Şevket Arık

Şevket Arık was born in Kayseri in 1973. After graduating from the Department of Painting-Work Education in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Gazi University, he completed his master′s degree at Hacettepe University. Artık completed his doctoral degree in Art Education at Gazi University.  He is a co-founder and member of the "YAYGARA" Contemporary Art Society. He has held several solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions in Ankara and Istanbul. Arık currently continues to live and work in Istanbul.

Selected exhibitions:
2014, Two solo exhibition with Güneş Özmen, Armaggan Art & Design Gallery, Istanbul
2013, "Kent/City/Civitas/Polis," Bilkent, Ankara
2013, “Everything is within you” (Solo Exhibition), Siyah Beyaz Gallery, Ankara
2012, “Eye Balling” (Editor and Curator), Çankaya Municipality Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara
2012, “Contact and Tolerance,” Gallery Kara, Ankara
2012, “Camouflage of a Situation” (Conversation), Siyah Beyaz Gallery, Ankara
2011, “Paralaks,” Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul
2011, View of artist to the Eskişehir, Painting Workshop Eskişehir
2011, 9th Aspat International Symposium of Painting and Sculpture, Bodrdum
2011, “Human play a role in nature of Human” (conversation), Barış Manco Culture Center, Istanbul
2011, “An Unknown Object is Approaching,” Piha Gallery, Istanbul
2011, “If the Nature is Heaven, the City is Hell,” Cermodern, Ankara
2010, “Fasafiso,” Cermodern, Ankara
2009, “Good bad ugly,” German Culture Center, Ankara
2009, “The cheeks” ODTÜ (solo exhibition), Ankara
2008, “Cruise experience,” Çankaya Municipality Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara
2008, “sometime” Gazi University, Department of Painting Exhibition Hall, Ankara
2007, “Suspension to Doubt,” Gazi University, Department of Painting Exhibition Hall, Ankara
2002, State Fine Arts Gallery Necatibey (solo exhibition), Ankara

Reference: Armaggan Art & Design Gallery, yaygara.info