Murat Germen

 Solo and group Exhibitions

• 2021      “Oblivion” at AKS museum, Antalya, Turkey. Curator:Munevver Eminoglu, exhibit design: Yesim Demir. displayed as virtual tour at
  this link: https://sergi.antalyakultursanat.org.tr/nisyan-oblivion/ due to covid-19 restrictions – will open physically in 2021 when conditions allow.
• 2020      “Overflow” at ferda art platform – curator: necmi sonmez, exhibition design: kerem piker.
• 2020      “Photography in days of pandemic” in istanbul modern. curators: levent calikoglu & demet yildiz.
• 2020     ”Online (due to covid19 pandemic) solo show at KIRAATHANE-Istanbul literature house’s kunstmatrix page.
• 2020      “How imperialism evolves?” in the group show titled “a road story: 180 years of photography” at the pera museum, istanbul. curator: e.özendes; artists: c.aral, l.aytek, a.borovali, m. germen, s.koçaslan, y.sevinçli, a.sime, l.tara, s.taycan, c.turgay.
• 2019      ”Room size 3D stairway-shaped installation in the solo show at the merdiven art space, Istanbul.
• 2019      Several works invited to be featured at the duyun international photography exhibition, Duyun, China.
• 2019     “Center is spreading” at FAP (ferda art platform) Istanbul. curator: M.Bayik, artists: t.bayar, cins, g.çeşmeci, a.duru, m.germen, s.girinci, g.güçlü, horasan, s.m.koç, g.senyuvali, m.parlar .
• 2019     “For sagalassos” – group show on one of anatolia’s most ancient cities, at bozlu art project mongeri building, istanbul. artists: m.germen, s.gürbüz, k.karakaya, m.morova, s.topuz, u.varlik, s.zeki.
• 2019     “Structure” – solo show at difoART gallery, istanbul.
• 2019     “SHHH..!” – group show at the energy museum, istanbul. curator: d.yücel, artists: a.civelek, e.sargin, g.bayiksel, g.deniz, k.sahakoglu, l.s.daricioglu, m.ünsal, m.germen.
• 2019     “Photography’s various states” – solo show / sectional retrospective at sakip sabanci mardin city museum. curator: nazan olcer (istanbul sakip sabanci museum directress),  (52.385 visitors).
• 2019     “More familiar than lies less familiar than truth” at the group show “festival of insignificance” – curators: b.gunes & o.demirci. artists: b.yüksel, cins, ç.saray, d.erbas, d.cankaya, horasan, i.egrikavuk – j.e.amado, i.cankaya, m.germen. halka art project gallery, istanbul.
• 2019     “Speculative spaces” – group show at kare art gallery, istanbul. curator: i.yeginsü, artists: b.aksoy, c.aytekin, ç.sel, m.bulanda, m.germen, s.uysal, s.m.koç.
• 2019     “ANI – the forgotten city on the silk route” – group show at the university of oslo museum of cultural history. curator: DEPO, istanbul. artists: a.güler, m.manukyan, m.germen, v.akçayöz, ü.kivanç, e.akhisar, n.koyuncu.
• 2018      “Infinity and the image” – group show at evin art gallery, istanbul. artists: g.karamustafa, a.elhan, o.c.çetin, h.gürsoytrak, m.germen, k.terziev, s.domin, h.özdemir, s.disli, s.alpsoy, o.n.iyem, f.geyran, b.yamanlar.
• 2018      “The one who saw the deep, the one who sees the unknown: generating new narratives” – international contemporary turkish art group exhibition in mahalla festival, malta; venues: museum muza, museum fortress builders, studio 87, valletta contemporary, palazzo zabbar. curators: sabine küper-büsch, thomas büsch. artists: a.cosentino, c.çakar, c.tekin, e.gecikmez, e.özgen, g.terkol, h.kirbas, m.m.an, m.germen, r.kubat, z.hamurcu.
• 2018     Room / wall size photo installations in the group show titled “The silence of 206 rooms: studies on the buyukada greek orphanage” at the galata greek school – curator: h.buyuktasciyan; artists:a.kazma, d.winchester, m.germen, h.buyuktasciyan.
• 2018     Two works on display at “Points of view” – Istanbul modern photography collection group exhibition at the new temporary venue at tepebasi, istanbul. artists: a.alisir, a.c.arevyan, o.c.cetin, m.germen, s.kaygun, b.mikhailov. curator: demet yildiz.
• 2018     Video work titled “Emerging talent” – featured in a group exhibit at WOW.14 / ukraine, curator: tahir un. national university kharkiv & municipal gallery kharkiv 10-12 april / university of arts kiev & say by body art festival kiev.
