Murat Germen

Doğum: 1965
Yaşadığı Şehir: İstanbul
Eğitim: İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Massachusetts Institute of Technology lisans/yüksek lisans

Sabancı Üniversitesi Sanat ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi’nde fotoğraf, sanat ve yeni medya dersleri vermekte. Fotograf, mimarlık, mültimedya tasarımı, kent planlaması, sanat ve bilgisayar destekli tasarım konularında birçok basılı / çevrimiçi yayını olan Germen, aynı konular üzerinde üniversitelerde ve SIGGRAPH, ISEA, Towards a Science of Consciousness, CAe, CAC2, EVA-London, eCAADe, ASCAAD gibi sempozyum / konferanslarda çalışmalarını sundu. Türkiye, Amerika, İtalya, Almanya, İngiltere, Meksika, Portekiz, Özbekistan, Yunanistan, Japonya, Rusya, İran, Hindistan, Fransa, Kanada, Bahreyn, Kore gibi ülkeler olmak üzere ellinin üzerinde kişisel / karma sergiye katkıda bulundu.

Sanatçı ve eserleri Türkiye’de C.A.M. Galeri, Hollanda-Belçika’da ARTITLED! Contemporary Art ve San Francisco’da Rosier Gallery tarafından temsil edilmekte. Sanatçının farklı eserlerine ait yetmişin üzerinde edisyon, yurtiçi / yurtdışındaki kişisel koleksiyonlara ve Istanbul Modern ile Proje 4L Elgiz Çağdaş Sanat Müzesi’nin koleksiyonlarına dahil edildi

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Solo ve grup sergileri;

-“ali’s koço” – curator: serhan ada, invited artists: c. altay, a.c. arevyan, b. aksoy, a. asci, b. cennetoglu, o.c. cetin, z. demir, h. deniz, a. 
elhan, c. emden, m. germen, a. guler, s. kosemen, n. sayin, a. sel, s. taycan, n. topcuoglu, o. yurdalan. milli reasurans art gallery, 07 
june - 31 august 2012, istanbul.
-murat germen has exhibited artworks at various international contemporary art fairs: VIP art fair’s VIP photo (online) / july 12 –
august 12, 2012 with rosier gallery, u.s.a.; the soloproject basel / 13 – 17 june, 2012 with c.a.m gallery, turkey; artMRKT san 
francisco may 17 – 20, 2012 with rosier gallery, u.s.a.
-“istanbul modern's photography collection exhibit – after yesterday" – 2012, istanbul modern photography gallery.
- “extraordinary photographs III” – group exhibit, 2012, rosier gallery’s (u.s.a.) online venue @ artnet.com
-“reality terror” – DEPO art/culture/debate center, 2012, istanbul.
- “black&white” – C.A.M gallery / nisantasi, 2012, istanbul.
- “muta-morphosis” - rosier gallery, u.s.a.2012.
- “muta-morphosis” - C.A.M gallery / akaretler, 2011, istanbul.
- “muta-morphosis” -ARTITLED! contemporary art gallery, 2011, herpen, the netherlands.
- “arayuzgaleri.com ISSUE No.1 / update!” - hayaka arti gallery 2011, istanbul.
- “destruction 2011” 2011, istanbul.
- “unbounded” - proje 4L elgiz contemporary art museum, 
- “la production de l’espace” - ALANistanbul gallery, ’11, istanbul.
- “mixology 2011” - ARTITLED! gallery, 2011, herpen, netherlands.
- “saint joseph 140. year tribute” - 2011, istanbul.
- “humankind” juried/invitational 11, new york.
- “collective intimacy” – C.A.M. gallery,‘11, istanbul.

- “7” –C.A.M. gallery, 2010, istanbul.
- ‘lives and works in istanbul’ victor burgin workshop -tophane 
antrepo 2010, istanbul.
- “no rules” – sanatorium art initiative contemporary art gallery, 2010, istanbul.
- "port izmir 2" international contemporary art triennial 2010, izmir, turkey.
-“way” – solo exhibit, istanbul modern photography gallery,  2010, istanbul, turkey.
-"chaotic metamorphosis", elgiz museum of contemporary art, istanbul, turkey.
-“infinite+” - ebru ozdemir collection group exhibit, CER modern, ankara, turkey 2010
-“asymmetric relations” guzelyali cultural center, izmir, turkey. 2010
-“aura" / solo exhibit, C.A.M. gallery, nisantasi branch, istanbul 2009
- participant, “from byzantium to istanbul, one port for two continents” exhibition, a "season of turkey in france/saison de la 
turquie" event, 2009 – 2010.
- "aslolan dogadir... / nature is what matters..." in “ters akinti / backwards” istanbul biennial parallel group exhibition, 2009, C.A.M. gallery, turkey.
- le pont - photos de galata / brid6e - galata photographs. orangerie du sénat, jardins de luxembourg, paris, france, 2009.
- “aura” series #18. exhibited at FWAphoto – one photo a day website. http://www.fwaphoto.com/#/2009-08-08/, august 8, 2009.
- "ars accidentalis" series #1. C.A.M. C.A.M. gallery, nisantasi branch, istanbul, turkey.
- vicious circle. turkish contemporary art group exhibit for the kennedy center international committee on the arts, 
show curated by isabella icoz, the sofa hotel, 2009, istanbul, turkey.
- "way" series #1. C.A.M. gallery 2009, C.A.M. gallery, tunel branch, istanbul, turkey.

