Doğum: KAYSERİ, 1978
Ansen graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Faculty Department of Painting. The artist follows a multidisciplinary approach while creating his works and offers diversity in terms of technique. While using different materials suitable for the thematic structure of his works, the artist aims to make the audience think with an occasionally sarcastic approach.
Ansen’s works were selected for many international collections such as Emma and Joseph Cherian and Khaled Samawi’s collections in addition to prominent Turkish collections such as Papko Art Collection, Odunpazarı Modern Museum (Polimeks Holding), Eczacıbaşı, Lichtenstein Museum, and Istanbul Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection. The works of the artist, who has participated in Sotheby’s 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and Christie’s Dubari 2011 and 2012 Turkish Contemporary Art Auctions, were featured in the books “Unleashed: Contemporary Art from Turkey” and “99 Square” printed in 2018.
Solo Shows:
2022, "Allegory of The Cave", x-ist, Istanbul, Turkey
2021, "Reunion", x-ist, Istanbul, Turkey
2018, “Codex Seragliensis: Respect to Klaudios Ptolemaios”, x-ist, Istanbul, Turkey
2017, “Tyrant's Reign and Titan's Slain”, x-ist, Istanbul, Turkey
2015, “No(ir)land”, x-ist, Istanbul, Turkey
2013, “Alliance”, x-ist, Istanbul, Turkey
2011, “Malevolence”, x-ist, Istanbul, Turkey
2009, “The Trace”, x-ist, İstanbul, Turkey
2008, “Menace”, x-ist, Istanbul, Turkey
2006, “Resistance”, x-ist, Istanbul, Turkey
2004, “x-ist-ence”, x-ist, Istanbul, Turkey
Group Shows & Fairs:
2024, "Art Show: Galeriler Buluşması, Istanbul, Turkey
2023, "Cumhuriyetin Yüzü", Borusan Kocabıyık Vakfı, Istanbul, Turkey
2023, "Artweeks Akaretler", Istanbul, Turkey
2023, "Mediations Bienali", Artİstanbul Feshane, Istanbul, Turkey
2023, "Contemporary İstanbul", Istanbul, Turkey
2023, "CI Bloom", Istanbul, Turkey
2023, "Art Dubai", Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2022, "Artweeks@Akaretler", Istanbul, Turkey
2020, "VOLTA New York", New York, United States of America
2019, "The Union", Odunpazarı Modern Museum, Eskişehir, Turkey
2019, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2018, “99 Square”, ArtOn, Istanbul, Turkey
2018, “Guest: Unexpected”, Mixer, Istanbul, Turkey
2018, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2017, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2016, Art Stage Singapore, Singapore
2016, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2015, “x-tension”, Office 4200, Bursa, Turkey
2015, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2015, ArtInternational, Istanbul, Turkey
2014, Art14London, London, UK
2014, "Young Collectors", Elgiz Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2014, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2014, "Formless", Santral Istanbul, Turkey
2014, "Autonomous and Beautiful”, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
2014, ArtInternational, Istanbul, Turkey
2013, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2013, ArtInternational, Istanbul, Turkey
2012, “Samawi Collection II Sergisi”, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
2012, Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2012, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2011, “Confessions of Dangerous Minds”, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2011, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2011, Art Beat, Istanbul, Turkey
2011, Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2010, SCOPE New York, New York, USA
2010, SCOPE Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2010, ArtRT HK (Hong Kong International Art Fair), Hong Kong
2010, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2009, “A Subjective Panorama on Turkish Contemporary Photography"”, Maison des Métallos, Paris, France
2009, “The Tradition of the New - Emerging Artist Group Show”, Sakshi Gallery, Taiwan
2009, ShContemporary (Shanghai Asia Pasific Contemporary Art Fair), Shanghai, China
2009, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2008, CIGE’08 (China International Gallery Fair), Peking, China
2008, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2007, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2006, Art Fair Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2006, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2005, “Young Expansion”, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey