1970 Ankara, Turquía
Vive y trabaja en Londres y Nueva York

Estudios

1997 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
1996 MA Erasmus, Royal College of Art, Londres
1993 BFA, Bilkent University, Ankara

Exposiciones Individuales

2005 Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, México D.F.
Deitch projects, Nueva York

2004 NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona
The Approach, London
Deitch Projects, New York
Galeria Massimo de Carlo, Milan

2003 Perfect Coincidence, Drawing Room, Londres
Animate Me N° 3, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basilea
Art Unlimited, Art 34, Basilea
Cosmic Galerie, Paris (con Annika Larsson)

2002 Illusion of the First Time, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York
Un Equilibrio Delicato, Centro Nazionale per le Arti Contemporanee, Roma
Still Life, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Atenas
Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, Edimburgo
Platform Contemporary Art Center, Estanbul

2001 No Way Forward, No Way Back, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut
The Measure of All Things, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
Blood Pressure, Deitch Projects, New York / Centre d'Art Contemporain, Ginebra

2000 Special Projects Program, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York / The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Henry Urbach Architecture, New York

Exposiciones colectivas (selection)

2005 British Art Show 6, Hayward Gallery, Londres y BALTIC, Gateshead. Comisariado por Alex Faquharson y Andrea Schlieker.
Supernova, British Council exposición itinerante. (City Gallery, Prague; Tallin Kunstihoone, Estonia; CCA, Kiev; Espoo, Finland)
Works on Paper, Max Hetzler, Berlin
Centre of Gravity, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul. Comisariado por Rosa Martinez
U_MOVE, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Italia
2004 Expander, Royal Academy of Arts, Londres
Paisaje & Memoria, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (comisariado por Alicia Chillida)
BECK´S Futures, Institute of Contemporary Art, Londres (artista seleccionado)
Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Nueva York. (comsariado por Charlotta Kotik y Tumelo Mosaka)

2003 Another Zero, GAMeC, Galleria d' Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo.
Comisariado por November Paynter
Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan
Platform 4L, Bienal de Estanbul, Estanbul
Nano, Galerie Fraîch"Attitude, Paris
Out of Site, Henry art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
Massimo De Carlo, Milan
The Moderns, Castello di Rivoli Museo d"Arte Contemporanea, Turin
Animations, Kunst-Werke, Berlin

2002 Media City Seoul, Seoul Museum of Art, Seul
Urban Creation, Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
25th Anniversary Selections Show, The Drawing Center, New York
Out of Site, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
Metropolitan Iconographies, XXV Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Thin Skin: The Fickle Nature of Bubbles, Spheres and Inflatable Structures, AXA
Gallery, New York
Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Fair, Royal College of Art, Londres

2001 Animations, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Casino 2001, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gante
Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Neue Welt, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Francfort / Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Future Bodies, The Academy of Media Arts, Colonia
Die Sammlung Olbricht Teil 2, Without Hesitation, Gesellschartf für Aktuelle Kunst, Brêmen
Teil von...?, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Viena

2000 Strange Paradises, Casino/Forum d"Art Contemporain, Luxemburgo
DNAid Billboards, Creative Time, New York
Dusk, I-20 Gallery, New York

