Nevin Aladag
In her multidisciplinary works, which include sculpture, video, performance, and sound, Nevin Aladağ explores the relationship between cultures, traditions, and geographies. She skillfully intertwines diverse cultural narratives and artistic expressions, delving into themes of identity, community, and the interaction between sound and space.
Nevin Aladağ was born in 1972 in Van, Turkey. She lives and works in Berlin.
She is a Professor of Interdisciplinary Artistic Work at the University of Fine Arts in Dresden.
She participated in various biennials, including documenta 14 in Kassel and Athens, the 57th Venice Biennale, the 11th Sharjah Biennial, the 11th Istanbul Biennial, and the 8th Taipei Biennial.
Notable solo exhibitions include SCAD Museum, Savannah, US | Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, DE | Hayward Gallery, London, UK | SFMOMA, San Francisco, US | Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, DE | Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, DE | Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, DE | Albertinum. Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden, DE | Museum Villa Stuck,, Munich, DE | Max Ernst-Museum, Brühl, DE.
Her works are held in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR | Sheikha Hoor al-Qasimi, Sharjah, UE | Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, AT | Vehbi Koc Foundation, Istanbul, TR | DeKaBank, Frankfurt, DE | European Investment Bank Art Collection, Luxembourg, LU | Harn Museum of Art, Miami, US | He Art Museum, Guangdong, CN | Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, TR | K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong, HK | Kunsthalle Hamburg, DE | Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, DE | Kunsthalle Mannheim, DE | Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, DE | Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf, DE | Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, DE | Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, AT | Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, AT | Museum Ostwall, DE | Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, DE | Sammlung zeitgenössische Kunst des Bundes, Bonn, DE | Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, DE | Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, DE | Sammlung Wemhöner, Berlin, DE | SFMoMA, San Francisco, US | Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, DE.
- Vibrating Images, bouncing strings, 2024
- Vibrating Images, improvising fields, 2024
- Vibrating Images, pastel waves, 2024
- Vibrating Images, swinging colors, 2024
- Vibrating Images, thundergong, 2024
- Vibrating Images, windy rhythm, 2024
- Pattern Kinship Cloud, break of dawn , 2023
- Pattern Kinship Cloud, twilight, 2023
- Pattern Kinship, Bubbles, dandelions, 2023
- Pattern Kinship, Cloud , 2023
- Pattern Kinship, Bubbles, ping-pong, 2022
- Pattern Kinship, Screen, Sunlight, 2021
- Pattern Kinship, long path in the forest, 2021
- Pattern Kinship, many traces in the forest, 2021
- Pattern Kinship, Screen, Starlight, 2021
- Pattern Kinship, Screen, Moonlight (Musterverwandtschaft, Screen, Moonlight), 2019
- Pattern Kinship, flow, 2019
- Pattern Kinship, blossom, 2018
- Pattern Kinship, pollen, 2018
- Social Fabric, floating leaves, 2024
- Social Fabric, leaves, 2023
- Social Fabric, arch, 2023
- Social Fabric, right round, 2021
- Social Fabric, South West, 2021
- Social Fabric, Noise II, 2020
- Social Fabric, petrol #1, 2019
- Social Fabric, Noise I, 2019
- Social Fabric, Percussion, 2019
- Social Fabric, flower power, 2018
- Social Fabric, cosmos, 2018
- Social Fabric, blue petrol yellow, 2017
- Pattern Matching (blue-white), 2016
- Pattern Matching Grey Beige, 2010
- Pattern Matching Blue, 2010
- Sound-Teppich, 2020
- Public Resonator , 2023
- Chair Lyra (from the Ensemble 1 Music Room, Athens), 2017
- Armchair Concert Guitar (from the series Music Room, Berlin), 2015
- Corner-Bells (Eck-Glocken), 2020
- Corner-Cello (Eck-Cello), 2020
- Corner-Drum (Eck-Trommel), 2020
- Corner-Harp (Eck-Harfe), 2020
- Flower Wall, red, 2022
- Flower Wall, spring, 2022
- Jali Arrow 1, 2018
- Jali Arrow 2, 2018
- Jali Rose 1, 2018
- Jali Pinwheel, 2018
- Color Floating, blue green, 2021
- Color Floating, yellow red, 2021
- Color Floating, blue green, 2021/22
- Leaning Wall (21), 2013/2017
- Resonator Wind, 2019
- Table Santouri (from the Ensemble 1 Music Room, Athens), 2017
- Umbrella Stand Drum (from the series Music Room, Berlin), 2015
- Side Table Chimes (from the series Music Room, Berlin), 2015
- Music Room Athens, Couch Flamenco Guitar and Mandolin, 2017
- Stiletto / Drunk in Love, 6:21 min (Performance "Raise the Roof", Venice Biennial 2017, May 9th 2017, 12 pm), 2017
- Teppichball #25 (carpet ball #25), 2023
- Teppichball # 62 (carpet ball #62), 2023
- Teppichball # 56 (carpet ball #56), 2023
- Teppichball # 31 (carpet ball #31), 2023
- Makramé, current flow 2, 2017
- Makramé, current flow 1, 2017
- Rehearsal XVI, 2012
- Rehearsal XV, 2012
- Rehearsal X, 2012
- Rehearsal VI, 2012
- Screen III, 2016
- Screen II, 2016
20 Years – An Anniversary Show
WENTRUP, Berlin13 Sep - 16 Nov 2024WentrupRead moreNevin Aladağ – Vibrating Images
