Onur Hamilton Karaoglu
Education
2007-2011 MFA in Theater Directing, Columbia University School of the Arts, NY, USA
2001-2007 BA in Sociology, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Selected Performances/Exhibitions/Screenings
2025
Read Subtitles Aloud- Screening, June, Protocinema, Tbilisi, GE
Forever Young- Performance, September, Yapı Kredi Arts Center, İstanbul, TR
In Vain- Performance/Installation, March, Salt Beyoğlu, Istanbul, TR
Queer Aging Project- Performance, December, nGbK, Berlin, DE
2024
In Vain- Performance, November, ABA Berlin, Berlin, DE
In Vain- Solo Exhibition, November, Frizz Gallery, Berlin, DE
List Making Curiosity, Sound Work, September, Transvestite At The Opera, Online
In Vain- Performance, June, Hara Art Space, Istanbul, TR
Other:Forever- Theater, Proje Difüzyon, İstanbul, TR
In Vain- Performance, Performance at TheaterIST, March, Metrohan, Istanbul, TR
2023
My Neighbour- Video, Queer Hive Istanbul, Sinema Transtopia, Berlin, DE
Bathtube, Street, Painting- Video Installation, in post-production, İstanbul, TR
2022
In Vain- Performance, commissioned by Slavs And Tatars for Wiener Festwochen, May, Vienna, AT
In Vain- Four Channel Video Installation, Protocinema Exhibition Running In Space, September, İstanbul, TR
In Vain- Performance (In Turkish), Protocinema Exhibition Running In Space Opening Performance, September, İstanbul, TR
My Neighbour- Video Installation, Çark Exhibition, Koli Art Space, İstanbul, TR
Our Bosphorus Obsession- Short Documentary, BBC Reel Project, UK
Eagle and Tortoise- Performance, IDFA, November, Amsterdam, NL
2021
My Neighbour- Video, Through The Window Project Exhibition, Online, TR & NL
Andinthisverymoment- Performance, Online, TR & DE
In Between Power- Dance, Barnes Crossing, Cologne & PureSpace, Istanbul, TR & DE
A Trans History Sung- Video Performance, Kuirfest Ankara Queer Film and Art Festival, TR
Panaromic Movement- Collage and Text, Arşiv Dergi Online Publication, TR
2020
A Trans History Sung- Video Performance, Online, Volksbühne Berlin, DE
Read Subtitles Aloud (English Version)- Video Performance/Media Art, commissioned by Media Art Xploration, Online, NY, USA
Read Subtitles Aloud (Turkish Version)- Video Performance/Media Art, a quarantine piece distributed on Youtube, TR
2019
Vordonisi- Performance/Video Installation, commissioned by Istanbul Art Week, Artnivo Gallery, TR
Myrmidons- Installation, Istanbul Pride Month Exhibition curated by Sınır/sız, Istanbul Literature House, TR
Light Theory- Theater, Dancing On The Edge Festival, Amsterdam, NL
About Light Theory- Lecture Performance, Dancing On The Edge Festival, Amsterdam, NL
Light Theory- Theater, Heidelberg Festival, DE
2018
The Last Satellite Falling On Earth- Video Installation, Positive Space Exhibition curated by Alper Turan, Operation Room, Istanbul, TR
Light Theory- Theater, Spring and Fall Seasons, Bomontiada Art Venue, Istanbul, TR
2017
Minority Stress- Performance, commissioned by Sharjah Biennale 2017, Abud Efendi Mansion, Istanbul, TR
Hemingway Fantasy Room- Performance, Dasart Project Exhibition, Pera Palas Hotel, Istanbul, TR
Three Rooms- Theater, Shubbak Festival, London, UK
Three Rooms- Theater, Urbang Festival, Cologne, DE
Three Rooms- Theater, Les Rencontres à l'échelle Festival, Marseilles, FR
Three Rooms- Theater, Bozar, Brussels,Brussels BE
2016
Mark Raso- Performance, commissioned by SPOT Production Fund, Bomontiada Art Venue, Istanbul, TR
2015
Lover of the Same Fall- Performance, commissioned by A Corner In The World Festival, Kargart Art Space, Istanbul, TR
Rüya Deliği (Unfulfilled Desire is a Lot of Hot Air)- Performance, Köşe Art Space, Istanbul, TR
Derive- Video, FOL Screening Series, Bilgi University, Istanbul, TR
2014
Can’s Video- Performance, Köşe Art Space, Istanbul, TR
Shame- Theater, Fall and Spring Seasons, Köşe Art Space, Istanbul, TR
Shame- Theater, Fall and Spring Seasons, Roxy Performance Venue, Istanbul, TR
Lovers- Performance, Spring Season, İkincikat Performance Venue, Istanbul, TR
Ali and Ramazan- Theater, City Theater, Diyarbakır, TR
Ali and Ramazan- Theater, Baki Koşar Culture Festival, İzmir, TR
2013
Ali and Ramazan- Theater, Fall and Spring Seasons, garajistanbul Performance Space, TR
Ali and Ramazan- Work in Progress Presentation, DasArts, Amsterdam, NL
2012
Tonight I Fall In Love- Theater, Summer Season, garajistanbul Performance Space, TR
