Volume : 20 Issue: 2

Nuri İyem

About The Artist
Between the period 1933-1937, Nuri İyem had attended the Nazmi Ziya, Hikmet Onat, İbrahim Çallı and the Leopold Levy Studios and graduated from them with the first degree. He finished his military service in 1938 and came back to the Academy in 1940 to continue his education for the masters degree in the Painting Department. Together with his colleagues Kemal Sönmezler, Selim Turan and Avni Arbaş, made observations about the fishermen and portworkers life and decided to open an exhibition describing their life struggle. Followingly Turgut Atalay, Haşmet Akal, Agob Arad, Fethi Karakaş, Ferruh Başağa and Mümtaz Yener participated in this group. These young students of Leopold Levy, opened an exhibition at “Beyoğlu Press Administration Hall” with the paintings they had handcrafted in the port and named their first exhibition as “The Port : Istanbul” in 1941. After this exhibition they are called as “Yeniler”. The group’s second exhibition with the theme “Woman” had been opened the same place and the third one at “Eminönü Public House”. “Yeniler” established an important turning point, first time in the Turkish painting history, with their point of view in defending the social realistic painting. Nuri İyem had taken his masters degree from the Painting Department of Academy and also win the first prize with his painting “Nalbant-The Horse Shoer” as his graduation project, in 1944. Then he opened his first personal exhibition, in 1946, at the third floor of a Beyoğlu job as well as participating in the fourth mixed exhibition of the “Yeniler” in the same year. Then he sent his “Nalbant-The Horse Shoer” to the UNESCO exhibition. In the following years he continously attended to the “Yeniler” mixed exhibitions which took place at the French Cultural Center once in every two years between the period 1947 to 1951. In 1948, he turned towards the abstraction in painting. He painted view and object abstractions. After the “Yeniler” group had been disseminated in 1951, he joined the exhibitions of Turkish Painters Association as a member. In 1952 he opened his second personal exhibition contuining of his nude and portrait paintings at the Maya Art Gallery. After this date, he had his own personal exhibition each following year. In 1956, he attended to the Venice and in 1957, he attended to the Sao Paulo Bienals. He had continued his abstractions and nonfigurative works until 1965. Between the years 1959 to 1970 he had several wall painting works none of which today. In the same period, his fine art articles appeared on periodicals: “Yeditepe” and “Dost”. In 1986, for the honour of his 50th year in fine arts, a retrospective exhibition had been held at the “Tüyap Trade Center” and an exhibition book had been published. He had received the honorary prize of the 50th year of Turkish Republic for painting in 1973, Sedat Simavi Fine Arts prize in 1989 and the honorary prize of the Tüyap Istanbul Art Fair in 1997. Evin Art Gallery had archived the photographic images of most of his Works by locating his paintings in the collectioners possessions. Being the continuationof this project, a retrospective exhibition, named “From Yesterday to Tomorrow : Nuri İyem” had been held in the year 2001. Also his an art book and two volumes and a cd had been published containing his 1504 paintings which had been exhibited.

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This Uncomparabable Creativity Through a Prosperous Family Life
Nuri İyem: Art - Independent, Realist and Turkey’s Own

Volume : 20 Issue: 3

Hakan Cingöz

About The Artist Cingöz graduated from the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in 2004. He completed his post-graduate studies in 2008 at the same university. His first individual exhibition was held at the Evin Art Gallery in 2009.

