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Osman Akan was born on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. He has lived and worked in New York, the United States since 1995. He received an MFA in Critical Studies and Integrated Media from California Institute of the Arts in 1998. Trained as a new media artist, Akan has been producing audio and video installations since 1997. In 2002, he started making prints of 3D modeled “virtual” sculptures. His growing interest in the tangibility of sculptural works in relation to virtual landscapes led to working with optical fibers in 2005. He installed his first large fiber optics work in 2006 in Franconia Sculpture Park. In 2007, Akan received a New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Individual Artist’s Grant to enable the realization of “The Third Bridge”, a commission for the 40th year celebrations of Arts in the New York City Parks. Akan received a site specific commission from Denver Office of Cultural Affairs in 2009 to install a large-scale permanent sculpture in the entrance atrium of the Denver Botanic Gardens.
Selected Exhibition:
1992, “Popular Myths and Graphic Intertextuality”, Anfa-Expo Center; Ankara
1994, Project finalist, EMBALLAGE 94, pari EMBALLAGE; Paris
1994, “Karakum”, Exhibition at the Kasimpasa Flour Factory; Istanbul, Grup Grip-in (Member of the artists collaborative)
1996, “istif”, Mixmedia (Matchbook show) Art in General; New York
1999, “post{c}enter”, A/V installation (Critical Studies Gallery) CalArts; Los Angeles
1999, “Untitled”, Mixmedia installation (Map Show) Beyond Baroque; Los Angeles
2002, “Claustrophonic”, Audio installation, (The ides of March) ABC NoRio; New York
2004, “Implosions”, Video installation, Dumbo Arts Festival, New York
2004, “HangOnDots”, Virtual sculpture and etchings, (The ides of March) ABC NoRio; New York
2004, “Untitled”, Photo etching of a video animation, (Concours) The Art Students League of New York, New York
2005, “Untitled”, Video/Audio installation Dumbo Arts Festival, New York
2006, “Ripple”, Fiber optic installation, Franconia Sculpture Park; Minneapolis, John Hock / artistic director / Franconia Sculpture Park
2007, "The Third Bridge ", Public art commission fiber optic sculpture, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation and Dumbo Arts Center, Clare Weiss / curator public art program / NYC Parks & Recreation
2007, finalist, Brooklyn Bridge Underpass Lighting Competition, City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, New York
2008, "Harvest", fiber optic sculpture and video projection, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul (April 2 – May 10)
2009, finalist, public art commission, Miami Dade Art in Public Places, Jackson South Community Hospital Project, Brandi Reddick / communications and artists manager / Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
2009, "Hasat", fiber optic sculpture and video projection, Istanbul (October 7th)
2009, finalist, public art commission, New Mexico State Tri-Lab, Chuck Zimmer / aipp program manager / New Mexico Arts
2009, "Albedo", Public art commission site specific sculpture, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Kendall Peterson / public art manager / Denver Office of Cultural Affairs
2010, Illuminations (After Arthur Rimbaud), Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller (LTMH) Gallery, New York, curated by Ashok Adiceam (September 15 - October 15)
2010, finalist, public art commission, site specific installation, Civic Center Park & McNichols Building
2010, Kendall Peterson, public art manager, Denver Office of Cultural Affairs
Reference: osmanakan.com, kasagaleri.sabanciuniv.edu, “Unleashed Contemporary Art from Turkey”, (ed. Hossein Amirsadeghi, London: TransGlobe Publishing, 2010), p. 66-67.
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