Murat Akagündüz

Murat Akagündüz was born in Izmit in 1970. After graduating from the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Mimar Sinan University in 1995, he worked on lithography and fresco at an applied workshop.  He is a member of the art group “Hafriyat”, which was founded in 1995, and he assists with all of the group′s projects. His works cover a wide range of subjects, from single figures to blurred and abstracted cityscapes. Akagündüz and the group Hafriyat has had exhibitions not only in Istanbul but also Diyarbakır, Eskişehir, Kayseri, Ankara, and abroad.

Selected exhibitions:
2000, Hafriyat”, Göreme Art and Handicrafts Gallery, Nevşehir
2000, “Hayin Geceler”, Beyoğlu Asmalı Mescit, Istanbul
2000, “Öz Hafriyat”, Eskişehir Anadolu University
2003, “Gözlem, Yorum, Çeşitlilik”, Istanbul Modern Museum, Istanbul
2003, “Hayali Seyir”, İş Bank Art Gallery (group exhibition)
2004, “Kayıp Hayaller” group exhibition
2004, “Ankara”, Gallery Nev, Ankara
2004, “Yalan Dünya”, Munich
2005, “Sınır Deneyimleri”, Aksanat, Istanbul
2005, “Proje: İmalat Hatası”, 9th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
2006, Istanbul Defterdarları catalogue (Hafriyat publications), Istanbul
2006, “Lokal Cennet-Çağdaş Nakliyat”, Diyarbakır Art Center, Diyarbakır
2006, “Hafriyat Karaköy-Çeşitli Sanatlar Alemi”, Istanbul
2007, “modern ve Ötesi”, Santral Istanbul Modern Arts Museum, Istanbul
2007, Galeri Nev, Ankara (solo exhibition)
2008, “Ernest Barlach Museums gesellschah Hamburg”, within the exhibition “Made in Turkey”, Frankfurt
2008, “Eşyanın Tabiatı”, Karşı Art, Istanbul
2012, "Journeys, Drambulations dans la Turquie contemporaine", Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris

Reference: lebriz.com, cihangirlink.org, turkishpaintings.com, sanalmuze.org, “Unleashed Contemporary Art from Turkey”, (ed. Hossein Amirsadeghi, London: TransGlobe Publishing, 2010), p. 60-61.