Overview

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.

Works
  • Nevin Aladag, Vibrating Images, bouncing strings, 2024
    Vibrating Images, bouncing strings, 2024
  • Nevin Aladag, Vibrating Images, improvising fields, 2024
    Vibrating Images, improvising fields, 2024
  • Nevin Aladag, Vibrating Images, pastel waves, 2024
    Vibrating Images, pastel waves, 2024
  • Nevin Aladag, Vibrating Images, swinging colors, 2024
    Vibrating Images, swinging colors, 2024
  • Nevin Aladag, Vibrating Images, thundergong, 2024
    Vibrating Images, thundergong, 2024
  • Nevin Aladag, Vibrating Images, windy rhythm, 2024
    Vibrating Images, windy rhythm, 2024
  • Nevin Aladag, Pattern Kinship Cloud, break of dawn , 2023
    Pattern Kinship Cloud, break of dawn , 2023
  • Nevin Aladag, Pattern Kinship Cloud, twilight, 2023
    Pattern Kinship Cloud, twilight, 2023
  • Nevin Aladag, Pattern Kinship, Bubbles, dandelions, 2023
    Pattern Kinship, Bubbles, dandelions, 2023
  • Nevin Aladag, Pattern Kinship, Cloud , 2023
    Pattern Kinship, Cloud , 2023
  • Nevin Aladag, Pattern Kinship, Bubbles, ping-pong, 2022
    Pattern Kinship, Bubbles, ping-pong, 2022
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    Pattern Kinship, Screen, Sunlight, 2021
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    Pattern Kinship, long path in the forest, 2021
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    Pattern Kinship, many traces in the forest, 2021
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    Pattern Kinship, Screen, Starlight, 2021
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    Pattern Kinship, Screen, Moonlight (Musterverwandtschaft, Screen, Moonlight), 2019
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    Pattern Kinship, flow, 2019
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    Pattern Kinship, blossom, 2018
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    Pattern Kinship, pollen, 2018
  • Nevin Aladag, Social Fabric, floating leaves, 2024
    Social Fabric, floating leaves, 2024
  • Nevin Aladag, Social Fabric, leaves, 2023
    Social Fabric, leaves, 2023
  • Nevin Aladag, Social Fabric, arch, 2023
    Social Fabric, arch, 2023
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    Social Fabric, right round, 2021
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    Social Fabric, South West, 2021
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    Social Fabric, Noise II, 2020
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    Social Fabric, petrol #1, 2019
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    Social Fabric, Noise I, 2019
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    Social Fabric, Percussion, 2019
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    Social Fabric, flower power, 2018
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    Social Fabric, cosmos, 2018
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    Social Fabric, blue petrol yellow, 2017
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    Pattern Matching (blue-white), 2016
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    Pattern Matching Grey Beige, 2010
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    Pattern Matching Blue, 2010
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    Sound-Teppich, 2020
  • Nevin Aladag, Public Resonator , 2023
    Public Resonator , 2023
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    Chair Lyra (from the Ensemble 1 Music Room, Athens), 2017
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    Armchair Concert Guitar (from the series Music Room, Berlin), 2015
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    Corner-Bells (Eck-Glocken), 2020
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    Corner-Cello (Eck-Cello), 2020
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    Corner-Drum (Eck-Trommel), 2020
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    Corner-Harp (Eck-Harfe), 2020
  • Nevin Aladag, Flower Wall, red, 2022
    Flower Wall, red, 2022
  • Nevin Aladag, Flower Wall, spring, 2022
    Flower Wall, spring, 2022
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    Jali Arrow 1, 2018
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    Jali Arrow 2, 2018
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    Jali Rose 1, 2018
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    Jali Pinwheel, 2018
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    Color Floating, blue green, 2021
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    Color Floating, yellow red, 2021
  • Nevin Aladag, Color Floating, blue green, 2021/22
    Color Floating, blue green, 2021/22
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    Leaning Wall (21), 2013/2017
  • Nevin Aladag, Resonator Wind, 2019
    Resonator Wind, 2019
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    Table Santouri (from the Ensemble 1 Music Room, Athens), 2017
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    Umbrella Stand Drum (from the series Music Room, Berlin), 2015
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    Side Table Chimes (from the series Music Room, Berlin), 2015
  • Nevin Aladag, Music Room Athens, Couch Flamenco Guitar and Mandolin, 2017
    Music Room Athens, Couch Flamenco Guitar and Mandolin, 2017
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    Stiletto / Drunk in Love, 6:21 min (Performance "Raise the Roof", Venice Biennial 2017, May 9th 2017, 12 pm), 2017
  • Nevin Aladag, Teppichball #25 (carpet ball #25), 2023
    Teppichball #25 (carpet ball #25), 2023
  • Nevin Aladag, Teppichball # 62 (carpet ball #62), 2023
    Teppichball # 62 (carpet ball #62), 2023
  • Nevin Aladag, Teppichball # 56 (carpet ball #56), 2023
    Teppichball # 56 (carpet ball #56), 2023
  • Nevin Aladag, Teppichball # 31 (carpet ball #31), 2023
    Teppichball # 31 (carpet ball #31), 2023
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    Makramé, current flow 2, 2017
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    Makramé, current flow 1, 2017
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    Rehearsal XVI, 2012
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    Rehearsal XV, 2012
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    Rehearsal X, 2012
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    Rehearsal VI, 2012
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    Screen III, 2016
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    Screen II, 2016
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