{{Short description|Turkish contemporary artist}} {{Infobox artist | name = Fatma Bucak | birth_date = 1984 | birth_place = Turkey | education = Royal College of Art,<ref>{{cite web |title=Fatma Bucak |url=https://www.rca.ac.uk/students/fatma-bucak/ |website=Royal College of Art |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref> Accademia Albertina | known_for = Photography, Performance Art, Video, Installation, Sculpture, Printmaking }}
'''Fatma Bucak''' (born 1984) is an artist who lives and works in London and Istanbul.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fatma Bucak {{!}} Contributors {{!}} Frieze |url=https://www.frieze.com/contributor/fatma-bucak |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=www.frieze.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Biography == She was born in Turkey, to a Kurdish family.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Siddons |first1=Edward |title=Fatma Bucak's best photograph |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/21/fatma-bucak-best-photograph-interview-turin |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=2018-03-21}}</ref> She works in a variety of media, including photography, performance, sound, multimedia, and video installation, and focuses on themes of political identity, historical memory, and gender.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McQuaid |first1=Cate |title=Taking her camera to where frontiers meet |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2017/01/19/taking-her-camera-where-frontiers-meet/qKyWLHcvND1VcQPXTC76lK/story.html |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=Boston Globe |date=2017-01-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fatma Bucak |url=https://loop-barcelona.com/profile/fatma-bucak |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=Loop Barcelona}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fassi |first=Luigi |title=Artissima 2022 in Turin |url=https://www.lampoonmagazine.com/article/2022/11/22/artissima-2022/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Lampoon Magazine}}</ref> In 2019, she was named one of the Royal Photographic Society's ‘Hundred Heroines’, recognizing the achievements of women in the arts and photography.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stories No Longer Untold |url=https://hundredheroines.org/featured/stories-no-longer-untold-fatma-bucak/ |website=Hundred Heroines |date=7 February 2021 |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref>
Bucak has exhibited at Venice Biennale, the Jewish Museum New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name="Krunak-Hajagos 2021">{{cite news |last1=Krunak-Hajagos |first1=Emese |title=Acts of Erasure |url=https://www.dartmagazine.com/?p=1515 |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=Dart Magazine |date=2021-03-19}}</ref> Her work is held in the permanent collections of Fondazione Mario Merz, Arter, MAMbo, the Civic Gallery of Modena, and the Unicredit Art Collection.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fatma Bucak |url=https://www.arter.org.tr/collection/artists/489 |website=Arter |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Fatma Bucak |url=https://www.artnet.com/artists/fatma-bucak/biography |website=Artnet |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Italian Council – Edizione 9 |url=https://creativitacontemporanea.beniculturali.it/italiancouncil-edizione9-vincitori/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=Creativita Contemporanea |language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Collezione Internazionale |url=http://46.101.71.103/fondazionefotografia/artista/fatma-bucak/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Fondazione Fotografia Moderna |language=Italian}}</ref> In 2024, she was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rome |first=American Academy in |date=2024-02-28 |title=Fatma Bucak |url=https://aarome.org/people/italian-fellows/fatma-bucak |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=aarome.org |language=en}}</ref> Bucak has also been artist-in-resident at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University, and at ISCP in Brooklyn, New York.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Fatma Bucak |url=https://italianacademy.columbia.edu/directory/fatma-bucak |website=columbia.edu |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fatma Bucak |url=https://iscp-nyc.org/resident/fatma-bucak |website=iscp-nyc.org |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> Bucak directed the 2011 documentary film Almost Married, which premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite web |title=Almost Married |url=https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/e3efdc72-f950-4fc6-aa8a-e1906cfd1ffd/almost-married |website=idfa.nl/en |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref>
== Solo exhibitions ==
