KAYA & BLANK

2025

'DEGREEZERO', Wonzimmer, Los Angeles, CA, USA (forthcoming)

'PARALLEL REALITIES', PEP at Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Germany (forthcoming)

'EXPOSURE PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL', Contemporary Calgary, Canada (forthcoming)

'CHENNAI PHOTO BIENNALE', VR Chennai, India (forthcoming)

'LEFTOVERS', Curated Fridge, Boston, MA, USA 

2024

‘YP2024’, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

‘BIENNALE IMAGES VEVEY’, Vevey, Switzerland

‘BY BYE PILSEN’, Cermak Center, Chicago, IL, USA 

‘SARAJEVO PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL’, Europe House, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 

‘VERTRAU MIR, ICH TRÄUME / ROMANTIK 3.0’, DER MIXER galerie, Frankfurt, Germany

‘ČLOVEK-NAVARA’, Alma Medana, Medana, Slovenia

‘PHOTO 2024’, Melbourne, Australia 

‘VERTIGO’, Fondazione MAST, Bologna, Italy

2023

‘HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT’, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY, USA 

‘APOPHENIA’, LAMAG, Los Angeles, CA, USA

‘AS ABOVE, SO BELOW’, FOMA Santa Fe, NM, USA

‘OSLO NEGATIV 2023’, Veterinary College, Oslo, Norway

‘THE NATURAL WORLD - 20/20 Photo Festival’, Philadelphia, PA, USA

‘INTO THE UNCANNY VALLEY’, Marshall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

‘KRANJ PHOTO FESTIVAL HUMAN - NATURE’, Kranj, Slovenja 

‘BY DEGREES’, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA, USA 

‘FAKE PLASTIC FOREST’, Sabinal Photo Hall Gallery TSU, San Marcos, TX, USA

‘RAKFAF’, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

2022

‘PhEST - FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DI FOTOGRAFIA E ARTE’, Monopoli, Italy

 ‘L’IMAGE_SATELLITE - FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHIE CONTEMPORAINE’, le 109, Nice, France

‘ATHENS PHOTO FESTIVAL’, Benaki Museum / Pireos 138, Athens, Greece 

‘FAKE PLASTIC FOREST’, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX, USA 

‘MESNOGRAPHIES EDITION #2’, Parc Municipal des Mesnuls, Les Mesnuls, France 

‘ÉCLAIRAGE PUBLIC’, Le 109, Nice, France

‘PHOTOPOLIS: STAGING THE REAL’, Agrinio Photo Festival, Agrinio, Greece 

‘SECOND NATURE’, Windmill Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA

2021

‘VON MÖGLICHEN WELTEN’, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland

‘RESISTING PERMANENCE’, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, France

‘LISHUI PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL’, Lishui Art Museum, Lishui, China

‘VANTAGE POINT SHARJAH 9′, Sharjah Art Foundation Al Hamriyah Studios, Sharjah, UAE

‘BERLIN PHOTO WEEK’, Urban Banks Berlin, Germany

‘MEASUREMENTS OF PROGRESS’, San Diego Art Institute (ICA San Diego), San Diego, USA

‘CRUDE’, Main Gallery UCSD, San Diego, USA

‘DES HERBES FOLLES’, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France

‘PRIX LEVALLOIS’, Théâtre La Passerelle, Gap, France

‘NATIONAL COMPETITION’ (Juror: Kris Graves), Soho Photo Gallery, New York, USA

2020

‘EARTH PHOTO’, Royal Geographical Society, London, UK

‘DIE DIGITALE DÜSSELDORF’, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany

‘SOLO SHOW’, Kunstkraftwerk, Leipzig, Germany

‘PRIX LEVALLOIS’, Galerie de L’Escale, Levallois-Perret, France

‘SOCIAL’, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea

‘BEGEHUNGEN’, Kaufhalle, Chemnitz, Germany

‘LA VITA DELL’ARTE’, A60 Contemporary Art Space, Italy

‘OPEN STUDIOS EXHIBITION’, UCSD Main Gallery, San Diego, USA

2019

‘HELMPFLICHT’, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

‘MONUMENTS’, UCSD Commons Gallery, San Diego, USA

‘MAGIC SPRINGS IN A PLANETARY GARDEN’, After 1920, San Diego, USA

KRANJ PHOTO FESTIVAL, Honorable Mention (2023)

PHOTO LUCIDA CRITICAL MASS, Top 50 (2021)

VANTAGE POINT SHARJAH 9, Winner (2021)

DAVID ANTIN PRIZE, Winner (2021)

BARTUR PHOTO AWARD, Judges Choice (2021)

PHMUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHY GRANT, Shortlisted (2021)

BELFAST PHOTO FESTIVAL, Highly Commended (2021)

GOMMA GRANT, First Prize (2020)

PRIX LEVALLOIS, Audience Award (2020)

VIENNA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARD, Honorable Mention (2020)

PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS PX3, Honorable Mention (2020)

TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, ‘New Visions’, Honorable Mention (2020)

EARTH PHOTO, Finalist (2020)

PERTH CLIP AWARD, Finalist (2020)

RUSSELL FOUNDATION GRANT, Awardee (2020)

UC SAN DIEGO INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES, Graduate Summer Research Fellowship (2020)

Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY (2022)
Internet Archive, San Fransisco, CA (2020)

Aesthetics and Philosophy course, Prof. Dr. Ziad Mahayni, HKA Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany (2023)

Photography course, Prof. Brian Moss, Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, USA (2023)

Photography course, Prof. Johnnie Chatman, California State University San Marcos, USA (2023)

Environmentalism in Contemporary Art and Politics course, Prof. Alena J. Williams, Williams College, Williamstown (2021)

Monograph

Işık Kaya & Thomas Georg Blank, 'Second Nature', Kehrer Verlag, 2022

Selected Publications

Jenny Niederstadt, 'Natur als Deckmantel', GEO Magazin, January 1, 2024

Živa Hanc, 'O prvi in drugi naravi', Membrana, December, 2023

Josse Lawniczak, 'Second Nature, la relation de l'Homme et la Nature par Kaya & Blank', Graine de Photographe, November 25, 2023

Heidi Volpe, 'Crude Aesthtetics: Kaya & Blank', The Daily Edit, July 18, 2023

Ellyn Kail, 'These Cell Towers Disguised as Trees Are the Height of Absurdity', featureshoot, August 4, 2022

Olaf Tempelman, 'Rijke zendmastflora in Californië als ‘tweede natuur’', deVolkskrant, August 2, 2022

Kai Spanke, 'Diese Bäume funken mit 5G', Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 8 2022

Christian Caujolle: 'Una seconda natura', Internazionale, June 10, 2022