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Ekrem Yapçındağ was born in Adıyaman in 1964. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Izmir Dokuz Eylül University in 1989. He completed his master’s degree at his alma mater in 1993. Between 1994 and 1999, he studied with Prof. Hermann Nitsch at Frankfurt Stadelshule. He received fellowships and attended guest artist program in Schloss Balmoral in 2001, and Villa Waldberta in Munich in 2003. Yalçındağ has had many solo exhibitions and participated in lots of group exhibition in Turkey and abroad. His works can be seen in many public and private collections such as Allianz collection in Munich, Borusan in Istanbul, EPO in Lahey, Goetz Collection in Munich, Istanbul Modern Art Museum in Istanbul, Kunstmuseum in Stuttgart and Rückversicherung in Munich. Currently Yalçındağ continues his work in Turkey and Germany.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
1995 - 2006, Paintings, Kunstverein Arnsberg
2000, New Paintings, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich
2001, Peter Demmel Art Project, Osnabrück
2002, Natural Identities, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich
2007, Süsleme. Motif, Dirimart, Istanbul
2007, Feels Like Home, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich
2008, Camouflage, Amerikan Hospital, Operation Room, Istanbul
2008, Red Kırmızı Rot, Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt a.M.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2000, Frankfurt School, New Visions, Glasgow, Scotland
2001, Summer Guests, Balmoral Scholarship Artists, Alte Rathaus, Ingelheim
2002, Magischen Expeditionen, Museum Folkwang, Essen
2003, Ornament, Beauty and Crime, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven
2003, Ornament, Luitpold Lounge, Munich
2003, elegant.underground.4 / Istanbul, Dirimart, Istanbul
2004, elegant.underground.5 / frankfurt, Raumpool, Frankfurt a.M.
2005, Poetika – Erotika, Galerie Perpetual, Frankfurt a.M.
2005, Angekommen, Museum Collection, Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart
2006, Motif: Modernizmin Arabulucusu, Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul
2009, Contemporary Istanbul, Dirimart
2009, Dubai Art Fair, Dirimart, Dubai
2009, Slow Paintings, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
2009, Dirimart Presents I & II, Dirimart, Istanbul
2009, Nitsch - Vorbilder Zeitgenossen Lehre, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2009, Yeni Yapıtlar, Yeni Ufuklar, Istanbul Modern
2009, "Zeigen" A Project of Karin Sander, Temporaere Kunsthalle, Berlin
2010, Istanbul Cool: Turkish Contemporary Art at Close Proximity
2010, Contrasts, Istanbul Modern Art Museum, Istanbul
2010, Armory Show, Dirimart, New York
2010, Dubai Art Fair, Dirimart, Dubai
Reference: beyazart.com, dirimart.org
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