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Vahap Avşar was born in Malatya in 1965. He started painting at the age of 10 and worked as a commercial painter from 1982 to 1985 in Izmir. He graduated from the Painting Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dokuz Eylül University in 1989. He met Cengiz Çekil and worked as part of an assistant at his sculpture studio. Avşar pursued his master’s degree in Design and Architecture in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Bilkent University, working as a research assistant. In 1992, he went to Holland as an international study program and studied at the Ateliers Arnhem. In 1995, he completed his doctoral degree in Painting at Bilkent University. Avşar settled down in New York after his residency program in 1995. He had a break from producing art and started making art again in early 2008. Since then, Avşar has had several solo exhibitions and has participated in many group exhibitions in Turkey, Holland, the US, Germany, France, Cuba, Canada, and the Dominican Republic. In addition to his art, he co-founded Brooklyn Industries. Currently, Avşar continues to work in New York.
Solo exhibitions:
1991, "Myths", Gallery Zon, Ankara, Turkey
1991, "Asphalt Drawings", Gallery ARS, Ankara
1993, "Come Whoever You Are", W139, Amsterdam
1994, "X", Şantiye MD Gallery
1994, "Downstairs, Upstairs, Inside", Gallery Zon, Ankara, Turkey
1994, "This-Order", TYT Art Gallery, Istanbul
1995, "School, Viscosity, Velocity, Turbulence", Casco, Utrecht
1996, "Liquid Road", L5, Groningen
2009, "Superstructure", BIAS, Portland
2010, Vahap Avsar, Rampa Gallery
2010, "Noneisafe", CHarles Bank Gallery, New York
Group exhibitions:
1986, "An Another Art, For the Memory of Joseph Beuys", Izmir German Cultural Centre, Izmir
1987, "Toplu Sergi", Turkish - American Association, Izmir
1990, "Underground Exhibition", Bilkent University, Ankara
1993, "Elli Numara - Ani Bellek II", Istanbul
1993, "A Foreigner = A Traveler", Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
1994, "Caravanserai", W139, Amsterdam
1994, "5th Havana Biennial Art Exhibition", Havana
1995, "Art/Omi", Omi, New York
1995, "Soudain, Les Artistes Turcs", Parvi, Paris
1995, "Gar", TCDD Art Gallery and Ankara Central Train Station, Ankara
1996, "...east of here (re)imagining the ′orient′", YYZ Artist′s Outlet, Toronto
1997, "Double Pleasure", Loft, New York
1997, "La Tradition", Exit Art - First World, New York
1997, 5th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
2003, "I′m Too Sad To Kill You!", Proje 4L, Istanbul
2004, "Call Me Istanbul", ZKM, Karlsruhe
2007, "Be A Realist, Demand The Impossible", Karşı Sanat, Istanbul
2010, "Second Exhibition", ARTER, Istanbul
2010, "When Ideas Become Crime", Tütün Deposu, Istanbul
2010, "My Friend′s House", Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic
Reference: vahapavsar.com, turkishpaintings.com, rampaistanbul.com, charlesbankgallery.com
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