1984, born in Hakkari. Lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
Erol Eskici constructs his practice around the manner and possibilities of various artistic mediums interacting with the diverse data he collects regarding the topics and areas that interest him. The physical and chemical properties of different mediums, their application methods, and the formal possibilities and meanings that arise when they interact with different themes and disciplines result in a classification mechanism developed by the artist in this direction. Accordingly, fluid and soluble materials associated with water can be considered in the context of layering, geology, and stratigraphy; oil-based materials within anthropology and natural history; and formable materials such as wood and stone within the frameworks of monumentality and the concept of monuments. The artist occasionally establishes different connections and transitions between the researched topics and areas.
EDUCATION
2006 Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Painting
2003 Adana Fine Arts High School
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022-23 Unintended Monuments, SANATORIUM, Istanbul, Turkey
2018-19 Stratigrapher, SANATORIUM, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 Nostomania, SANATORIUM, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Lost Frequency, Mac Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 Low Voltage—High Damage, Mac Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 An Open Door, UrlaDam, İzmir, Turkey
2024 Von Zwei Orten, BIS Zentrum , Mönchengladbach, Germany
2024 The Rompone Summer Show, Galerie Rompone, Cologne, Germany
2024 Floating Islands, Istanbul Modern Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2023 Stable Dreams, Meteor/Balat Kültürevi, Bursa, Turkey
2023 The Age of Fire, Curated by Can Akgümüş, Doğan Taşdelen
Contemporary Art Center, Ankara, Turkey
2023 …AND QUIETLY THE NIGHT ARRIVES, Zoya Museum, Modra, Slovakia
2021 Wizard and the Garden, Erimtan Museum, Ankara, Turkey
2021 Lazy Eye, Spoiler Zone, Berlin, Germany
2020 Crystal Chateau, Curated by Can Akgümüş, Evliyagil Museum, Ankara, Turkey
2019 The Union, Odunpazari Modern Museum, Eskisehir, Turkey
2019 Fragments of a Hologram Rose, Curated by Luz Blanco & Ludovic Bernhardt , SANATORIUM, Istanbul, Turkey
2019 Paper, Pilevneli Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 The Cut and The Pit, UNIQ Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 First Round, Galata Greek School, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 Home, Evliyagil Museum, Ankara, Turkey
2016 Ottomans and Europeans: Past and Perspectives , MSGSU Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 Without, Mekan 68, Vienna, Austria
2015 Cut Dada with a kitchen knife, KUAD, Istanbul, Turkey
2014 Sublime, SANATORIUM, Istanbul, Turkey
2014 Where Am I?, Kare Sanat, Istanbul
2014 Unhappy Ready-Made, Kuad Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Inn London, Gallery Merkur, London, UK
2013 Inside, Gallery Merkur, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Sanctity and Despotism of Progress, Alan Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Impudence of Good Intent, Art Sümer, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Reality Terror, Depo, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 A Weirdo Feel Up 2, Rumeli Han, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 A Weirdo Feel Up, Halı Atölyesi, MSU, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 Inventory, SANATORIUM, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 Borders and Orbits 07, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 City and Art, Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 City and Art, Bishops Square, London, UK
2008 Art Against the Occupation, Karşı Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 We Get Vocalised, Ha Za Vu Zu, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
