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Sıtkı Kösemen was born in Izmir in 1955. He studied architecture at the Middle East Technical University and graduated in 1978. Between 1979 and 1981, he stayed in London. He exhibited his works in 1977 for the first time. Besides his architectural works, Kösemen has had 17 solo shows; and has participated in 13 group exhibitions, 7 photo interview projects, 2 postcard projects and 9 published photography projects like “The Golden Horn 1993”, “Essays on the Bosphorus”, “2000”, “I Beyoglu”, “Bodrum Deep”, “Diaries”, “New Photographs”, “Best Wishes”, and “Today is Today”.
His video art projects include “Portraits of Turkey” (1998), “Europeans” (1999), “Midyat” (2000), “Inspiration” (2002), “Pervari” (2003), “I am Listening to Istanbul with My Eyes Closed” (2005), and “Ice Cream, They Scream” (2009). In 2002, his work was selected by “Leica Camera”, together with 12 artists to be displayed in “Leica Diary 2002”. Kösemen works in the areas of housing, architecture, and project development with “PlanB Co. Inc.”. He also works with “Plan Creative Ltd.” for design, photography and video projects.
Selected Exhibitions:
1987, "İki Fotoğrafta Denemeler" Beyaz Art Gallery, Bodrum
1990, "Bir Mekandan Anılar", Şehzade Hamamı, Dolmabahçe Sarayı, Siyah Beyaz Art Gallery, Ankara
1998, "Portreler" Urart Art Gallery, Istanbul
1999, "Avrupalılar" Dokümanter Video (65minutes) Pamukbank, Cartier Bresson Exhibition, Istanbul
2000, "Gül ve Ten" Urart Art Gallery, Istanbul
2000, "Olma Hali" Pamukbank Photograph Gallery, Istanbul
2000, "Gerçek Herşeyin Üstesinden Gelir" (curator: Beral Madra)
2002, "Mavi Gök" Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
2002, "Kayıtlar", Mart-Solms, Frankfurt Leica Gallery, Frankfurt
2004, "Baharlar", Galerist, Istanbul
His books:
"Haliç 1993" (1994)
"2000" (1999)
"Boğaziçi Yazıları" (2000)
"Ben, Beyoğlu" (2002)
"Derin Bodrum" (2003)
Reference: sitkikosemen.com, yapi.com.tr
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