BM Çagdaº Sanat Merkezi
BM Contemporary Art Center
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Turkey
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Beral Madra
a critic and curator is directed Gallery BM (1984-1990) and directing
BM Contemporary Art Center (since 1990).
She coordinated the 1st (1987) and the 2nd (1989) Istanbul Biennale,
curated exhibitions of Turkish artists in 43rd, 45th, 49th and 50th
Venice Biennale, co-curated the exhibition Modernities and Memories-Recent
Works from the Islamic World in 47th Venice Biennale. Since 1984
she has organized solo exhibitions of 50 local and international
artists
in her art center and in other official art spaces in Istanbul. She
has curated and co-curated over 20 international group shows including
Sanat, Texhn (Istanbul 1992), Treffen-Kunst ( Istanbul 1993), Iskele-Türkische
Kunst Heute (Berlin-Stuttgart) 1994), Orient Express (Berlin 1994),
Xample (1995), Concrete Visions (Istanbul 1995), Gold-X-Change (1997),
Kerteriz (1998), Berlin in Istanbul (Berlin 1998), Reise durch das
Labyrinth (Berlin, 1998) and Memories and Modernities (Istanbul 1998),
Veritas Omnia Vincit (Istanbul 2000), 'In Image We trust' (2001),
'Sheshow' (2002). Curated 5 international exhibitions in WestLB,
Istanbul building,
(1999-2002)
Curated 3 exhibitions in Diyarbakir Art Centre (Southeast Turkey-
2002), 'Registering the Distance- Istanbul/Los Angeles', Crazyspace,
Santa
Monica (2003); 'The Sphinx Will Devour You', KarºiSanat (2004), Bizhan
Bassiri, 'Evaporations', Tophane-I Amire (2004). April-June 2005
she curated three major shows in Istanbul: 'A Balance-Retrospective
of
the Art of the 80's ºn Turkey', karºi Sanat Gallery, Istanbul; 'Registering
the Distance II- Istanbul/ Los Angeles' borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul;
'A Consumption of Justice- A Meeting and Exhibitons of artists from
Turkey, South Caucasus, Middle East and the Balkans' Diyarbakir Art
center, Diyarbakir.
Since 1980 her articles has been published in Gösteri, Arredamento Dekorasyon, Cumhuriyet, Istanbul, Kalın, Anons, and in three books 'Identity of Contemporary Art' (1987), 'Postperipheral Flux-A Decade of Contemporary Art in Istanbul' (1996) and 'Iki Yilda Bir Sanat' (Art Every Two Years- Essays on Biennale), Norgunk Yayincilik, 2003.
Beral Madra is representing Istanbul scholarship of Berlin Senate since 1995. Curated international shows in Borusan Art Gallery, 1997-2000. Since 1990 she has participated in numerous international congresses and symposiums in Europe and USA. 1998-2002 she teached in the Art Management Department of the Faculty of Art and Design of Yildiz Technical University. She is founding member and art advisor of Diyarbakir Art Centre (established September 2002 www.diyarbakirsanatmerkezi.org, founding member and president of AICA, Turkey (established 2003): www.aicaturkey.org
Book: 'Neighbours in Dialogue' Editors: Beral Madra/Ayºe Orhun Gültekin, Norgunk Publishers presented at the 51st Venice Biennale, by Wimbledon School of Art and Nuova Icona at the 'Venice Agendas' meetings, 9-11 June 2005, together with a roundtable with the contributors of the book.
Curator and Comissar of 'The Absent Presence' Hussein Chalayan, The Pavilion of Turkey, 51st International Art Exhbibitons, La Biennale Venezia.