2011
Vanya- Theater, Three Weeks Limited Run, 2 Great Jones Performance Space, NY, USA
2010
The Art Of Being Human- Dance, Fall Season, Atlantic Theater Company Studios, NY, USA
Shoot to Kill- Theater, Summer Season, garajistanbul Performance Space, TR
The Country and The Happiness- Theater, Columbia Stages Spring Season, Riverside Church Theater, NY, USA
Curatorial Experiences
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk’s The Museum Of Innocence, Director, 2014-2019, TR
Hara Istanbul Art Space, Artistic Director, 2023-December 2024, TR
Where In History Are We?, Hara Istanbul, 2025, TR
Power Of Narrative Alliance: Exhibition, Barın Han, 2025, TR
Blossoms of Farewell, Hara Istanbul, 2025, TR
Garp Sessions, Co-facilitator, 2024, TR
There Is A Place Exhibition, Hara Istanbul, 2023, TR
Ancient As Desire Exhibition, Mixer Gallery, 2021, TR
Love, Museums and Inspiration Exhibition, Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, 2018, IT
Art Of Fiction Exhibition, Museum Of Cultural History, 2017, NO
The Museum Of Innocence at Somerset House Exhibition, Somerset House, 2016, UK
Köşe Art Space, Founder, 2014-2015, TR
Residencies and Awards
Cite Des Arts Residency organized by İKSV, October-December 2022, Paris, FR
Queer Artists Residency Program, January 2020, Berlin, DE
SADE Artist Support Fund by Mercedes Benz and IKSV in the amount of 5000 Euro
Strüktür, Artist in Residence, October-November 2024, Berlin, DE
The Programme Weltoffenes Of Berlin Senate Fellow, 2025
Selected Publications
In the Family of Things, Contributor, Zilberman Gallery Publications, 2025, TR
There Is A Place, Book of Hara, Contributor, 2024, YKY Publishing, 2024, TR
Autumn In New Stockholm, Editor, Mitos-Boyut Publishing, 2023, TR, CA
User Guide to Performance During Times of Crisis, Perform Istanbul, 2022, TR
Selected Lectures
Writing Workshop at NYU Berlin, 2025, DE
Crisis as a Dramatic Event, organized by British Council and Mitos Boyut, 2024, TR
Post Immigrant Theater Meeting, Goethe University, 2021, DE
Exploring Online Dramaturgy, Reconnect Festival, 2021, IR
Queer Performance Panel, Baki Koşar Culture Festival, 2016, TR
The Temporary Museum for Craft Cultures, 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, 2015, TR
Best in Heritage Speaker, Dubrovnik, 2015, HR
The Museum Conference on Collection, Leeuwarden, 2014, NL
Literary Museums Symposium, Moscow, 2013, RU
Perform2012, DasArts, Amsterdam, 2013, NL
The Museum Of Innocence Symposium, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, 2012, TR
Teaching
Contemporary Performance Practices Lecturer, Boğaziçi University, 2013-2023, TR
Koç University, Contemporary Art Lecturer, 2021, TR
Selected Articles and Press
2025
Sanat Dünyamız, Article on Bathtub, Street, Painting by Mine Kaplangı
Stürktür Reading Room, Review on In Vain by Gökcan Demirkazık
2024
BantMag, Review of Other:Forever by Asya Yiğit
2022
Dramaturgies Of Recycling: Nostalgia, Metatheater, Utopia In 2010s Turkish Theater, Phd Thesis on Light Theory by Eylem Ejder
UnlimitedRag, Conversation with Ayşe Draz and Kerem Özel about In Vain
2021
Argonatlar, Interview with Ulya Soley
2020
New York Times, Review for Read Subtitles Aloud by Laura Collins and Hughes Alexis
Bloomsbury Publishing, Theater of Lockdown, Article on Read Subtitles Aloud by Barbara Fuchs
Arab Stages Journal of CUNY Volume 10, Extended Talk On Practice with Eylem Ejder
Mimesis, Review of Read Subtitles Aloud by Handan Salta
2019
Argonatlar, Review of Myrmidons by Kültigin Kağan Akbulut
2018
T24, Review of Light Theory by Kültigin Kağan Akbulut
Şalom, Review of Light Theory by Erdoğan Mitrani
Sanatatak, Review of Light Theory by Zeynep Aksoy
2014
Exeunt Magazine, Accentuate the Alternative by Nicole Serratore
Relevant Experiences
Personal Assistant to Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk, 2011-2014 Istanbul and NY, TR & USA
Directing Assistant to Obbie Winner Anne Bogart for American Document Project with Martha Graham Dance Company, 2010, NY, USA
Teaching Assistant to Emmy Winner John Erman at the Theater Department of Columbia University, 2011-2012, NY, USA
Performance Archiving Teaching Assistantship at the Theater Department of Columbia University, 2008-2009, NY, USA
Afife Jale Theater Awards, Jury Member, 2016-2017, Istanbul, TR
Akademi Ida Art Workshops, General Coordinator, 2010-2011, Kozlu, TR