- chronophotography. eurographics workshop on computational aesthetics in graphics, visualization amd imaging, computational 
aesthetics 2009 art gallery, 2009.
-editions I. elipsis gallery, istanbul, turkey, 2009.
- becoming istanbul. digital exhibition held at the deutsches architekturmuseum (DAM) with the collaboration of garanti gallery (GG, 
istanbul), show curated by pelin dervis, bulent tanju and ugur tanyeli, frankfurt, germany, 2008.  
- 30.06.2009 // DAZ, berlin, germany; and 05.05. - 21.06.2009 // al riwaq gallery, al manama – bahreyn.
- soylulas-ma / kentsel donusum(!) / gentrification(!). contemporary 
lawyers association gallery, istanbul, turkey,2009.
- invited photographer for the G.D 85th year / art & technology: a story of innovation by 18 contemporary artists book 2009.
- ne hal’in varsa gor! play studio gallery, istanbul, turkey, 08.
- invited exhibitor for the BAF (butterfly art foundation) international exhibition, 2008.
- joined the group exhibition titled turkish realities: positions in contemporary photography from turkey. 2008, fotografie forum frankfurt, germany.
- turkish photography today. group show at the FotoDepartament, st. petersburg, 2008. 
- exhibited 6 photos from the “inadvertent - ars accidentalis” series at the CAe 2008 art gallery
- bars of freedom, photo submitted to the 1st international roaming biennial of tehran with the concept of urban jealousy. 2008.
- work titled “decoy” exhibited at kutukafa group exhibition by tershane art collective. 2008.
- industry as icon series #02 @ art of photography show 2008. works selected by carol mccusker, 2008.
- selected works: untitled, brid6e / vicious circle, reconstruct #02, kanyon museum of modern art, 2008 

- insa / construct. french cultural institute. 2007
- kopru6 / brid6e - galata fotograflari / photographers in galataistanbul modern. istanbul, turkey, 2007-2008. 
- virtual architecture; reconstructing architecture through photography. digital photography work exhibited at the SIGGRAPH 2007 art gallery
- borderline. international contemporary art project 2007, canakkale, turkey.
- caravansarai project/a space within space. international contemporary art project 
- my land, my body. joint contemporary art exhibition c arcola theatre london, UK, june 2007.
- IVRPA panoramic photography contest 2007 exhibit, berkeley, USA, june 
- this planet. submitted a photo for an international joint web art project 
- caroun photo club (CPC)first annual photography exhibition, tehran, iran, december 2006.
- notre dame de sion performance hall concept exhibit. one of the four photographers invited for a joint concept exhibition at NDS 
performance hall, istanbul, turkey 2006.
- reading the space as an entity, galleria vittorio emanuele. photography exhibited at SIGGRAPH 2006 art gallery, boston, USA, 
- trilogy: kid, stairways, train. solo photography exhibit at the istanbul fotograf merkezi / photography center, 2006.
- 1870’lerden 2050’lere beyoglu nereye? designed by iletisim unitesi; societa operaia italiana bldg, istanbul. 2006.
- kanyon / under construction. one of the eight photographers invited for a joint concept exhibition at kanyon mall; may 2006.
- video + photography work called “let me honestly tell you... / industrial architecture” selected for screening at the beyond florence, italy, 2005.
- fotom.net collection 1 & 2. joint photography exhibit at the photography foundation of istanbul (fotograf vakfi) and the galata 
fotografhanesi / 2005-6.
- inside the arsenal shipyard. outdoor solo photography exhibit, big size outdoor prints on the old walls of the historical shipyard in golden 
horn; 2005-2006, istanbul, turkey.

- reading the city as an entity. photography exhibit, “istanbul fragmented” conference; 2005, istanbul, turkey.
- in search of the genius loci of galata. digitally projected photography exhibit, istanbul design week; 2005
- through masters’ eyes. joint photography exhibit 2005, istanbul.
- orsey tinger: rejected. joint photography exhibit with orhan cem cetin at the photography foundation of istanbul 2005. 
- gercekligin simgesi: yemen / the 'real' authentic: yemen. solo photography exhibit at the galata fotografhanesi / photography 
house; 2005, istanbul, turkey.
- making of istanbul modern. did photography and exhibited his work for the museum of modern art-istanbul’s opening exhibition, as one 
of the invited photographers including ara guler, manuel citak and ahmet elhan; 2004-2005.
- 34. yilinda iskenderun demir celik fabrikasi. iskenderun steel factory; oct 2004.
- fotograflarimizi satiyoruz. at the photography foundation of istanbul; 4-27 may 2004.
- istanbul sema-i. photography exhibit with ekmel ertan, vakifbank atakule galerisi, 2004.
- alice in whirlingland (istanbul 360 degrees). a panoramic photography exhibition 2003.
- the city called istanbul: 50 outstanding names of contemporary turkish photography. 2003.
- 2. ben. joint exhibition showing works of architects practicing art, 1000a dekorasyon merkezi, istanbul; 2003-2004.
- iki arada bir derede. photography exhibit with engin gercek, 2003. re-
- mimarlik ve sanat. world architecture day memorial exhibition, ITU taskisla 2003, istanbul, turkey.
- 101 yapidan 41 fotograf. photography exhibit; sermet cifter library exhibition hall, galatasaray, istanbul; 2000.
- beyoglu: duvarlarin arkasinda: 2000.
- inanclarin kesistigi yer: istanbul. joint photography exhibit and catalogue on religious buildings of istanbul, milli reasurans art gallery, 1996.