Erdağ Aksel

Erdağ Aksel   Education: Dokuz Eylül University Izmir, TURKEY Social Sciences Institute 1985, D.A. (Post Master, equivelant of Ph.D.) West Virginia University Morgantown, W.Va., U.S.A. Graduate School 1979, M.A. West Virginia University Morgantown, W.Va., U.S.A. Creative Arts Center 1977, B.F.A. Professional Experience Sabancı University Istanbul, Turkey School of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty 1/1998- present Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey Department of Graphic Design Chairman 9/1989-12/1997 San Jose State University San Jose, CA, U.S.A. Department of Art and Design Visiting Fulbright Faculty 1/1992- 6/92 Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey. Department of Graphic Design Associate Professor 9/1988-Present Dokuz Eylül University Izmir, TURKEY. School of Fine Arts Instructor/Assistant Professor 1984-1987 West Virginia University Morgantown, W.Va., U.S.A. Department of Sculpture Teaching Assistant 1977-1979 Scholarships/Fellowships/ Awards Sedat Simavi Award in Visual Arts Istanbul, Turkey 1997 The Delphina Studios Trust Grant for Working Artist London,ENGLAND 1994 Fulbright Grant for Advanced Research San Jose State University, Department of Art and Design San Jose, CA, U.S.A. 1993 Salzburg Seminar Fellow on Art Museums and their Communities Salzburg, AUSTRIA 1989 Artist of the Year in Sculpture Art Institute Award Ankara, TURKEY 1988 Honorable Mention, 14th DYO Painting Exhibit Izmir, TURKEY 1980 West Virginia University, Fine Arts Scholarship W.Va., U.S.A. 1976 West Virginia University, Foreign Student Scholarship W.Va., U.S.A. 1975 One Person Installations & Exhibitions Macka Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (forthcoming) 1/2002 Gallery Nev, Istanbul, Turkey (forthcoming) 1/2002 Gallery Siyah Beyaz, Ankara, Turkey 3/2000 Gallery Nowa Oficyna, Gdansk, Poland 7/ 1999 Gallery Nev, Istanbul 9/1997 Delfina Studios Gallery, London 5/ 1996 Gallery Siyah Beyaz, Ankara 4/ 1996 Gallery Siyah Beyaz, Ankara, Turkey 5/1994 Gallery Tuval Izmir, Turkey 5/1991 Gallery Siyah Beyaz Ankara, Turkey 3/1991 Gallery B.M. Istanbul, Turkey 2/1991 Gallery Tutav Ankara, Turkey 3/1988 Turkish American Association Gallery Izmir, Turkey 10/1985 Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University , Morgantown, W.Va. U.S.A. 7/1979 West Virginia University Theater Morgantown, W.Va. U.S.A. 10/1978 and 4/1978 Selected Group Exhibitions "Gaze/Power/Aesthetics/Violence/Hierarchy" ("Nazar/İktidar Estetik/Şiddet Forum/Hiyerarşi") Curators: Haldun Dostoğlu/Ali Artun Gallery Nev, Istanbul January 7 - February 1, 2000. "Multiples for the Sprit and the Body" Curator: Beral Madra Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul, 12/1999 - 1/2000. "Gaze/Power/Aesthetics/Violence/Hierarchy" ("Nazar/İktidar Estetik/Şiddet Forum/Hiyerarşi") Curators: Haldun Dostoğlu/Ali Artun Gallery Nev, Ankara May 5 - June6, 2000. "Multiples for the Environment" Curator: Beral Madra Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, December1998 - January1999. "Three Generations of the Republic" (Üç Kuşak Cumhuriyet) Curator: Ali Akay Darphane, Istanbul, Turkey, October 1998. "Prophecy" (Kehanet) Bilkent University, Art Gallery, School of Art, Design and Architecture Ankara, Turkey , January 10- February 22, 1997. "DIALOGUES , THE LOST IDEA OF THE ORDER OF THINGS ", Curator, Beral Madra, Concept, Ernst Hesse, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf , Germany 1-26 September AKM, Taksim Istanbul, 6-29 June 1996 "PAINTINGS AND CONCEPTUAL TENDENCIES IN CONTEMPORARY TURKISH ART II" Curator , Yahsi Baraz, Koç University Galleries, Istanbul. 