Backbench, 2010

The Backbench project is a multi-channel video installation which reflects on the conditions and the production of cultural discourses, and the impact it generates on social, political, professional and individual levels.

Ergin Çavusoglu

1968, Targoviste, Romania. Lives and works in London. In the early 1980s, Ergin Çavusoglu studied at The National School of Fine Arts "Iliya Petrov", in Sofia. He consequently received a BA in mural painting from the University of Marmara, Istanbul, an MA from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a PhD from University in Portsmouth. He represented Turkey at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003. He was shortlisted for the Beck's Futures Prize in 2004, and most recently in 2010 for Artes Mundi 4 - the U.K'.s largest contemporary arts prize. Recent solo exhibitions include Ergin Çavusoglu, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Place after Place, Kunstverein Freiburg, Quintet Without Borders, ShContemporary, Shanghai and Haunch of Venison, Zurich, Point of Departure, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton and NGCA Sunderland, and Entanglement, DCA, Dundee. Group exhibitions include The First Mediterranean Biennial of Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel, All-Inclusive. A Tourist World, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Between Borders, MARCO Vigo, the 8th Istanbul Biennial, British Art Show 6 and the 3rd Berlin Biennial.