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Server Demirtaş was born in Istanbul in 1957. He graduated from the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts in 1984. He has had many solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in Turkey. Demirtaş began to explore three-dimensionality at the early stages of his artistic career, experimenting with PVC. He glues piles of silk screened PVC plates in layers to create free standing sculptures. A number of his ironic PVC works were recently exhibited at the "Modern and Beyond: 1950-2000” exhibition in Santral Istanbul (2007-2008) and also at the Cannes International Art Show in 2008. Demirtaş received the award of merit at the "New Movements" Exhibition in 1987; the award of jury at the exhibition “Today’s Artists in Istanbul” in 1989.
Solo exhibitions:
1991 Derimod Cultural Center, Istanbul
1992 The State Fine Arts Gallery, Istanbul
1994 Ataturk Cultural Center, Istanbul.
1995 Galeri B, Istanbul
1995 Sabanci Art Center, Istanbul
Group exhibitions:
1984 Inonu Foundation Painting Competition, Ankara, Istanbul.
1984 The State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Ankara.
1985 The Exhibition “Today’s Artists in Istanbul”, Istanbul.
1987 New Movements Exhibition, Istanbul.
1987 The Exhibition “Today’s Artists in Istanbul”, Istanbul.
1988 The Exhibition “Today’s Artists in Istanbul”, Istanbul.
1989 10 artists, Derimod Cultural Center, Istanbul.
1989 The Exhibition “Today’s Artists in Istanbul”, Istanbul.
1990 The Big Exhibition 2, Istanbul, Ankara.
1993 "Yazi ve Farklilik" Galeri B, Istanbul.
1994 Mine Art Gallery, Istanbul
1994 “Toward the end of the 20th century”, Galeri B, Istanbul.
1994 Prilep Sculpture Symposium, Macedonia
1997 A Meeting with Art, Deniz Museum, Istanbul.
Reference: sanatgalerisi.com; universes-in-universe.org ; Sotheby’s London Contemporary Art Turkish, 4 March 2009 (London 2009), p. 30 and 100. |