1995 "I AM ANOTHER" Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark. Feb.18 .1995 SiYAH BEYAZ 10th Year Exhibit AKM. Taksim Istanbul March 22,1994 "La Seduzione dellaDifferenza" Curated by Lucrezia de Domizio Arte Fiera Bologna 94, Italy Jan.28, 1994 "45th Venice International Biennial" Italian Pavillion, Giardini, Venice,ITALY 1993 "The Grand Exhibit" National Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul, Turkey 1990 "8th International Small Sculpture Triennial of Budapest" Palace of Exhibitions, Budapest, Hungary 1990 "Second International Istanbul Biennial" Istanbul, Turkey 1989 "Meditteraneo per I'Arte Contemporannea" Expoarte, Bari, Italy 1989 "Opening Exhibit" Gallery B.M., Istanbul, Turkey 1989 "A Cross Section Avant-Garde Turkish Art" Istanbul, Turkey 1988 "Second International Asian-European Biennial" Ankara, Turkey 1988 "A Cross Section Avant-Garde Turkish Art" Istanbul, Turkey 1987 "The Group Exhibit" Turkish American Association Gallery, Izmir,Turkey 1987 "Contemporary Artist" National Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul, Turkey 1986 "Contemporary Turkish Art" National Fine Arts Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 1986 "A Different Art in Memory of Joseph Beuys" German Cultural Center Gallery, Izmir, Turkey 1986 "Izmir Artists" Municipal Gallery, Izmir, Turkey 1986 "New Sculptures" Vakko Fine Arts Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 1985 "43rd Painting and Sculpture Exhibit" Ankara, Turkey 1982 "Pelo Mail Art" La Galleria San Carlo, Naples, Studio Materiali Immagini, Perugio / Artestudia, Bergamo, Italy 1981 "14th DYO Painting Exhibit" Izmir, Istanbul, Ankara, Turkey 1980 "Copyright D.C." Local 1734 Art Collective, Washington D.C., U.S.A. 1979 Mountainlair Plaza, Morgantown W.Va., U.S.A. 1977 Creative Arts Center, Morgantown W.Va., U.S.A. 1976 Publications "Order and Progress: Constructing the West in Contemporary Turkish Art" Public 16, 1997 pp.11-17, Toronto, Canada "Not to be absurd" Artist's project co-produced with Selim Birsel Fol, Istanbul, 1997 "Contemporary Art Museum: to represent or to represent" Arredemento Dekorasyon 1997/1 January 1997 pp. , Istanbul "The Biennale Under the Hat" Arredemento Dekorasyon 1992/12 Dec.1992 pp.139-140, Istanbul "Thoughts and a Viewpoint on Foundation Studies in Universities", (Co-authored with Associate Professor Halil Akdeniz), Foundation Studies in Schools of Fine Arts, Hacettepe University School of Fine Arts Pub., November 2, 1989, pp. 9-18, Ankara, Sanat Cevresi, Kurtis/Tekin Pub., January 1990, pp. 75-97, Istanbul. 1989 "Contemporary Art in Promotion", Proceedings, Promoting Turkey Symposium, Prime Ministry Information Office Publications, May 1989, pp. 420-424, Ankara. 1989 "Andy Warhol", Cumhuriyet Magazine, No. 61, April 19, 1987 p. 20, Istanbul. 1987 "The Question of Support for Contemporary Art in Turkey", Contemporary Plastic Arts in the United States of America, Hacettepe University School of Fine Arts Pub., May 1986, pp. 11-19, 109-116, Ankara. 1986 "Faucet No. 22", Jeager, Elizabeth (ed.), An Atlas of Known Places, March 1986, Sec. 4, Jeager Publications, Edinburg. 1986 Bibliographical Information Selected Periodicals Lucie-Smith, Edward, "E.L.S. on the latest big shows, Critic's Diary" Art Review London,U.K., July/August 1996 "German ad Turkish Lost Ideas", Flash Art Milan, Italy, May/June 1996 Tekelioglu, Orhan, "Attention! Terror !" , Toplumbilim, No.4, Istanbul, June 1996 Mete, Ilhan, "Retour de force: Pornographic Dreams of Power",Arredamento Dekorasyon, Istanbul, June 1996 Kahraman, Hasan Bülent, "Relating Sculptures to Humans", Cumhuriyet Istanbul, June 7th,1996 "Aksels'Exhibit in London", Yeni Yüzyil, Istanbul, 29.May1996 Weirup, Torben, "Tyrkiske Toner",Berlinske Tidende, Copenhagen, Feb.18, 1995 Tekelioglu, Orhan, "Attention! Tension! ", Gösteri, No: 163 Istanbul, June 1994 Madra, Beral, "45th Venice Biennale" Arredemento Dekorasyon Istanbul, September 1993 Çagdas, Hami, "Contemprary Art's Heartbeat in Venice" Gösteri, No:154 Istanbul, September 1993 "Turkey in Venice Biennale", Arredamento Dekorasyon Istanbul, June 1993 Antmen, Ahu, "Not an Art Exhibit But a Political View" Cumhuriyet Istanbul, June 13, 1993 Kara, Janset, "Punta Bar", Arkitekt, No. 5, Istanbul, May 1991. Filoglu, Lale, "From Ironsmith to Gallery", Cumhuriyet, March 