• 2018     “Pawn”– solo show at degartlab project space, Eskisehir, Turkey.
• 2018     “Extraordinary photographs VI”, group exhibit, rosier gallery, berkeley, CA, USA – artists: l.lux, h.sugimoto, r.young, c.m.weems, m.monteith, e.burtynsky, t.jacobi, a.fuss, y.nagata, d.lachapelle, c.c.marcus, a.g.cao, s.wilkes, d.hilliard, m.germen, v.muniz.
• 2018      “(r)Evolve” – featured at group exhibit titled “art in public space: evrim/evolve” in PORTIZMIR 4 triennale. artists: r.arslan: mentalKLINIK, o.aruoba, z.beler, c.cakar, a.m.demirel, e.deveci, b.dikilitas, j.hadjithomas &k.joreige, s.horada, c.fottinger, m.germen, e.kavcar, f.onur, ortadogu kolektifi, h.rustem, s.sonmez, m.senocak. curator: necmi sonmez.
• 2018     “Poetry of stones, ANI: an architectural treasure on cultural crossroads”, group exhibit, DEPO, Istanbul – photographs: a.guler, m.manukyan, m.germen, v.akcayoz. project team: c.paludan-muller, a.kazaryan, a.pontioglu, y.ozkaya, a.mirzoyan, vedat a.akçayoz .
• 2018     “Cloud”– solo show at bozlu art project, nisantasi gallery, istanbul, turkey.
• 2018     “Urban imaginaries” – duo show (w/ katie shima) at lightroom gallery / azrieli school of architecture & urbanism, Carleton University, Ottawa,
  Ontario, Canada
• 2018     “Emerging talent”– solo show at bilsart video art screening space, Istanbul, Turkey.
• 2017     “Attack & Retreat” – duo show (w/ orhan cem cetin) at evin art gallery,Istanbul, Turkey.
• 2018     “Rupture” featured at the collection exhibit “helix”, at the yapi kredi culture & art center, istiklal avenue, taksim, istanbul. curator: necmi sonmez.
• 2017     “Borders, walls & belonging” – duo show (w/ kaytsen jama) at blakdot gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
• 2017     Eight works displayed at the 7th dali international photography exhibition 2017 (DIPE) in the “Turkish photography” section –Dali, China, curator: c.kulaksiz.
• 2017     Printed’17 “The multiple project”, group exhibit, mixer gallery, Istanbul – artists: a.dino, a.sari, a.telgeren, a.g.suter, b.dogancay, c.kanzik, canan, c.tolon, c.b.gokceer, e.ozen, f.basaga, g.karamustafa, g.b.yilmaz, h.oppenheimer, h.o.top, h.buyuktasciyan, h.rf, i.eviner, k.o.bayraktar, l.araz, m.balci, m.germen, n.topcuoglu, o.uluc, o.enginoz, r.aksan, s.pirim, sena, s.kheirkah, s.demirtas, t.dikmen, v.aslan, y.ozcan, y.sasmazer, y.yalcintas. curator: eda kehale argun.
• 2017     “Urbanobscura / cities: changing routes changing maps”, group exhibit, Siyah beyaz gallery, ankara – artists: m.acar, d.aktas, c.altay, m.berg, o.ceritoglu, m.duymaz, f.engin, d.erbas, m.germen, a.z.gunes, k.gurlesen, c.kocak, s.logie, b.ozdemir, f.ozgur, b.percin, n.sayin, h.sengun, a.senturk, a.taptik. curator: aysin zoe gunes.
• 2017     “Tomorrow”, charity exhibit for student scholarships, gaia gallery – artists: h.akdag, m.akkaya, a.a.bagcik, k.o.bayraktar, m.s.cakir, o.c.cetin, s.demir, s.demirtas, i.dogan, a.duru, a.elmaci, f.engin, m.germen, s.girinci, g.gulan, horasan, a.karakas, m.kilic, v.kiziltunc, s.m.koc, a.i.ocal, i.onurmen, d.ozdemir, a.ozmenoglu, g.ozsoy, b.percin, s.pirim, sabo, n.sati, s.sayin, i.seymen, k.sofuoglu, h.sekerciler, a.tasezen, a.yalkin, s.yilmaz, e.zumrutoglu. curator: marcus graf.
• 2017     “Screwed, too late!” was featured in imago mundi – luciano benetton collection mediterranean routes – palermo, zisa, zona arti contemporanee, italy.
