Peres Projects

Melike KARA (b. 1985 in Bensberg, Germany)

• Lives and works in Cologne, DE

Education

2014

• Dusseldorf Art Academy (Rosemarie Trockel)

2014

• Academy letter and Protégé

Current Group Exhibitions

• Brave New World, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, NL
• 58th Carnegie International: Is it morning for you yet?, curated by Sohrab Mohebbi, Carniege Museum of Art, Pittsburg, US

Upcoming Solo Exhibitions

• Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, CH
• Peres Projects, Milan, IT

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2022

• landing softly, Neue Galerie Gladbeck, Gladbeck, DE
• as above so below, Arcadia Missa, London, UK

2021

• Nothing is Yours, Everything Is You, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
• HOW SHE SHAPES US, LC Queisser, Tbilisi, GE

2020

• a slice of, Fuhrwerkswaage Kunstraum, Cologne, DE
• where we meet, Jan Kaps, Cologne, DE
• No Friends but the Mountains, Kunstverein Göttingen, Gottingen, DE

2019

• Gowend Garden, Salon 94, New York, US
• New Work, curated by Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy and Samuel Saelemakers, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL
• My Beloved Wild Valley, Arcadia Missa, London, UK

2018

• A Taste of Parsley, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, CN
• Speaking In Tongues, Jan Kaps, Cologne, DE

2017

• Köpek, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2016

• In Your Presence, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2015

• Lunch, Salon Kennedy, Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Flying Dinner, Open Forum, Berlin, DE

2014

• Real Sorbet, Ortloff, Leipzig, DE

2013

• Das kleine Schwarze, Boutique, Cologne, DE

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022

• Trilogie de cendres (v.3) / « Il n'y a que la mémoire qui hurle », Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, FR
• Power Centre, DauLang Gallery, Seoul, KR
• wir sagen uns Dunkles (dark things we tell each other), curated by Christian Malycha, Miettinen Collection, Berlin, DE
• Visions or Waking Dreams, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, DE
• Traverser les silences, Editions Dilecta, Paris, FR

2021

• Sweet Lies, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, DE
• INCORPOREA 04, Basement Roma, Rome, IT
• The Dreamers, 58th October Salon, curated by Ilaria Marotta and Andrea Baccin, Belgrade Biennial, Belgrade, SR

2020

• Risquons-Tout, curated by Dirk Snauwaert in collaboration with co-curators Zoë Gray and Devrim Bayar et al., Wiels Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, BE

2019

• Zwei Alter: Jung, Galerie Crone, Berlin, DE
• Solar Anus, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, CA

2018

• Kollectors Series: Material Musings, K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong, HK
• Bam Boo Bar at the Edge of the Universe, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, DE
• The Same As Ever, But More So, curated by Miriam Bettin, Braunsfelder, Cologne, DE
• Nothing Will Be As Before, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, DE
• Untitled, LC QUEISSER, Tbilisi, GE

2017

• (X) A Fantasy, curated by Sandra Pusterhofer, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
• MIDTOWN, Salon 94 and Maccarone Gallery, Lever House, New York, US
• White Columns Benefit Exhibition and Auction, White Columns, New York, US
• Monday is a Day Between Sunday and Tuesday, curated by Lisa Offermann, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, DE

2016

• Melike Kara, Talisa Lallai, Lindsay Lawson, curated by Maria Chiara Valacchi, Studiolo, Milan, IT
• Wild Style: Exhibition of Figurative Art, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• In Wonderland, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, DE
• FACE TO FACE: Works from Ernesto Esposito Collection, curated by Eugenio Viola, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno, IT
• SURRREAL, König Gallery, Berlin, DE
• Folly, Emalin, Dunmore Pineapple, Airth, Falkirk, UK
• The Snoring Princess, Kunstgruppe, Cologne, DE
• Honey: Bread & Butter, Komplot, Brussels, BE
• Lanzarote, Union Pacific, London, UK

