyclopedias
2015 – "BORA COLLECTION"
Book is 402 pages in length.
Nurettin Erkan is mentioned on pages 114-117
Published by: Summart Art Center
Istanbul, Turkey
2014 - "KATABASIS"
Writer: Prof. Vinay Dharwadker
ARTNEXT ISTANBUL, Contemporary Art Space
Istanbul, Turkey
2013 – "ARTNEXT CONTEMPORARY GROUP SHOW"
Curator: Hasan Bulent Kahraman
8th CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL
İstanbul, Turkey
2012 – "ARTNEXT CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL"
Book is 60 pages in length.
Nurettin Erkan is mentioned on pages 44-55
Published by: Artnext Istanbul Contemporary Art Space
Istanbul, Turkey
2011 – "COLLECTION OF BANK OF ZIRAAT"
Book is 1056 pages in length, 4 Volumes.
Nurettin Erkan is mentioned on pages 532-533
Writer: Prof. Dr. Kiymet Giray
Published by: T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.S.
Ulus, Ankara
2010 - "STONES/WOMEN/ASHES"
Writer: Lutfiye Bozdag
Karsi Sanat Gallery
Istanbul, Turkey
2010 - "MADISON AREA OPEN ART STUDIOS"
Evolution Art Collective Gallery
Madison, Wisconsin, US
2010 - "EXHIBITION OF THE LAST 100 YEARS"
Curator and Writer: Kiymet Giray
CER MODERN
Ankara, Turkey
2008 - "STRANGER"
Writers: Cem Mumcu, Ozlem Hemis Ozturk
Curator: Nida Nevra Savcilioglu
Published by: Okuyanus Press
İstanbul, Turkey
2008 - "TIME TO LOVE, TIME TO GO HOME"
Curator: Denizhan Ozer
Sefik Bursali Art Gallery
Bursa, Turkey
2007 - "BEING MEDITERRANEAN AND ON EXILE"
Curator: Nurettin Erkan
(Board Member of International Association of Art, Turkey)
(ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS PLASTIQUES A.I.A.P. UNESCO)
17th Tuyap Art Fair
Istanbul, Turkey
2006 - "FAMOUS 121 CONTEMPORARY ARTIST"
Writer: Dana Altman
Published by: Book Edition Publisher Masters Of Today (MOT)
Book is 272 pages in length.
Nurettin Erkan is mentioned on pages 116-117
London, UK
2006 - "V. INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF DRAWING"
WRITERS: MUDr. Petr Zimmermann
(President of the Pilsen Region)
Dana Doricova, (Commissary of the Biennial Exhibition)
Museum of West Bohemia Press
Czech Republic
2006 - "MOLDOVA INTERNATIONAL PAINTING SYMPOSIUM"
Curator: Prof. Kiymet Giray
Summart Gallerys and Studios
Chisinau, Moldova
2005 - "CHAOS 5"
Curator: Ibrahim Ciftcioglu
Kargart Gallery Press
İstanbul, Turkey
2003 - "ANGELS IN THE STAGE"
Writer: Levet Calikoglu (Director of Istanbul Modern Museum)
Arcola Gallery
London, UK
2002 - "STRANGER"
Writers: Cem Mumcu, Ozlem Hemis Ozturk
Curator: Nida Nevra Savcilioglu
Istanbul, Turkey
Leadership Roles
2007 - "BEING MEDITERRANEAN AND ON EXILE"
Curator: Nurettin Erkan
Writer: Nurettin Erkan
(Board Member of International Association of Art / TURKEY)
(ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS PLASTIQUES A.I.A.P. UNESCO) Press
Istanbul, Turkey
2006-2009 – "BOARD MEMBER"
Board Member of International Association of Art / TURKEY
(ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS PLASTIQUES
A.I.A.P. UNESCO)
Macka Demokrasi Parki, Sanatci Islikleri, 80200, Sisli, Istanbul
http://www.upsd.org.tr
1991 – "MEDITERRANEAN FINE ART SCHOOL" (1991-2009)
Mediterranean Fine Art School
Founded by Erkan and he also taught here for 17 years.
Bahariye Caddesi, 15/3
Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey
Seminars and Symposiums
2006 - "SUMMART INTERNATIONAL CHISINAU SYMPOSIUM"
Leogrand Hotel, Chisinau, Moldova
Writer and Curator: Prof. Kiymet Giray.
http://www.summa.com.tr
2002 - "SPEAKER AT THE SEMINAR
"THE NECESSITY OF ART"
The Schools of ALEV, Coordinator: Fikriye Yener
Speaker: Nurettin Erkan
Kadirova Caddesi No:56, 34799 Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: +90 216 435 83 50
http://www.alev.k12.tr
1998 - "SPEAKER AT THE SEMINAR
"VISUAL ARTS AND LITERATURE"
Bulunmaz Cultural Center
Coordinator: Hilmi Bulunmaz
Speaker: Nurettin Erkan, Hilmi Bulunmaz
Yeni ?arsi Caddesi, No: 20 Daire: 3, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey.
Phone: +90 (0212) 251 8523.