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  • Education
  • Upcoming Group Exhibition
  • Selected Solo and Two-Person
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • Selected Group
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013

Melike KARA (b. 1985 in Bensberg, DE)

  • Lives and works in Cologne, DE

Education

  • 2007 - 2014 Dusseldorf Art Academy (Rosemarie Trockel)
  • 2014 Academy letter and Protégé

Upcoming Group Exhibition

  • The Dreamers, 58th October Salon, curated by Ilaria Marotta and Andrea Baccin, Belgrade Biennial, Belgrade, SR

Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

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

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
  • BAMBOO 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

Exhibitions

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Artist ▲▼ Title ▲▼ Date ▲▼ Location ▲▼
Melike KaraMelike Kara Art Basel Unlimited 2021-09-2020/09/2021–
20/09/2021		 Basel, CHBasel, CH
Group ShowAd Minoliti, Austin Lee, Melike Kara, Donna Huanca, Beth Letain, Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, Paolo SalvadorAd Minoliti, Austin Lee, Melike Kara, Donna Huanca, Beth Letain, Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, Paolo Salvador Art Busan & Design 2020 2020-11-0606/11/2020–
08/11/2020		 Busan, KORBusan, KOR
Group ShowRichard Kennedy, Shuang Li, Donna Huanca, Ad Minoliti, Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, Paolo Salvador, Manuel Solano, Melike Kara, Beth Letain, Dan Attoe, Rebecca AckroydRichard Kennedy, Shuang Li, Donna Huanca, Ad Minoliti, Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, Paolo Salvador, Manuel Solano, Melike Kara, Beth Letain, Dan Attoe, Rebecca Ackroyd Frieze London 2020 – Online Viewing Room 2020-10-0707/10/2020–
16/10/2020		 Online Viewing RoomOnline Viewing Room
Group ShowAd Minoliti, Austin Lee, Beth Letain, Donna Huanca, Melike Kara, Manuel Solano, Paolo Salvador, Richard KennedyAd Minoliti, Austin Lee, Beth Letain, Donna Huanca, Melike Kara, Manuel Solano, Paolo Salvador, Richard Kennedy Art Basel Online Viewing Room – ABOVR:2020 2020-09-2323/09/2020–
26/09/2020		 Online Viewing RoomOnline Viewing Room
Group ShowAd Minoliti, Austin Lee, Donna Huanca, Paolo Salvador, Dalton Gata, Richard Kennedy, Melike Kara, Rebecca AckroydAd Minoliti, Austin Lee, Donna Huanca, Paolo Salvador, Dalton Gata, Richard Kennedy, Melike Kara, Rebecca Ackroyd Frieze Viewing Room, 2020 2020-05-0606/05/2020–
15/05/2020		 --
Group ShowAd Minoliti, Austin Lee, Beth Letain, Manuel Solano, Melike Kara, Brent Wadden, Dorothy Iannone, Donna Huanca, Richard KennedyAd Minoliti, Austin Lee, Beth Letain, Manuel Solano, Melike Kara, Brent Wadden, Dorothy Iannone, Donna Huanca, Richard Kennedy Art Basel Miami Beach, 2019 2019-12-0505/12/2019–
08/12/2019		 Miami Beach, USMiami Beach, US
Group ShowRebecca Ackroyd, Donna Huanca, Dorothy Iannone, Melike Kara, Austin Lee, Manuel Solano, Blair Thurman, Beth LetainRebecca Ackroyd, Donna Huanca, Dorothy Iannone, Melike Kara, Austin Lee, Manuel Solano, Blair Thurman, Beth Letain Art Basel, 2019 2019-06-1212/06/2019–
16/06/2019		 Basel, CHBasel, CH
Group ShowAustin Lee, Beth Letain, Blair Thurman, Donna Huanca, Manuel Solano, Melike Kara, Rebecca Ackroyd, Steffen BunteAustin Lee, Beth Letain, Blair Thurman, Donna Huanca, Manuel Solano, Melike Kara, Rebecca Ackroyd, Steffen Bunte Art Basel Hong Kong, 2019 2019-03-2929/03/2019–
31/03/2019		 Hong Kong, CNHong Kong, CN
Group ShowAustin Lee, Beth Letain, Blair Thurman, Donna Huanca, Manuel Solano, Melike Kara, Rebecca Ackroyd, Steffen BunteAustin Lee, Beth Letain, Blair Thurman, Donna Huanca, Manuel Solano, Melike Kara, Rebecca Ackroyd, Steffen Bunte Art Basel Miami Beach, 2018 2018-12-0606/12/2018–
09/12/2018		 Miami Beach, USMiami Beach, US
Melike KaraMelike Kara ART 021, 2018 2018-11-0909/11/2018–
11/11/2018		 Shanghai, CNShanghai, CN
