OneArt's featured artist

Köken Ergun

Turkey

Video art

biography

Köken Ergun

Born in Istanbul, in 1976

Köken Ergun studied acting at the İstanbul University and completed his postgraduate diploma degree in Ancient Greek Literature at King's College London, followed by an MA degree on Art History at the Bilgi University.

After working with American theatre director Robert Wilson, Ergun became involved more with contemporary art, specifically video and performance. Exhibiting internationally since 2004, Ergun’s video works are included in public collections such as the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and Greek National Museum of Contemporary Art (Athens). A grant holder of the DAAD Academic Exchange Service and the DFG (German Research Foundation), Köken Ergun is also the recipient of the 2007 “Tiger Award for Short Film” at the Rotterdam Film Festival.

OneArt's featured artist

Köken Ergun

Turkey

Performance

Wedding | 2006-2007

Köken Ergun