Hamza KIRBAŞ
New York / Istanbul Based Artist
His artistic journey began with an undergraduate degree in Painting at Batman University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. After studying Graphic Design at the University of Silesia in Poland, he completed a Master’s degree in Painting at Hacettepe University Fine Arts Institute in Turkey. His multidisciplinary practice includes 3D visuals, 3D animations, sculptures, paintings, kinetic and site-specific installations, as well as work in Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence.
Since 2021, he has been a part-time lecturer at Istanbul Medipol University, teaching 3D Animation. He also served as a Visual 3D Artist at Mercer Labs Digital Art Museum in New York for two years and is the founder of Turbulence Lab, a New York-based creative studio.
His work has been exhibited globally, including recent shows like Cultural Olympia in Paris (2024), the Arte Laguna Prize Finalist Exhibition in Venice (2023), and Presence in New York (2022).
He has received several awards, including the Arte Laguna Prize finalist recognition (2022), the Akbank 38th Contemporary Artist Award, and the Istanbul Rotary Art Prize. Internationally, he won the VeniceLands Art Prize Critics Award and was nominated for the Warsteiner Bloom Award in Germany.
In 2022, he participated in the Residency Unlimited program in New York.
Contact Information
e-mail: art@hamzakirbas.com
Web: www.hamzakirbas.com
Lecturer at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Media and Visual Art Department.
Education
B.A. 2013 -2017 Batman University, Fine Arts faculty, Painting Department. Batman, TUR
2015-2016 University Of Silesia, Faculty Of Fine Arts, Graphics Department. Katowice, POL
M.Ed. 2016-2017 Siirt University, Faculty of Education. Siirt, TUR
M.F.A.2017-2019 Hacettepe University Fine Arts Institute, Painting Dept. Ankara, TUR
Awards
Arte Laguna Prize 17th 2022 Finalist artist, Arsenale Nord, Venice IT
Akbank 38. Contemporary Artist Prize, Achievement Prize, Istanbul, TR
Istanbul Rotary Art Prize, Achievement Prize, Istanbul. TR
VeniceLands Art Prize Received the Critics Award, Venice, ITA
By Warsteiner Bloom Award, nominated, Düsseldorf, GER
Artist Residency
2022 (RU) Residency Unlimited, July-Sep, Brooklyn / NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Arte Laguna Prize 17th Finalist Artists Exhibition, Arsenale Nord, Venice IT
Meta Knowledge: The Rhythm of the Algorithm, Contemporary Istanbul Foundation, Fişekhane, Istanbul, TR
Your Head is a Houseboat, Brooklyn, NYC
Fahrenheit, Belm Art Space, Ankara, TR
NFT Biennial, Xmedia Art Museum, Istanbul, TR
2022
Are we Microcosm, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Morrow Collective
Cadaf Digital Art Fair, NYC
Xenophopia, Çatı sanat alanı, Izmir, TR
Contemporary Istanbul 17th Edition, Istanbul, TR
New Media: From Sketch to Pixel, Sığınak art space, Ankara, TR
Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, Group Exhibition | 88 Essex Street, NYC
A Remembering Experience, Duo exhibition, Hamza Kırbaş & Büşra Çeğil, Kasa Gallery, İstanbul, TR
FILE Festival, SESI Gallery of Art, Sao Paulo, BRA
Akaretler ArtWeeks, Carny NFT, İstanbul, TR
PARALAKS, Digital NFT art exhibition, Museum Gazhane, Istanbul, TR
Loft Art Project ‘’Symbio’’, Istanbul, TR
DAC / Design Architecture Communication, Future Zone NFT, Zorlu Performance Art Center, Istanbul,TR
Gravity, Kuzgun Art Space, Adana,TR
2021
Morrow Collective 50 years of the UAE Virtual Metaverse Exhibition, Dubai, UAE
FEX. Online media art exhibition, DE
34st Festival Les Instants Video, Marseille, FR
Criatech – Criatividade Digital e Tecnologia, Augmented Reality Exhibition, Aveiro, AR
Elden Ele, The urban arts, Darağaç İzmir, TR
Eating The Future, BatArtLab, Diyarbakır. TR
2020
Akbank 38. Contemporary Artist Prize, Achievement Prize, Istanbul, TR
Rotary art competition, Achievement award, Istanbul, TR
Video Art Miden, Meta-Thesis, online exhibition, GR
Convocatoria IN-SONORA 11 International Exhibition Interactive Art, Madrid, SP.
Cuvo Festival, ‘Teen Game’ 2020. Madrid, SP
2019
CATECHISM ON AIR, MyMuseum Gallery Budabest, HUN.
BIG for the Wrong Biennale, Copenhagen, DK.