26 Apr - 22 Jun 2024WentrupNevin Aladağ is presenting her new series of works, 'Vibrating Images,' at WENTRUP. This is her seventh solo exhibition with the gallery.Read moreVierte Hängung
27 Aug - 26 Nov 2022Wentrup am FeenteichWe are pleased to present the forth group exhibition at WENTRUP am Feenteich, featuring works by Nevin Aladag, Hicham Berrada, Miriam Böhm, Jenny Brosinski, Gregor Hildebrandt, Wyatt Kahn , and...Read moreDritte Hängung
26 Mar - 14 Aug 2022Wentrup am FeenteichWentrup is pleased to present the third group exhibition at WENTRUP am Feenteich, featuring works by Nevin Aladag, Jenny Brosinski, Anna Fasshauer, Günther Förg, Gregor Hildebrandt, Olaf Metzel, Gerold Miller,...Read moreNevin Aladag – Body Instruments
10 Sep - 16 Oct 2021WentrupWENTRUP is pleased to present Nevin Aladağ’s fifth solo show at the gallery. An unexpected appearance of sound is characteristic of Nevin Aladağ’s works. In the current exhibition, everyday situations...Read moreWentrup am Feenteich
22 Aug - 31 Oct 2021Wentrup am FeenteichHoused in a three-storey mansion with an outdoor sculpture garden, Wentrup am Feenteich will be a unique destination for art collectors, professionals and enthusiasts from across the world that fosters...Read moreTell Me a Tale
9 - 13 Sep 2020Wentrup IIWentrup is pleased to present the group exhibition 'Tell me a Tale' during Berlin’s Gallery Weekend in external rooms close to the gallery. Taken from the eponymous 2012 track by...Read moreZoom In Zoom Out
7 May - 18 Jul 2020WentrupNevin Aladag, Hicham Berrada, Miriam Böhm, Louisa Clement, Mariechen Danz, Axel Geis, Thomas Grünfeld, Karl Haendel, Gregor Hildebrandt, John McAllister, Florian Meisenberg, Olaf Metzel, Peles Empire, David Renggli , Wawrzyniec...Read moreNevin Aladag – Muster
28 Apr - 16 Jun 2018WentrupRead moreNevin Aladag – Traces
6 Jun - 30 Jul 2015WentrupTraces, Nevin Aladag’s latest solo show at WENTRUP, is named for her new 3-channel video work, which is also on view concurrently at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart. On three separate projection...Read moreAccrochage
31 - 26 Jan 2015WentrupRead moreNevin Aladag – Session
26 Apr - 8 Jun 2013WentrupWe are pleased to announce the exhibition „Session“ with Nevin Aladağ, which will open on 26 April at Wentrup as part of Gallery Weekend Berlin. The artist will show works...Read moreNevin Aladag – Pattern Matching
13 Nov - 22 Dec 2011WentrupRead moreNevin Aladag – Rallye
3 Sep - 1 Oct 2011WentrupRead more
Nevin Aladag – RugLife
The Museum of Craft and Design (MCD), San Francisco, US14 Dec 2024 – 20 Apr 2025, December 14, 2024Nevin Aladag – Das rollende Tamburin
Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, DE10 Nov 2024 – 09 Feb 2025, November 10, 2024Nevin Aladag – Interlocking
Max Ernst Museum Brühl10 Mar – 30 June 2024, March 10, 2024Nevin Aladag – Jamming
Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin, DE8 Sep 2023 – 3 Mar 2024, September 8, 2023Nevin Aladag – Refraction
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, USA16 Aug 2023 – 15 Jan 2024, August 16, 2023Nevin Aladag – Public Resonator
Kurhaus und Kurgarten Baden-Baden, DE15 Jul – 3 Sep 2023, July 15, 2023Nevin Aladag – Sound of Spaces
Villa Stuck, Munich, DE28 Oct 2021 – 13 Mar 2022, October 28, 2021Nevin Aladag – Musikzimmer
Documenta, Athens, GR10 Oct 2017, October 10, 2017Nevin Aladag – La Biennale di Venezia
Venice, ITMay 13, 2017Nevin Aladag – Color Floating
Sculpturepark in Zwönitz, DE (as part of the European Capital of Culture 2025, Chemnitz)22 Jun 2016, June 22, 2016Nevin Aladag – Marsch
Knusthalle Basel, CH14 Jun 2014 – 21 Jun 2015, June 14, 2014
RUGLIFE | Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco
Group show featuring Nevin Aladag 7 Dec 2024 – 20 Apr 2025Support for RugLife is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Museum of Craft and Design’s exhibitions and programs...Read moreWentrup at Art Basel Miami Beach
December 3, 2024WENTRUP is pleased to present a dialogue among four female artists: Nevin Aladağ, Phoebe Boswell, Desire Moheb-Zandi, and Anastasia Samoylova. Despite their unique perspectives and...Read moreNevin Aladag has been awarded the Kurt Schwitters Preis 2026
Award October 28, 2024We are delighted to announce that Nevin Aladag has been awarded the Kurt Schwitters Prize 2026, endowed with €30,000. The Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung [Lower Saxony Savings...Read moreMade in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation | Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge
Group show featuring Nevin Aladag 13 Sep 2024 – 5 Jan 2025Discover an array of artworks that transcend borders and spotlight the complexities of modern German identity. Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global...Read moreMade in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation
Publication featuring Nevin Aladag September 10, 2024Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation addresses important questions of contemporary art and belonging in Germany from the 1980s, when discussions...Read more
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