Servet Koçyiğit
Servet Kocyigit ( b. 1971, Kaman, Turkey) is a visual artist based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
He studied art at Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam and currently lives and works between Amsterdam and İstanbul. He participated several artist residency programs: De Ateliers Amsterdam, Holland (1999), Wilhelm Lehmbruck Residency Duisburg, Germany (2000), JCVA Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts, Israel (2006), JoBurg Now, Johannesburg, South Africa (2016)
His work was exhibited internationally, in Holland, Turkey, France, Germany, Brazil, Israel, China, Italy amongst many other countries, in museums, institutions festivals, and galleries. Servet Kocyigit’s solo exhibitions includes those at Rampa Gallery Istanbul ( 2015-2012), Officine Dell’Immagine, Milan, Italy (2014) , Outlet Independet Art Space, Istanbul, (2010), Givon Art Gallery Tel-Aviv (2008), Nederlands Foto Museum, Rotterdam “ Poetic Accident ” (2001)
He has participated in numerous important group exhibitions including, 27th Sao Paulo Biennale Brazil (2006), 9th Istanbul Biennale Turkey (2005), Biennale Cuvée, Linz, Austria (2008), De Kleine Biennale Utrecht, Holland (2006), Centrum Kultury ZAMEK Poznan Poland( 2015) , Istanbul Modern Turkey (2014), “Castrum Peregrini Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2014), Lianzhou Foto Festival China (2012), HOK ( Henie Onstad Kunstsenter ) Oslo Norway (2012), ARTER Space For Art, Istanbul (2010), TANAS Berlin (2011), Palais Des Beaux Arts De Lille France (2009), Smart Project Space, Amsterdam (2008), Haifa Museum of Art Israel,(2007), The Israel Museum Jerusalem (2006), Herzliya Museum Of Contemporary Art, Israel (2006), MuHKA- Media Antwerpen, Belgium (2005), Proje 4L Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art (2002), De Appel Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam (2001), Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg Germany (2000).
He received several grants and prizes, Winner of “ The New best photographer of the year” Lianzhou Foto festival (2012), China. OC&V scholarship from Dutch Ministry of Culture (1997), Wilhelm Lehmbruck Fellowship (1999), Residency Grant from Mondriaan Fonds (2016), Working Grant, FBKvB The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts (2008). He has been nominated for PrixPictet (2010 )“ Growth “ and for The Fritschy Award (2006).
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