Awards
2007 Nuri İyem Paintings Competition, First Prize
2004 İpek-Ahmet Merey Paintings Competition, First Prize

Online Exhibitions
05.03.2009 Hakan Cingöz Paintings - Evin Art Gallery

Group Exhibitions
2006 "İnsan Manzaraları", Article Art Galllery, Istanbul
2006 "Figüre Bakış I" Akademililer Art Gallery, Istanbul
2005 "Merkezde Ne Var II", Akademililer Art Gallery, Istanbul
2005 Artist 2005, 15th Istanbul Art Fair, Karşı Art Gallery/Akademililer Art Gallery
2005 "17.05", Denizatı Art Gallery, Istanbul
2004 İpek ve Ahmet Merey Painting comp. Exh., Istanbul
2004 Artist 2004, 14th Istanbul Art Fair, Mimar Sinan Unv. Hall
2003 İpek ve Ahmet Merey Painting comp. Exh., Istanbul
2003 Turkish Heart Foundation Painting Comp. Exh
2003 Artist 2003, 13th Istanbul Art Fair, Mimar Sinan Unv. Hall
2003 "Seni Öldüreceğim İçin Çok Üzgünüm", Proje 4L, İstanbul
2002 "Buluşma" Performance 119 Activity, Münster

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Modern-Day Melancholy

Volume : 20 Issue: 4

Volkan Diyaroğlu (Her Dream)

Volkan Diyaroglu was born in 1 may 1982, in Istanbul, Turkey. He studied in Fine Arts Faculty of Mimar Sinan University and in Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Universidad Politecnica de Valencia.

Scholarships and Residences:
1996-2002: TEKFEN HOLDING Scholarship, Turkey
2002-2003: Promoe, fine arts Faculty of UPV San Carlos, Valencia, Spain
2003-2004: Promoe, fine arts Faculty of UPV San Carlos, Valencia, Spain
2006-2007: Residence Abbaye de Maubuisson, Val-d’Oise, France
2007-2008: Residence in Cite International des Arts, Paris, France
2008: Scholarship, The National Museum of George Enescu, “Transfer Project”, Tescani, Romania(cat.)
2009: Residence in Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal

Awards:
2008:
-XXXV Bancaja Painting, Sculpture, Digital Art Prize, Spain
-2008 “Next Star Artist Competition”, Finalist, Australia

Solo Exhibitions:
2010:
-“CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL 2010 ART FAIR, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
-“HOY ALGO MAL PASA EN EL ACUARIO”, Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal
-“WORMHOLES” in AR / CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, Milano, Italy
2009:
-“SEEKING THE PARADISES” in GALERIE CELAL, (in the project of cultural season of Turkey in France), Paris, France
-Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal
2008:
- CEET Fondation, Madrid, Spain
-“NEVER_INTIM” in ARSLOCA, Gandia, Valencia, Spain
2007:
- “MI VERTIGO” in Galeria Edgar Neville, Valencia, Spain (cat.)
- “ZIGZAG” in EROA, Cergy, France
- “DELIK” in Forja Arte Contemporaneo, curator Toni Calderón, la sala naranja organisation, Valencia, Spain (Cat.)
- “DECALAGES” in Abbaye de Maubuisson, Val-d’oise, France (TRAM Paris/Ile-de-France Project 2007 “Hospitalités”)
2006: - “For the myopics” in Galeri Binyil in Istanbul, Turkey, (Cat.)
2004:
- “Post karaoke is higienic” , La Sala Naranja, (In three exhibition rooms (a,b and c), Valencia, Spain
2003:
- Kitsch International Artediverso “introduction of post karaoke for the adults”, Valencia, Spain
- VIII ISTANBUL BIENNIAL official paralel event, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
2002:
- Fine arts faculty of mimar sinan university Istanbul, Turkey

