Biography
1963 born in Istanbul
1985- 89 studied art at the Marmara University, Faculty of fine Arts in Istanbul
1989 Sculpture award from the Turgut Pura Foundation in Izmir
1990 Studied sculpture at the University of Arts by Prof. Lothar Fischer in Berlin
1996 Master Class at the University of Arts by Prof. Lothar Fischer in Berlin
1999 Karl-Hofer Scholarship in Berlin
2003 Artist promotion by Commission for art and culteres in Berlin
2005 Member of Münchener Secession
2016 Member of the culture centre Centre Bagatelle
Solo exhibitions
1992 „Encounter in Nauen“, Städtische Gallery, Nauen
1994 „Elementary Utopia“, Pestolazzi Gallery 23, Berlin
1995 Franz Reuter Gallery, Berlin
1999 „Paintings and Sculptures“ with C.Lehmpfuhl, Meyer Gallery, Lüneburg
2000 Tobias Schrade Gallery, Berlin
2000 Klaus Lea Gallery, Munich
2000 Exhibitions by The West Station in Berlin
2001 DeGeWo Gallery, Berlin
2005 Klaus Lea Gallery, Munich
2005 Artist Gallery, Berlin
2005 Artist Gallery, Istanbul
2007 Klaus Lea Gallery, Munich
2008 Lifestyle Gallery, Brescia-Italy
2009 Turkish House, Culture Centre, with Werner Schmidt, Berlin
2012 Paintings and Sculptures with Otto Müller, Klaus Lea Gallery, Munich
2018 „Eutopic Dreams“, Culture Centre Bagatelle, Berlin
2018 Paintings and Sculptures with Andreas Stöhrer, Tobias Schrade Gallery, Ulm
2020 Paintings and sculptures, with Menno Fahl, Klaus Lea gallery, Munich
2021 Paintings and sculptures, with Menno Fahl, gallery in the Woferlhof
Group exhibitions (Selection)
1989 Turgut Pura Foundation, Izmir
1989 50th national exhibitions, Ankara
1993 „Small Sculptures“ Pels-Leusden Gallery, Villa Griesebach, Berlin
1995 “Fischer and students”, Artistic circle Gräfeling, Munich
1995 „Gutenberg 2000“, Competition Exhibition, Culture Centre Eisenturm, Mainz
1995 „Big Exhibition Munich“, Arts House, Munich
1996 „Visions“ , Henninger, Seefeld
1996 „Exterritorial“, big exhibitions of artists` atelier, Töpchin
1996 „Metropolis“ Poetica di Frammenti, Cascina Grande, Milan
1997 „Fischer and Students“ UdK Quergallery, Berlin
1998 „Five artists“, Turkish House, Berlin
1998 „Sculptures“ Christa Schübbe Gallery, Mettmann, Düsseldorf
1999 „Five young Artist from Berlin“, Alte Wäscherei Gallery, Offenburg
1999 „Monotype Days“ Tobias Schrade Gallery, Berlin
1999 „Paintings and Sculptures“, Knack 5 Gallery, Berlin
1999 Musen Online“ Symposium, Lügenmuseum, Gantikow
2000 „20 years Circles Artists Ortenau“, Alte Wäscherei Gallery, Offenburg
2000 „Ehingen goes Art“, Sculptures Symposium, Ehingen
2000 „Fischer and 11 Masterstudents“, Castle Mochental, Ehingen
2000 „2nd Paintings Action“ Tobias Schrade Gallery, Berlin
2000 „Spur Museum“ State Gallery in Cordonhouse, Cham
2000 „Paintings on paper“, Remise DeGeWo Gallery, Berlin
2001 „Fischer and Master students, Arts Foundation tuscany palace, Augsburg
2001 „Sculptures and drawing“, Klaus Lea Gallery, Munich
2001 Final Exhibition Artists`Atelier at the West Station in Berlin
2003 „70 years Fischer“, Klaus Lea Gallery, Munich
2003 „Contemporary! Art in Berlin“, KPM, Berlin
2004 „Art Festival-Festival Art“, Klostersee Gallery, Lehnin
