Info – Erdem Çolak

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies

Department of Political Science and Public Administration Middle East Technical University

Living and working in Ankara / Turkey

Photo Credit: Oğuz Karakütük

Education

2021 PhD, Political Science, Ankara University

2021 PhD, Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam

2016 MA, Political Science, University of Birmingham

2013 BA, Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University

Exhibitions

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2025 (S)Till, Life, Ka – Space for Visual Culture & Artistic Thinking, Ankara

2024 Ex-sistere, Fikret Otyam Cultural Center, Ankara

2021 Heteronyms, Respublika, Ankara

2021 Nudes, OKO Cultural Melting Point, Amsterdam

Group

2026 (Upcoming) Art3f – Monaco Art Fair, Elciela Editions, Monaco

2026 La Trace, Elciela Editions, Istanbul

2026 The Sun Never Saw a Shadow, Galeri Siyah Beyaz & Ka – Space for Visual Culture & Artistic Thinking, Ankara

2024 1st Izmir Mediterranean Biennial, İzmir

2022 Offline Exhibition, Tinimini Room, Dordrecht

2021 Mamut Art Project, Istanbul

2021 Museo Franklin Rawson (San Juan) and Museo MAR (Buenos Aires) as part of Bienalsur

2021 European Turkish Contemporary Artists – ETCA, NDSM-Fuse, Amsterdam

2020 Humanities Ever After, Vox-Pop, Amsterdam

2020 Summer Exposition, Galerie Mia Joosten, Amsterdam

2020 Truly Essentials, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam

Residency

2023 1st Izmir Mediterranean Biennial Artist Residency Programme – Urla – İzmir / Turkey

2023 Atölye Hane, Urla – İzmir / Turkey

Publications (Selected)

2024 M. Wenda Koyuncu, “Yorgun, Çıplak ve Gölgesiz”, Art Unlimited, https://www.unlimitedrag.com/post/yorgun-ciplak-ve-golgesiz

2024 Mine Bican, “Sanatı, Tuvalden Çıkıp Zihinlere, Duygulara Uzanıyor” , İthaf Sanat, https://www.ithafsanat.com/sanati-tuvalden-cikip-zihinlere-duygulara-uzaniyor/

2024 “Erdem Çolak – İzmir Akdeniz Bienali Sanatçıları”, İzmir Art, https://www.izmir.art/tr/erdem-colak-izmir-akdeniz-bienali-sanatcilari