• 2017     “First time” was displayed in SCOPE miami 2017 & SCOPE New York  art fairs as part of Cagla Cabaoglu gallery.
• 2016     “Reconstructions”, akbank sanat booth @ contemporary Istanbul art fair – curator: hasan bulent kahraman.
• 2016      Two works displayed at the daegu photo biennale 2016 under the main theme of “we are from somewhere, but where are we going?” – deagu, korea, curator: issack kim, sept 29th – nov 3rd.
• 2016      “A city transformed: images of istanbul then and now” – solo show at the aga khan museum, toronto, canada. curators: bahattin oztuncay and filizçakir phillip.
• 2016      “let us cultivate our garden”, cappadox international art festival – cappadocia, nevsehir, turkey. artists: a.m.gordo, a.erkmen, c.schaefer, h.buyuktasçiyan, j.kormeling, m.lopez, m.dardot, m.germen, m.sahinler, n.gures. curator: fulya erdemci, may.
• 2016     “Clean water: this yearning is ours!” contemporary turkish art show at the centre of contemporary art toruń, poland. artists: m.baydu, n.ekici, a.erkmen, m.germen, a.kazma, v.kiziltunç, s.koçyigit, b.sag, n.tur. curator: lora sariaslan.
• 2016      “Fortress” – UAMO contemporary art festival, munich, germany.
• 2016     Social-ist / murat germen’s documentary photo series of gezi resistance are on display at the museum of contemporary cuts online pages –curator: lanfranco aceti.
• 2016      “Artists in their time” – istanbul modern collection exhibition. artists: d.aitken, allora&calzadilla, g.baselitz, l.gillick, e.hundley, a.kiefer, h.nitsch m.saunders, h.b.alptekin, v.avsar, a.ozmenoglu, m.pulat, k.ataman, f.atay, h.chalayan, e.çavusoglu, c.erek, f.ozgur, v.tuna, b.yagcioglu, a.albek, a.alisir,c.aral, b&z.baran, n.b.ceylan, m.çitak, m.germen, s.kaygun, y.moran, g.sipahioglu, a.torunoglu, c.turkmen. curator: levent calikoglu.
• 2015     “Ankara: from pioneering modernism to revivalist mimicry and fake futurism” – solo show at the erimtan archeology and art museum, ankara, turkey. curator: emin mahir balcioglu, 3rd july – 1st november.
• 2015      Solo show titled “%5: hydro-energy and privatization of water rights” – milli reasurans art gallery, istanbul.
• 2015     “Backyard” – plato sanat gallery, istanbul. artists: ansen, k.o.bayraktar, s.ceylan, s.demirtas, i.dogan, m.germen, b.perçin, h.tenger, e.zumrutoglu, curator: marcus graf.
• 2015     “Izmir: a legacy for tomorrow” – arkas museum, izmir, turkey.
• 2015      Monograph titled “new turkey” in the photobook exhibition, athens photo festival.
• 2015     “Things that count…things that don’t” – turkish contemporary art show, abrazo interno gallery at the clemente, new york, curator: pamela cardwell.
• 2015     “Young collectors 2” collection exhibit – proje4l elgiz museum of contemporary art, curator: marcus graf, artists: a.akgun, r.bayrakoglu, c.beaton, m.bercea, m.bochner, t.ceylan, i.dogan, m.germen, a.d.ipek, a.koker, t.koran, f.kunath, f.mualla, a.oran, i.onurmen, s.pirim, l.rabus, a.roegiers, j.shuo,
  d.sinsel, o.uluç, e.uygun, m.a.uysal, a.warhol, c.xiaodong, z.yi yong, c.yu.
• 2015     “Cappadocia struck”, cappadox international art festival – cappadocia, nevsehir, turkey, curator: fulya erdemci. artists: a.erkmen, c.erek, h.buyuktasciyan, m.germen, m.sahinler, n.gures, c.schäfer, m.lopez, j.kormeling & c.palestine.
• 2015     “Mythologies” – 3. mardin biennial.
• 2014     “Gala modern” – charity auction at istanbul modern, artists: m.akogul, b.&z. baran, t.bayrak, h.chalayan, e.cavusoglu, m.germen, a.guler, h.kiris, o.oganer, c.tolon.
• 2014     “Fotoistanbul” – besiktas international festival of photography. curators: attila durak, jason eskenazi, huseyin yilmaz.
• 2014     “Urbane landschaften kolnistanbul” / boris becker – murat germen, curators: barbara hofmann-johnson / necmi sonmez. labor gallery, cologne.
