Born in Istanbul at 1977, Emre Hüner is an artist producing drawing, video and spatial works following different techniques. He now lives and works in Amsterdam as resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten after being in Milan for eight years and three years in Istanbul. Central to his oeuvre are over technological, industrial progressions and the concept of society of risk in this respect and the themes such as the affinities of the modern man with architecture and nature. Huner creates a common language in his works through using an archive he formed out of various sources such as internet, found out pictures and books.

In 2008 he has participated in two special projects, The Marmara Pera Screen, Yama, Istanbul where he realized “Total Realm” (2008) , a public screen video made of tableaux showing totalitarian imaginary and symbols, referring to the modernist utopia and to the Bidoun Project, Creek Art Fair, Dubai with “Panoptikon” (2005).

Hüner lastly also participated to “ The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art” Gallery of Modern Art of Queensland, Brisbane , Australia (2009) , “ The Generetional : Younger then Jesus”, New Museum , New York , USA (2009) , at “Manifesta 7 – The Rest of Now” South Tyrol Italy (2008) , to the “10th International Istanbul Biennial” Istanbul (2007) and he published an artist book “Bent 003” through BAS in Istanbul (2007) Istanbul , Turkey.

Education
Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milano, IT, 1997-2004

Residencies
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, 2010
Apexart, New York (NY), US, November / December 2009
Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul artist residency program, Istanbul, TR 2009

Solo exhibitions
2010 Extra City , Antwerp , Belgium , ‘ Adverse Stability’
2010 Stroom, Den Haag, NL, 'The New Horizon'
2009 Rodeo, Istanbul, TR, 'Juggernaut'
2007 BAS, Istanbul, TR, 'BENT 003 - Emre Hüner'

(Selected) group exhibitions
2010 Princeton Univerity Art Museum, Princeton, USA , ' Nobody's property: art, land, space '
2010 CCA Warsaw , Warsaw , Poland , ‘Divercity’
2010 Haus der Kunst , Munich , Germany , ‘The future of tradition’
2010 Busan Biennial , Busan , South Korea , ‘Living in Evolution’
2010 Flux/S, 'Drafts Establishing Future' Eindhoven, NL, ‘Cross Section’
2009 Space Loop, Seoul, KR, 'Endgame'
2009 CAC, Vilnius, LT, 'Code share'
2009 Extra City, Antwerpen, BE, 'Manifest Destiny'
2009 SFAI, San Francisco (CA), US, 'Summertime or Close-ups on Places We’ve (Never) Been'
2009 Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL, 'Green revolution'
2009 New Museum, New York (NY), US, 'The generational: Younger than Jesus', (exh. cat.)
2009 Brown Project Space, Milano, IT, ‘Perisphere’
2009 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Arts, Queensland, AU, 'Apt'
2008 Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont (CA), US, 'Multiverse'
2008 Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, TR, 'If tomorrow never comes'
2008 Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW, 'Good gangsters in town'
2008 UC Berkeley, Berkeley (CA), US, 'Orienting Istanbul: "Istanbul - Berkeley"', selection of video works from the 10th Istanbul Biennial
2008 Townhouse Gallery for Contemporary Art, Cairo, EG, 'We've seen it all'
2008 Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn, CH, 'Sammeln und ordnen in der Gegenwartskunst', (exh. cat.)
2008 Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, DE, 'Die letzten Dinge - Son Seyler'
2007 TICA, Tirana, AL, 'Fairytale'
2007 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TR, (exh. cat.)
2006 Centre Culturel Français de Milan, Milano, IT, 'en parallèle / In parallelo MIGRE'
2005 Isola Art Center, Milano, IT, 'Foxtrot', site-specific project
2005 Palazzo della Ragione, Milano, IT, 'Con altri occhi', (exh. cat.)
2005 1.60 insurgent space, Tirana, AL, 'Apart'
2004 Via Farini, Milano, IT, 'Arrivederci e grazie'

(Selected) film/video screenings
2008 Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR, 'Module 1 / Carte blanche à l'association DCA', 'Fear and Desire'
2008 Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, LB, 'Home Works IV. A Forum on Cultural Practices'
2008 Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, CH, 'Moment of Agency'
2008 Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, CH, 'Moment of agency'
2007 Sidewalk Cinema, Wien, AT
2006 Videoart Yearbook 2006, Bologna, IT
2006 Via Farini, Milano, IT, 'Video Invitational #2'

Artfairs
2010 Art Forum Berlin, DE, (Rodeo)

Projects
2008 The Marmara Pera Screen, Istanbul, 'Total realm'
2008 Creek Art Fair, Dubai, AE, 'Panoptikon', presented by Bidoun Projects

(Selected) articles and reviews
2009 Flash Art, 'Dreamworld and Catastrophe', Övül Durmuşoğlu, (July)
2008 Financial Times, 'Art of our time', November Paynter, (17 March)
2007 Flash Art Italia, Alessandra Poggianti, issue 264 (June/July) p. 59
2007 Art-Ist Contemporary Art Magazine, Osman Erden, vol. 4 (June) issue 6, p. 100-101
2005 Arte e Critica, Alessandra Poggianti, issue 43 (July/September) p. 42-43