Denizhan Özer, Luggage Room, 2007, Installation of found suitcases. Courtesy the artist.
Denizhan Özer’s art is nourished by the inconsistencies in the fine line that divides legal from illegal. Özer’s installations highlight the perils of a journey in search of a better life and the helplessness of an individual caught between tradition and modernity. Özer lives in London and Istanbul and his work relates to his own experiences since moving to London in the 1980’s.
Denizhan Özer was born in Turkey. Together with being an artist he is the exhibition organiser and set up a new organisation Koridoor in 2008 to further international exhibitions with Turkish artists and in Turkey. He has exhibited extensively internationally including the Paris short film festival in 2008, House of Photography, Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2007, Castle of Rion, Greece in 2007, Busan Biennale, South Korea in 2003, Tirana Biennale, Albania in 2002 and Art Caucasus 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Journeys With No Return Residency.