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Tanju Demirci was born in Kesan in 1961. He graduated from the Painting Department in the Faculty of Education at Marmara University in 1984. In the same year, he went to Roma, Florence, Assisi and Padova and researched his study. In 1986, he completed master’s degree with Prof. Devrim Erbil at the Painting Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Mimar Sinan University. Demirci also took courses of theory of art from Prof. Adnan Çoker. In 1988, he went to Cologne, Germany and did further research. In 1991, Demirci completed doctoral degree, proficiency in art at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Mimar Sinan University. Currently, he serves as a Research Assistant in the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Mimar Sinan University. Demirci has had many solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey. He has received several awards.
Awards:
1985, First award, the First Tiglat Young Artist Competition
1985, First Award, University of Istanbul, Youth Year Painting Competition
1986, Achievement Award, 6th Turgut Pura Foundation Painting and Sculpture Competition" Yeni Asir Newspaper
1988, Achievement Award, Esbank Yunus Emre 5th Painting Competition
1990, Special Jury Award, 11th Contemporary Artists Istanbul Exhibition
1991, Mansion, 52nd State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition Painting Competition
1994, Academy Special Prize, 7th Istanbul Art Festival New Movement Exhibition
1994, Award of Merit, 13th Esbank Yunus Emre Painting Competition 1997, UNICEF Art Award of Merit, UNISEF Art Prize Exhibition
1997, Mansion, 7th Adana Çimento Sanayii Painting Competition
1998, “Artist of the Year in the Category of Visual Arts”, Archaeology Museums Foundation
Reference: alifart.com, sanatgalerisi.com, sanalmuze.org, karesanat.com, artnet.com
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