Rising: 2nd Kommagene Biennale

We are glad to announce that the 2nd Kommagene Biennale has opened on the 24th of August and will be on display until the 8th of November, 2024.

This year’s edition hosts 54 artists, 27 from around the world, 18 from all over Türkiye and 9 from the region of Adiyaman.

You can visit the artworks at the following locations:

Lucian Islands (Near the village of Belören, on the Atatürk Dam Lake)

Ceysu Ucan (TR), Karin van der Molen (NL), Mahmut Aydın (TR), Martin Fred (FR), Muhammet Bakır (TR), NEG-UUDEL Performance Art Group (MNG – Ulzibat Enkhtur, Oonoo Enkhtur), Strl_ (DK – Sho Murayama, Samuel Collins), Sophy King (GB), Talha Demiral (TR), Shabir Mir (PK), Zsófia Majorosi (HU), Yusuf Aktoprak (TR), Feng Feng + Xiao Li (CN)

Cendere Bridge

Muhammet Bakır (TR), Yusuf Aktoprak (TR), Çağla Meknuze & Mert Kamiller & Arda Gül (TR)

Kâhta Castle

Burhan Yılmaz (TR), Kahraman Turan (TR), Muhammet Bakır (TR), Rukiye Peyzo (TR), Serpil Çetinkaya + Ilgın Özer (TR), Erdoğan Kaplan (TR), Guillermo Anselmo Vezzosi (AG), Dora Moneti Faggin (PT), Başak Karakoyun (TR), Şölen Kipöz & Hatice Gökçe (TR), Narin Turanlı (TR), Amarsaikhan Namsraijav (MNG), Gonca Dicle Akça Gonca (TR), Yusuf Aktoprak (TR), Özgür Özcan (TR), Yiğit Türüdü (TR)

Mount Nemrut

Muhammet Bakır (TR), Chrisel Attewell (ZA)

Karakuș Tumulus

Alhan Tanrıverdi (TR), Kinga Kovács + Ernő Endre Gergely (RO), Muhammet Bakır (TR), Hur Taejin (KR), Oya Yurt + Yaprak Deniz Yurt (TR), Sezen Ümitli (TR), Patrick Jones + Kaori Jones (GB), Yusuf Aktoprak (TR)

Ancient City of Perre

Danial İsmail + Türkan Sultan Yaşar (MY), Marisa Merlin (IT), Michael Chauvel (FR), Muhammet Bakır (TR), Mustafa Duymaz (TR), Tibor Kolozsi (RO), Takashi Ikezawa (JP)

For a visual chronicle of the artists’ working process, the context, and daily events click here.