Ayşen Kaptanoğlu
TR/NL, Turkey, 1985
Lives and works in Amsterdam, NL
aysencelebioglu@hotmail.com
www.aysenkaptanoglu.com
Education
2022-2024
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2016-2021
Wackers Academy, Amsterdam, NL
2007-2011
Istanbul University Italian Language and Literature,TR
2003-2007
Istanbul University English Language and Literature,TR
Solo Exhibitions
2025
'Battlegrounds', Villa De Bank, Enschede, NL
'Cracks, Holes and Roses', Madé van Krimpen Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Duo Exhibitions
2025
'what grows unseen', with Lisette De Greeuw, Josilda da Conceição Gallery , Amsterdam, NL
Group Exhibitions
2025
'Missing Like a Round Shape', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL (Upcoming)
'Promise that you'll sing about me', Gallery Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam, NL
How Far Is It?, Kunsthal 45, Den Helder, NL
2024
Summer Art Salon, The Green Room Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
Open Studios 2023, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
Knife Cuts Both Ways, De Kring, Amsterdam, NL (commission supported by Van den Ende Foundation)
Concepts of Me, Sign Foundation, Groningen, NL
Sam Drukker's Choice, Wackers Academy, Amsterdam, NL
A Still-Volcano-Life, Galleria Vistamare, Milano, IT
2023
No Hymns to Color, Gallery of Fanny Freytag, Amsterdam, NL
Refresh Amsterdam #2 War & Conflict, Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Debut Season, Jean-Claude Maier Gallery, Frankfurt, DE
Open Studios 2023, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
2022
The Hunt, Galerie de Schans, Amsterdam, NL
2021
VCRBC Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Art Fairs
2025
Enter Art Fair, Versus Art Project, Copenhagen, DM (upcoming)
2024
Art Island, Madé van Krimpen Gallery, IJmuiden, NL
Awards/Grants
2024
Van Den Ende Foundation
2023
Van Bijlevelt Stichting
2022
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds-Leendert van Lier Fonds
Commissions
City Archives Drawing Assignment 2025, Amsterdam
Guest Lessons
ArtEZ Enschede-April 2025
Media
See All This #38: Pretty Brilliant Women in the Arts vol. III- https://seeallthis.com/en/article/pretty-brilliant-vol-iii/
https://www.groene.nl/artikel/op-een-vliegend-tapijt
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/06/01/rijksakademie-opent-48-ateliers-vol-politiek-en-poezie-a4166118
https://metropolism.com/nl/recensie/50740_de_oorlog_in_een_ander_refresh_2_war_conflict/
https://extraextramagazine.com/product/issue-no-21/