• Esra Ersen
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    • Le due Rome
    • Diario
    • Zahiri and Batini
    • A Possible History II / Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks
    • A Possible History I / When Thinking Some Play with the Mustache, Others Cross Arms
    • Casting for a Canary Opera
    • Sammelsurium – Photo Series
    • Sammelsurium
    • Passengers
    • Rehabilitation – Sao Paulo
    • Perfect / Growing Older (Dis)Gracefully
    • Rehabilitation – Utrecht
    • Parachutist in Third Floor, Birds in Laundry
    • I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent – Linz
    • There is no Demonstration in Disneyland
    • Dive
    • Under Construction
    • Today there is no demonstration in Disyneyland
    • Which one you choose?
    • Testimony
    • Brothers and Sisters
    • I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent – Kwangju
    • In the Penalty Area
    • If You Could Speak Swedish
    • Hamam
    • This is the Disneyland
    • Hello! Where is it?
    • I am gonna cook an exotic dinner, only for you
    • Artist Deputy
    • Those without place
    • I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent – Münster
    • Karussell
    • Asure
    • Some People
    • Encounter
    • Under Custody
    • Advice to the Crown Prince
    • Dialogues III
    • Dialogues II
    • Dialogues I
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Esra Ersen
Lives and works in Berlin

Member of BBK Berlin – The professional association of visual artists Berlin
Member of VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Education
1999/00 Ecole Beauxs-Arts de Nantes, Post-Diplom Program, Nantes, France
1993/95 Marmara University The Faculty of Fine Arts, Post Graduate, Istanbul, Turkey
1988/92 Marmara University The Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
Selected Grants and Residencies
2022 Neustart Kultur-Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds
2019 The Rome Prize in 2019/2020, Villa Massimo, Deutsche Akademie Rome, Italy→
2015 Kulturakademie Tarabya, Istanbul, Turkey→
2013 Civitella Ranieri Visual Arts Fellowship, Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbertide, Italia→
2009 Berliner Senats Arbeitsstipendium für Bildende Kunst→
2005 Delfina / Visiting Arts, International Fellowship Programme, London, UK→
2004 Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg→
2004 Rooseum Center For Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden→
2001 IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden→
1999 Ecole Beauxs-Arts de Nantes,Post-Diplom Program, Nantes, France→
1999 Stiftung Kulturfonds, Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany→
1998 NRW-fondation, Künstlerdorf Schoppingen, Münsterland, Germany→
1998 ACC Gallery and Stadt Weimar, Weimar, Germany→
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Heritage, Gallery Françoise Heitsch, München
2019 What We Know, Swimming Pool, Alma Mater Gallery and National Library, Sofia, curated by Viktoria Draganova
2015 A Possible History, Esra Ersen, SALT Ulus, Ankara, Turkey, curated by Vasıf Kortun
2013 Landed, Richmond Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada, curated by Nan Capogna
2011 Kunstverein Ahlen, Ahlen, Germany
2010 Passengers, Yapı Kredi Culture and Art, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by René Block
2009 Passengers, Tanas, Berlin, Germany, curated by René Block
2008 rahncontemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
2007 Rehabilitation, 300m3 Art space, Göteborg, Sweden
Elsewhere, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland, curated by Sabine Schaschl
2006 Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany, curated by Chus Martínez
2005 The O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria, curated by Genoveva Rückert & Martin Sturm
2002 Bild Museet, Umea, Sweden
2001 If You Could Speak Swedish, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, curated by Maria Lind
1997 Macka Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey
1995 Dialogues, Yerebatan Cisterne, BM Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Beral Madra
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 New Acquisitions of the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz→
The 90s Onstage, SALT Beyoğlu, Istanbul→
Journey To Italy XXI – The Gaze on the Other, Casa di Goethe, Rom, curatet by Ludovico Pratesi→
Identity not Proven, New Acquisitions or the Federal Art Collection, undeskunsthalle, Bonn→
2021 Villa Massimo at Neuhardenberg Castle, Presentation of the 2019/2020 German Academy Rome residency winners curated by Julia Draganović→
Studio Bosporus, 10 Jahre Kulturakademie Tarabya, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, curated by Stéphane Bauer, Pia Entenmann, Çağla İlk, Susanne Weiß→
2021 Connecting Cultures, Kunstverein euhausen, Neuhausen, Germany, curated y Susanne Jakob→
