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Yusuf Taktak was born in Bolvadin, 1951. He graduated from Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Painting in 1974. He continued his studies at the International Salzburg Summer Academy in Austria. From 1976 to 1992, he lectured at Istanbul Fine Arts Academy. At the same time, he worked at the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum. Since 2005, he has been teaching at the Faculty of Art and Design, Yıldız University. He lives and works in Istanbul. He has held 16 solo exhibitions in Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana and in Dusseldorf. He also participated in many group exhibitions including biennials and triennials both in Turkey and abroad. He teaches at Mimar Sinan University, Yeditepe University and at the Istanbul State Painting and Sculpture Museum. He received Achievement Awards in Andiçen Awards Exhibition in 1973 and the May Exhibition I in 1977. After this date, the artist decided, as a principle, not to participate in any competition. There is an exhibition catalogue, "Yusuf Taktak" (Yapı Kredi publications, March 1996).
Solo exhibitions:
1981, “First Exhibition”, Istanbul State Fine Arts Gallery, Istanbul
1987, “82-86 Paintings”, Istanbul State Fine Arts Gallery, Istanbul
1988, Ankara Urart Art Gallery
1990, Istanbul Derimod Cultural Center
1992, Istanbul Garanti Art Gallery
1993, Ankara Gallery Zon
1995, Istanbul Mine Art Gallery
1996, Istanbul Yapı Kredi Cultural Center, Adana Yapı Kredi Cultural Center, Izmir Yapı Kredi Cultural Center
1997, Ankara Siyah-Beyaz Art Gallery
1998, Düsseldorf Kayaman Gallery, Germany
2001, Afyon Atatürk Cultural Center
2002, Ankara Gallery Nev
2003, “Trans-temporal”, Istanbul Akbank Cultural and Art Center
2004, ZD Art Gallery
2004, Art Fair, Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Congress and Culture Center
2005, Mine- Miele Art Gallery
Selected group exhibitions:
1973, Andiçen Awards Exhibition, Istanbul State Fine Arts Gallery
1977, “May Exhibition I”, Istanbul Sport and Exhibition Center, International Plastic Arts Triennial, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1977, “Four Artist-Turkey”, Paris Gallery Larcade, Berlin Kunstsam, Kruezberg, Istanbul Üsküdar City Theater
1978, “Contemporary Istanbul Paintings”, Ankara State Gallery, Izmir Painting and Sculpture Museum
1982, “Contemporary Turkish Painting”, Tirana, Albania
1983, “11 Artists”, Istanbul Maçka Art Gallery
1984-88, “A Cross-Section From Avangard Turkish Art “Exhibitions
1986, Istanbul Avrasya Biennial, Painting and Sculpture Museum
1986, “To The Memory of Joseph Beuys – Another Art”, Izmir
1986, “Contemporary Turkish Plastic Arts”, Ankara Hacettepe University
1987, “Contemporary Dimensions”, Istanbul Gallery Art Net
1987, “The Modernization Progress in Turkish Painting, Istanbul AKM
1987, “Contemporary Art”, Istanbul Mine Art Gallery
1987, “Duo Exhibition: Ata-Taktak”, Mine Art Gallery
1988, “Trio Exhibition: Bedri Baykam - Kemal Önsoy - Yusuf Taktak, Istanbul Urart Art Gallery
1991, “Contemporary Turkish Painting”, Tokyo
1992, “66 Squares”, Istanbul Book Fair
1993, “Towards The End Of The 20th Century-I”, Istanbul Gallery B
1993, “Trio Exhibition: Tomur Atagök - Balkan Naci İslimyeli - Yusuf Taktak, Istanbul Eylül Art Gallery
1995, “Painting and Conceptual Tendencies Towards The End Of The 20th Century”, Istanbul Koç University
1995, “5 Artists: Arpacıoğlu, Ata, Atagök, Baykam, Taktak”, Istanbul Mine Art Gallery
1997, “Face to Face”, Istanbul Caddebostan Cultural Center
1997, “Three Artists-ThreeP”, Yusuf Taktak, Serhat Kiraz, Sedat Balkır”, Istanbul Mine Art Gallery
1997, “Meeting in Art”, Workshop Exhibition with foreign artists, Istanbul Naval Museum
1998, “Face to Face”, Athens
1999, “Face to Face”, Istanbul Yapı Kredi Cultural Center, Galetea Art Gallery, Asmalımescid Art Gallery
2002, “60 Years 60 Artists”, Istanbul Art Fair
2003, “Ghost Line” Curators: A.Akay, L. Çalıkoğlu, Akbank Cultural Center, Istanbul |
