Goran Turnšek
Goran Turnšek (1978) was born in former Yugoslavia, now Slovenia. He studied modern dance at Academy of Theater and Dance in Amsterdam. He danced with Krisztina de Châtel, Piet Rogie, Nicole Beutler and has collaborated with Marina Abramović and Aziz Bekkaoui. After his dance career he created dance choreographies and developed an interest in the relationship between performance and photography which he explored during further studies at the Fotoacademie Amsterdam. In 2015 he graduated with the project ‘Jakob’ under supervision of Ellen Sanders and Nicole Segers. Goran has won dance prizes and was shortlisted by various photography awards such as Unseen Dummy Award and Selection of Dutch photography. His work has been published in the British Journal of Photography, Volkskrant magazine, Fotodigi and Photocaptionist, among others.
In his work, Goran Turnšek presents daily movements as performance. He uses dance knowledge and works with his models as a choreographer. The relationship between the body and the space in which it is located plays an important role. In his photography he used sequences, diptychs and loose photographs he finds essential to tell his story. He often plays with obscurity and this refers to both the anonymity of the person and the anonymity of the source of the subject. Topics to be found in his work are identity and impermanence. His photography publications and expositions are an integral part of his desire to make dance a more tangible medium.
EDUCATION
2012-2015 | Fotoacademie, Amsterdam
2001-2004 | Communication and design management, University Rotterdam
1996-2000 | Academy of Theater and Dance, Amsterdam
EXHIBITION
2017 | This Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
2017 | Second Stage, solo exhibition, Podium Mozaiëk, Amsterdam
2017 | Rotterdam Photo Festival, Rotterdam
2017 | Dansfoto van het Jaar 2016, Theater Korzo
2016 | Vulnerable, group exhibition, Kadmium, Delft
2016 | Hidden Systems, presentation with Minhong Yu, Bookstore space, Amsterdam
2016 | Second Stage, solo exhibition, Theater Korzo/Here we live and now, Den Haag
2016 | Second Stage, solo exhibition, Theater aan het Vrijthof/Festival de Nederlandse Dansdagen, Maastricht
2015 | GUP, group exhibition, Art’otel, Amsterdam
2015 | Amsterdam Int’l Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
2015 | AIM, graduate exhibition, Loods 6, Amsterdam
2011 | Ephemeral conversations, solo exhibition, Theater Kikker
2008 | Up Close & Personal, group exhibition, Walls gallery, Amsterdam
2008 | Mic Mac Trouble, group exhibition, Ayacs gallery, Amsterdam
2008 | mercARTor, solo exhibition, Blagovnica MERCATOR, Ptuj
2004 | Nü Formz, group exhibition, Locus010, Rotterdam
PUBLICATIONS
2017 | Dans Magazin, Second Stage, No 1., January 2017
2017 | PF, Op zoek naar een leven na het dans, 18 January 2017
2017 | Dansfotokalender 2017
2016 | New Dawn Paper, Second stage, 13 – 22 September
2016 | Tijdschrift Ei, ‘Bij de lurven’, 6 September
2016 | De Volkskrant, Smaak, ‘Danser Goran Turnšek is nu fotograf’, 20 February
2016 | SO, Dutch Professional Photographers 2016
2016 | New Photo, Dutch Photography Talent 2016
2016 | De grote Amsterdamse Kunstkalender
2015 | My Amsterdam your home
2015 | British Journal of Photography, ‘The portraiture issue’, December 2015
2015 | Photocaptionist, ‘Strange and Unfamiliar Once Again: Sophie Wright on Unseen’, 2015, Amsterdam
2015 | Fotodigi, ‘Fotograferen als choreograaf’ by Petere Runnaar, , Editie 3
2015 | New Dawn paper, Jakob, 4 July
2014 | ELLE Decorations, (No.116), China
2014 | Harper’s BAZAAR, There’s No Formula for Great Design, October Issue in CHINA
GRANDS
2017 | Vienna Photo Book Award, shortlisted
2015 | SO 2015, Amsterdam, shortlisted
2015 | Unseen Dummy Award, Amsterdam, shortlisted
2015 | Cum Laude for graduation project Jakob
2014 | Honorable Mention in a Fine Art – Portrait Category, IPA, Los Angeles
2013 | Honorable Mention in Editorial – Personality Category, IPA, Los Angeles
2012 | Fotogram trofee, nominated, Amsterdam
2000 | The Phillip Morris Scholarship, Amsterdam
FESTIVALS
2017 | Vienna Photo Book Festival
2017 | Fotofestival Naarden
2016 | Vienna Photo Book Festival
2015 | Unseen Photo Festival, Amsterdam,
COMMITIONED
2015 | NB Projects, We live here Academie, Amsterdam
2015 | Why Not Festival, Amsterdam
2014 | Theater Narrenschiff, for performance Solo soli, Germany
2014 | National ballet Academy, Amsterdam
2013 | Why Not Festival, Amsterdam
2013 | Galerie Ra & Coda Museum, Dear To Wear
CHOREOGRAPHY
2012 | Printer, Amsterdam Grafisch Ateliers, Open Ateliers Jordaan
2010 | Waterbeest, Juni Kunstmaand, Amsterdam
2010 | Črni gibi, SNG Marbor
2009 | I forgive you, Random Collision, Groningen
2009 | Being Blanka, Dnevi suvremenog plesa, Croatia
2009 | Het Beest in Mij, 2KUSTEN, Kunst&Cultuur Noord-Holland
2008 | Being Blanka, ‘Odd/Man’ program, Dansateliers, Rotterdam
2001 | Lost, Dansateliers & Theater Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam
2003 | In&Out, Its Festival, Amsterdam
DANCE PERFORMANCES
2012- 2014 | Nicole Beutler Projects, Amsterdam
2008 -2011 | Giulia Mureddu, Amsterdam
2004- 2008 | Dansgroep Krisztina de Châtel, Amsterdam
2001- 2003 | Rogie&Company, Rotterdam
2003 | Paul Selwyn Norton, Korzo theater, Den Haag
2003 | Uri Ivgi, DWA, Amsterdam
VIDEOS
2009 | Guard, VideoDanzaBA, Argentina
2009 | Descending Soul, Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy
2008 | DanceON, video workshop with Mediamatic, Rialto, Amsterdam
2003 | Tragic Torso, with Rogie&Company and NPS