Özlem Kalkan Erenus

By means of cement, sand and other unconventional materials applied on canvas, Özlem Kalkan Erenus is exploring the possibilities of deformation and abstraction in her works based on figures.

Erenus organized 17 personal exhibitions, participated in over 150 group shows, in several workshops and art symposia; in Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Austria, Hungary, Germany, UK, Italy, USA, India, China, Iran, Vietnam, Morocco, Finland, France, Poland and she won several prizes.

Her works were represented at the “3rd International Biennial of Tehran” and at the “International Biennial of Arad” and were included in numerous public and private collections.

Erenus is organizing international art symposia and exhibitions in several towns of Turkey and she is a board member of “Turkish Union of Fine Arts” since 2003. Her articles, interviews and translations in art field are being published in several art magazines and in peer reviewed publications.

Since 2004 she is working in her private studio in Ataköy, Istanbul.

Graduated from Istanbul Lisesi (High School) in 1989 and Istanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration in 1993, Erenus completed her dissertation on the corpus of Marcel Duchamp's works in 2012 and took her MA degree on “Art Theory and Criticism” at Istanbul Işık University, Department of Art Science.

Her book "Marcel Duchamp" (in turkish) is published by Tekhne Publications in April, 2014.


Works in Public Collections:
• Museum of Fine Arts, Satu Mare – Romania
• City Hall of Békéscsaba – Hungary
• City Hall of Kemer, Antalya – Turkey
• City Zoo, Baku – Azerbaijan
• The Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo – Bosnia
• Cultural Centre Verkatehdas, Hameenlinna – Finland
• Gallery L'Art Vivant, Collioure – France
• Bar of Modern Art, Berlin – Germany
• Khyber Restaurant, Mumbai – India
• Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv – Israel
• Pantanegra, Condesa, Mexico City – Mexico
• Pataka Museum, Porirua City – New Zealand
• Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila – Philippines
• Town Hall, Bacau – Romania
• Centre for Visual Art at University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Peace Museum, Seoul – South Korea
• City Council of Chinchón, Chinchón – Spain
• Taipei Artist Village, Taipei - Taiwan
• Artemis Art Center, Istanbul – Turkey
• Pauline A. Shaw School, Boston – U.S.A.
• Northside Preparatory School, Chicago – U.S.A.
• The Peace Garden, Washington, DC – U.S.A.
• Fine Arts Museum of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam
• Centre of Excellence for The Arts, Home of International Potters'Path - Wales
• Karlık Evi Hotel, Uçhisar – Kapadokya (2004)
• Başak Sigorta Collection, Ankara (2004)
• Inter Art Fine Arts Museum, Aiud – Romania (2005)
• Konak Municipality – İzmir (2005)
• Taksim International Abant Palace Hotel– Bolu (2005)
• Koç-Statoil, İstanbul (2005)
• Hotel Maşukiye – Adapazarı (2006)
• Derry Museum, Derry – Northern Ireland (2008)
• Art Collection of Ege University, Izmir (2011)

In my recent series “Remains of Yesterday” I am taking a walk down memory lane. Expressing faces from the past by scraping them in the mortar and putting them together next to each other... These faces seem to be just odds and ends, some unclear reflections, blurred in the shade of time... Each of them is a stranger and each of them is a little bit of me...

Over 50 Group Exhibitions: (Selection)

2005
• 3rd International Biennial of Tehran

2004
• Ilayda Art Gallery, Istanbul
• OMS Essling, Vienna - Austria
• Nelli Art Gallery, Istanbul
• Basak Sigorta Art Gallery, Izmir
• Antalya Cultural Center, Antalya
• Union of Fine Arts - Gallery Artis, Bucharest - Romania
• Atatürk Cultural Center, Karadeniz Eregli - Turkey
• Uchisar Citadel, Cappadocia - Turkey
• Osmanbey Art Gallery, Istanbul
• BBK – Künstlerhaus Galerie, Karlsruhe - Germany
• UNESCO Cultural Center, Bucharest - Romania

2003
• Shagun Art Gallery, Mumbai - India
• Kulturforum Haus Dacherröden, Erfurt - Germany
• Gallery Inter Art, Aiud - Romania
• Wenckheim Castle, Szabadkígyós - Hungary
• Gallery Panev, Veliko Turnovo - Bulgaria
• Kemer Cultural Center, Antalya
• Taksim Art Gallery, Istanbul

2002
• Rottary Gallery, Cluj Napoca - Romania
• Antalya Cultural Center, Antalya
• City Museum of He Ze - China
• Art Gallery of City Hall, Békéscsaba - Hungary
• History Museum, Aiud - Romania
• Museum of Fine Arts, Satu Mare - Romania
• Gallery Mü-Terem, Debrecen - Hungary
• Palace Hardenberg Vorburg Museum, Essen - Germany
• Naval Museum, Istanbul
• Military Museum, Harbiye - Istanbul

2001
• Gallery of Satu Mare - Philarmoni, Romania
• Concervatory of Debrecen - Hungary
• City Gallery of Gyomaendröd - Hungary
• Palace Anras, Tirol - Austria
• City Gallery of Varna - Bulgaria
• Tayyare Cultural Center, Bursa - Turkey

2000
• Museum of Fine Arts, Satu Mare - Romania

1999
• Nelli Art Gallery, Istanbul

17 Solo Exhibitions:

"The Trail Of Time"
2014 • Ege University, MÖTBE Art Center, Izmir

“MASQUERADE; Fragmented Mental Portraits”
2013 • Mask Museum, Izmir

“Özlem Kalkan Erenus, Arttour in Poland”
2012 • Hilton Garden Inn, Krakov – Polonya
• Mount Blanc, Bonarka City Center, Krakov – Polonya
• Budma 2012, Poznan – Polonya

“en-ONE-terre”
2011 • Tarlakuşu Organik Studyo, Ayvalık

“Dünden Bugüne”
2011 • Kahvedan, Cihangir - İstanbul

“Remains of Yesterday”
2006 • İEL 15.Kültür Haftası, İstanbul
• Fotografya Sefa Ulukan Sanat Galerisi, Adana
2005 • Abant Palace Oteli Sanat Galerisi, Bolu
• Galeri K, Aydın
• Başak Sigorta Sanat Galerisi, Izmir
2004 • Pera Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul

“Incognito”
• August 2001 Gallery Inter Art, Aiud - Romania
• June 2001 Naval Museum, Istanbul
• April 2001 Gallery Sredetz, Sofia – Bulgaria

“Thirteen and a half”
• May 1999 Studio Peinture, Istanbul

• eMailArt International Contest of AiudOnline – Special Prize of Inter-Art Foundation