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Prof. Oktay Anılanmert was born in Istanbul in 1939. He attended the painting department of the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts, where he became a faculty member in 1971. He became an assistant professor in 1981, and a professor in 1989. He is currently a faculty member at the Fine Arts Faculty of Kadir Has University and continues his artistic work at his workshop in Istanbul. His creativity is reflected in paintings, large scale installations, multi media (fresco, metal, ceramic, mosaic) as well as performing arts. Prof. Anılanmert has been taking part in international exhibitions, biennales and shows, as well as national arts events since the 1960′s. His multi-media installations and commissioned works can be seen in public and private buildings. His paintings are figurative and abstract. The Artist interprets disappearing human values and subjects related to life, alternating between humor and criticism. In his characteristic white period, motion is emphasized and white is used both as a color and as light. Dynamic linear patterns introduced into this plainness attract the eye to certain forceful areas on the canvas, causing us to perceive a unity. "Empty space" is one of the most important elements of all his compositions. All his paintings reveal a calculation of the amount of empty space, ensuring the balance of the composition. This concept of emptiness is a tool with which he questions the concept of space in his later works, such as the exhibition on "Paintings of the Non-existing Space".
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
1981: "Sketches"Lebriz Gallery, Istanbul, 1983: Fuzen Art Gallery, Izmir, 1985: "Artists" En Art Gallery, Istanbul; "Artists" Turkuaz Art gallery, Istanbul, 1990: "Nourishment" Gallery Vince, Istanbul; "Nourishment" Mige Art Gallery, Istanbul, 1991: "Strolling with Future" Garanti Art Gallery, Istanbul; Sanat Yapım Gallery, Ankara, 1993: "White Nudes on White", Baldem Art Gallery, Istanbul, 1996: Transparan Art Gallery, Ankara, 1997: "Running Art Gallery", Ankara, 1999, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul, 2001: "Flying" Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul, 2004: "Pictures of the Non-Existent Space" Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul.
Selected Group Exhibition:
1960: "Young Artists Exhibition" City Art Gallery, Istanbul, 1965: "Three Artists" Robert College, Istanbul; "5 Young Artists" American Cultural Center, Istanbul and Ankara, 1966: 5th Tehran Arts Biennale, 1970: "Contemporary Turkish Artists" new York, Minnesota, USA, 1978: "New trends" Academy of Fine Arts, Istanbul, 1986: "Contemporary Turkish Painting" Ankara, 1991, "12th Exhibition of Contemporary Turkish Artists, Mimar Sinan University- MSU, Painting and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul; "Highlights from Contemporary Turkish Art" Gallery Mars, Moscow, 1977: Drawing in Turkish Art" Elhamra Art Gallery, Istanbul, 1988, "Contemporary Turkish Plastic Arts Exhibition" Cankaya Cultural Center, Ankara; "Fine Arts Academy Alumni Exhibition" Almati, Kazakhstan, 2000: "20 Turkish -20 Greek Artists" Aenaon Gallery, Athens, Greece, 2003, "Black/White" Tophane Cultural Center, Istanbul, 2004: "Contemporary Look", Tem Sanat Gallery, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, 2005: "Thoughts on the Bosphorus Myth" Istanbul Modern Art Gallery; "Fine Arts Exhibition, 7" Middle East University, Ankara; "Fine Arts Exhibition, 8" Middle East University, Ankara, 2007:"Black/White" Panting Exhibition CKM, Kadıköy, Istanbul.
Selected Awards:
1963: First Prize from Competition on "Nude", Istanbul, 1974: First Prize from Art Competition for Central Building of Iş Bank, Ankara, 1975: First Prize from Art Competition for International Hotel, Istanbul.1984: First Prize from 5th Exhibition on Contemporary Artists, Istanbul. |