The Smile of the Sphinx, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Bosnien Herzegowina, curated by Ilari Valbonesi→
2020 Villa Massimo, Si Avvicina, Villa Massimo, Rome, curated by Julia Draganović→
2019 Zahiri und Batini, Esra Ersen, KISR Hansaplatz, Berlin→
Come On! , Plato Sanat, Istanbul, curated by Marcus Graf→
2017 Scharfstellen 2, Rotor, Graz, Austria, Rotor, Graz, Austria, curated by Margarethe Makovec & Anton Lederer→
2016 How Did We Get Here, SALT Ulus, Ankara, Turkey, curated by Merve Elveren and Erman Ata Uncu→
THE NEW HUMAN, Moderna Museet Stockholm, Sweden, curated by Joa Ljungberg→
Screening, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, Austria, curated by Hemma Schmutz→
2015 SALTWATER: A Theory of Thought Forms, 14th Istanbul Biennial - International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev→
How Did We Get Here, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Merve Elveren und Erman Ata Uncu SALT Beyoğlu→
The Translator’s Voice, MARCO Museo e Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo, urated by Martin Waldmeier→
THE NEW HUMAN, You and I in Global onderland, Moderna Museet Malmö, weden, curated by Joa Ljungberg→
2014 25th. Ankara International Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey, curated by Ege Berensel
2013 IN SEARCH OF EUROPE?. Kunstraum reuzberg, Berlin, Germany, curated by aniela Swarowsky→
Transnational Identity in Recent Video Art. The Gallery, NOVA-Woodbridge, USA, curated by Erin C. Devine
UNI/JA-UNI/ON, Open City, Art in public space, Lublin, Poland, Curated by Anda Rottenberg→
Kleider machen Leute ? Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin, Germany, Curated by Dorothee Bienert
2012 Von hier nach dort. Vögele Kultur Zentrum, Pfäffikon, Switzerland, Curated by Alexandra Könne→
The Good Life, Fototriennale, unstbygningen Filosoffen, Odense, enmark, curated by Ingrid Fischer Jonge→
State of Transit, Open Systems – Zentrum für Kunstprojekte, Wien, Austria, curated by Frida Carazzato & Maria Garzia→
2011 Becoming Istanbul, SALT, Istanbul, curated by Pelin Derviş ve Gökhan Karakuş→
Kunsthalle Darmstadt macht Schule, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt, curated by Peter Joch→
Seven New Works, Borusan Contemporary Perili Köşk, İstanbul, curated by Mario Codognato and Sylvia Kouvali→
Fiktion Okzident, Tophane-i Amire, İstanbul, curated by Emre Zeytinoglu, Cetin Güzelhan, Johannes Odenthal
Dream and Reality, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, curated by Fatmagül Berktay, Levent Çalıkoğlu, Zeynep İnankur, Burcu Pelvanoğlu→
Here and There, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY College at Old Westbury, New York, curated by Catherine Bernard and Mary Cremin
What’s that you’re watching? Screening programm, Marta Herford Museum, Herford→
Tactics of Invisibility, Arter, Istanbul, curated by Daniela, Zyman Emre Baykal→
2010 No Ifs, No Buts, DEPO Istanbul, curated by Gülsen Bal and Walter Seidel→
Tarjama / Translation, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, NY, curated by Leeza Ahmady, Iftikhar Dadi, Reem Fadda→
No Ifs, no Buts..., Open Space, Zentrum für Kunstprojekte Wien, Austria, curated by Gülsen Bal and Walter Seidel→
Looking for Changes: Academy of Another City, Art in Public Space, Hamburg, curated by Ute Vorkoeper, Andrea Knobloch
Tactics of Invisibility,TANAS, Berlin, Germany, curated by Daniela, Zyman Emre Baykal
Localities, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark, curated by Curated by Sanne Kofod Olsen→
Here & There, Oonagh Young, Dublin, Ireland, curated by Catherine Bernard and Mary Cremin→
Tactics of Invisibility, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Wien, curated by Daniela, Zyman Emre Baykal→
Tanzimat, Augarten Contemporary, Wien, curated by Eva Maria Stadler
Selected Artists, 2009, NGBK Berlin, curated by Frank Wagner→
2009 Where Everything Is Yet to Happen, Biennial in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, curated by Ivana Bago, Antonia Majača, Nina Möntmann→
Changes in the contemporary City, Sculpture International Rotterdam, Rotterdam, curated by Jos van der Pol →
https://www.sculptureinternationalrotterdam.nl/en/news/sir-cinema-at-coolsingel-in-october-november-and-december/
Selected: 10 years of , rotor Graz, curated by Lejla Hodzic, Margarethe Makovec & Anton Lederer→
Translation/Tarjama, Queens Museum of Art, New York City, curated by Leeza Ahmady, Iftikhar Dadi, Reem Fadda→
Tarjama/Translation: New Video Art, Screening, Asia Society and Museum, New York, curated by Leeza Ahmady
Coalesce: Happenstance, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, curated by Paul O’Neill→
Becoming Istanbul, Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, Berlin→
35 videos from 35 years of video art in Turkey, 20th Ankara International Film Festival, curated by Ege Berensel
