Fatma Bucak

fatma bucak

Born in Iskenderun (Turkey), 1984.
Lives and works between London and Istanbul.

Fatma Bucak is a transnational artist who has worked in various geographical contexts, from Egypt to Mexico, all characterized by social unrest and rights abuse. Bucak explores the conceptual and ideological conditions of borders, investigating their contingency and tenuous interdependence. Recently, she has focused on censorship and oblivion, propaganda and passive consent, challenging the traditional method of writing history as well as the cultural and gender-based conventions. Her research includes photography, performance, sound, and video. Fatma Bucak studied Philosophy at the University of Istanbul before completing her studies in Italy at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts, in Turin. Bucak earned a Master’s degree in Photography from the Royal College of Art in London.

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Among her solo exhibitions, we remember those at Te Uru Contemporary Gallery (2025); Peola Simondi Gallery (2022, 2015, 2011); Fondazione Kunsthaus Dresden (2022); MOCA, Toronto (2020 - duo); ICI, New York (2019 - duo); Fondazione Merz, Turin (2018); Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palermo (2018); Pi Artworks London (2018, 2017); Bilsart, Istanbul (2018); Sardi Foundation, Turin (2017); Harpe 45, Lausanne (2017); David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island (2016); Pori Art Museum, Finland (2016); Artpace, San Antonio, Texas (2015); Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2014); ARTER, Istanbul (2013).

Her group exhibitions include those at the Vienna Art Week (2025); the 60th Biennale di Venezia - Collateral Event (2024), MAMAC, Nice (2022); Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design & Architecture, Hasselt - BE (2021); Borås Konstmuseum, Borås (2019); GIBCA Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Göteborg (2017); SALT Galata, Istanbul (2014); ICA, London (2013); La Permanente, Milan (2011).
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Opere

Fatma Bucak, Man is dead, 2023, archival fine art print, 110x145 cm

Fatma Bucak, Perpetual lure and insistent fear, 2022, 350 silkscreens and monotypes, sculptural forms, variable dimensions

Fatma Bucak, Sum of the misdeeds and consents and cowardly acts, 2022, 10 bronze sculptures, variable dimensions

Fatma Bucak, 18 February (And so we were told), 2020, archival fine art print, 46,5x32 cm

Fatma Bucak, Black Ink, 2019, typographic printing, 31,5x20,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, Scouring the press III, 2016, HD digital video, colour, sound, 9' 20''

Fatma Bucak, Undetermined remains (A study of eight landscapes), 2016, archival fine art print, 110x136,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, In a strictly secular sense (A study of eight landscapes), 2016, archival fine art print, 72,5x90 cm

Fatma Bucak, In splendid isolation (A study of eight landscapes), 2016, archival fine art print, 110x80,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, There may be doubts (A study of eight landscapes), 2015, archival fine art print, 110x140 cm

Fatma Bucak, A border view (A study of eight landscapes), 2015, archival fine art print, 80x62 cm

Fatma Bucak, An incomplete history (A study of eight landscapes), 2014, archival fine art print, 110x136,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, Suggested place for you to see it, 2013, HD digital video, colour, sound, 13' 32''

Fatma Bucak, And then God blessed them, 2013, HD digital videos, colour, sound, 9' 28''

Fatma Bucak, Blessed are you who come, conversation on the Turkish-Armenian borded, 2012, HD digital video, colour, sound, 8' 42"

Fatma Bucak, Solida Fundamenta, 2012, archival fine art print, 110x136,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, Omne meum nihil meum I (Fall of man), 2011, archival fine art print, 140x175 cm

Fatma Bucak, Omne meum nihil meum II (Fall of man), 2011, archival fine art print, 175x140 cm

Fatma Bucak, After a coup d’état, When my father and his comrades were teachers in Easter Turkey, (Melancholia II), 2010, 3 digital videos in HD, color, sound, 5' 00''

Fatma Bucak, Esso (Melancholia II), 2010, archival fine art print, 110x136,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, Padre III (Melancholia II), 2010, archival fine art print, 72,5x90 cm

Fatma Bucak, Padre IV (Melancholia II), 2010, archival fine art print, 48,3x60 cm