1991. Manyasli, Nalan, "Not Taken by Material Fetishism", Gunes, Istanbul, March 11, 1991. "Erdag Aksel", Gunes, Istanbul, March 7, 1991. "Plastic Arts Awards", Cumhuriyet, Istanbul, January 10, 1991. Ardam, Seher, "Tie, Venus, Handcuffs, Helmet, Obelisk, Star and Others", Gosteri, No.123, Istanbul, February 1991. Tansug, Sezer, "88 Full of Art", Antik ve Dekor, No.1, Istanbul, March 1989. "Nine Artists in Expo-Arte", Cumhuriyet,, Istanbul, March 11, 1989. "With Their Sculptures; Fureya Koral, Haluk Tezonar, Seyhan Topuz, Erdag Aksel, Handan Bortucene", Vizon, No. 91, Istanbul, April 1, 1988. Ozsezgin, Kaya, "Exhibits", Milliyet Sanat Dergisi, No.189, Istanbul, April 1,1988. Senyapili, Onder, "Erdag Aksel", Sanat Cevresi, Istanbul, May 1988. Kaplanoglu, Semih, "Erdag Aksel's Object of Tension", Gergedan, Istanbul, April 1988. Tansug, Sezer, "Exhibit", Vizon, No. 95, Istanbul, April 1988. Madra, Beral, "First Exhibits", Gosteri, No. 87, Istanbul, February 1988. Unal, Umit, "Interview with Erdag Aksel on Objects of Tension", Ikibine Dogru, Istanbul, February 14, 1988. Tansug, Sezer, "Exhibit's Within the Festival's Scope", Vizon, No. 88, Istanbul, September 1987. Madra, Beral, "After an Exhibit: The Diameter and Degree of Avant Garde", Gosteri, No. 81, Istanbul, August 1987. "A Cross Section of Avant-Garde Turkish Art", Akis, No. 14, Istanbul, July 20, 1987. Sonmez, Necmi, "Exhibits Within the Istanbul Festival", Sanat Olayi, No. 62, Istanbul, July 1987. Girgin, Emine Cetin, "A Cross Section of Avant-Garde Turkish Art", Cumhuriyet, No. 62, Istanbul, June 17, 1987. Erguven, Mehmet, "On Erdag Aksel", Sanat Cevresi, No. 86, Istanbul, December 1985. Senkoken, Handan, "Paintings as Consumer Items", Cumhuriyet, Istanbul, November 9, 1985. Aksoy, Yasar, "Erdag Aksel's Exhibit Draws Interest", Yeni Asir, Izmir, November 7, 1985. Bisceglie, M., "An Indoor Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit", Daily Atheneum, Morgantown, January 13, 1977. Senyapili, Önder, Visual Arts and Communication, Sanatyapim Pub., pp.380-382, Ankara 1996 Books Lucie-Smith, Edward, Art Today, Phaidon Press,London, New York, 1995 Madra, Beral, Post-peripheral Flux, Literatur Pub., pp. 35-43,101-117,125-130, istanbul , 1996 Ergüven, Mehmet, Secretive Images,Yapi Kredi Pub., istanbul, 1996 Özsezgin, Kaya, Turkish Plastic Arts, Yapi Kredi Yayinlari, Istanbul, 1994 Senyapili, Onder, My Artists, Sanat Yapim Pub., pp. 27-28, Ankara, 1989. Tansug, Sezer, New Period in Turkish Art, Remzi Kitabevi Pub., p. 27-28, Istanbul, 1988. Catalogues "DIALOGUES , THE LOST IDEA OF THE ORDER OF THINGS " BM Contemporary Art Center Publication, Istanbul, Düsseldorf. 1996 "I AM ANOTHER" Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning publication, Copenhagen, Denmark. 1995 " ERDA/ AKSEL" Rekmay Publications, Ankara. 1994 "SiYAH BEYAZ 10th Year Exhibit" Siyah Beyaz Publication ,Istanbul. 1994 "La Seduzione dellaDifferenza" Curated by Lucrezia de Domizio, Bologna, Italy. 1994 "La Biennale di Venezia XLV Esposizione d'Arte" Vol.1, Venice, Italy 1993 "Erdag Aksel", Galleries B.M. and Siyah Beyaz Publication, Istanbul, Ankara. 1991 "The Grand Exhibit", Istanbul. 1990 "8th International Small Sculpture Triennial of Budapest", Budapest, Hungary. 1990 "2nd Istanbul Biennial", Istanbul. 1989 "2nd Asian-European Biennial", Ankara. 1989 "A Cross Section of Avant-Garde Art", , Istanbul. 1988 "Mediterreneo per L'Arte Contemporannea" Bari, Italy. 1988 "A Cross Section of Avant-Garde Turkish Art", Ataturk Cultural Center, Istanbul. 1987 "The Group Exhibit", Turkish American Association Gallery, Izmir. 1987 "Contemporary Turkish Art", National Fine Arts Gallery, Ankara. 1986 "A Different Art in Memory of Joseph Beuys", German Cultural Center, Izmir. 1986 "Izmir Artists", Municipal Gallery, Izmir. 1986 "43rd National Painting and Sculpture Exhibit", Ankara. 1982 "Pelo Mail Art", Naples, Perugio, Bergamo, Italy. 1981 "14th DYO Painting Exhibit", Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir. 1980