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HÜSEYIN ISIK OR CONTROLLED RANDOMS

Four elements rule Life: Fire, Rain, Wind and Earth.

Years later, I completed them

I was born at the beginning of the 6o’s in a small Kurdish village. Immediately after my birth my family migrated to Istanbul.

1988 I came to Vienna, in a world, different from the world I knew, with strange people and another sense of reality. I placed myself at the disposal of time for whatever use it might make of me.

Since the midst of the 90’s I presented my art in various exhibitions. At this time in my live everything (besides me) was under control. Until today my topics are identity, racism and strangeness. Having developed a love for public spaces like streets, roads, squares, hospitals and public transport means, I tell unusual stories about the city, transforming her dark sides into bright ones. In performances I was a policeman controlling documents, made sculptures of Heroes explode, killed candles by cutting them off the air, erected boarders in the open field, bided for human rights activists, convicted to death, fought with my paintings for political correctness and wrote chat-programmes without electricity and network…

Since 10 years I am not allowed to travel to Turkey, because I “forgot” to serve in the army. Since 2003 I live at the Friedrichshof, where at this moment, frozen in time, I sit under a tree and cook coffee for my neighbours.

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Four elements rule Life: Fire, Rain, Wind and Earth. Years later, I completed them.

Exhibitions Actions and Performances:

1982: Photo Exhibition in the College of Applied Art in

Istanbul

1985-1987: Street Exhibition in Halikarnassos, Bodrum

1987: Exhibiton in the Castle of Bodrum

(Vienna)

1988: Exhibition „Austria“ im WUK

Individual Exhibition in Cafe Grünstaudl

1989: Aquarell Exibition in Cafe Museum

1990: „Geschichte in Bildern“ Illustations for ORF

1993: Acryl paintings in Interkulttheater

1994: „Die Nacht beginnt mit einem Film“ – Exhibiton with Performance in Club TU

1995: „Die Gesichter einer Stadt“ – Portrait series in Wiener Rathaus

1996: „Hölle und Himmel sind wir selbst“ – Kulturzentrum 7-Stern

„Adieu Istanbul“ – Photo Exhibition in Interkulttheater

„Erinnerungen“ – Museum für Völkerkunde

„Schwarze Erotik“ – Drawings and Graphics in Interkulttheater

„Glasperlenspiel“ – Participation in Wiener Rathaus

1997: „Ausweis bitte“ – Exhibiton with Performance in Interkulttheater, Kulturzentrum

7-Stern, Stadtteilzentrum Simmering, (Subway- Station

Jakomeniplatz Graz, Afroasiatisches Institut (AAI) Graz

„Oberwart 1995“ – Performance against Racism and Xenophobia (Hostility on foreigners)

„Sprachlos“ – Performance about Language and Being Foreign in Interkulttheater

„Schwerelose Blätter“ – Galerie Celeste

„Neoistische Weltausstellung“ – Group Exhibition in Kunsthalle Exnergasse

Drawings Zeichnungen in „alte Schieberkammer“ in Wien

„Lachende Unzufriedenheit“ – Aquarelle in Interkulttheater

Individual Exhibition in Stadtteilzentrum Simmering

„Re-Auktion“ in Interkulttheater on the occasion of 50th Anniversary of Universial Decleration of Human Rights

1998:

Exibition for Human Rights in Villa Windischgrätz

Group Exhibition in „Galerie Celeste“

„Kunst am Stadtrand“ – Group Exhibition in Stadtteilzentrum Simmering

„Mutter warum hat Jesus kein Schuhe“ – Installation at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna

1999: „Zweifach“ in Stadtteilzentrum Simmering (Vienna)

„Alles für Vaterland“ – coloured Drawings in Interkulttheater

„Entlassene Gefühle“ – Cartoon Exhibition in Interkulttheater

„Die fremde Stadt“ – Documents in the “alte Apotheke” in the Auditorium of the Department for Human Sciences at the University of Vienna

„Lichtbildausweis für Fremde“ – Computer Installation

2000: „Tod und Liebe – Death sucks Love“ – Galerie Ruth Maier

„Seine Nasenlöcher waren frei“ – Performance in remembrance of Marcus Omofuma,

Kulturzentrum 7-Stern, 2001: Repetition in Interkulttheater

2001: „Grenzenlos“ – A Gate Installation in the Border Area between Austria and Hungary, also at the Square “Siebensternplatz” in Vienna

„Wahllandschaften“ – Group Exhibition in the Gallery Ruth Maier

2002: Exhibition in the Gallery Muratti

„T-Art“ – Group Exhibition of Current Turkish Art Kunst in the Gallery AAI, Vienna

„Schöner Schiffbruch“ – Deutschmeistersaal, Vienna

2003: „Verlassen“ – Deutschmeistersaal

„Erweitert“ –Städtischen Bücherei, Vienna 2

2004: „Istanbul begrüßt Kaindorf“ – Kaindorf near Hartberg

„Letztes Istanbul“ – Aquarelle in Wiener Rathaus

„NimsAvusturya“ – Group Exhibition in Museum Sammlung Friedrichshof, Zurndorf, Burgenland.

„Lykidos“ –Explosive Action in Friedrichshof, Burgenland.

2005: „Das wilde Herz“ –Wiener Aktionismus Museum (Museum of Viennese Actionism), Friedrichshof, Burgenland.

„Vorher – Nachher“ A Placard-Action in Vienna, St. Pölten ,Graz and in Salzburg.

„Grenzgänge…“ Exhibition in Haus Impuls, Neusiedl am See , Burgenland

2006. „Flügelschlag“ Wiener Aktionismus Museum (Museum of Viennese Actionism), Friedrichshof, Burgenland

2007 „Chat-Room“ Stockwerk St. Pölten

2008 : „ Konkretisieren Sie den Rest“ mit Josef Danner Museum of Viennese Actionism

Participation in Ziel 1 Kunst in Cselley Mühle, Burgenland – Austria

Participation in „Regionale 08“ with three Works Steiermarkt – Austria

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