Fatma Bucak, Acedia (Melancholia I), 2009, archival fine art print, 64x80 cm

Fatma Bucak, Untitled I (Allegorie della Colpevolezza - Passato), 2010, archival fine art print, 32,5x40 cm

Fatma Bucak, Untitled II (Allegorie della Colpevolezza - Passato), 2010, archival fine art print, 32,5x40 cm

Fatma Bucak, Untitled III (Allegorie della Colpevolezza - Passato), 2010, archival fine art print, 32,5x40 cm

Fatma Bucak, Barbiere (Allegorie della Colpevolezza - Presente), 2009, archival fine art print, 49x49 cm

Fatma Bucak, Straniamento (Allegorie della colpevolezza - Presente), 2009, archival fine art print, 49x49 cm

Fatma Bucak, Uterus gelidus (Melancholia I), 2009, archival fine art print, 80x64,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, Noli me tangere, (Melancholia I), 2009, archival fine art print, 64,5x80 cm

Fatma Bucak, Ego et lanx nigra, (Melancholia I), 2008, archival fine art print, 64,5x80 cm

Fatma Bucak, Latibulum (Melancholia I), 2008, archival fine art print, 64,5x80 cm

In Prestissimo

28.10.2022
14.01.2023
In Prestissimo
Curated by Maria Teresa Roberto
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Fatma Bucak, Man is dead, 2023, archival fine art print, 110x145 cm

Fatma Bucak, Perpetual lure and insistent fear, 2022, 350 silkscreens and monotypes, sculptural forms, variable dimensions

Fatma Bucak, Sum of the misdeeds and consents and cowardly acts, 2022, 10 bronze sculptures, variable dimensions

Fatma Bucak, 18 February (And so we were told), 2020, archival fine art print, 46,5x32 cm

Fatma Bucak, Black Ink, 2019, typographic printing, 31,5x20,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, Scouring the press III, 2016, HD digital video, colour, sound, 9' 20''

Fatma Bucak, Undetermined remains (A study of eight landscapes), 2016, archival fine art print, 110x136,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, In a strictly secular sense (A study of eight landscapes), 2016, archival fine art print, 72,5x90 cm

Fatma Bucak, In splendid isolation (A study of eight landscapes), 2016, archival fine art print, 110x80,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, There may be doubts (A study of eight landscapes), 2015, archival fine art print, 110x140 cm

Fatma Bucak, A border view (A study of eight landscapes), 2015, archival fine art print, 80x62 cm

Fatma Bucak, An incomplete history (A study of eight landscapes), 2014, archival fine art print, 110x136,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, Suggested place for you to see it, 2013, HD digital video, colour, sound, 13' 32''

Fatma Bucak, And then God blessed them, 2013, HD digital videos, colour, sound, 9' 28''

Fatma Bucak, Blessed are you who come, conversation on the Turkish-Armenian borded, 2012, HD digital video, colour, sound, 8' 42"

Fatma Bucak, Solida Fundamenta, 2012, archival fine art print, 110x136,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, Omne meum nihil meum I (Fall of man), 2011, archival fine art print, 140x175 cm

Fatma Bucak, Omne meum nihil meum II (Fall of man), 2011, archival fine art print, 175x140 cm

Fatma Bucak, After a coup d’état, When my father and his comrades were teachers in Easter Turkey, (Melancholia II), 2010, 3 digital videos in HD, color, sound, 5' 00''

Fatma Bucak, Esso (Melancholia II), 2010, archival fine art print, 110x136,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, Padre III (Melancholia II), 2010, archival fine art print, 72,5x90 cm

Fatma Bucak, Padre IV (Melancholia II), 2010, archival fine art print, 48,3x60 cm

Fatma Bucak, Acedia (Melancholia I), 2009, archival fine art print, 64x80 cm

Fatma Bucak, Untitled I (Allegorie della Colpevolezza - Passato), 2010, archival fine art print, 32,5x40 cm

Fatma Bucak, Untitled II (Allegorie della Colpevolezza - Passato), 2010, archival fine art print, 32,5x40 cm

Fatma Bucak, Untitled III (Allegorie della Colpevolezza - Passato), 2010, archival fine art print, 32,5x40 cm

Fatma Bucak, Barbiere (Allegorie della Colpevolezza - Presente), 2009, archival fine art print, 49x49 cm