• 2014     “Autonomous and beautiful” akbank art 20th year exhibition of turkish contemporary art – curator: h.b.kahraman artists: h.akakçe, e.aksel, ansen, r.bayrakoglu, h.chalayan, e.deveci, o.dinç, a.elhan, m.germen, s.m.koç, s.moral, f.ozgur, a.ozmenoglu, s.pirim, g.semercioglu, y.sasmazer, s.taycan,
  n.topçuoglu, v.tuna. akbank art, istanbul.
• 2014     “Istanbul modern collection exhibit”, landskrona photography festival, sweden.
• 2014     “2. diyarbakir photography festival”, diyarbakir, turkey.
• 2014     “Impossible structures” – group exhibit, kare art gallery. artists: a.elhan, a.alisir, a.diben, g.lo schiavo, m.bulanda, m.germen, r.anadol, s.pirim istanbul.
• 2013      1st egypt international biennale of photographic art, alexandria, egypt.
• 2013     “Facsimile vol.2” – solo exhibit, C.A.M gallery, istanbul.
• 2013     “Unexpected” group exhibit – curator: necmi sonmez, artists: m.germen, b.bedenlier, l.delibas, a.i.ocal. beymen zorlu center.
• 2013     “En train de…” solo exhibit opened during artist residency @ le cube, independent art room, rabat, morocco.
• 2013     Artworks @ various international contemporary art fairs: kunstrai AMSTERDAM/may 15-20 2013 (ARTITLED!); scope BASEL/10-16 june 2013 (c.a.m gallery); art COPENHAGEN/2013 august 30-sept 1 2013 (ARTITLED!); art THE HAGUE/2-6 oct 2013 (ARTITLED!); realisme AMSTERDAM/17-20 jan 2013 (ARTITLED!); contemporary ISTANBUL/7-10 nov 2013 (c.a.m gallery).
• 2013     “Record” group exhibit – curator: o.g.karasu. artists: c.ertas, d.ozturk, e.boyner, h.kiroglu, h.eyidogan, k.o.bayraktar, m.germen, u.demoglu, y. zorlu. mixer gallery, istanbul, 4 oct-10 nov 2013.§ “istanbul modern / bahrain” selection from contemporary art collections of istanbul modern, gathering 244 works by 94 artists from different periods– curator: l.calikoglu. bahrain national museum.
• 2013     “I can do this as well” group exhibit – curator: e.zeytinoglu. artists: m.germen, a.seddigh, s.sancaktar, m.a.boran, f.tan, b.yagcioglu. C.A.M gallery,istanbul.
• 2013     “The story of the creative” group exhibit. SEE exhibition space, long island city, NY.
• 2013     “Sublime porte:art&contemporary turkey”– curator: p.mohsin. artists:o.akan, k.batibeki, n.ekici, p.fabozzi, m.germen, p.hristoff, g.ilkin, m.marfione, a.morel, a.ozkal, g.semercioglu, o.telhan, e.uras, h.vurucuoglu. geoffrey yeh gallery, st. john’s univ, NY.
• 2013     “Alienation / estrangement” collection exhibition @ proje4L elgiz museum of contemporary art – curator: b.tansel artists: a.wolk, a.sukan, a.koker, b.baykam, b.dogançay, d.buetti, d.baechler, d.aitken, f.gilberti, g.forg, h.tenger, j.vanarsky, j.wohnseifer, k.a.batibeki, l.cecchini, m.germen,
  p.hodgson, p.gilardi, p.ombregt, r.weik, r. lipski, x. veilhan, y.sasmazer.
• 2013     ODTUsanat 14 / “city” – curators: a.sonmez, e.k.aliçavusoglu, t.turkdogan, y.tonkus, z.y.yaman. group exhibit of turkish contemporary art. 22 mar21 apr 2013, METU culture and convention center, ankara, turkey.
• 2013     M.germen’s work at ‘flash back on photography’ group exhibit at pro art gallery, dubai. exhibit brings together works of s.salgado, h.cartierbresson, w.ronis, a.gursky, c.delsaux, m.germen, a.fekry, c.cocciadiferro, p.seux, k.brbich, m.dubois v.le fevre.
• 2013     “Sanctity and despotism of progress” group exhibit – curator: e.zeytinoglu. artists: m.germen, b.kanturk, e.eskici, m.gorgun, v.tuna. ALANistanbul
  gallery.
• 2012      Murat germen artworks auctioned at christie’s dubai 2011, 2012, 2013 (april & october auctions) and sotheby’s london (2011, 2012) contemporary turkish art auctions.
• 2012     “Independent and together” group exhibit – curator: n.azeri, asfalt gallery, istanbul.
