Installation view: documenta fifteen, Kassel (2022) © Fiona Körner

Cem A. is an artist and curator with a background in anthropology. He is known for running the art meme page @freeze_magazine. Since its inception in 2019, @freeze_magazine has become a tool for creative collaborations between Cem and fellow artists, researchers and organisations. His work explores topics such as survival and alienation in the art world, often through a hyper-reflexive lens. He is a member of Hœr NY, a feminist queer and bisexual lesbian art collective founded with Harley Aussoleil and Frances Breden in 2022.

Selected exhibitions and installations include Theory is My Friend, Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk (2023); documenta fifteen, Kassel (2022); Hope You See Me as a Friend, Barbican Centre, London (2022); Pleased to Announce..., Versus Art Project, Istanbul (2022) and The Party, Weserhalle, Berlin (2021). He has held lectures at Royal College of Art, London; Central Saint Martins, London; HeK Haus der Elektronischen Künste, Basel, HDK Valand, Gothenburg and Universität der Künste, Berlin.

• Artnet - How Viral Meme-Maker @freeze_magazine, aka Artist Cem A, Won Over the Art World by Farce
• The New York Times - 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now

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Selected Exhibitions and Installations

2023

• It’s you, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden (forthcoming)
• Maybe the Real Art is…, Grimmwelt Museum, hosted by Galeriefest, Kassel (forthcoming)
• Thank You for Your Understanding, Berlinische Galerie (forthcoming)
• Theory is My Friend, Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk
• Tack!, PARSE Journal, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg

2022