Füge Demirok

 
Style of Art : Artist / sculptor, ceramist
Branch of Art : Bronze sculpture, ceramics
Art Profile :

Füge Demirok was born in 1958. She finished at T.E.D. Ankara College in 1976. She graduated from the Department of Literature and Linguistics in the Faculty of Letters at Boğaziçi University in 1981. In 1983, Demirok completed the Teacher’s Training Program in the Faculty of Education at Boğaziçi University. Between 1991 and 1993, she went to the US, and studied sculpture, Neo-Impressionism and drawing at Westchester Community College in New York. After returning to Turkey, Demirok worked at İrfan Kokrmazlar’s workshop between 1996 and 2002. In 1998, she also studied at the relief workshop of the Sculpture Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University. Currently, Demirok continues to work at her workshop, which she founded in 1999. She has had several solo exhibitions and has participated in many group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. One of her works was published in the sculpture catalogue of 2008 Beijing Olympics. Her work “Secret of Eight” won Five Rings Award in the Olympic Landscape Sculpture Contest on the occasion of 2008 Beijing Olympics Games. Demirok is a member of UPSD and GESAM.

Online Exhibitions:
2007, "No Thing", Füge Demirok, Broadway Gallery
2008, Füge Demirok, "Contemporary Istanbul", lebriz.com
2009, Füge Demirok Sculptures, Çifte Hamam National Gallery
2009, Füge Demirok Sculptures, art show `09, Gallery Selvin
2009, Füge Demirok, Studio Exhibition
2010, Füge Demirok Sculptures, Ordu Taşbaşı Culture Center
2010, Füge Demirok, Studio Exhibition
2010, Füge Demirok Sculptures, Galatea Art

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2000 Oda Gallery ,Istanbul
2001 Zonguldak Kara Elmas University, Zonguldak
2004 TED Istanbul College Association, Istanbul
2005 Turkish - American Association, Adana
2005 Art Gallery of Turkey Kalkinma Bank, Ankara
2006 Gallerie Sparkasse, Neustadt Aisch
2007 Broadway Gallery NYC, New York
2008 “Ac Kapıyı Bezirganbasi” Contemporary Istanbul`08
2009 Skopje
2010 Ordu Taşbaşı Culture Center, Ordu
2010 Galateaart Art Gallery, Istanbul

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2002 Yunus Emre Cultural Center, Istanbul
2002 Baruthane, Istanbul
2002 Antik A.Ş., Istanbul
2003 Puzzle, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
2003 Antik A.Ş., Istanbul
2005 Miami Art Basel, Miami
2005 Naval Museum Art Gallery, Istanbul
2005 Ceramic Exhibition, Bodrum
2005 Çekirdek Art Workshop, Istanbul
2006 Gallery Selvin, Art Istanbul 2006, Antrepo
2006 ARTENIM, Galeria de Arte Gaudi (Spain), France
2006 ARTSALZBURG, Galeria de Arte Gaudi (Spain), Austria
2006 Olympics Exhibition, Beijing
2006 Istanbul State Fine Arts Gallery, Istanbul
2006 Broadway Gallery, New York
2006 Naval Museum Art Gallery, Istanbul
2006 Barcelona
2007 Florence Biennial, Florence
2007 My Arts, Beijing Gallery, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul
2007 Bahariye Art Gallery, Artistanbul, Istanbul
2007 Ekav Art Center, Istanbul
2008 Beijing Modern Museum, Beijing
2009 Antik Otel Art Gallery, Istanbul

Reference: fugedemirok.com, lebriz.com, artnet.com

Web Site : www.fugedemirok.com
Email : fuge@fugedemirok.com
City : Istanbul
Country : Turkey
Fax : 0212. 352 82 36
Preferred Lang. : Turkish
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