Group Exhibitions
2010:
-- “7 billionth person project“, The Parachute Factory Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
-- Ar / Contemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy
-- “ The Power of the Dynamism”, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
2009:
-- “Contemporary and Modern Works”, Ar / Contemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy
-- “XV International Biennial of Cerveira”, Portugal
-- “Horaley”, Mtaar – G.A.F. , Istanbul, Turkey
-- “Caos vs. Ordine”, Ar / Contemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy
-- “In search of lost reality : nevgeneration”, Galeri Nev, Ankara, Turkey
-- “Transfer”, Sub-Carturesti Art Gallery, George Enescu National Museum Project_, Bucarest, Romania (cat.)
-- “Al Bastakiya Art Fair”, SAATCHI GALLERY, Dubai, Emirates
-- “ Beautiful Freak”, FORJA ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Valencia, Spain (cat.)
-- “Doga-Ask-Su”, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
-- “Contemporary 1-2009”, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
2008:
-- XXXV Bancaja Painting, Sculpture, Digital Art Prize Exhibition, Centro cultural de la Asuncion, Albacete, Spain (cat.)
- SLICK PARIS 2008 Art Fair, with the Focus Gallery Dubai, Paris, France (cat.)
- XXXV Bancaja Painting, Sculpture, Digital Art Prize Exhibition, IVAM, Valencia, Spain (cat.)
2006:
- “DESAFIOS” in Kanazawa Modern Art Museum, Kazanawa Citizen’s Art Center, Kanazawa, Japan
- “Artistanbul 2006” International Contemporary Art Fair of Istanbul, Galeri Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey, (Cat.)
- “Generacion Vulture” Vulture Magazine organization, Feria de Julio, Valencia, Spain
- “Art in evolution” , Espacio Carmen, Antiguo convento Mosén Sorell”, Valencia, Spain
- “O eres tu john wayne o lo soy yo”, la sala naranja, Valencia, Spain
2005:
- Observatori 2005” VI International artistic investigation festival of Valencia” in the museum of Principe Felipe, Ciudad de las artes y ciencias (Sala Arqueria, permanent exhibition), (Cat.)
- “international fine arts congress” in Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
- “post patetic”, La Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain
2004:
- “En el margen de Turia” Riba-roja art festival, Valencia, Spain
2003:
- Fons d’art of UPV, Valencia, Spain
2002:
- Fine arts faculty of mimar sinan University Istanbul, Turkey
2001:
- Istanbul State Gallery (Istanbul Devlet Guzel sanatlar Galerisi “atolye 4” Istanbul, Turkey
2000:
- Museum of fine arts of istanbul “ipek-ahmet merey resim yarismasi” Istanbul, Turkey

Other Events
2001: “FIRE the family” in Atolye 4 in istanbul, Turkey
2002: “cleaning I” in the mimar sinan fine arts faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
2003: “painting by the car” in Istanbul, Turkey
2003: “painting by the car” in Calatrava street in Valencia, Spain
2004: Actuation in “Kitsch Kitchen” (SOUP I) Valencia, Spain
2006: Artist of the month in art magazine “VULTURE” 31st edition in february
2006: Selection for an individual exhibition for Edgar Neville Gallery
2007: “Clipstation” Multimedia exhibition in Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia)
2007: “Porte Ouverte”, Paris, France