2015

• copy g_ods, (with Yves Scherer & Julia Scher), Drei Jacob, Cologne, DE
• The State of Having Left, curated by Lisa Offermann and Pauline Seguin, Leipzig, DE

2014

• kunstfilmtage, Pourya, Dusseldorf, De
• NOWHERE, Bar Babette, Berlin, DE
• L`Aventura., A+B Contemporary Art, Brescia, IT
• Ifinito, Kunstverein Essen, Totale, Essen, DE

2013

• Body Light, Venus & Apoll (by Julia Stoschek Collection), Dusseldorf, DE
• Dark(traces), Hamburger Filmfestival (with Keren Cytter, Anja Kirchner, David Panos, Clemens v. Wedemeyer), Hamburg, DE
• Fragile Islands, Parkhaus, Dusseldorf, DE
• Zyklus, Studio Roh, Dusseldorf, DE
• Bal Aksin, Maybachpoint, Cologne, DE
• Ein drittel weiß hören, KIT, Dusseldorf, DE
• Der stille Grund, Gagarin, Dusseldorf, DE
• Here is always somewhere else, Castle Oud Rekem, Rekem, BE

Collections

• Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, US
• Yuz Museum, Shanghai, CN
• Zumuseum, Riga, LV

Selected Publications

2022

• Gisbourne, Mark and Tannert, Christoph (eds.), Dissonance:
 Platform
 Germany, Berlin: Dr. Cantz’sche Verlagsgesellschaft, 2022

2021

• Schöneich, Fabian, Melike Kara: Where We Meet, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2021

Selected Bibliography

2023

• Mohebbi, Sohrab, Being without Ego: Melike Kara, Mousse Magazine, Issue 82, Winter 2023

2022

• Billard, Jillian, The 58th Carnegie International explodes and expands the global contemporary art exhibition format, The Art Newspaper, October 21, 2022
• Laster, Paul, 9 Highlights from the 58th Carnegie International in Pittsburgh, Galerie Magazine, September 30, 2022
• Interview with Melike Kara, Elephant Magazine, Issue 48, September 2022
• Hallström, Sofia, Interview with Melike Kara, Emergent Magazine, February 2022

2021

• Lace, Inga, Melike Kara: LC Queisser, Artforum, vol. 60, no. 4, December 2021
• Krogh Christensen, Sofie, 5 Exhibitions to See During Art Cologne, Frieze, November 17, 2021

2020

• Melike Kara at Jan Kaps, Art Viewer, June 26, 2020
• Behr, Louisa, Das Sichtbarmachen von Simultanitäten Melike Kara Kunstverein Göttingen, Passe-Avant, February 25, 2020
• Melike Kara at Kunstverein Göttingen, Art Viewer, January 27, 2020
• Semonjek, Anja, Melike Kara offenbart ihre kurdisch-alevitischen Wurzeln, Göttinger Tageblatt, January 21, 2020

2019

• The Artists to Know Right Now, The Artsy Vangard 2019, Artsy, September 2019
• Rees, Lucy, Melike Kara’s Striking Canvases Go On View at Salon 94, Galerie Magazine, September 10, 2019

2018

• Herriman, Kat, Melike Kara Brings The Spirit World to the Yuz Museum, Cultured Magazine, July 6, 2018
• Roland, Kristian, 5 Artists to Watch by Kristian Roland, Artland, March 10, 2018
• Melike Kara in conversation with Venus Las, Yuz Museum, July 7, 2018