• 2012     “Encounters: contemporary art from turkey in korea” – curator: h.b.kahraman. ARA art square, seoul, korea.
• 2012      “Ali’s koço” – curator: s.ada, invited artists: c.altay, a.c.arevyan, b.aksoy, a.asci, b.cennetoglu, o.c.cetin, z.demir, h.deniz, a.elhan, c.emden, m.germen, a.guler, s.kosemen, n.sayin, a.sel, s.taycan, n.topcuoglu, o.yurdalan. milli reasurans art gallery, istanbul.
• 2012      Artworks @ various international contemporary art fairs: VIP art fair’s VIP photo (online) / july 12 – august 12, 2012 (rosier gallery); the soloproject basel / 13 – 17 june, 2012 (c.a.m gallery); artMRKT san francisco may 17 – 20, 2012 (rosier gallery).
• 2012      “Istanbul modern’s photography collection exhibit – after yesterday” – curator: e.ozendes, artists: abdullah frères, b.aksoy, a.asci, o.c.cetin, b.dogancay, s.eczacibasi, a.elhan, b.gerede, m.germen, a.o.gezgin, a.guler, gulmez frères, s.kaygun, i.keribar, m.kismet, s.kosemen, p.mcmillen, s.pakay, o.pferschy, s.sancaktar, sébah&joaillier, g.sipahioglu, istanbul modern.
• 2012     “Extraordinary photographs III” – group exhibit, artists: massimo vitali, vik muniz, justine reyes, chris faust, richard misrach, murat germen, rosier gallery’s (u.s.a.) online venue @ artnet.com.
• 2012     “Reality terror” – group exhibit, curators: r.arslan, a.t.ince; some of the invited artists: a.d.ipek, a.sik, b.konukman, d.akay, e.gecikmez, e.zeytinoglu, f.ozgur, komet, l.gediz, m.germen, n.azeri, n.sati, n.kocak, o.c.cetin, y.akdeniz. DEPO art center, istanbul.
• 2012     “Black&white” – group exhibit, artists: m. celayir, c. turgay, m. germen, p. hristoff, m. kismet, s. sancaktar, a. elhan. C.A.M gallery / nisantasi, istanbul.
• 2012     “Muta-morphosis” – solo exhibit, rosier gallery, u.s.a. (online gallery @artnet.com).
• 2011     “Muta-morphosis” – solo exhibit, C.A.M gallery / akaretler, istanbul.
• 2011     “Muta-morphosis” – solo exhibit, ARTITLED! contemporary art gallery, herpen, the netherlands.
• 2011     “Arayuzgaleri.com ISSUE No.1 / update!” – curator: d. yucel, invited artists: h.s. bacak, badem, f. bingol, n. cogal, o. enginoz, e. gecikmez, f. gercik, m. germen, o. gezer, k. gurelli, l. kamhi, h. kul, c.m. kulot, z. kundukan, lefor, e. saglik, t. savas , k.h. seydim, b. tuncay, t. un, f. velicangil, a. vural, e. vural.
  hayaka arti gallery, istanbul.
• 2011     “Destruction 2011” group exhibit – coordinators: a. t. ince, r. arslan. tomtom mah., akarsu sk. no:2, beyoglu, istanbul.
• 2011     “Unbounded” – elgiz collection group exhibit. proje 4L elgiz contemporary art museum, istanbul.
• 2011     “la production de l’espace” – invited artists: c. oykut, m. bilgin, m. germen. ALANistanbul gallery, istanbul.
• 2011     “Mixology 2011” – invited artists: juergen altmann, jeremy blincoe, carlo borer, bert frijns, murat germen, jasper james, ilse vermeulen, marleen vogels. ARTITLED! gallery, herpen, netherlands.
• 2011     “Humankind” juried/invitational group exhibit – NY photography festival, powerhouse arena, brooklyn, new york.
• 2011     “Collective intimacy” – invited artists:n. polat,a. elhan,y. agaoglu,o. ulkenciler,m. germen. C.A.M. gallery, istanbul.
• 2010     “7” – invited artists: a. elhan, a. asci, k. a. batibeki, m. germen, f. tulin, m. kismet, s. kosemen. C.A.M. gallery, istanbul.
• 2010     ‘lives and works in istanbul’ workshop series exhibit / victor burgin workshop – invited artists: a. a. akin, m. germen, d. gul, k. kantarcioglu, e.kavcar, n. e. noyan, m. onel, c. pekdemir, s. taycan (istanbul 2010 european capital of culture agency). tophane antrepo no.5, art port (sanatlimani), istanbul.