2005 „ 3rd Dimension sculpture today“, Big Exhibition, Haus der Kunst, Munich
2006 „ 25 years Circle Artists Ortenau, Offenburg
2006 „Master and young artists“ Artist Gallery, Istanbul
2006 „Art in Akmerkez, Istanbul
2007 „Percorsi paralleli“, Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice
2007 „March Exhibition“ IMSG, Istanbul
2008 „Home-Myth and Metaphor II, Munich
2008 „Here and There“, Trade Union Verdi, Berlin
2008 „IMSG Collection Exhibition“, Istanbul
2009 „Graphik Artists“ Nierendorf Gallery, Berlin
2011 „Between Reality and Imagination“, Hans-Reiffenstuel-House, Pfarrchirchen, Munich
2013-2015 „Cardiac flutter, young artists in the 90th years“ Exhibitions at the parlament of Berlin
2012 Münchner Secession Exhibition, Ortakoy Gallery, Istanbul
2017 „My eyes see more then I can see with them“, Hans-Reiffenstuel-House, Pfarrkirchen
2018 „Reset“ Hans-Reiffenstuel-House, Pfarrkirchen
2019 „In the blu“ Culture Centre Bagatelle, Berlin
2019 „ Mediterran“ Exhibition, Pasinger Fabrik Culture Centre, Munich
2019 „Aber Fein“ Hans-Reiffenstuel-House, Pfarrkirchen
2020 Paintings and Sculptures, Gallery Klaus Lea, Munich
2020 "My Artist" paintings and sculptures, gallery in the Woferlhof
2021 "Heimat" Munich Secession exhibition Stadtgalerie Altötting
2021-22 “bundling state” Hans-Reiffenstuel-Haus, Pfarrkirchen
2021-22 "My Artist" paintings and sculptures, gallery in the Woferlhof
2022 " 25 years Gallery Tobias Schrade", Gallery Tobias Schrade, Ulm
Art Fair and Symposiums
1999 „ Musen Online“ Symposium, Lügenmuseum, Gantikow
2000 „Ehingen goes Art“, Sculptures Symposium, Ehingen
2012 Art Karlsruhe with Gallery Klaus Lea, Karlsruhe
2016 Art Karlsruhe with Gallery Klaus Lea, Karlsruhe
-Encyclopedia of visual artists, by Kaya özsezgin, Istanbul
-Berliner Morgenpost, Meeting of contemporaries and modern classics, by Renee Schipp 6.7.1993
-He wants to be in all the spaces, Cumhuriyet Newspaper, by Güner yüreklik, 28.06.1994
-Süddeutsche Zeitung,The power to break away from the master, By Ingrid Zimmermann 28.10.95
-Metropoli,katalog 1996, by Frencesca Pensa, Editions of the Titano, Milano
-Young artists on the wings of imagination, Münchener Merkür by Walter Stürmer, 20.10.2001
-3.Dimension sculpture aktuell“, Catalog Haus der Kunst, Munich
-Magazin Artist october 2005, Meet in now, Erol Uysal
-Traveling the World humanly now, Cumhuriyet Newspaper, by Güner yüreklik, 28.06.1994
-Between Reality and Imagination, exhibition Catalog, by ilonka Czerny und Ludger Drost, 2011
-Munich Secession Exhibition Catalog, by Ludger Drost,Istanbul 2012
-Munich Secession, History and Present, Prestel Publishing House, Berlin, London, Newyork
-Eutopic Dreams Catalog, by Katarzyna Nowak, Berlin
-Reinickendorfer General Newspaper 04/2018 mfk
-125 years Munich secession 1892-2017
Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition Reiffenstuel-Haus Pfarrkirchen 2011 with Gabriele Huber-Thoma and Otto Müller
Catalog "EUTOPISCHETRÄUME" 2018 on the occasion of the exhibition Kulturhaus Center Bagatelle Berlin
Katalog anlässlich Ausstellung Istanbul 2012 Münchener Secession,Ortaköy Art Gallery Istanbul