Candaş Şişman

 
Style of Art : Artist / visual and sound artist
Branch of Art : Painting, design, visual and sound art
Art Profile :

Candaş Şişman was born in Izmir in 1985. After finishing at Izmir Anatolian Fine Arts High School, he graduated from the Animation Department at Eskişehir Anatolian University in 2009. During his undergraduate studies, he took multimedia design courses at Noordelijke hogeschool, Leeuwarden, Netherlands (2006 - 2007).

In 2009, Şişman founded Silo 1 with colleagues. In 2011, he founded NOHlab studio with Deniz Kader. Since 2006, Şişman has received many awards such as a honorary mention from Ars Electronica in Computer Animation/ Film /VFX category and Rome Viedram Festival Video and Sound Design Best Prize. Şişman has participated in many important festivals including the Nemo Digital Arts and Film Festival and Offf İstanbul 2012. He recently completed Yekpare projection mapping with Nerdworking within the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture activities and ‘FLUX’ audiovisual installation among the İlhan Koman Hulda festival in Istanbul. Şişman performed Stereoscopic Audiovisual at Babylon′s Audiovisual Monday activities.

Work experiences:
Co-founder of NOHlab - Design and Direction (2011 - present)
Yedi Tepe University Visual Communication Design Department, Sound design studio Lecturer (2013 – Present)
Freelance (2010 - 2011)
Nerdworking – Art direction, Animation (2010 - present)
Co-founder of Silo-1 visual solutions - www.silo-1.com (2008 - 2010)

Awards:
2014, 18th Japan Media Arts Festival Art Division category, Jury Selection Award
2013, Prix ARS Electronica Computer Animation/Film/VFX, Honorary Mention (As Nerdworking)
2011, Prix ARS Electronica Computer Animation/Film/VFX, Honorary Mention
2011, Digital Graffiti festival, Best Animated submission prize
2009, Viedram Video and sound design festival , Best sound video prize
2008, Nokia short film competition 3th prize
2006, TAPDK against cigarette advertisement spot competition , mention prize
2006, Apple I-can competition animation category best image prize
2006, Kisa cek uzun olsun competition animation category best image prize
2006, 3th Istanbul international animation festival best visual effect prize

Selected exhibitions:
2015, Borders and Boundaries, Mixer, Istanbul
2015, Weltschmertz, PG Art Gallery, Maslak Art Space, Istanbul
2015, Waves exhibition, BlokArt Space, Istanbul
2014, Histories of the Post-Digital: 1960s and 1970s Media Art Snapshots, Akbank Art Space, Istanbul
2014, Made by Makers Studio-X, Istanbul
2014, Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Plugin New Media Section as NOHlab
2014, MAPP’ing exhibition, E-fest digital culture festival, Tunis
2014, Venice Architecture Biennale, The Pavilion of Turkey, Places of Memory Exhibition. Venice
2014, FILE: Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Rio De Janerio
2014, Micro Macro Exhibition, Exit Festival, Maccreteil, Creteil
2014, ‘0II’ Candas Sisman solo exhibition, HUB art space, CerModern museum, Ankara
2014, Vitra Contemporary Architecture Series, Istanbul Modern Art Museum, Istanbul
2013, Scientific Inquiries Exhibition, Curator: Basak Senova, Koç University Campus, Istanbul
2013, Contemporary İstanbul Art Fair, PG Art gallery, Istanbul
2013, ‘SYN-phon’ Candas Sisman solo exhibition, Budapest Art Factory, Budapest
2013, ‘Parabole’ Artup group exhibition, Goethe institut, Sofia
2013, ‘INN London’ , group exhibition, London
2013, The Language of Silence, Nevra Karaca No:7 Exhibition with NOHlab, Joyce Gallery, Paris

Selected performances:
2015, Espèces d′Espaces_Audiovisual performance, Le Shadok, Strasbourg
2015, Waves exhibition closing event, Cezayir Restaurant, Istanbul
2014, TED X, Performance as NOHlab, Istanbul
2014, FRISCHZELLE Festival für intermediale Performance, Cologne
2014, Espèces d′Espaces_Audiovisual performance with Anil Eraslann and Nano Voila Tout, Strasbourg
2014, Music of Displacement, performance with Hezarfen Ensemble at Klangzeit New Music Festival, Münster
2013, Scriabin Museum, Moscow
2013, Scriabin fest, performance with Rusian State Orchestra, Gorky Park, Moscow
2013, Lunchmeat festival, performance, with Chris Clark, National Gallery, Prague
2013, Audiovisual performance with WEED, Borusan Music House, Istanbul
2013, Off Istanbul festival, performance with Hazavuzu, Brussels

Selected screenings:
2014, INSANITUS Festival, Vilnius
2013, ARS Electronica Festival, Linz
2012, OFFF Istanbul Festival, Istanbul
2012, ‘FLUX’ Harmon corner, Las Vegas
2012, ‘Colloid’ Target City Light, Minneapolis
2011, ARS Electronica, Animation Festival, Linz
2011, Campus party Millennium, Granada
2011, Remusica Contemporary music festival Festival, Pristina
2011, Jauna Muzika electronic music Festival, Vilnius
2011, Muv Music and digital art Festival, Florence
2011, Fiber Audiovisual network Festival, Amsterdam
2010, The State of the art, Romanian academy of Rome
2010, Time square , New York
2010, Nemo festival, Paris

Reference: csismn.com, pgartgallery.com, goethe.de


 

Foundation : PG Art gallery
Web Site : www.csismn.com
Email : candasisman@yahoo.com
City : Istanbul
Country : Turkey
Preferred Lang. : Turkish / English
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