SIMULTAN FESTIVAL XIV.2019 Cornelliu Miklosi Museum Timisoara, RO
32st Festival Les Instants Video, Marseille and Milano. FR
Lanzarote Arts Festival Lanzarote, Las Palmas, SP
Videokanava Fem 4 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tampere, Finland.
Palestine Video Art and Performance Biennale A.M. Qattan Foundation, Les Instants Vidéo 2019 6th edition Ramallah and Gaza.
Photometria, Screenings, Festival Municipal Cultural multiplex (Palea Sfagia) of Ioannina, GR
II Muestra de Video Arte Faenza, Fin de Semana de semana ArtBo. Bogotá, CO
CENTRALE FESTIVAL 11, Hyperpossibility, Rocca Malatestiana di Fano, ITA
Digigether, Uniq Gallery, Istanbul. TUR
VeniceLands ArtPrize 2019, Critics Award, Venice, ITA
Biennale WRO 18th Media Art Biennale 2019, Wroclaw, POL
FILE 2019, SESI Gallery of Art, Sao Paulo, BRA
32nd European Media Art Festival (EMAF), Osnabrück, GER
Mamut art Project MAP19, Istanbul, TUR
Video Art Miden: Videolands, MOMus- Experimental Center for the Arts, Thessaloniki GR
VIDEOperformance 2019, Art Web Gallery, 8th edition, ITA
2018
Blooom Award By Warsteiner 2018 Nominee, Düsseldorf, GER
31st Festival Les Instants Video, November, Marseille, FR
Under The Subway Video Art Night 8th edition, JCC HARLEM, New York, USA
Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània, Valencia, SP
Verbeke Foundation, BEL
Galeria Taller Gorria, La Havana, CUB
Cervantes Institute, Sao Paulo, BRA
Funka Fest, Festival of Visual Arts, Guayaquil, EC
International Biennial of Video art and Contemporary Film VIDEOFEST2K18, Instituto de Cultura de Baja California
Video art Miden International video art festival screening program, Athens, GR
Digilogue Future Tellers 2018, Base İstanbul, TUR
International Mahalla Festival, Malta
State Painting And Sculpture Competition, Ankara, TUR
There’s No Other Me, Municipality of Çankaya, Contemporary Art Center. Ankara, TUR
Over And Over Mixer Art Gallery, Istanbul, TUR
Young Contemporary Art Exhibition, Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, CHN
Ministry of Culture and Tourism General Directorate of Fine Arts 4. Contemporary art project, Ankara, TUR
#Art&I, MyMuseum Gallery, Budapeşt, HUN
Mixer Sessions III Mixer Art Gallery, Istanbul, TUR
Bang. Art Innovation Prix, Istanbul, TUR
2017
W: OW Cologne International Video art Festival, The New Museum of Networked & artvideoKOELN, Köln, GER
Chrom-Art international Art festival Oxo Tower, London, UK
Elgiz Museum, Istanbul Rotary Art Competition and Exhibition, Istanbul, TUR
TUYAP 27th International Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, TUR
BASE of the Faculty of Fine Arts alumni exhibition, Istanbul, TUR
Young art from Anatolia lll – new horizons, Turkmall Art Gallery, Istanbul, TUR
International Student Triennial Marmara University Fine Arts faculty, Istanbul, TUR
GTZ Art Exhibition, Young Turkey Summit, Lütfi Kırdar Congress Center, Istanbul, TUR
Ministry of Culture and Tourism 3.Contemporary art project exhibition, Ankara TUR
UPSD. Activity 7 young, Exhibition, MKM Beşiktaş Çağdaş, Istanbul, TUR
BatArtLab: Young Activity, Young Artist of the Year, Batman, TUR
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Powerism, Performance, Art Basel Miami, Miami
2022 The Pinocchio Syndrome: They are among us / Performance | in the public space, NYC
2022 Powerism, Performance in the public space, Governors Island, NYC
2019 Area of Powerism, Alan İktidarcılığı, Public Places Performance, İstanbul. TUR
2019 Suspended, Askıda Kalanlar, BILSART Istanbul. TUR
2017 Silent Lingua Franca, Batman University Fine Arts faculty Art Gallery. Batman, TUR
2016 Unlimited Faces, Silesia University Art Gallery, Katowice, Cieszyn, POL
Selected workshop
2019 Digigether, Workshop, Uniq Gallery, TAK, Istanbul.
2018 Digilogue Future Tellers, Zorlu Arts Center, Istanbul.
Selected Publications
2020 Social Art Award Book, Berlin, GR.
2018 Lungs Project Artist-run curatorial Project with an annual contemporaryart & literature print puplication. October, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2017 Loosenart Open Boundaries, Book Publication, Rome, ITA
2017 Average art magazin Average Art 16 November, Liverpool, UK