Art (film/video), activism and politics, Wip:Sthlm, Stockholm, curated by Petra Bauer, Michele Masucci, Jesper Nordahl, Karolina Pahlén→
2008 Moment of Agency, Filmprogramm, Kunsthalle Basel / Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, curated by Fatos Ustek→
Übersetzungsparadoxien und Missverständnisse, Shedhalle Zürich, Switzerland, curated by Sønke Gau, Katharina Schlieben→
Personal Protocols and Other Preferences, CCS Galleries, Bard College, New York, curated by Maria Lind→
Re-Reading The Future, Int. Triennale of contemporary Art 2008, National Gallery Prague, curated by Oliver Zybok→
Becoming Istanbul, Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt→
Save As, Triennale Bovisa, Milano, curated by Derya Yücel→
Gone City, MAGAZIN4 Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, curated by Gulsen Bal→
Activism and Politics, European Culture Festival a part of European Social Forum Malmö, curated by Michele Masucci, Jesper Nordahl
Hot Docs, Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto, Canada→
Documentary Perspectives in Contemporary Art, Vancouver Int. Film Festival, Vancouver, curated by Bettina Steinbrügge→
Candid Stories, Insa Art Space, Seoul, curated by Oyku Ozsoy
Every Story is a Travel Story, Candid Arts Trust Projection Room, London, UK
Damn! I wish I’d done that..., Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wales, Curated by Harold Offeh
2007 Modern and Beyond Santral Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Fulya Erdemci, Semra Germaner, Orhan Koçak, Zeynep Rona
Every Wind that Blows, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Is this fiction, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Rosa Martinez→
A forest and a tree, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien, Austria, Curated by Pelin Uran
2006 How to live together, 27th Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil,curated by Lisette Lagnado, Adriano Pedrosa, Cristina Freire, José Roca, Rosa Martínez→
4th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK→
Cooling Out - Zur Paradoxie des Feminismus, Halle für Kunst,Lüneburg, Deutschland, curated by Bettina Steinbrügge→
EurHope 1153, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Codroipo, Italy, curated by Sarah Cosulich Canarutto and Francesco Bonami→
Verstehst Du das?, Austellungshalle für zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster, Germany, curated by Necmi Sönmez, Gail B. Kirkpatrick→
Cooling Out - on the paradox of feminism, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland, curated by René Zechlin→
The Peninsula, Singapore History Museum, Singapore, curated by Heman Chong→
Cooling Out - on the paradox of feminism, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland,curated by Sabine Schaschl→
It’s Hard to Touch the Real, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria, curated by Søren Grammel→
Staring Into Space, video Trafó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary , curated by Heman Chong, Rodney LaTourelle→
2005 Day Labor, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart→
EuroPART. Public art project throughout Austria, Austria
Rundlederwelten, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany, curated by Dorothea Strauss→
EindhovenIstanbul, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, curated by Eva Meyer-Hermann and Charles Esche→
Pursuit of Happiness, Organized and produced by Bureau Beyond, Utrecht, The Netherlands, curated by Tom van Gestel, Liesbeth Bik, and Nathalie Zonnenberg→
Moving..on…, NGBK, Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany→
https://archiv.ngbk.de/en/projekte/moving-on/→
2052 Malmö no Longer be Swedish, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden, curated by Charles Esche
Normalization, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, curated by Vasıf Kortun, Istanbul, Turkey
How Latitudes Become Forms, MARCO Monterrey, Mexico, curated by Philippe Vergne→
A forest and a tree, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Yellow Bird Gallery, NY, USA, curated by Pelin Uran→
Other, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway, curated by Frank Falch→
Der Knochen der Zunge, Medienturm, Graz, Austria, curated by Fatih Aydogdu
Xenopolis, RathausGalerie, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany, curated by Angela Koch, Pia Lanzinger→
Hilchot Shchenim Chapter C, Israeli Digital Art Lab Holon, Israel, curated by Eyal Danon, Galit Eilat→
Bildmuseet Umeå, University College of Fine Arts, Umeå, Sweden
It's Hard to Touch the Real (Tour), Unge Kunstnerers Samfund UKS, Oslo, Norway, curated by Søren Grammel
Yeans (artist-run-space), Göteborg, Sweden
Tallinn Kunsthalle, Tallinn, Estonia
2004 Coalesce, Model Arts & Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland, curated by Paul O’Neill→
Effort, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastián, Spain, curated by Juan Antonio Alvarez Reyes→
