1949

Istanbul

1968-72

Istanbul Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Academy

1973-76 

Berlin School of Fine Arts, Dept. of Industrial Design

1976-79 

Berlin School of Fine Arts, Dept. of Sculpture

1978

Atelier of her own in Berlin

1979

Meisterschülerin

1985

Darmstadt, Honorary Award of the City Stipend from the Berlin City Senate

1986

Award in Fine Arts Criticism (Verband Deutscher Kritiker E.V.)

1988

Düsseldorf Grand Prize in Art

1989

II. Uluslararasi Istanbul Bienali (2nd International Istanbul Biennial)

1992-93 

Instructor at the Berlin School of Fine Arts

1993-94 

Workshop Stipend of the J.M. Kohler Company, USA

1994

Kyoto Seika University, Japan

Professor in the Salzburg Summer Academy

1994-95 

Visiting professor at the Bremen School of Art, Bremen

1995-03  

Professor at Burg Giebichenstein School of Art and Design, Halle

1996

Sculpture Symposium in South Korea

Sculpture project as Guest Artist of the Year, City of Wolfsburg

2003

Braunschweig Technical University:

Professor and Director of the Institute of Artistic Design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1980

Hannover, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart

1984

Skulpturen und Bilder (with catalogue), Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin

1985

Galerie am Tiergarten, Hannover

Gallery Linneborn, Bonn

1986

Gallery Schneider, Freiburg

Fischerplatz- Gallery, Ulm

1989

Macka Art Gallery, Istanbul

1990

Emschertal-Museum, Herne (with catalogue)

1990-9   

Erde und Stein (with catalogue), Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin

1991

Ankara Resim ve Heykel Müzesi, Ankara (organized by Gallery Nev-with catalogue)

1992

Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul (organized by Gallery Nev)

1994

Installations, J.M. Kohler Company, Sheboygan, Wisconsin,  A.B.D.

1995

Kunstverein Lüneburg, Lüneburg

Installation, Schloss Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg

Torhaus Gallery, Braunschweig

1996

Ungleichungen, Installations in the Mathematics Library of the Berlin Technical University, Berlin

1997

Otto- Gallery, Munich

1998

Symphonie für Blasinstrumente, Otto- Gallery, Munich

Installationen, Intensitäten, Kulturausflüge (with catalogue), Darmstadt

1999

Im Zeichen des Kreuzes (with catalogue), Installation in Kapelle Weitendorf, Weitendorf 

2000

Special Reports (with catalogue),

Constanze-Pressehaus, Berlin

2001

Transparenz des Gartens, Kunstverein, Bielefeld

Transparency, Gallery Apel, Istanbul

2002

Body-Press, Kunstraum, Drochtersen

2004

Transparenz der Abwesentheit , Otto- Gallery, Munich

2006

Am seidenen Faden, Fischerplatz Gallery , Ulm Hatirlama, Gallery Nev, Ankara

2007

Human Nature, Milli Reasürans Art Gallery , Istanbul (catalogue)

2008

Verortung, Otto- Gallery, MunichREAL - IRREAL. Installations train station, Ankara,

curator: Sabine Hagemann, Goethe Institute, Ankara

2009

Hybrid Corridors-Spaces', Galeri Zilberman, Istanbul

2011

Contemprary Istanbul 2010

'The Third Nature', Galeri Zilberman, Istanbul

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1982

Kunstquartier, Interessengemeinschaft Berliner Kunsthändler (IBK), Berlin

(with catalogue)

Porträts, Bilder, Künstler, Gallery Oberlicht, Berlin

1983

Große Kunstausstellung (with catalogue), Haus der Kunst, Munich

Spekulum-Frauenkünste, (traveling exhibit     with catalogue) sponsored by the Bremen Municipal Senate, Weserburg, Bremen

1984

Berliner Künstlerinnen in Zürich, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich

1985

Skulptur der Gegenwart, Fifth Bremen Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition, Wallanlagen, sponsored by the Bremen Municipal Senate (with catalogue)

Dinge des Menschen (with catalogue), Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen

15. Göttingen Kunstmarkt, Göttingen (with catalogue)

22 Berliner Realisten (with catalogue),Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück 

1986

Skulpturen im Berggarten (with catalogue), Hannover 

Das andere Land (with catalogue), Berlin, Bochum, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart

Hannover, Ludwigshafen, Bremen, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Brussels 

Große Kunstausstellung (with catalogue), Haus der Kunst, Düsseldorf (with catalogue)

1987

Darmstädter Kunst-Sezession, Darmstadt

Türkische Künstler in Berlin (with catalogue), Akademie der Künste, Berlin

Das verborgene Museum (with catalogue), Dokumentation der Kunst von Frauen in Berliner öffentlichen Sammlungen, Berlin

Gallery Messer-Ladwig, Berlin

1988

Berlin - Odense, Berlin, Odense

Skulptur in Berlin 1968-1988 (with catalogue), 10 Jahre Kunst-forderung des Senats,

Ankäufe im Besitz der Berlinische Gallery, Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin

Große Kunstausstellung (with catalogue) Haus der Kunst, Düsseldorf

1989

Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition, Bielefeld

II. Uluslararasi Istanbul Bienali (Second International Istanbul Biennial, with

catalogue), Aya Irini, Istanbul

1990

Berliner Bildhauerinnen, Seligenstadt

1991

Zeichen und Figur, Bildhauerzeichnung heute, Saalbau- Gallery, Darmstadt

1992

Explicit Material, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, and Phoenix, Arizona

