About Hafriyat Karaköy
Hafriyat Karaköy
The Realm of Manifold Arts
Hafriyat Karaköy is a multi-purpose space looking out on to one of Karakoy's busiest streets. The space has an entry level floor, a mezzanine and a basement. Hafriyat Karaköy hosts activities such as exhibitions, workshops, interviews, film screenings and archives, and also strives to expand its activities beyond these.
Hafriyat Karaköy aims to create an independent non-profit art environment where artists come together and new projects are both produced and practiced through the sharing of artistic and cultural experiences.
Hafriyat Karaköy features, in addition to the solo and group exhibitions of Hafriyat artists, solo and group exhibitions for young artists and offers its space to group activities, international artists and groups. The exhibitions are open to all disciplines and curatorial activities. Hafriyat international artistic links developes and realizes with reciprocal exhibition projects in this space and are shared. Hafriyat Karaköy invites applications.
Hafriyat Karaköy has opened its doors on 1st of May 2007 and realized 22 exhibitions in this short period.The space invited other artists as well as welcomes exhaibition proposals from NGO's that want to gain visibility.Hafiryat stood in the way of self-censorship by hosting projects that deal with taboo-political topics.By showing what artists csn do when they gather around a common idea,it collapsed the idea that one cannot exhibit without approaching certain people in the art market.İt had a role in developing the trend of themed or consept shows in Turkey.
T +90 212 245 31 68
A Necatibey Cad. No.79 Karaköy
İstanbul Turkey
Coordinator : Ayşegül Önkuzu
Hafriyat Artists
Antonio Cosentino, Banu Birecikligil, Extramücadele,Fulya Çetin, Hakan Gürsoytrak, İnci Furni, Murat Akagündüz, Mustafa Pancar, Nalan Yırtmaç, Nazım Dikbaş, Neriman Polat, Tan Cemal Genç
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