Gökçen Cabadan

Gökçen Cabadan (*1980, Izmir), studied painting at the Fine Arts Department of Dokuz Eylül University. After graduating in 2009, he moved to Belgium and completed his master’s degree in media art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent. Cabadan has had numerous one-person presentations of his work including Gaslighting, Öktem Aykut, Istanbul (2021); LISTE Art Fair, Basel (2018); Monogamy in Recollection, Öktem Aykut, Istanbul (2017); Dystopia, Öktem Aykut, Istanbul (2016); Without Landscape, Galerie Anne Mertens, Leuven (2010); Black Box, NON, Istanbul (2009) and Progeria, Galerist, Istanbul (2008). His work has also been included in various group exhibitions such as Suppose You Are Not, Arter, (2024); The Cut and the Pit, Uniq Gallery, Istanbul (2018); Every Inclusion is an Exclusion of Other Possibilities, SALT, Istanbul (2015); White Out, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany (2010); Curator Curator #4: Time Challenger, Hisk, Ghent, Belgium (2009); Endless Possibilities, Kasa Galeri, Istanbul (2007) and CIAO!, Netwerk Aalst, Aalst, Belgium (2006). Cabadan attended Cité des Arts artist residency program in Paris for the second half of 2010. His latest one-person exhibition Anti-Baby will take place at Öktem Aykut until May 2025.