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Antonio Cosentino was born in Istanbul in 1970. He graduated from the Painting Department at Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Academy in 1994. Blending childlike graphics with stencils, logos, photo-realistic images and the blocky type typical of hand-painted signs, his aesthetic is instantly recognizable. Since the late 1990s, Consentino has had several solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. Currently, he continues his work in Istanbul.
Solo Exhibitions:
2002, "Luna Park", İş Bank Parmakkapı Art Gallery, Istanbul
2004, "Istanbul 2003-Concrete Sea", Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul
2005, "Sisli – Yesilkoy", Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul
2007, "Çimentofayansavize", Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul
2008, "Picture Book of History and Stuff", Pi Artworks, Istanbul
Group Exhibitions of "Hafriyat":
1996, "Hafriyat", "the Excavation" Group Exhibition, Kare Art Gallery, Istanbul
1996, "Hafriyat II" Group Exhibition, Passion Art Center, Istanbul
1997, "Hafriyat III" Group Exhibition, Atatürk Culture Center, Istanbul
1999, "Super Hafriyat" Group Exhibition, Elhamra Art Gallery, Istanbul
2000, "Öz Hafriyat" Group Exhibition, Anatolian University, Library and Documentation Art Gallery, Eskişehir
2000, "Hafriyat Exhibition", Sanart IV. International Art Symposium and Art Facilities "Art and Science", Hafriyat Artist’s Painting and Installation Exhibition, Center of Culture and Congress, METU, Ankara
2000, "Hafriyat Group Exhibition", Göreme Art and Craft Gallery, Nevşehir, Cappadocia
2000, "Treacherous Nights", “Hafriyat Group Exhibition”, Beyoglu, Istanbul
2004, "Falsche Welt","False World", Hafriyat Group Exhibition, Rathaus Galerie, Munich
2005, "Project: Production Fault", Hafriyat Group Exhibition, 9th International Istanbul Biennial, Hospitality Area-Antrepo: 5, Istanbul
2006, "Local Heaven, Contemporary Transportation", Diyarbakır Art Center and Keçi Burcu, Diyarbakır
2007, "1 May", Hafriyat Karaköy opening exhibition, Istanbul
2007, "Your Eyes Are Bigger Than Your Belly", 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul
2009, "Space", Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul
Selected From Group Exhibitions:
2001, "Art Against War" Group Exhibition, Karşı Art Works, Istanbul
2001, "Modern Turkish" Group Exhibition, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul
2001, "Voices from Homeland" Group Exhibition, Karşı Art Works, Istanbul
2002, "Everything About Family" Group Exhibition, Karşı Art Works, Istanbul
2002, Artist 2002, 12th Istanbul Art Fair, Eczacıbaşı 60th Year Exhibition, Tuyap Fair and Congress Center, Beylikdüzü, Istanbul
2004, "Vice - Versa" Bethanien Culture Center, Berlin Kreuzberg
2005, "On The Frontiers Of Experiences", Exhibition, Akbank Culture and Art Center, Istanbul
2005, "Free Pass : Kasa Gallery Presents", Sabancı University Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
2005, International Contemporary Painting Biennial of Islamic World, Saba Culture and Art Center, Tehran
2005, "Turkish Emerging Artists" Pera Museum, Istanbul
2006, "Keeping Young", 78′s Enterprise of Union Foundation, Tobacco Depot, Tophane, Istanbul
2006, "All About Lies", Apartment Project, Istanbul
2006, "NATÜR-MORT" , Galerist, Istanbul
2007-2008, "Modern ve Ötesi" Bilgi University Santral Istanbul, Istanbul
2007, 6th Kore-Turkey, Contemporary Art Alternation Exhibition, Pi Artworks, Istanbul
2008, Contemporary Istanbul’ 08,International Art Fair, Pi Artworks, Istanbul
2008, Made in Turkey Waissfrauenkirche, Frankfurt
2008, Becoming Istanbul, Deutsches architektmuseum, Frankfurt
2009, Contemporary Istanbul′ 09, Pi Artworks, Istanbul
2009, St-art 14th European Contemporary Art Fair, Strasbourg
2009, "New Works, New Horizons", Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
2010, "Tactics of Invisibility", Thyssen - Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna
2010, "Yemek", Karşı Art Works, Istanbul
Reference: piartworks.com, lebriz.com, “Unleashed Contemporary Art from Turkey”, (ed. Hossein Amirsadeghi, London: TransGlobe Publishing, 2010), p. 118-119.
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