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Prof. Melih Görgün was born in Sinop in 1962. He graduated from the Faculty of Art Education at Marmara University in 1985, and then completed his master′s degree at the Institute of Social Science of Istanbul Technical University in 1989; and doctoral degree at the Graphic Program in the Institute of Social Science at Mimar Sinan University in 1994. Since 2004, he has served as a Professor at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. In 2005, Görgün worked as an artist in residence at the Quartier 21 program in the Museums Quartier, Wien for three months. He has had many solo exhibitions and performances, and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. Since 2001, he has also curated many national and international exhibitions, including working as a curator of Siemens Art for a year. Görgün is a co-founder and general coordinator of Sinop International Biennial "Sinopale"; and a founder of European Cultural Association and art portal "Europist.net". His articles have been published in several newspapers and art magazines. He worked as a guest editor for the catalogues of the 6th and 8th International Istanbul Graphic Design Week.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2008, “Underneath: Nothing as silent as snow”, Bulgarian Cultural Center, Odessa-Ukrain, Balchik-Bulgaria, Mangalia- Romania (co-production: Karne Johnson&T. Melih Gorgun)
2005, “Vorspielurteil”, performance, MQ Wien, Wien-Austria
2005, “Ich bin ein Anderer/I am another”, video installation, monochrom projectspeis, MQ Wien, Wien, Austria
2004, “Death is on the other shore", performance and video installation, Oratorio di San Ludovico, Venice-Italy
2002, “Violence”, sound installation, Stadthaus Galerie, Münster-Germany
Selected group exhibitions:
2007, “The Second View”, Neufert Box, Weimar, Germany,(Curator: Walter Bergmoser)
2007, “Unfinished: Project of Art Works”, BM SUMA Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, (Curator: Beral Madra)
2006, “Contemporanee Mediterrane”, Castello D’Aragonese, Taranto, Italy (Curator: Antonio D’Avosso)
2006, "To Hear is To See", sound exhibition, Municipal Museum, Gyor-Hungary, (Curator: Gue Schmidt)
2005, “Hören ist Sehen/ To hear is to see”, Tanzquartier, MQ Wien, Wien-Austria
2005, “Hören ist Sehen/ To hear is to see”, sound exhibition, Yyz Artist Outlet, Toronto, (Curator: Gue Schmidt)
2004, International 11. Asian Art Biennial, Dhakka-Bangladesh (curator of national participation: T. Melih Görgün)
2004, "To Hear is To See", YYA Gallery Toronto (Curator: Gue Schmidt)
2003, “To Hear is to See”, Niederösterreichisches Landes Musum, St. Pölten-Austria
(Curator: Gue Schmidt)
2002, “Dirge”, sound installation, Theatre Meeting, Augsburg-Germany
2002, Arte Sonoro Sound Art Biennial, Mexica, Venezuella (curators: Luis Romero, Dulce Gomez)
2002, “International 10. Asian Art Biennial”, Dhakka-Bangladesh (curator of national participation: T. Melih Görgün)
2002, “Hören ist Sehen/ To hear is to see”, Kultur Zentrum Kammgarn-Forum Vebikus, Schaffhausen-Swiss (Curator: Gue Schmidt)
2002, “corridor”, MU Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul (curator: Ahu Antmen)
2001, 1. Tirana Biennial, Albania (Curators of national participation: Ahu Antmen)
2001, “Discard”, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
2000, “Veritas omnia vincit”, Exhibition for Human Rights, Istanbul
(Curator: Beral Madra)
2000, “Media-Comunication-Art / Resistance”, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul
Curatorial works:
2008, “Imprecise Status”, Siemens Art, Istanbul
2008, “Discomfort at the Performance”, Siemens Art, Istanbul
2007, “After the Ordinary: Present Time”, Siemens Art, Istanbul
2007, “Orbits and Borders 1.-2.”, Siemens Art, Istanbul
2006, “Sinopale, 1. International Sinop Biennial”, Sinop
2006, “Video Pool- Designer From Holland”, Grafist International Istanbul Graphic Design Week, Istanbul
2003, “Entropy”, International 10. Asian Art Biennial, Dhaka (curator of national participation: T. Melih Görgün)
2003, “Invention or Non-Invention”, Institut Français d’Istanbul
2004, “Drapeau: Une Experience d’identification”, Le Botanique, Bruexelles
2002, “Prejudice”, video works, Under the program Meeting with Mimar Sinan University, Münster Fine Arts Academy Exhibition Hall, Münster
2001, “kaleydoskop, caléidoscope“, Institut Français d’Istanbul, Istanbul
2001, “On the Way”, International 10. Asian Art Biennial, Dhaka (curator of national participation: T. Melih Görgün)
Reference: melihgorgun.blogspot.com, msgsu.edu.tr, artcitizens.net/t-melih-gorgun, siemens.com.tr, sinopale.org
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