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Gürkan Coşkun or more widely known as ′Komet′ is a famous Turkish painter. He was born in Çorum in 1941. After finishing Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts, Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in 1967, he moved to Paris in 1971. Today, he still splits his time between the two cities. His work is exhibited in various museums: Salon de mai, Salon de Montrouge, Salon des Realites Nouvelles, Resim Heykel Müzesi, Lozan Museum, Wienna Modern Art Museum, Kopenhag Graphic Art Museum, Foundation Nationale de l’art comtemporain, Paris, Musee d’art Modern de la Ville de Pariscountries.
Solo exhibitions
1974 Galerie Grafitti-Rouen.
1976 Galerie Oeil de Boeuf., Paris.
1977 Maçka Art Gallery, Istanbul.
1978 Galerie Henry Meyer, Lausanne (Lozan).
1979 Galerie Hilger, Vienne (Viyana).
1979 Maçka Art Gallery, Istanbul.
1982 Galerie Hilger, Vienna.
1982 Galerie Brodile, Salzburg.
1983 Fondation Art Nationale, Paris.
1983 Galerie Jean Briance, Paris.
1985 Galerie Jean Briance, Paris.
1986 Maçka Art Gallery.
1987 FIAC, Galerie Jean Briance, Paris.
1993 Salon D’art, Bruxelle.
1994 4th Art Fair, Galerie Nev, Istanbul.
1995 Esma Sultan Yalısı, Istanbul.
1996 Galerie Nev, Ankara.
2000 Garanti Art, Istanbul.
2000 Teşvikiye Art Gallery, Istanbul.
2000 İdi İdim İdik, Dolmabahçe Cultural Center, Istanbul.
2003 Galeri Artist, Istanbul.
Selected group Exhibitions
1976 Paysan De Paris, Aux Trois passage, Paris.
1981 Musee de St. Germaine-en-laye, Pierre Bouru Colletion.
1982 Basel Art Fair, Galerie Hilger.
1983 Graphic and Plastic Arts Center, Paris.
1984 “Sur invitation”, Dekorative Art Museum, Paris.
1987 1st. Istanbul biennal.
1988 International Olympics of arts, Seul Modern Art Museum.
1989 Serotonin, Feshane, Istanbul.
1989 Modern Turkish Artists, Big Exhibition, Istanbul.
1989 Cafe Litteraire, Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture.
1990 Modern Turkish Arts, Alay Köşkü, Küsav/Sotheby’s, Istanbul.
1990 Cafe litteraire, Prag.
1992 Serotonin 2-Gazhane, Istanbul.
1992 Porte sur L’inconnu-pour Max Ernst, Eabonne.
1995 Ben bir başkası-Centre Culturelle de Charlottenborg, Kopenhag.
1996 L’autre cote du voyage, Paris.
1997 Ayrılık ayrılık, Borusan Art Gallery.
1998 An Exhibition with Mübin Orhon, Galerie Nev, Istanbul.
1998 Liberte, United Nations, Human Rights Museum.
1999 Hommage a Bernard Anthonioz. “Liberte de l’art” –Couvent de Cordelier, Paris.
Books, Catalogues
Komet (exhibition catalogue), Paris: Galerie Jean Briance, 1983.
Kometn (exhibition catalogue), Paris: Galerie Jean Briance, 1985.
Komet (exhibition catalogue), Istanbul:Vakko Art Gallery, 1990.
Komet, Istanbul: İyi Şeyler Yayınları-Galeri Nev, 1992.
Komet (Exhibition catalogue), Istanbul: Teşvikiye Art Gallery, 1996.
Komet, Istanbul: Garanti Art Publications, 1999.
Komet, Istanbul: Teşvikiye Art Gallery Publications, 2000.
İdi İdim İdik, Artist, Istanbul, 2000.
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