Publications, Reviews and Bibliography:
2010:
- Interview by Art-core.tv, December 2010
- Asian Art Newspaper, Lucien de Guise, “Golder Horn of Plenty”, May 2010
- Exibart, “Wormholes”, Ginevra Bria, 8th April 2010, Italia
- “Wormholes”, Francesco Clerici, 1st February 2010, Italia
2009:
- Antena 3 Neox TV, “Meeting Point” tv programme, interview, 22nd Novembre 2009, Spain
- “The Art of Volkan Diyaroglu”, Nicholas Forrest, The Visual Artbeat Magazine, September 2009, Austria
- Artist Actual, “in the search of the lost reality”, Baris Acar, July-August 2009, 32nd Page, Turkey
- Tendencias Fashion Magazine, June 2009, no 148, 103rd page, Spain
2008:
- STAR newspaper, 3 August 2008, Mihrisah Safa, 17th page, Turkey
- STAR KIBRIS newspaper, 6 August 2008, Mihrisah Safa, Cyprus
- EL MUNDO newspaper, 25 July 2008, “El Arte del futuro se da cita en el IVAM”, Spain
- EL PAIS newspaper, 25 July 2008, “El turco Diyaroglu y el ucranio Aljoscha, premios Bancaja”, Spain
- LEVANTE newspaper, 25 July 2008, “L’IVAM acull els premis Bancaixa”, Spain
- ABC Newspaper, 25 July 2008, “Tintes Universales en el XXXV Premio Bancaja de Arte”, Spain
- Barbara Steffen, Director of Contemporary Art of the Albertina Museum of Vienna, Austria, XXXV Bancaja de Pintura, Escultura y Arte Digital Prize and interview with Volkan Diyaroglu, Spain
- Yahoo NEWS Spain, 24 July 2008, “El IVAM toma el pulso a las tendencias del arte internacional...”
- Publication of the interview with Volkan Diyaroglu, VRV
Gallery, Canada
- “Turkish Artist Volkan Diyaroglu” of Nicholas Forrest, Artmarketblog, publication of the interview with the art critic Toni Calderon, 28 May 2008, Australia
- “SAATCHI GALLERY ONLINE_TOP 10” of Alix Rule, Saatchi Online Magazine
- Artiz Magazine, Issue:2, publication of own article, Turkey
- VOLKAN DIYAROGLU: Saatchi Online Critic’s Choice By Nicholas Forrest, Saatchi Gallery
- Artiz Magazine, Issue:1, publication of own article, Turkey
- “TVE2” Spanish national television, tv programme “Metropolis” publication and interview, 3rd February 2008, Spain
- Publication of the works at “JHON MAGAZINE” 20th issue, France
2007:
- Text of Christian Parra-Duhalde, “Vértigos globales”, at LEVANTE newspaper, Posdata, 7 th december 2007, Spain
- Text of Toni Calderon, “Volkan Diyaroglu.Mestizaje y Sincretismo” at the “Mi Vertigo” exhibition catalog, Spain
- Connaissance des Arts Magazine “Hospitalites” No:648, april 2007, page number 32, France
- Paris/ile de france, Museums&Monuments, publication of the work, France
- The newspaper “Sabah” 16th April 2007, (First Page), Publication of the work, Turkey
- Sortir Magazine, Cergy-Pontoise, March 2007, Issue : 171, Publication of the work, France
- Tram “Hospitalites” brochure, text of Caroline Coll-Seror, France
- “TRAM brochure”, january-april 2007, Publication of the work, France
- Sortir, Magazine de Spectacles Rhone-Alpes,, april-juny 2007, issue: 20, France
- “EVENE_Artists Celebres”, Publication, France
- “SAATCHI GALLERY ONLINE_TOP 10” of Rebecca Wilson, editor of the Your Gallery Magazine
- Interview with Toni Calderon, Book of “Delik” exhibition, grupo forja, Spain
- Text of Jose Mir, Book of “Delik”, grupo forja, Spain
- Publication at the newspaper “Levante”, Mercalevante, Valencia, Spain
- Interview at the UPV TV, at “ven y veras” prograqmme 07/05/2007, Valencia, Spain
- “Artvisit 2” , Turkey
2006:
- Artistanbul 2006” book, publication of the work, Turkey
- Publication at the “HURRIYET” newspaper, (KELEBEK), 8th Juny 2006, Turkey
- Publication at the “SABAH” newspaper, 17th Juny 2006(GUNAYDIN), Turkey
- Text of Toni Calderón at the “Para los myopes” book, Gallery Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
- Publication at the “LEVANTE” newspaper, 4th April 2006, Valencia, Spain
- Publication of the works at “VULTURE” magazine, February 2006, Issue: 31, Spain
2005:
- Publication at Observatori 2005 book, Valencia, Spain (text of Toni Calderon)

Volume : 21 Issue: 1

NUSRET ÇOLPAN

Nusret Çolpan was born in 1952 in the Bandirma, He graduated from the Department of Architecture at Yildiz University in Istanbul. During this time, he studied with two of the leading authorities in Turkish illumination and miniature painting, Dr. Süheyl Ünver and Azade Akar. Mr. Çolpan lives in Fatih, Istanbul, where he runs his own interior decoration and architectural firm.

