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Prof Ergin Cavusoglu

Professor of Fine Art

Ergin Cavusoglu

  • School Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries

  • Department School of Arts

  • Location London

Research activities

Central to Cavusoglu鈥檚 artworks are concepts that explore ideas of place, space, liminality, mobility and the conditions of cultural production, which he has been examining in classical, modern and contemporary guises through video and sound installations, anamorphic drawings and sculptures. The contextual framework of his practice in its broader capacity examines socio-cultural terrains and human geographies. Cavusoglu鈥檚 video installation works engage thematically with the in-between spaces of urban environments: airports, waterways, marketplaces, historical sites and national borders. These are also mobile spaces, where ships, currencies, people, and time pass in disengagement with their geographical coordinates. The concepts of time and liminality are central to his practice on a multitude of levels. Cavusoglu alludes to these themes in a reflective way positioning them within geo-political, philosophical, historical and literary contexts. The spatiality and the immersive qualities of his installations further contribute to the manifestation of these concepts in the ways the viewer experiences them.听His large-scale anamorphic floor and wall drawings reiterate further his interest in the Duchampian by probing the concept of post-object and thus presenting a critical discourse around representability.


Current Teaching

Teaching on the BA Fine Art and MA Fine Art, and MA Printmaking courses at the School of Art. Director of Studies and Second Supervisor to six PhD students.


Biography

Ergin Cavusoglu听(Bulgaria) studied at The National School of Fine Arts 'Iliya Petrov', Sofia in the early 1980s. He consequently received a BA from the University of Marmara, Istanbul, MA from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a PhD from University of Portsmouth.听

Cavusoglu co-represented Turkey at the听50th Venice Biennale听2003. He was shortlisted for the听Beck鈥檚 Futures Prize听in 2004 and for听Artes Mundi 4听in 2010.听Solo presentations include听Ergin 脟avu艧o臒lu, Desire Lines /Tarot & Chess/,听Whitechapel Gallery, London, and Istanbul Modern Museum (2020),听Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp (2016), PEER, London (2010),听Ludwig Forum f眉r Internationale Kunst, Aachen (2009),听Kunstverein Freiburg (2008),听John Hansard Gallery, Southampton听(2006), NGCA, Sunderland (2006) and DCA Dundee (2004). Museum and biennial exhibitions include ICP International Center of Photography, New York (2022),听Galleria d鈥橝rte Moderna Milano (GAM) (2018),听Es Baluard Museum of Modern Art, Palma (2017),听Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2016),听Istanbul Modern, Istanbul听(2015),听Manifesta 8, Murcia (2010),听Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern (2009), Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2008), the听British Art Show 6听(2005), the听8迟丑听Istanbul Biennial听(2003)听and the听3rd Berlin Biennial(2003).

Works by Cavusoglu are represented in many international museum collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection, New York, La collection du Frac Alsace, Pinakothek der Moderne, M眉nchen, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST), Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, and The Ludwig Collection, Aachen.

Publications