* ''While the Dust Quickly Falls'' at [https://kunsthausdresden.de/ Kunsthaus Dresden], Germany (2022).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Jess |title=Fatma Bucak |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202208/fatma-bucak-89354 |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=Artforum |date=2022-10-01}}</ref> * ''In Prestissimo'' at [https://peolasimondi.com/en/ Peola Simondi Contemporary Art], Turin, Italy (2022)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Giallombardo |first1=Federica Maria |title=Se la musica incontra la storia. Fatma Bucak in mostra a Torino |url=https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/2022/12/mostra-fatma-bucak-torino/ |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=Artribune |date=2022-12-15 |language=Italian}}</ref> * ''Acts of Erasure'' at Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada, Canada (2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fatma Bucak, Krista Belle Stewart: Acts of Erasure |url=https://moca.ca/exhibitions/fatma-bucak-krista-belle-stewart-2020/ |website=Moca.ca |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref> * ''A Colossus on Clay Feet'' at the Italian Cultural Institute, New York (2019)<ref name=":0" /> * ''So as to Find the Strength to See'' at Fondazione Mario Merz, Turin, Italy (2018)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Epps |first=Philomena |date=2018-03-26 |title=Fatma Bucak: Finding the Strength to See |url=https://elephant.art/fatma-bucak-finding-strength-see/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=ELEPHANT |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''So as to Find the Strength to See'' at Galleria d'Arte Moderna Palermo, Italy (2018)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Fatma Bucak. So As to Find the Strength to See |language=Italian |work=Arte.it |url=http://www.arte.it/calendario-arte/palermo/mostra-fatma-bucak-so-as-to-find-the-strength-to-see-54695 |access-date=2023-03-11}}</ref> * ''Damascus Rose'' at [https://harpe45.ch/ Harpe 45], Lausanne, Switzerland (2017) * ''Scouring the Press'' at [https://www.piartworks.com/ Pi Artworks], London, United Kingdom (2017)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Macgilp |first=Ali |title=Pascal Hachem at The Mosaic Rooms and Fatma Bucak at Pi Artworks |url=https://contemporaryartsociety.org/news/friday-dispatch-news/pascal-hachem-mosaic-rooms-fatma-bucak-pi-artworks/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Contemporary Art Society|date=17 November 2017 }}</ref> * ''And Men Turned Their Faces Form There'' at [https://www.brown.edu/campus-life/arts/bell-gallery/ David Winton Bell Gallery], Providence, United States (2016) * ''Suggested Place for You to See it'' at Pori Art Museum, Finland (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fatma Bucak |url=https://www.z33.be/en/profiel/fatma-bucak/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Z33 |language=en-GB}}</ref> * ''Over a Line Darkly'' at Artpace, San Antonio, United States (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Over a line, darkly |url=https://artpace.org/exhibitions/over-a-line-darkly/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Artpace San Antonio |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''I must say a word about fear'' at Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy (2014) * ''Yet Another Story about the Fall'' at Arter Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (2013)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaplangi |first=Mine |title=Istanbul: Exhibitions at Arter |url=http://www.artfridge.de/2013/12/istanbul-exhibitions-at-arter.html |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Artfridge.de}}</ref>
== Group Exhibitions and Biennials == * Pinchuk Art Center, Kyiv (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title="I Feel You" An international group exhibition |url=https://new.pinchukartcentre.org/en/exhibitions/i-feel-you-international-group-exhibition |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=new.pinchukartcentre.org |language=en}}</ref> * Palazzo Esposizioni, Rome (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=SRL |first=NextBytes |title=American Academy - Estefania Puerta Grisalis, Fatma Bucak, Kamrooz Aram {{!