• 2010     “No rules” – invited artists: a. elhan, a. esin, a. asci, b. aksoy, f. kuyas, m. germen, o. c. cetin, s. kosemen. sanatorium art initiative contemporary art gallery, istanbul.
• 2010      “Port izmir 2” international contemporary art triennial – curator: necmi sonmez – invited artists: j. albers, d. akbulut, e. balkan, m. bajevic, r.bayrakoglu, j. beuys, g. caravaggio, e. cavusoglu, s. duman, m. dere, e. deveci, m. fatmi, a. fasshauer, m. germen, d. guzel, u. grossarth, y. hirai, s.kayaonu, s. keramati, g. krebber, m. keibel, m. kuitenbrouwer, m. kunt-o. gunyol, d. kurtel, a. messager, :mentalklinik (y. baydar, b. demir), n. muskara, u.moschel, f. onur, w. ploger, h. rustem, s. saglam, n. sati, e. seymen, b. streuli, s. susuz, d. suzen, n. tekin, g. terkol, f. verschaere. austro-turk tobacco
  warehouse, izmir, turkey.
• 2010     “Way” – solo exhibit, curator: engin ozendes – istanbul modern photography gallery, istanbul, turkey.
• 2010     “Chaotic metamorphosis”, curator: burcu pelvanoglu – invited artists: c. aytekin, e. celebi, c. eslek, m. germen, g. gulan, g. ilkin, b. oganer, i. onurmen, f.ozgur and e. saclioglu; proje4L / elgiz museum of contemporary art, istanbul, turkey.
• 2010     “Infinite+” – ebru ozdemir collection group exhibit, curators: deniz artun, done otyam , CER modern, ankara, turkey.
• 2010     “Asymmetric relations” – group exhibit, curator: seyhan boztepe, november-december 2010, guzelyali cultural center, izmir, turkey.
• 2009     “Aura” / solo exhibit, C.A.M. gallery, nisantasi branch, istanbul, turkey.
• 2010      Participant, “from byzantium to istanbul, one port for two continents” exhibition, a “season of turkey in france/saison de la turquie” event, curator: nazan olcer. galeries nationales (grand palais, champs-elysées), paris, france.
• 2009      “Aslolan dogadir… / nature is what matters…” in “ters akinti / backwards” istanbul biennial parallel group exhibition, artists: s.birsel, a. elhan, m.germen, m. morova, n. polat, C.A.M. gallery, nisantasi branch, istanbul, turkey.
• 2009      le pont – photos de galata / brid6e – galata photographs. group exhibition, curator: engin ozendes, artists: merih akogul, cemal emden, ahmet elhan, orhan cem cetin, murat germen, omer orhun; orangerie du sénat, jardins de luxembourg, paris, france.
• 2009     “Aura” series #18. exhibited at FWAphoto – one photo a day website. http://www.fwaphoto.com/#/2009-08-08/.
• 2009     “Ars accidentalis” series #1. C.A.M. gallery group exhibition, artists: a. elhan, m. germen, b. percin, s. pirim, m. pulat, y. tanyeli, C.A.M. gallery, nisantasi branch, istanbul, turkey.
• 2009      Vicious circle. turkish contemporary art group exhibit for the kennedy center international committee on the arts, show curated by isabellaicoz, the sofa hotel, art 8 lounge, istanbul, turkey.
• 2009     “Way” series #1. C.A.M. gallery group exhibition, artists: m. germen, b. percin, s. pirim, m. gunyeli, p. hristoff, y. k. demirel, C.A.M. gallery, tunel branch, istanbul, turkey.
• 2009      Chronophotography. eurographics workshop on computational aesthetics in graphics, visualization amd imaging, computational aesthetics 2009 art gallery, victoria, british columbia, canada.
• 2009      Editions I. invited photographers: arif asci, aylin dincel, ferit kuyas, murat germen, serkan taycan. elipsis gallery, istanbul, turkey.
• 2009      Becoming istanbul. digital exhibition held at the deutsches architekturmuseum (DAM) with the collaboration of garanti gallery (GG, istanbul), show curated by pelin dervis, bulent tanju and ugur tanyeli, frankfurt, germany, 6 sept – 9 nov
• 2008     Same show was exhibited 16.05. – 30.06.2009 // DAZ,
  berlin, germany; and 05.05. – 21.06.2009 // al riwaq gallery, al manama – bahrain.
• 2009     Soylulas-ma / kentsel donusum(!) / gentrification(!). group exhibition on negative dimensions of urban gentrification. contemporary lawyers association gallery, istanbul, turkey.
