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Filinta Önal was born in Ankara in 1972. He graduated from the Sculpture Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Hacettepe University in 1994. He continued his master’s degree and completed in 1997. In 1996, he received a Success Award in the 57th State Painting and Sculpture Competition. From 1998 to 2000, he worked as an instructor at the Sculpture Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Mersin University. In 2006, he won his first award in the First Middle East Technical University Sculpture Competition. He has had many solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions, competitions, biennials, symposiums and art fairs. Currently, Önal works as a free lance sculptor.
Participated Competitions:
1992, 53rd. State Painting and Sculpture Contest
1993, 54th. State Painting and Sculpture Contest
1994, 55th. State Painting and Sculpture Contest
1996, 57th. State Painting and Sculpture Contest, Successful work award
1997, 58th. State Painting and Sculpture Contest
2001, 62nd.State Painting and Sculpture Contest
2006, First Middle East Technical University Sculpting Contest, First work award
Monumental Works:
1994, Teoman Öztürk’s Memorial Mausoleum, Ankara
1995, Memorial Mausoleum of Olympic Martyries, Ankara
1997, Monument of Sivas Martyries, Sivas
2002, Bust of Poet Ahmed Arif, Diyarbakır
2002, “Elif’s Oxcart” Stone statue for Marble 2002, Izmir
2003, Monument of Atatürk, Konya-Karapınar
2004, Monument of Atatürk, Niğde University
2005, Monument of Simon Bolivar (For Venezuela Embassy), Ankara
2006, Monument of Genghiz Khan (For Mongolia Embassy), Ankara
2006, Monument of General Miranda (For Venezuela Embassy), Ankara
2008, Taner Karakoç Memorial, Ankara
2009, Jorge de Bravo bust(for Costa Rica president), Ankara
2009, Atatürk’s Monument(Hacıbektaş Veli Museum), Hacıbektaş, Nevşehir
2009, “Read” basalt statue, Diyarbakır
2009, Two monumental marble Statues about Industry and Human, Izmit
2009, Jose Vasconselos bust (for Mexican Embassy), Ankara
2009, Aşık Ali Karakoç Memorial, Ankara
Participated Biennials , Symposiums and Art Fairs:
1993, “4th.Biennial European Academies of Visual Arts Maastricht”, Netherlands
1998, “First Prokonnesos National Marble Sculpture Symposium”, Marmara Island
2002, “8th.International Natural stone and Technologies Fair”, Izmir
2005, “3th. Aspat Stone Sculpture Symposium”, Bodrum
2005, “Ankart”(Ankara Art Fair), Ankara
2006, “Contemporary Istanbul”, Istanbul
2007, “2nd.International Ankara University Stone Sculpture Symposium “Ankara
2007, “4th.Capadocia International Art Camp”, Nevşehir
2008, “2.nd International Kuzgun Acar Sculpture Symposium”, Bursa
2008, “Art Forum Art Fair”, Ankara
2009, ”Artforum”, Ankara
2009, “First Diyarbakır Stone Sculpture Symposium”, Diyarbakır
Reference: lebriz.com
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