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Yavuz Erkan was born in Istanbul in 1982. In 2011, he graduated from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University in Australia with a Bachelor of Photography, having previously completed a Bachelor of Science at Istanbul Technical University in 2005. Erkan is an emerging artist who has a particular interest in nonconformists and anti-heroes in society, and his work revolves around the idea of invalidating power structures or reformulating the set of their existing rules. He has held many solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Australia and the US. Erkan was the winner of 2011 Youngblood Editions, Queensland Centre for Photography. Currently, he pursues his Master′s degree in Cultural Studies at Bilgi University in Istanbul.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2013, Unorthodox Aphorisms, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Australia
2012, Unorthodox Aphorisms, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane, Australia
2011, Blind Chance: remnants of a boy soldier, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, Australia
Selected group exhibitions:
2013, National Artists′ Self-Portrait Prize: remix. post. connect., University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
2012, CCP Declares: On the Nature of Things, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
2012, Fresh Cut, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
2012, North by Northeast, Depot Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2012, Capturing Light: New Mediums in Photography, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, Australia
2012, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, Australia
2012, Test Pattern: New Art by New Queensland Artists, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2012, Photo L.A., Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, California, USA
2012, Flipside: Australian Photography, Project A7 (Sarah Lee Artworks and Projects), California, USA
2011-2012, Synchronicity: Queensland Contemporary Photography, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, Australia
2011-2012, The GAS: Graduate Art Show, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2011, Gone At Dusk: A Photographic Exhibition, Comb Art Space, Gold Coast, Australia
2010, UNCOVER, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, Australia
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