• 2009     Invited photographer for the G.D 85th year / art & technology: a story of innovation by 18 contemporary artists book and exhibition project curated by ludovico pratesi. naoya hatakeyama, gabriele basilico, anthony goicolea, dayanita singh, jules spinatsch, olivier richon, gueorgui
  pinkhassov are among the other artists who joined the project. book is published by electa and exhibition took place in pinacoteca nazionale, as aparallel exhibit to artefiera 2009, international fair of contemporary art in bologna.
• 2008     Ne hal’in varsa gor! invited artists: a. esin, b. alpay, b. eroglu, e. acun, e. cayla, i. k. deniz, l. sayilgan, m. atac, m. candan, m. germen, o. c. cetin, o.simsek, a. waldman; play studio gallery, istanbul, turkey.
• 2008     Invited exhibitor for the BAF (butterfly art foundation) international exhibition, lalit kala academy gallery, thrissur, kerala, india.
• 2008     Joined the group exhibition titled turkish realities: positions in contemporary photography from turkey. show curated by celina lunsford & necmi sonmez; invited photographers: m. germen, m. akogul, f. ozgur, p. yolacan, a. polat, k. karaoysal, i. maga, h. karakaya, y. moran, z. faik izer, s.kaygun, fotografie forum frankfurt, germany.
• 2008     Turkish photography today. group show at the FotoDepartament, st. petersburg, curated by anastassia zlatopolskaia. invited photographers: t. atasagun, k. cengizkan, o. cem cetin, k. dalgakiran, a. elhan, m. germen, NARPHOTOS, g. gezik, d. gunel, h. huseyin, a. ozener, s.sahintas, o. simsek.
• 2008     Exhibited 6 photos from the “inadvertent – ars accidentalis” series at the CAe 2008 art gallery, lisbon, portugal.
• 2008     Bars of freedom, photo submitted to the 1st international roaming biennial of tehran with the concept of urban jealousy. show curated by serhat koksal and amirali ghasemi, hafriyat karakoy, istanbul, turkey.
• 2008    “Decoy” exhibited at kutukafa group exhibition by tershane art collective. tershane gallery, istanbul.
• 2008     Industry as icon series #02 @ art of photography show 2008. works selected by carol mccusker, show curated by steven churchill and exhibited at the lyceum theatre gallery, san diego, USA.
• 2008     Selected works: untitled, brid6e / vicious circle, reconstruct #02, kanyon #03. group exhibition, museum of modern art, toluca city, mexico city, mexico. computer art congress 2008 (CAC2) “emerging forms of computer art: making the digital sense”.
• 2007     Insa / construct. group exhibition with nazli sanberk, french cultural institute. istanbul, turkey.
• 2008     Kopru6 / brid6e – galata fotograflari / photographers in galata. group exhibition, istanbul modern. istanbul, turkey. artists: merih akogul, cemal emden, ahmet elhan, orhan cem cetin, murat germen, omer orhun.
• 2007     Virtual architecture; reconstructing architecture through photography. digital photography work exhibited at the SIGGRAPH 2007 art gallery, san diego, USA.
• 2007     Borderline. international contemporary art project co-curated by denizhan ozer and seyhan boztepe for the canakkale municipality international 44.troia festival, canakkale, turkey.
• 2007     Caravansarai project/a space within space. international contemporary art project coordinated by s.khakhanashvili, at istanbul (karsi sanat), tashkent (house of photography, academy of arts), tbilisi (state museum of arts), thessaloniki (biennale of contemporary art).
• 2007     My land, my body. joint contemporary art exhibition curated by denizhan ozer, arcola theatre london, UK.
• 2007     This planet. submitted a photo for an international joint web art project (people from all over the world taking photographs simultaneously on march 3, 2007 on the exact same time in various locations in the world) by travis spangler (http://www.this-planet.net).
• 2006     Notre dame de sion performance hall concept exhibit. one of the four photographers invited for a joint concept exhibition at NDS performance hall, istanbul, turkey; photographers: bennu gerede, murat germen, izzet keribar, yalcin savuran.
• 2006     Reading the space as an entity, galleria vittorio emanuele. photography exhibited at SIGGRAPH 2006 art gallery, boston, USA.
• 2006     Trilogy: kid, stairways, train. solo photography exhibit at the istanbul fotograf merkezi / photography center.
• 2006     1870 ’lerden 2050’lere beyoglu nereye? photography exhibit documenting the historical heritage of the pera district of istanbul, exhibit sponsored by demiroren gayrimenkul / designed by iletisim unitesi; societa operaia italiana bldg, istanbul.
