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Tahir Ün was born in Akhisar in 1960. He graduated from the Faculty of Language and History-Geography at Ankara University. He also studied History of European Art in the same Faculty for 2 years. He gave lectures on photography in the Center of Contemporary Arts in Ankara and in the Vocational College of Kara Elmas University in Safranbolu. Ün started photography in 1976. Currently he works as a photographer and visual artist at his own workshop in Izmir. Ün’s works have been exhibited in numerous exhibitions and events in Turkey and abroad.
Selected Exhibitions:
2000, “Nihility or Identity” one-man photo exhibition, the British Council Art Gallery, Ankara
2000, R2001 Project, “Ututu” Musashino Park at Harappa Festival, Tokyo
2000, “Nihility or Identity”, one-man photo exhibition, Altın Koza Art Festival, Adana
2001, R2001 Project “Rhythm one- A dialog between digital and analog forms”, Cellspace global Community Festival, San Francisco
2001, R2001, Project “Art Electronica Ateliers”, Cerveira XI. Biennial, Cerveria
2002, “Nihility or Identity”, one-man photo exhibition, Bursa Photography Days, TKM Cemal Nadir Art Gallery, Bursa
2002, “Sondaj”, Pamuk Bank Photography Gallery, Istanbul
2003, “Nihility or Identity”, one-man photo exhibition, Çanakkale First Photography Festival, Çanakkale
2003, “Het Geritsel Van De Bosphorus”, Group Exhibition, De Markthallen, Herk-de Stat
2005, “Nihility or Identity”, one-man photo exhibition, 23rd Universiade Olympic Games, Erkayalar Art Gallery, Izmir
2005, Web Biennial 2005, on-line project by Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum
2006, “Memos for the passage”, one-man photo exhibition, Underground Photo Gallery, Iisalmi, Finland
2006, “Thirst Circuits”, Artist 16th Istanbul Art Fair, Video-Art program, Karşı Art Works, Istanbul
2006, “Pl Performance & Intermedia Festival”, Pl Fivei Officyna, Szczecin
2006, Bienaldo ano 3000, MAC, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Saopaulo
2006, “Middle East Technical University Video Meeting, Ankara
2006, the 3rd Yıldız Short Film Festival, Istanbul
2006, Video installation: the Perpetual Art Machine (PAM): Festival of new film and video, Belgrade; Art Basel, Miami, Florida; Scope Miami, Florida; Scope London, London; the Split Film Festival, Split; Name Festival, Lille; Scope Hampton Art Fair, Hampton; Scope New York Art Fair, New York
2007, Melbourne Fringe Festival, “Digital Fringe”, Melbourne
2007, 2nd International Fabrikartgroup Art Festival, Mustafapaşa, Cappadocia
2007, “Athens Video Art Festival”, Technopolis, Athens
2007, Web Biennial 2007, online project “Concepts & Images - SCRS project”, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum
2008, the First International Roaming Biennial of Tehran “Urban Jealousy”, photography& video, Galerie Wallywoods, Berlin
2008, Melbourne Fringe Festival, “Digital Fringe”, Melbourne
2008, the First International Roaming Biennial of Tehran “Urban Jealousy”, photography &video, Ghasemi, Hafriyat Karaköy & Dogzster, Istanbul
2008, Video Art Days, 2nd Cyprus International University, Lefoşa
2009, Kargaşa 9th Traditional Exhibition “Hack”, Kargart Gallery, Istanbul
2009, All Art Now, First International Video Art Festival, Damascus
2009, the First International Roaming Biennial of Tehran “Urban Jealousy”, photography & Video, Center za Kulturnu Dekontaminaciju, Belgrade
Reference: tahirun.net, fotografya.gen.tr
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