2017

• Kulturbeziehungen auf der Großleinwand, Arte, November 2017
• Ther, Milan, Dogged Disclosure: Melike Kara, Mousse Magazine, Issue 60, October-November 2017
• Corrigan, A., Berlin - Melike Kara: “Köpek” at Peres Projects Through November 3rd, 2017, Art Observed, November 1, 2017
• Radley, Jack, Exhibition: An Avowal of Anonymity: Melike Kara at Peres Projects, Berlin Art Link, October 31, 2017
• Melike Kara: Body Language, Elephant Magazine, October 18, 2017
• Menschen wie Hunde: Melike Karos anonyme Wesen, taz, October 12, 2017
• Loizou, Nicolette, The Human form in ‘Köpek’ by Melike Kara at Peres Projects, Berlin, Blouin ArtINFO, October 4, 2017
• Köpek by Melike Kara, Cura Magazine, October 2017
• Elderton, Louisa, Melike Kara solo at Peres Projects, Blouin Modern Painters Magazine, September 2017
• Melike Kara, Hyde/Hypocritedesign Magazine, August 2017
• Abwesenheitsnotiz: Melike Kara, Sommer in Köln, Monopol Magazin, August 15, 2017
• Quack, Gregor, Melike Kara, Cura Magazine, Issue 25, Summer 2017
• Zierold, Ariadna, Enigmatic Canvases by Melika Kara, Upperplayground News, June 16, 2017
• The 15 Best Booths at Art Basel in Hong Kong, Artsy, March 22, 2017
• Weisenstein, Kara, (Photos) Inside Independent New York, the Art fair That Shook Armory Week, Vice, March 6, 2017
• Indrisek, Scott, From the Subtle to the Sexual, Independent’s Eighth Carves Its Own Path, Artsy, March 3, 2017
• McMahon, Katherine, Scenes from the Independent Art Fair, ARTnews, March 2, 2017
• Farago, Jason and Schwendener, Martha, What to See at New York’s Art Fairs This Week, New York Times, March 2, 2017
• Donoghue, Katy, Independent New York sees Increase in Female Artist Solo Presentations, Whitewall Magazine, March 2, 2017
• Steer, Emily, Six Female Artists to See at Independent New York, Elephant Magazine, March 1, 2017
• Ugelvig, Jeppe, Independent Art Fair / New York, Flash Art, February 27, 2017
• Neuendorf, Henri, Independent’s Laura Mitterrand Explains Why Dealers Make the Best Fair Directors, Artnet News, February 16, 2017

2016

• Vasey, George, Melike Kara, KALEIDOSCOPE Magazine, Winter 2016
• Neuendorf, Henri, 10 Emerging Artists to Keep on Your Radar, Artnet News, November 21, 2016
• Leclère, Lucas, Melike Kara, Frog Magazine, Issue 16, October 2016
• Elderton, Louisa, Wild Style, Flash Art Magazine, no. 310, September-October 2016
• Bordignon, Elena, Tre artisti, tre momenti | Studiolo, Milano, ATP Diary, June 24, 2016
• Honigman, Ana Finel, A Silent Majority: In Berlin, an Intergenerational Array of Female Artists Carries the Day, ARTnews, June 3, 2016
• Karcher, Eva, Kunstmessen Art- und Independent Brussels, Der Tagesspiegel, April 23, 2016
• Yang, Ida, In Your Presence, We Dissolve, Together: Melike Kara, LEAP Magazine, Issue 38, March/April 2016
• Kara, Melike, Portfolio: Melike Kara, Frieze, March 15, 2016
• Bardos, Alice, Exhibition: Melike Kara at Peres Projects, Berlin Art Link, March 4, 2016
• Bier, Arielle, Critics’ Picks: Melike Kara, Artforum, February 26, 2016
• Darrelmann, Amelie, Im Gespräch mit Melike Kara, KubaParis, February 2016

2015

• 16 Emerging Artists to Watch in 2016, Artsy, December 16, 2015
• Julia Scher, Melike Kara, Yves Scherer, KubaParis, November 15, 2015
• Gottschalk, Molly, Art-World Insiders Select Frieze’s Must-See Works, Frieze, October 14, 2015
• Melike Kara - Lunch, KubaParis, July 2015

2014

• Melike Kara, i like this art, May 2, 2014