3. Mai Salon, Berlinische Gallery, Berlin

Kunst und Norm, Deutsches Institut für Normung, Berlin

1994

Installations, Art Container, Suju Sumi Kankio Center, Meiho, Japan

Installations, Glindower Ziegelei, Glindow

Installations, ConCultura, Berlin

Installationen, Intensitäten, Kulturausflüge, Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt 

4 Orte 4 Räume, Installations, Weißensee, Berlin

Installations, A.B.D.'de J.M. Kohler Company

1996

Das Gespräch (with catalogue),Landesmuseum Volk und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf

10 Bildhauer aus Berlin, Skulpturengarten, Lehnin

1997

Quadratur III (with catalogue), Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin

Robinson hat Sonntag, (Open-Air Installation), Lehnin

1997-98  

Kunst als Reisegepäck, (2 catalogues) International Project (Halle School of Art

and Design/ Madrid Üniversity Faculty of Fine Arts, curators: Azade Köker, Gisela Weimann), Halle, Berlin, Madrid, Salamanca

1998

Gidis Dönüs (with catalogue), Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul, curator: Beral Madra

1999

Kunst als (Im)Mobilie - (Im)Mobilie als Kunst (with catalogue), Halle/Saale, curator: Azade Köker

2000

Berlinska Dialoger (with catalogue), Arch Gallery & Kalmar Kunstmuseum, Kalmar

Beden/Ego, Gövde/Zihin, Nesne/Özne (with catalogue), Gallery Nev, Istanbul and Ankara

Between Earth and Heaven, New Classical Movements in the Art of Today (with catalogue), Museum of Modern Art, Ostende 

Alte Paare neue Paare (with catalogue), Kunstmuseum-Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg

2001

Between Earth and Heaven, Museum of Modern Art, Ostende

Installation, Reservoir V-Aerotektura, Installationen aus Licht, Klang und Luft, Grossen Wasserspeicher, Berlin

2002

Bodies of Substance, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

Zweite Haut, Frauenmuseum Hittisau, Hittisau, and Museum Bellerive, Zurich

Identitäten; Orte, Beziehungen, Gedächtnis, Körper, Löwenpalais und

DGB-Haus, Berlin, curator: Azade Köker

2003

Installation, Transportale (with catalogue), S-bahn Waggon, Berlin

Beaufort (with catalogue), Trienal, Ostende

Body Substance (with catalogue), Gallery M, Berlin 

Installation, In den Wald, Braunschweig, curator: Azade Köker

2004

Installation, Goetzen , Frankfurt (Oder) 

Installations, Location, Braunschweig, curators: Azade Köker, Ralf Hartmann

Leibgedächtnis, Potsdam, Warschau, Dundee (Scotland), curators: Azade Köker,

Kerstin Mey, Ralf Sander

2005

Installation, Soul-Bezielte Kunst, Brugge

Installation, Lichte Orte, Berlin

City Trailer, International video-film project, UIA

Istanbul'a Dogru Mimarlik ve Kent Bulusmalari-2, Istanbul, Madrid, San Francisco, curator: Azade Köker

Komsu, Gallery Apel, Istanbul

2006

Six from Europe, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma (San Francisco)

2007

Garten der Lüste, Architekturpavillon, Braunschweig, curator: Azade Köker

Modern and Bevor, Santral Istanbul, Istanbul

Die Wahl, 2007, Proje4L Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art , Istanbul

Blätter, Gallery Apel, Istanbul

5th International Outdoor Painting and Sculpture Symposium  Aspat,Bodrum

2008

10. Jahr Gallery Apel Exibitions (Institut Français d`Istanbul)

“Okuma Kösesi Sergileri” Gallery Apel: Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt

Siena Book Fair, Santa Maria Della Scala, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg

Made in Turkey, Gallery in Paulskirche, Frankfurt

2009

Aliminium - 4. Baku Bienale

Yeni Yapitlar, Yeni Ufuklar Istanbul Museum Of Modern Art, Istanbul

2010

Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair

Istanbul Hüma Kabakçi Collection, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany   

(with catalogue)

2011

A Selection from the Elgiz Collection, Çiragan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul

WORKS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY and in COLLECTIONS

1983-84    

Cuvry-Brunnen (the Cuvry fountain) in Berlin

1983-85    

Bundesgartenschau, Berlin

1985-87   

Menschenlandschaften, Schlesisches Tor, Berlin

1986

Frechen Museum, Düsseldorf

1987

Bremen-Nord Zentralkrankenhaus, Bremen

1988

Berlinische Gallery, Berlin

1989

Altinpark, Ankara

1991

Entranceway, Schule am Barbarossaplatz, Berlin (joint project with Susanne Ahner)

1992

Akbank, Istanbul

1994

Schlosspark, Wolfsburg

1994

Building of Turkish Embassy in Japan

1997

Istanbul Menkul Kiymetler Borsasi (The Stock Exchange), Istanbul

2007

Aspat Art Park, Bodrum

2008

W Hotel, Akaretler, Istanbul

2008

REAL - IRREAL Installation, without limit of time, Park of German Embassy, Ankara

MUSEUMS AND  COLLECTIONS

The British Museum, London

Lebendiges Museum, Schering, Berlin, Germany

Hetjensmuseum, Düsseldorf Stiftung, Germany

Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berliner Kupferstichkabinett, Germany

Berlinische Gallery, Germany

Akbank, Istanbul

Dr. Frei, Gummersbach, Germany

Novotny & Novotny Collection, Germany

John Michael Kohler Arts Center Wisconsin, USA

Proje 4L, Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul

Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul

Hüma Kabakçi Collection, Istanbul

W Hotel, Akaretler, Istanbul