Minority Report: Challenging Intolerance in Contemporary Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark→
45th October Art Salon, Continental Breakfast, Belgrade Cultural Centre, Serbia and Montenegro, curated by Anda Rottenberg→
Re:Location, Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg, curated by Enrico Lunghi→
How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston, Texas, curated by Philippe Vergne
Swedish Heart, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, curated by Charlotte Bydler, Rodrigo Mallea Lira, Magdalena Malm→
(EA)Stories, K&S Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Borderline, kino arsenal, Berlin, Germany
Shake Society, Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg, curated by Enrico Lunghi→
Exciting Europe, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany→
Trading Places, The Pump House Gallery, London, UK, curated by B+B→
Green Box, Trafo gallery, Budapest, Hungary, curated by Livia Páldi→
Along the Gates of the Urban, Galerie K & S, Berlin, Germany, curated by Erden Kosova
Along the Gates of the Urban, Galerie K & S, Berlin, Germany, curated by Erden Kosova→
Arte Fierra, Bollogna, Italy, The Balkans - a crossroad to the future, Arte Fiera Bologna, curated by Harald Szeemann
Revolution is Not What it Used to Be, S1 Artspace , Sheffield, UK→
It's Hard to Touch the Real, Dundee Contemporary Art Center, Dundee, curated by Søren Grammel
2003 Poetic Juctice, 8th International stanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey, urated by Dan Cameron→
The way of the ideas, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain, curated by Chus Martínez→
How Latitudes Become Forms, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas, curated by Philippe Vergne→
10th Biennial of Moving Images, The Centre for Contemporary Images Saint Gervais, CH, curated by Charles Esche→
http://www.image-mouvement.ch/bim/bim10/02prog/bim/bim10/artistes.php?id=grar&sn=E&lg=en
Where? Here?, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, Curated by Vasif Kortun, Emre Baykal, Fulya Erdemci→
How Latitudes Become Forms, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy, curated by Philippe Vergne→
Real Utopia, , Graz Culture Capital of Europe, Graz, Austria, curated by Margarethe Makovec & Anton Lederer→
Totally Motivated, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany, curated by Søren Grammel, Maria Lind→
It Is Hard To Touch The Real, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany, curated by Søren Grammel
Here, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Here, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey→
2002 Manifesta 4, Europan Biennial of Contemporary Art, Frankfurt, Germany, curated by Iara Boubnova, Nuria Enguita Mayo, Stéphanie Moisdon-Trembley→
Pause, 4 th Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, Korea, curated by Wan-Kyung Sung, Charles Esche, Hou Hanru→
What? A tale in free images, Memling Museum, Burgge, Belgium, curated by Cis Bierinckx
Animation:Video, Centre d’édition contemporaine,Genève, CH→
In Search for Balkania, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria, curated by Roger Conover, Eda Cufer, Peter Weibel→
8th International Festival of Contemporary Arts CITY OF WOMEN, Ljubljana, Slovenia, curated by Bettina Knaup→
Art and Documentary, TEMPO Documentary Festival, Stockholm, Sweden→
On my way to Timbuktu, ifa Galerie Berlin, Germany, curated by Robert Novak→
2001 Under the Sign of the City, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany→
Becoming a Place, Istanbul Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Vasıf Kortun
Dare to be different, organized by Cultural Art Center Lind Art, Fier, Albanian
Standardrum, Randers Kunstmuseum, Randers, Denmark→
2000 Divine Comedy, Galerie Urart, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Ali Akay
Between Condition and Construction, ifu-open space, Hannover, Germany
Showview, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria→
Activ-Reactiv, Lieu Unique, Nantes, France
MK2 projekt cafee, video program, Paris, France, curated by Stéphanie Moisdon-Trembley
International Boutique, Galery Lafeyett, Nantes, France
Sanssouci, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany, curated by Angelika Stepken→
Spring Time, Nicolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, curated by anne Kofod Olsen→
One night stand, Klemens Gasner & Tanja Grunert, New York, USA
1999 Mode of Art, Düsseldorf Kunstverein, Düsseldorf , Germany
Relation with an Other, Galellery Emsdetten, Emsdetten, Germany
Society and Community, ACC Gallery,Weimar, Germany→
1998 Art Hansa Special, Hansa Gymnasium, Köln, Germany, curated by Uta M. Reindl
Interfaces, Paläontologisches Museum, Münster, Germany
Dialogues-art in scools, Realschule Velen, Münsterland
1996 Dialogues / the lost idea of the oder of things, AKM, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Beral Madra