Mr. Çolpan has been greatly inspired by the work of Matrakçi Nasuh, the acclaimed miniaturist in the court of Süleyman the Magnificent. Nasuh, an historian as well as a painter, not only immortalized sixteenth century Istanbul, and other Ottoman cities, but also the cities of Toulon and Genoa, whose European architecture he rendered in classical miniature style.

A parallel can easily be drawn between Nasuh and his modern-day student, Nusret Çolpan. Mr. Çolpan paints the mosques, forts and palaces of Istanbul with the eyes of Nasuh, but with the soul of a twentieth century ''Istanbullu'' His fascination with and love for Istanbul are revealed in his attention to minute detail and in his whimsical compositions, many of which are characterized by their broken borders. Birds, waves and minarets spill out in elegant disarray. Mr. Çolpan will also subject foreign cities to his lyrical brush. rendering, for example, Manhattan, a delicately snow-sprinkled city-scape in which buildings, boats and bridges exist in happy disregard for dimension. Always sensitive to seasonal and atmospheric effects on architecture, Mr. Çolpan's best works explore the many contrasts between stone and the elements - mosques in the . moonlight, under a layer of snow or encircled by lush cypresses.

Whether Mr. Çolpan depicts sixteenth century Istanbul or its.present-day incarnation, one is aware of the respect he gives to both. Each miniature is an example of his extraordinary dexterity in employing a traditional style to interpret the new as well as the old.

Also ; Istanbul underground stations tile miniatures belong to him. And He also special Worked a tile Paris miniature to the President of France H.E. Jack Chirac and Moscow miniature to President of Russia Vladimir Putin as a present.

Many of Mr. Çolpan's paintings are now Iocated in private collections in New York, Germany, England and Japan, as well as in Turkey. One of his miniatures is a part of the permanent collection at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California.

Volume : 21 Issue: 2

NUSRET ÇOLPAN Paris

Volume : 21 Issue: 4

NUSRET ÇOLPAN

Nusret Çolpan was born in 1952 in the Bandirma, He graduated from the Department of Architecture at Yildiz University in Istanbul. During this time, he studied with two of the leading authorities in Turkish illumination and miniature painting, Dr. Süheyl Ünver and Azade Akar. Mr. Çolpan lives in Fatih, Istanbul, where he runs his own interior decoration and architectural firm.

Mr. Çolpan has been greatly inspired by the work of Matrakçi Nasuh, the acclaimed miniaturist in the court of Süleyman the Magnificent. Nasuh, an historian as well as a painter, not only immortalized sixteenth century Istanbul, and other Ottoman cities, but also the cities of Toulon and Genoa, whose European architecture he rendered in classical miniature style.

A parallel can easily be drawn between Nasuh and his modern-day student, Nusret Çolpan. Mr. Çolpan paints the mosques, forts and palaces of Istanbul with the eyes of Nasuh, but with the soul of a twentieth century ''Istanbullu'' His fascination with and love for Istanbul are revealed in his attention to minute detail and in his whimsical compositions, many of which are characterized by their broken borders. Birds, waves and minarets spill out in elegant disarray. Mr. Çolpan will also subject foreign cities to his lyrical brush. rendering, for example, Manhattan, a delicately snow-sprinkled city-scape in which buildings, boats and bridges exist in happy disregard for dimension. Always sensitive to seasonal and atmospheric effects on architecture, Mr. Çolpan's best works explore the many contrasts between stone and the elements - mosques in the . moonlight, under a layer of snow or encircled by lush cypresses.

Whether Mr. Çolpan depicts sixteenth century Istanbul or its.present-day incarnation, one is aware of the respect he gives to both. Each miniature is an example of his extraordinary dexterity in employing a traditional style to interpret the new as well as the old.

Also ; Istanbul underground stations tile miniatures belong to him. And He also special Worked a tile Paris miniature to the President of France H.E. Jack Chirac and Moscow miniature to President of Russia Vladimir Putin as a present.

Many of Mr. Çolpan's paintings are now Iocated in private collections in New York, Germany, England and Japan, as well as in Turkey. One of his miniatures is a part of the permanent collection at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California.