Group ShowDorothy Iannone, Donna Huanca, Melike Kara, Austin Lee, Ajarb Bernard AtegwaDorothy Iannone, Donna Huanca, Melike Kara, Austin Lee, Ajarb Bernard Ategwa Expo Chicago, 2018 2018-09-2727/09/2018–
30/09/2018		 Chicago, USChicago, US
Group ShowBeth Letain, Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, Melike Kara, Donna Huanca, Austin LeeBeth Letain, Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, Melike Kara, Donna Huanca, Austin Lee Art Basel Hong Kong, 2018 2018-03-2727/03/2018–
31/03/2018		 Hong Kong, HKHong Kong, HK
Group ShowDonna Huanca, Dorothy Iannone, Dean Sameshima, Mark Flood, Melike Kara, Beth Letain, Blair Thurman, Brent WaddenDonna Huanca, Dorothy Iannone, Dean Sameshima, Mark Flood, Melike Kara, Beth Letain, Blair Thurman, Brent Wadden Art Basel Miami Beach, 2017 2017-12-0707/12/2017–
10/12/2017		 Miami Beach, USMiami Beach, US
Group ShowBeth Letain, Melike Kara, Donna HuancaBeth Letain, Melike Kara, Donna Huanca ART021 Shanghai, 2017 2017-11-1010/11/2017–
12/11/2017		 Shanghai Exhibition CenterShanghai Exhibition Center
Group ShowBlair Thurman, Donna Huanca, Melike Kara, Beth Letain, Dan AttoeBlair Thurman, Donna Huanca, Melike Kara, Beth Letain, Dan Attoe EXPO Chicago, 2017 2017-09-1313/09/2017–
17/09/2017		 Chicago, USChicago, US
Melike KaraMelike Kara Köpek 2017-09-0707/09/2017–
03/11/2017		 Peres ProjectsPeres Projects
Group ShowBrent Wadden, Blair Thurman, Dean Sameshima, Donna Huanca, Mark Flood, Melike KaraBrent Wadden, Blair Thurman, Dean Sameshima, Donna Huanca, Mark Flood, Melike Kara Frieze New York, 2017 2017-05-0505/05/2017–
07/05/2017		 New York, USNew York, US
Group ShowDonna Huanca, Blair Thurman, Melike Kara, Brent Wadden, Dan AttoeDonna Huanca, Blair Thurman, Melike Kara, Brent Wadden, Dan Attoe Art Basel Hong Kong, 2017 2017-03-2323/03/2017–
25/03/2017		 Hong Kong, HKHong Kong, HK
Melike KaraMelike Kara Independent New York, 2017 2017-03-0202/03/2017–
05/03/2017		 New York, USNew York, US
Melike KaraMelike Kara Art Basel Miami Beach, 2016 2016-12-0101/12/2016–
04/12/2016		 Miami Beach, USMiami Beach, US
Group ShowBlair Thurman, Mark Flood, Donna Huanca, Melike Kara, Dan AttoeBlair Thurman, Mark Flood, Donna Huanca, Melike Kara, Dan Attoe FIAC, 2016 2016-10-2020/10/2016–
23/10/2016		 Paris, FRParis, FR
Melike KaraMelike Kara CODE Art Fair, 2016 2016-08-2626/08/2016–
28/08/2016		 Copenhagen, DKCopenhagen, DK
Group ShowDan Attoe, Donna Huanca, Dorothy Iannone, Melike Kara, Alex Da Corte, Brian Calvin, Cécile B. Evans, Mark Flood, Dwight Mackintosh, William J. O’Brien, Athena Papadopoulos, Unidentified African ArtistsGroup ShowDan Attoe, Donna Huanca, Dorothy Iannone, Melike Kara, Alex Da Corte, Brian Calvin, Cécile B. Evans, Mark Flood, Dwight Mackintosh, William J. O’Brien, Athena Papadopoulos, Unidentified African Artists Wild Style: Exhibition of Figurative Art 2016-06-1010/06/2016–
05/08/2016		 Peres ProjectsPeres Projects
Group ShowMike Bouchet, Melike Kara, Blair Thurman, Donna HuancaMike Bouchet, Melike Kara, Blair Thurman, Donna Huanca Frieze New York, 2016 2016-05-0505/05/2016–
08/05/2016		 New York, USNew York, US
Melike Kara, Leo GabinMelike Kara, Leo Gabin Independent Brussels, 2016 2016-04-2020/04/2016–
23/04/2016		 Brussels, BEBrussels, BE
Group ShowMelike Kara, David Ostrowski, Blair Thurman, Mark Flood, Mike Bouchet, Brent WaddenMelike Kara, David Ostrowski, Blair Thurman, Mark Flood, Mike Bouchet, Brent Wadden Art Basel Hong Kong, 2016 2016-03-2424/03/2016–
26/03/2016		 Hong Kong, HKHong Kong, HK
Melike KaraMelike Kara In Your Presence 2016-02-1313/02/2016–
11/03/2016		 Peres ProjectsPeres Projects
Group ShowDan Attoe, Blair Thurman, Brent Wadden, Donna Huanca, Melike Kara, Mike BouchetDan Attoe, Blair Thurman, Brent Wadden, Donna Huanca, Melike Kara, Mike Bouchet Art Genève, 2016 2016-01-2828/01/2016–
31/01/2016		 Geneva, CHGeneva, CH

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