Dialogues / the lost idea of the oder of things, Kunstpalast im Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf
A Ding Table, BM Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Beral Madra
1995 Orient/ation, 4 th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by René Block→
16th. Istanbul Exhibition, Painting and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
16th. Istanbul Exhibition, Painting and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
1994 5th Istanbul Exhibition, Painting and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Hope and Responsibility, Ship of City Lines, Istanbul, Turkey
1993 4th Istanbul Exhibition, Painting and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Lectures
2020 Spotlight Series: Esra Ersen, Temple University Rome→
New Academy of Fine Arts, Rome
2019 Intersektionalität und KunstbetriebInstitut für Kunst im Kontext, Universität der Künste Berlin→
What We Know, Esra Ersen with Viktoria Draganova , Prof. Alexander Kiossev (Cultural Studies Department, Sofia University) and Kiril Vassilev (art critic), Alma Mater Gallery, Sofia
2016 Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, University of Duisburg-Essen→
Auswärtsspiel-Mit der Krümmung der Perspektive Lesen Lernen, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich
Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, Austria→
2015 Conference, Re-Orientation: Contexts of Contemporary Art in Turkey and Abroad, Center for Advanced Studies der LMU München and Haus der Kunst→
Northwestern University Chicago, Department of Anthropology
Auswärtige Kulturpolitik und interkultureller Austausch, Symposium der Internationalen Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK) und des ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen)
SALT Ulus, Ankara→
2013 Traces of the Ottoman Era in Bulgaria, Presentation by Esra Ersen and Boris Deliradev, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
Helsinki Fine Arts Academy, Helsinki, Finland
Civitella Ranieri, Umbertide, Italia
2011 Gender, Identität, (E)Migration, Center for Advanced Studies der LMU München, Germany
Dresden-Perspektiven für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Esra Ersen, Anton Lederer, R. Nachtigäller, H. Mutter & U.Genth, Dr. P.Reichensperger, M.Neeb, Die Kunstkommission für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum der Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Germany
2009 Elsewhere, Selected Artists 2009 - Rahmenprogramm, NGBK, Berlin, Germany
Translation and cultural exchange, Leeza Ahmady, Iftikhar Dadi, Reem Fada, Esra Ersen, Almagul Menlibyeva, Asia Society, New York
2008 Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York, USA
2007 Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden, Germany
Interflugs Lecture Series, Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2006 Gasworks Gallery, London, UK
Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
2005 9B Talks , 9th Istanbul Biennial, The Future of Migration Society - Migration Project
Marion von Osten, Aytac Eryilmaz, Regina Römhild, Levent Soysal, Esra Ersen
Case study, Lifelong Learning in Museums and Galleries, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York, USA
2004 Europe in Motion, shifting perspectives in transcultural cinema, Berlin, Germany
Rhizomatic Cities, Siebe Thissen, Esra Ersen, Hou Hanru and Jochen Becker discuss urban space and identity, Witte de With, center for Contemporary Art , Roterdam, Holland
Colonising Space, Esra Ersen and Søren Grammel, International conference Riga Sculpture Quadrennial, Riga, Latvia
Displacement, Henrich Heine Universitat, Dusseldorf, Germany
Freie Klasse, Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The Royal Danish Art Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden
Malmö Art Akademy, Malmö, Sweden
2003 Art and Societies in Transition, 8th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey, Esra Ersen , Hou Hanru, Rosa Martinez, Dunja Blazevic , Moderator: Saskia Bos
It Is Hard To Touch The Real, Kunstverein München, Münich, Germany
2002 Wild in the Street, NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden, Germany
Teaching
2013 Lecturer in Fine Art, Helsinki Fine Arts Academy, Helsinki, Finland
2007 Visiting Professor, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden, Germany
2004 The Royal Danish Art Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jury Session
2015 Hochschule Burg Giebichenstein Istanbul-Stipendium
2014 Hochschule Burg Giebichenstein Istanbul-Stipendium
2012 Hochschule Burg Giebichenstein Istanbul-Stipendium
2011 Berliner Senat, Die Villa Massimo, die Casa Baldi in Rom und das Deutsche Studienzentrum in Venedig
Berliner Senat, Austauschstipendien nach NY, London, LA, Paris, Moskau und Istanbul
2010 Berliner Senat, Künstlerinnenprogramm, Künstlerinnenförderung Übersichtskatalog und Einzelausstellungstipendium