1999 The Passion & The Wave, 6th International Istanbul Biennial, Dolmabahce Cultural Center

1998 Selections, The Drawing Center, New York

Artículos

Jana, Reeda, the shifting nature of reality, tema celeste, enero/febrero, 2005
Ors, J, El arte digital y tecnológico copa ARCO, La Rázon, 13 de febrero, 2005
Prieto, Dario, El arte ‘underground’ sale a la superficie, El mundo, 12 de febrero, 2005
Puig, Arnau, Espacio tiempo dinámico, Blanco y Negro cultural, 24 de julio, 2004
Porcel, Violant, Cita a ciegas, Culturas La Vanguardia, 7 de julio, 2004
Chillida, Alicia, Landscape and Memory, Fundación Cajamadrid, 2003
Cream 3, Phaidon, selected by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Free Form, What´s on in London, 29 de octubre, 2003
Amazing sight, Boiler, junio-septiembre 2003
P.F, Animations, Style, mayo 2003
Dreyfus, Laurence, Haluk Akakçe : Les Frontières du visible, catalogue de l’exposition Nano, Galerie Fraîch’Attitude, Paris, 2003
Gisbourne, Mark, Animations, Contemporary, n°50, 2003
Boesen, Lotte, Birth of Art and The Fiction of an Isolated Object,
www.synesthesie.com, enero 2003
Lagandré, Cédric, Équilibres délicats : Haluk Akakçe à la Cosmic Galerie, www.mouvement.net, 12 de febrero 2003
McBreen, Ellen, Haluk Akakçe, Tema Celeste, n°97, mayo-junio 2003
Douglas, Sarah, Haluk Akakçe: Withney Museum at Philip Morris, Flash Art International, n°228, enero-febrero, 2003
Laster, Paul, Haluk Akakçe, Illusion of the First Time, Time Out New York, 26 diciembre 2002-2 enero 2003
Persona (proyecto fotográfico), Tema Celeste, n°94, nov-dic 2002
Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon, 2002
Haluk Akakce at the Aldrich Museum, Sculpture, vol 21, n°3, 2002
Critics Picks: Out of Site, Artforum, verano 2002
Gellatly, Andrew, Sao Paolo Biennial, Frieze, n°68, 2002
Holland, Cotter, Architectural Visions Keep Dreamers Awake, The New York Times, 12 julio 2002
Nobel, Philip, Out of Site, Artforum, vol.40, n°9, mayo 2002
Waterman, Heather, Techno-Surrea: Haluk Akakce’s Video Installations, RES, vol.5, n°1, ene 2002
Quemin, Alain, Mondialisation, Globalisation, Metissages, Art Press, hors-série n°22, dic 2001
Art at the Edge of the Law, NYArts, sept 2001
Haluk Akakce: Virtuelle Zeitreisen, Schweizer Illustrierte, 18 junio, 2001
Mathonnet, Philippe, Beaux-Arts Review, Le Temps, 5 junio 2001
Henry, Max, When Painting Meets Digital, Tema Celeste, n°85, mayo-junio 2001
Sugatsuke, Masanobu, Haluk Akakce : Superflat Syncronities, Composite, mayo 2001
Haluk Akakce, The New Yorker, 23 abril 2001
Sonna, Brigit, Haluk Akakce : Mentale Tabuzone Zwischen den Ohren, Frame, marzo-abril 2001
Haluk Akakce : Jack of Spades, Vogue USA, marzo 2001
Postcard from the Edge of the World, Talk, feb 2001
Fogle, Douglas, Haluk Akakce, Artforum, vol.39, n°5, ene 2001
Besinger, Ken, Whose Art is it Anyway, The Wall Street Journal, 19 ene 2001
Painting at the Edge of the World, CVA, n°32, 2001
Turner, Grady T., Dusk, Flash Art, nov-dic 2000
Hunt, David, Ouverture : Haluk Akakce, Flash Art, n°214, oct 2000
Caniglia, Julie, Haluk Akakce, Art Forum, mayo 2000
Philips, Christopher, Istanbul Biennial, Art in America, abril 2000
Simpson, Bennett, Haluk Akakçe: Mart Nouveau, Artext, n°70, ag-oct 2000
Cotter, Holland, Art in Review, The New York Times, 3 marzo 2000
Hunt, David, Coming Soon, Time Out New York, feb 2000
Higgie, Jennifer, Sixth International Istanbul Biennial, Frieze, n°50, ene 2000
Kryza, Darlene, Sixth International Istanbul Biennial, New Art Examiner, feb 2000
Heartney Elenor, Sixth International Istanbul Biennial, Art Press, dic 1999

Bibliografía

British Art Show 6, Hayward Gallery, 2005 (Texts by Alex Farquarson and Andrea Schlieker)
Works on Paper, Max Hetzler, Berlin, 2005
Paisaje & Memoria, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, 2004 (Text by Alicia Chillida)
BECK´S Futures, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 2004
Cream 3, Phaidon, selected by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Phaidon Press, 2003
Animations, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, 2001

Premios y becas

2002 Delfina Studio Trust Award, Londres
1996 The American Institute of Architects Chicago Award (first place), Chicago
1995 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Trustee Award, Chicago