Muteber Aydin 140 x 140 cm. Acrylic on Canvas 2010

biography

Dennis Gun was born 1956
1977-1983 Studies at „Akademie der Bildenden Künste“ in Vienna
graduated as „Magister“ of painting and philosophy of art in 1983
1982-1984 Studies of astrophysics at the University of Vienna
1984- In age of 26, he is the first living Austrian artist who has taken to permanent collection of Guggenheim Museum in New York
1985-1986 „Cite International des Arts“, Paris
1986-1987 „Berliner Künstler Programm DAAD“, Berlin
1990-1992 Lives and works in New York
1991-1994 Essays on photography, painting and philosophy, e.g. „Salome“, „Essay Hölle“, „Hot Memories“
1992-2002 Video works, electronic sound installations and other art projects in museums an in the public shere...
2003 New Painting
2006 Video Drawings -Video paintings, paintings
2007 Staged Photography
2009 The Beckett/Gün Project in the Collection Scharf-Gerstenberg / Berlin Museum for Surrealist Art,
part of the New National Gallery, Berlin
2009 Marriage with Austrian painter Muteber Aydin

currently working with photography

Selected Collections
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
United Nations Center, Vienna
Painting and Sculpture Museum, Ankara
Minister of Culture, Permanent Collection, Ankara
Schering AG, Berlin
Neve Shalom Sinagogue, Jewish Center, Istanbul
Ruhnke Building, Berlin
Istanbul Modern (Modern Art Museum Istanbul), Istanbul
Proje4L - Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul
EU Art Museum, Finland

Selected Awards
1978 " Golden Fugger" award, Academy of fine Arts, Vienna
1989 " Agam Mezuza" Israel
1988 " Artist of the year" Award, Istanbul

publications

Early Works 1979 - 1980

1983 - Rudolf Hausner and Circle, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
1986 -1st International European-Asian Biennale, Ankara
1984 - 1986 Berlin Works
1987 - 19th International Painting Festival, Chateau-Musee, Cannes
1st International Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul
1988 - Festival de Printemps, Paris Malson de Rennes, Paris
1988 - Wewerka Gallery, Berlin ( Text Prof Dr. Wieland Schmied)
1989 - 2nd International Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul
Mediterranean Countries Exhibition, Expo-Arte, Bari, Italy
1990 - New Works ( Text Alexandra Glanz)
1992 Saint Irene, a Byzantine church, Istanbul (Text Joachim Sartorius)
1996 - Sonambiente Festival for Sound and Sight, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Prestel Verlag
1997 - „In Medias Res“ Photograhy and other media art from Berlin
1998 . "Satan's Last Temptation" (Text Dennis Gun) Yapi Kredi Cultur and Art.
2001 Installation & Sound: “Ignatios Briefe” Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2003 “Organized Conflict“, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul
2007 "Upgrade" A monograph ( Text: Wilfried Dickhoff, Abigail Esman, Markus
Steinweg, Wilfried Dichhoff Verlag
Modern and Beyond Sentral, Istanbul
2008 m.a.c. Gallery, Istanbul
2009 Gwangju Museum of Art, Korea
" Beckett" National Gallery Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection, Berlin