C.M. Kösemen

C.M. Kösemen was born in Ankara in 1984. He studied at Cornell University and Sabanci University, and completed his Masters’ degree at Goldsmiths College in the field of Media and Communications. He then worked as an advertiser and later became a member of the editorial team of Benetton’s Colors Magazine. Kösemen′s interests include zoology and palaeontology as well as history and mysticism. He has held solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. Kösemen is a co-author of "All Yesterdays" (2012) and "Cryptozoologicon” (2013). He currently lives and works in Istanbul.

Exhibitions:
2013, Bashibazouk group exhibition, Empire Project Gallery, Istanbul
2013, Book Lab exhibition, Polygon Gallery, Istanbul
2012, Empire Gallery pavilion, Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul
2012, The New Contemporary exhibition, Vienna Fair, Vienna
2011, All Today’s, Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology meeting, Oxford (With John Conway)
2011, “Mystery Claws,” National Museum of Natural History, Paris (With John Conway)
2011, “Destroy Istanbul,” Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin
2010, Newcomers illustration exhibition, Edisyon Gallery, Istanbul
2009, The Art of the Dinosauroids, Lewis Elton Gallery, University of Surrey, Surrey (With Simon Roy)
2008, “Tree of Life,” FASSART Gallery, Istanbul
2007, “Blumbo,” Explosive sculpture performance, Sabanci University, Istanbul
2007, “In Between,” Sabanci University graduation exhibition, FASSART Gallery, Istanbul
2006, Istanbul Photographers and Filmmakers Exhibition, Imperial Ottoman Mint, Istanbul
2005, “Self Made,” Catania Arte Fiera 2005, Sicily
2005, “Imaginary Beings,” Turco-British Association- Reflections on Turkey and Europe show, Ankara
2005, “Emulations,” FASSART Gallery, Istanbul
2002, “The Art of C. M. Kösemen,” Cornell University commons, Ithaca, NY

Reference: cmkosemen.com, culturedworld.com, bananemag.com