Fatma Bucak, Straniamento (Allegorie della colpevolezza - Presente), 2009, archival fine art print, 49x49 cm

Fatma Bucak, Uterus gelidus (Melancholia I), 2009, archival fine art print, 80x64,5 cm

Fatma Bucak, Noli me tangere, (Melancholia I), 2009, archival fine art print, 64,5x80 cm

Fatma Bucak, Ego et lanx nigra, (Melancholia I), 2008, archival fine art print, 64,5x80 cm

Fatma Bucak, Latibulum (Melancholia I), 2008, archival fine art print, 64,5x80 cm

In Prestissimo

Curated by Maria Teresa Roberto

Inside

Nothing is in its own place

Meet Again

Daughter of man

Text by Martina Corgnati

House of Learning Systems

Sound of a Setting Sun

Te Uru Contemporary Gallery, Auckland

Opening Saturday September 6th, 2025 - 4 pm

Mise en Scène. Images from Donata Pizzi's collection

Palazzo Del Duca, Senigallia

That sound again

Sound Performance and Lecture by Fatma Bucak, h 4 p.m.curated by Kate Elizabeth CreaseyBrown University | CMES, Providence - Rhode Island (USA)

Tremendous Gap Between You and Me

ART CITY Bolognacurated by Lorenzo BalbiPorta Castiglione, Bologna—ARTalk CITYThursday, February 6, 2025 | 10:30 a.m. Main lecture room | Bologna Art Academy

Expodemic

curated by Lorenzo Benedettiin collaboration with Francesca CampanaPalazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome

From Ukraine: dare to dream

60th Venice Biennale Official Collateral Eventcurated by Oleksandra Pogrebnyak, Ksenia Malykh, Björn Geldhofwith PinchukArtCentrePalazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice

I feel you

​curated by Oleksandra Pogrebnyak, Ksenia Malykh, Björn GeldhofPinchukArtCentre, Kyiv

Fellows in focus: Fatma Bucak

While the Dust Quickly Falls — Book Launch

Goethe Institut, New York

Italian Fellow — Rome Prize Winner

Devenir Fleur

curated by Hélène Guenin and Rébecca FrançoisMAMAC, Nice

While the Dust Quickly Falls

curated by Kari Conte in collaboration with Kerstin Flasche and Christiane Mennicke-SchwarzKunsthaus Dresden

Le Déracinement

Z33 House, Hasselt (BE)

Acts of Erasure

Museum of Contemporary Art | MOCA Toronto

Somewhere in between

Borås Konstmuseum, Borås - Sweden

New York Prize

Istituto Italiano di Cultura, New York

So as to find the strength to see

GAM, Galleria d'Arte Moderna - Palermocurated by Maria Centonze, Lisa Parola and Agata Polizzi

So as to find the strength to see

Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art

GIBCA - Göteborg

Suggested place for you to see it

Pori Art Museum - Finland

Sights and Sounds exhibition series: Turkey

Sound Performance and Lecture by Fatma Bucak, h 4 p.m.
curated by Kate Elizabeth Creasey
Brown University | CMES, Providence - Rhode Island (USA)

ART CITY Bologna
curated by Lorenzo Balbi
Porta Castiglione, Bologna
—
ARTalk CITY
Thursday, February 6, 2025 | 10:30 a.m.
Main lecture room | Bologna Art Academy

curated by Lorenzo Benedetti
in collaboration with Francesca Campana
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome

60th Venice Biennale Official Collateral Event
curated by Oleksandra Pogrebnyak, Ksenia Malykh, Björn Geldhof
with PinchukArtCentre
Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice

curated by Oleksandra Pogrebnyak, Ksenia Malykh, Björn Geldhof
PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv

curated by Hélène Guenin and Rébecca François
MAMAC, Nice

curated by Kari Conte in collaboration with Kerstin Flasche and Christiane Mennicke-Schwarz
Kunsthaus Dresden

GAM, Galleria d'Arte Moderna - Palermo
curated by Maria Centonze, Lisa Parola and Agata Polizzi

Jewish Museum - New York
curated by Emre Baykal

Castello di Rivoli, Premio Illy Present Future / Artissima 2013
curated by Marianna Vecellio