Artist Name: Hamza Kırbaş
Born: 1992
Hometown: Batman, Turkey
Education: B.A. Batman University, Fine Arts Faculty, Painting Dept. Batman, TUR (2013 -2017) / University of Silesia, Faculty of Fine Arts, Graphics Dept. Katowice, POL (2015-2016) / M.F.A. Hacettepe University Fine Arts Institute, Painting Dept. Ankara, TUR (2017-2019)
Bio/Statement:
Hamza Kırbaş After studying graphic design at the University of Silesia in Poland, he completed a Master’s degree at the Hacettepe University Fine Arts Institute in Ankara, Turkey.
Kırbaş’ multi-disciplinary practice encompasses 3D visuals, 3D animations, sculptures, installations, site-specific installations, and augmented reality. His works are conceived and shaped as a communication model between space, time and the audience. He takes subjects from daily life to establish links with the past, future and present. In particular, he transforms the moment we live into images that reflect the global scale and the effects these events have on our lives whereby the viewer is solicited to become an active participant.
Kırbaş has exhibited internationally. Venues include most recently the group show Presence at Cuchifritos Gallery and Project Space (2022, New York); Morrow Collective 50 years of the UAE Virtual Metaverse Exhibition (2021, Dubai); 34th Festival Les Instants Video (2021, Marseille); IN-SONORA 11 International Festival of Sound and Interactive Art (2021, Madrid); Video Art Miden, Meta-Thesis exhibition (2020, Greece); Cuvo Festival ‘Teen Game’ 2020 (2020, Madrid); FILE Festival (2019, São Paulo); 18th WRO Media Art Biennale (2019, Wroclaw); Hyperpossibility at CENTRALE FESTIVAL 11 (2019, Italy); SIMULTAN FESTIVAL XIV. (2019, Romania); 32nd European Media Art Festival (2019, Germany); BIG for the Wrong Biennale (2019, Copenhagen); Under the Subway Video Art Night 8th edition at JCC Harlem (2018, New York); VIDEOFEST2K18 at the International Biennial of Video art and Contemporary Film (2018, California).
Hamza KIRBAŞ
1992-Batman / Turkey
Contact Information
e-mail: art@hamzakirbas.com
Web: www.hamzakirbas.com
Represented on Binance NFT.
Lecturer at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Visual and Communication.
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 info: 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
34th 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
Culture and Tourism General Directorate of Fine Arts 4. The 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 General Directorate of Fine Arts young art 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 contemporary art & literature print publication. October, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2017 Loosenart Open Boundaries, Book Publication, Rome, ITA
2017 Average art magazin Average Art 16 November, Liverpool, UK