• 2006     Kanyon / under construction. one of the eight photographers invited for a joint concept exhibition at kanyon mall; photographers: bennu gerede, koray erkaya, lal dedeoglu, merih akogul, murat germen, oliviero olivieri, sitki kosemen, tamer yilmaz.
• 2005     Video + photography work called “let me honestly tell you… / industrial architecture” selected for screening at the beyond media, an international new media and architecture festival, curated by marco brizzi; florence, italy.
• 2006     Inside the arsenal shipyard. outdoor solo photography exhibit, big size outdoor prints on the old walls of the historical shipyard in golden horn, istanbul, turkey.
• 2005     In search of the genius loci of galata. digitally projected photography exhibit, istanbul design week, istanbul.
• 2005     Orsey tinger: rejected. joint photography exhibit with orhan cem cetin at the photography foundation of istanbul (fotograf vakfi). same project exhibited in lefkose, cyprus during the near east university’s 4th international photography days.
• 2005     Ikon olarak endustri: endustriyel estetik / industry as icon: industrial aesthetics. solo photography exhibit at the garanti gallery, istanbul, turkey.
• 2005     Gercekligin simgesi: yemen / the ‘real’ authentic: yemen. solo photography exhibit at the galata fotografhanesi / photography house, istanbul, turkey.
• 2005     Making of istanbul modern. did photography and exhibited work for the museum of modern art-istanbul’s opening exhibition, as one of the invited photographers including ara guler, manuel citak and ahmet elhan.
• 2003     Alice in whirlingland (istanbul 360 degrees). a panoramic photography exhibition by murat germen and ekmel ertan, the marmara-manhattan gallery in new york.
• 2003      The city called istanbul: 50 outstanding names of contemporary turkish photography. a traveling joint photo exhibition on istanbul by 50 photographers from turkey, the decatur house gallery in washington.
• 2003      Mimarlik ve sanat. world architecture day memorial exhibition, ITU taskisla exhibition hall, istanbul, turkey.
• 2000     101 yapidan 41 fotograf. photography exhibit; sermet cifter library exhibition hall, galatasaray, istanbul.
• 2004      Beyoglu: duvarlarin arkasinda: cadde-i kebir’in icyuzleri, beyoglu. solo exhibit; sermet cifter library exhibition hall; 27 sep-12 nov 2000 / 2nd istanbul fair for the culture and arts, taksim gezi park; 9 may-7 jun 2004 / yeditepe univ. exhibition hall, istanbul, turkey.
• 2003      Istanbul: crossroads of religious architecture. traveling photography exhibit that documents the religious plurality of istanbul, at m.i.t.’s wolk gallery, cambridge, boston; 24 mar-21 apr 1999. same exhibition displayed at rhode island school of design (2000), university of arkansas (2001), o.malley library-manhattan college/new york (2003) and georgia state university.
• 1996      Istanbul – the city where faiths meet; all together and side by side. joint photography exhibit and catalogue on religious buildings of istanbul, by
  ara guler-ani celik arevyan-kamil firat-manuel citak-murat germen-orhan cem cetin in milli reasurans art gallery, istanbul.

Awards / Competitions / Recognitions

• 2015     1st place – outstanding achievement – 8th international color awards.
• 2014     Shortlisted – sovereign asian art prize.
• 2013     Shortlisted – sovereign asian art prize.
• Nominee – prix pictet 2010 (growth), 2012 (power), 2015 (disorder).
• Member of the istanbul modern photography advisory board since 2012.
• 2012     Selected as one of the “empty kingdom top 100 artists of 2012” by empty kingdom (UK-based online international art portal).
• 500 photographers: photographer #355: murat germen. 500 photographers is a netherlands weblog.§ IBM faculty award for 3D information visualization project carried out in sabanci university as a team of three people: elif ayiter (VACD program), selim balcioglu (CS program), murat germen (VACD program).
• 2007      Second place and eight honorable mention awards in international photography awards (IPA).
• 2007     Honorable mention in IVRPA panoramic photography contest.
• 2004     Numerous honorable mention awards in international photography awards (IPA).
• 2015      Numerous honorable mention awards in international photography awards (IPA).
• 2002      Lawrence b. anderson award for academic research, m.i.t.
• 1992      Aia henry adams gold medal as top-ranking graduating student, m.i.t.
• 1989      Fulbright scholarship for academic years
• 1988      Fulbright scholarship for academic years
• 1987      first prize as top-ranking undergraduate student, technical university of istanbul.