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Salih Coşkun was born in Ağrı, in the foothills of Mount Ararat in 1950. He grew up in Bursa and studied at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory in Istanbul. He became an actor but continued painting and sculpting. In 1980, he moved to Paris to devote himself to art. Coskun has held numerous solo exhibitions and participated in art fairs and various group exhibitions such as "European Museum Nights," "Copenhagen Cultural Capital," "Être ainsi," and "Ar(t)bre." In 2002, he exhibited his sculptural work on wood ay the Musée des beaux-arts in Troyes. His monumental sculptures were exhibited in the Luxembourg Gardens and the Orangerie by the French Senate (Paris, 2003 and 2007). Coşkun’s works can be seen in several public institutions and international private collections. He currently continues to live and work in Paris.
Selected solo and group echibitions:
2013, Musée des Avelines, Saint-Cloud
2013, Galerie Bourdette, Honfleur
2012, Alexandre Cadain Gallery, Paris
2012, Être ainsi, Manoir of Martigny
2011, Arts Itinérance, Châteaudun
2011, Artcurial with Renard Pâle Editor, Paris
2010, Être ainsi, Art Forum
2010, COSKUN – Tout ce que l’homme fut, Fondation Triolet-Aragon
2010, Entre-deux, Paris-Istanbul, Saison de la Turquie en France, Culturesfrance
2009, 16e Triennale Internationale de Sculptures, Poznan
2009, KØge Gallery, Copenhague
2008, COSKUN, in situ, Boulogne-Billancourt
2007, Femme y es-tu ?, Artsénat, Luxembourg garden and the Orangerie, Paris
2005, COSKUN – l’Île Saint Germain Park, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Conseil Général Hauts-de Seine
2003, Le Sénat présente, COSKUN Monumental sculptures, Luxembourg garden, FR
2003, Istanbul Art Fair Tuyap, Istanbul
2002, Tem Sanat Gallery, Istanbul
2001, Musée Saint Loup, retrospective, Troyes
2000, Art Paris, Galerie Mogabgab
2000, Louvre Carrousel, Paris
Selected public and private collections:
2007, Médiathèque Léo Ferré, Marcoussis
2005, L’Homme sorti du cèdre, Île saint Germain park, Conseil Général des Hauts-de-Seine
2000, Musée des années trente, Boulogne-Billancourt
2002, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Troyes, FR
2003-2005, Gottwald Collection, Washington
1992-2004, B. Cecan Collection, Istanbul
1990-2011, Ünal & Ceyda Gögus Collection, Istanbul
Reference: coskun.fr |