}} Palazzo Esposizioni Roma |url=https://www.palazzoesposizioniroma.it/pagine/american-academy-estefania-puerta-grisalis-fatma-bucak-kamrooz-aram |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=www.palazzoesposizioniroma.it |language=en}}</ref> * MAMAC, Nice 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Becoming Flower |url=https://www.mamac-nice.org/en/exposition/devenir-fleur-2/ |website=MAMAC |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref> * Z33, Hasselt (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fatma Bucak |url=https://www.z33.be/en/profiel/fatma-bucak/ |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=Z33 |language=en-GB}}</ref> * Art Basel - Hong Kong, 2020<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hanson |first1=Matt |title=Art of distancing: Istanbul galleries at Art Basel online |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/art-of-distancing-istanbul-galleries-at-art-basel-online |access-date=12 March 2023 |work=Daily Sabah |date=2020-03-23}}</ref> * Gothenburg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, 2017<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abrams |first1=Amah-Rose |title=Human rights at the heart of Gothenburg biennial |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2017/09/13/human-rights-at-the-heart-of-gothenburg-biennial |access-date=12 March 2023 |work=The Art Newspaper |date=2017-09-13}}</ref> * The Jewish Museum, New York, 2015<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Sights and Sounds: Turkey |url=https://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/sights-and-sounds-turkey |website=The Jewish Museum |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref> * The Ryder Projects, London, 2015<ref>{{cite web |title=Staging the Screen: Rä di Martino and Fatma Bucak |url=https://theryderprojects.com/exhibitions/staging-the-screen-fatma-bucak-and-ra-di-martino/ |website=The Ryder Projects |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref> * The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2013<ref>{{cite web |title=Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2013 |url=https://archive.ica.art/whats-on/bloomberg-new-contemporaries-2013/index.html |website=ICA |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref> * 54th Venice Biennale, 2011<ref>{{cite web |title=Fatma Bucak: Sticks and Stones |url=https://www.meer.com/en/32070-fatma-bucak-sticks-and-stones |website=Meer |date=27 October 2017 |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref> * The International Festival of Non-Fiction Film, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2011<ref>{{cite web |title=And Men Turned Their Faces from There |url=https://www.brown.edu/campus-life/arts/bell-gallery/exhibitions/fatma-bucak-and-men-turned-their-faces-there |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=Brown.edu}}</ref>
== Awards == Bucak won the illy Present Future Award at Artissima 2013,<ref>{{cite web |title=Caroline Achaintre and Fatma Bucak, Illy Present Future 2013 Prize |url=https://www.moussemagazine.it/magazine/artissimailly_presentfuture2013prizeexhibition_castellodirivoli_turin2014/ |website=moussemagazine.it |date=10 November 2014 |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> and the Tosseti Value Prize for Photography in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artissima Prizes |url=https://www.artissima.art/en/artissima-prizes-5-november |website=Artissima.art |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Infantino |first1=Giacomo |title=Fatma Bucak, la fotografia che dà forma al silenzio |url=https://www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/articoli/fatma-bucak-la-fotografia-che-d-forma-al-silenzio/140625.html |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=Il Giornale Dell'Arte |date=2022-10-26 |language=Italian}}</ref> In 2024, she was awarded the Novo Nordisk Foundation Artistic Research Grant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fatma Bucak |url=https://novonordiskfonden.dk/en/grant-recipient/fatma-bucak/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Novo Nordisk Fonden |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Books == * While the Dust Quickly Falls (published by Mousse, 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fatma Bucak: While the Dust Quickly Falls — Mousse Magazine and Publishing |url=https://www.moussemagazine.it/shop/fatma-bucak-while-the-dust-quickly-falls/ |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=www.moussemagazine.it |language=en-US}}</ref> {{ISBN|9788867495474}} * So as to Find the Strength to See (published by Hopeful Monster, Turin, April 2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fatma Bucak: So as to find the strength to see |url=https://hopefulmonster.net/prodotto/fatma-bucak-so-as-to-find-the-strength-to-see/ |website=Hopeful Monster |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-88-7757-270-7}} * I Must Say a Word about Fear (published by Castello di Rivoli, 2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=I Must Say a Word about Fear: Fatma Bucak |url=https://www.artic.edu/artworks/251758/i-must-say-a-word-about-fear-fatma-bucak |website=Art Institute Chicago |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> * Yet Another Story About the Fall (published by Arter, 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arter |url=https://www.arter.org.tr/publication-detail/fatma-bucak-yet-another-story-about-the-fall/25 |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=www.arter.org.tr |language=Turkish}}</ref> {{ISBN|9789756959770}}
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