{"id":18491,"date":"2013-06-22T15:50:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T13:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albumarte.org\/?post_type=person&p=18491"},"modified":"2021-09-29T21:03:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T19:03:35","slug":"beral-madra-2","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.albumarte.org\/en\/people\/beral-madra-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beral Madra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beral Madra<\/strong>, a critic and curator, directed Gallery BM (1984-1990) and is currently directing BM Contemporary Art Centre (since 1990). Founding partner and artistic director of Kuad Gallery (2012). She lives and works in Istanbul.<\/span><\/p>\n

She coordinated the 1st (1987) and the 2nd (1989) Istanbul Biennale, curated the Pavilion of Turkey in  43rd, 45th, 49th, 50th and 51st Venice Biennale, co-curated the exhibition Modernities and Memories: Recent Works from the Islamic World in 47th Venice Biennale. She was the director of Visual Arts in Istanbul Culture Capital of Europe (2008-2010).<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 1984 she has organized more than 250 local and international artists in her art centre and in other official art spaces in Istanbul. She curated and co-curated over 20 international group shows including Atmosphere 41 Contemporary Art from Georgia, Siemens Art Gallery, Istanbul (2007); Opening of BM-Suma, Visual Art Centre. Istanbul; Bah\u00e7esaray, Crimea, Contemporary Art Exhibition (Turkey, Greece, Russia, Ukraine) (2008); Neighbours in Dialogue Exhibition, Sarajevo (2008); A week of Art and Culture from Turkey, Pamplona (Huarte Contemporary Art Center), Spain (2008); Istanbul Diptychs, Istanbul Centre in Brussels (2008); Contemporary Art Collection for Point Hotel, Istanbul (2009); Interstices, Central Asia Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale, (2009); Next Wave, Exhibition of 17 Women Artists from Turkey, Berlin Academy Pariser Platz (2009); 2010-2011 Cityscapes, Lothringer 13, Munich and Istanbul Siemens Art Gallery; 2011 Advisory Curator of the Pavilion of Azerbaijan at 54th Venice Biennale; 2011 A Conceptual Heritage: Vanguard Exhibitions, 1980-1990, Antik A? Artam Art Gallery; co-curated ANTEPRIMA, 6 Video Artists from Turkey and Italy, ICI, Istanbul; 2012 curated the exhibition of Aidan Salakhova in Moscow Museum of Modern Art.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her involvement in publications include Identity of Contemporary Art (1987), Post-peripheral Flux-A Decade of Contemporary Art in Istanbul (1996); Iki Yilda Bir Sanat (Art Every Two Years- Essays on Biennale), Norgunk Yayincilik, 2003; Neighbours in Dialogue, Norgunk, 2005; Maidan\u201d Essays on Contemporary Art in South Caucasus and Middle East, BM CAC Publications, 2007. Home Affairs: Essays on Contemporary Art in Turkey, BM CAC Publications, 2009. 1980-1995 articles in G\u00f6steri, Arredamento Dekorasyon, Cumhuriyet, Istanbul, Kalin, Anons; 1995-2010 Radikal (160 articles); From 2011 on in Birg\u00fcn. Edited numerous catalogues and books published by the Visual arts Directorate of Istanbul 2010 ECOC.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Personal web site: www.beralmadra.net<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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