Ece Akay

 
Style of Art : Artist / sculptor, installation artist
Branch of Art : Sculpture, installations, inscriptions, drawings, and videos
Art Profile :

Ece Akay was born in Ankara in 1978. She graduated from the Department of Sculpture in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Hacettepe University in 2000. After graduating, she lived in England until 2005. She returned to Ankara in 2005, and pursued her master′s degree at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Hacettepe University, which she completed in 2008. Currently, Akay continues her doctoral degree at Hacettepe University. She serves as an instructor at the Department of Visual Arts and Design in the Faculty of Art Design and Architecture of Başkent University. She has had several solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad.

Selected exhibitions:
2013, A Figment of One′s Imagination", group exhibition, Daire Art Gallery, Istanbul
2011, "VAR" (Exist), Başkent University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, solo exhibition, Ankara.
2011, 1st Çankaya Public Art Manifestation, group exhibition, Ankara
2011, CAM Gallery, "Ego Kırılmaları", group exhibition, Istanbul
2010, Casa Dell Arte/ CDA Projects, Young/Fresh/ Different, group exhibition, Istanbul
2009, Anadolu Agency Art Center, group exhibition of Association of Contemporary
Sculptors, Ankara
2009, Pyramid Art Gallery, “Rehearsal”, group exhibition, Istanbul
2009, Arnhem Art Center, video performance for “ Made in Arnhem” project (with Jerome Symons), Arnhem/ Holland
2009, Arche Gallery, solo exhibition titled as “Waiting”, Ankara
2008, Contemporary Art Center, group exhibition of Hacettepe University Department of Sculpture, Ankara
2008, TÜYAP Art Fair, group exhibition of Karşı Art, Istanbul
2008, Baskent University, personal exhibition titled as “Face - Efface”, Ankara
2008, Santral Contemporary Art Center, group exhibition of Gepgenç festival at Bilgi
University, Istanbul
2007, Zafer Bayburtoğlu Art Center, group exhibition of Erciyes University and Hacettepe
University faculties of Fine Arts, Kayseri
2007, Contemporary Art Center, group exhibition of Association of Contemporary Sculptors, Ankara
2007, Contemporary Art Center, group exhibition of Hacettepe University department of Sculpture, Ankara
2007, Anadolu Agency Art Center, group exhibition of Hacettepe University department of Sculpture, Ankara
2007, Anadolu Agency Art Center, group exhibition of Association of Contemporary
Sculptors, Ankara
2007, Arche Gallery , group painting exhibition, Ankara
2006, Karagöz Gallery, solo sculpture exhibition, Ayvalık
2000, Contemporary Art Center, group exhibition of Hacettepe University graduates of the department of Sculpture, Ankara

Reference: eceakay.com, dairesanat.com

Foundation : Başkent University
Web Site : www.eceakay.com
Email : eceakayy@gmail.com
City : Ankara
Country : Turkey
Preferred Lang. : Turkish / English
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