Prof. Tayfun Erdoğmuş

 
Style of Art : Artist / painter
Branch of Art : Painting, video art
Art Profile :

Prof. Tayfun Erdoğmuş was born in Isparta in 1958. Between 1975 and 1979, he studied at the Painting Department of the State College of Applied Fine Arts in Istanbul. In 1980, he received a scholarship from Austrian Government and went to Salzburg to participate in the International Summer Academy for Visual Arts. In the next year, Erdoğmuş became an assistant at his alma mater. In 1985, he participated again in the Salzburg International Summer Academy for Visual Arts in Austria. He completed his doctoral degree, proficiency in arts in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University in 1986. Erdoğmuş received a DAAD scholarship and went to the University of the Arts (Hochschule der Künste) in Berlin between 1986 and 1989. He got a scholarship from Austrian Government again, and participated in the Salzburg International Summer Academy for Visual Arts. In 1990, Erdoğmuş became an Associate Professor in 1990; and a Professor in 1997 at Marmara University. He has had many solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. As of today, Prof. Erdoğmuş continues his work and teaches at Marmara University.

Solo Exhibitions:
1979, Deko Gallery, Istanbul
1981, Gallery of Turkish Tourism Office, Paris
1983, Artisan Gallery, Ankara
1984, Sevimce Art Gallery, Istanbul
1987, Schering Kunstverein, Berlin
1989, Vakko Art Gallery, Istanbul
1990, Vakko Art Gallery, Izmir
1991, Vakko Art Gallery, Ankara
1992, Falez Art Gallery, Antalya
1993, P.G. Art Gallery, Istanbul
1996, Gallery Siyah-Beyaz, Ankara
1996, P.G. Art Gallery, Istanbul
1998, Royal Akademia of Fine Arts, Gent
1999, Urart Art Gallery, Istanbul
2004, Gallery Nev, Istanbul
2005, Diyarbakır Kultur Centrum, Diyarbakır
2006, Kultur Centrum Schloss Borbek, Essen
2008, Gallery Nev, Istanbul

Selected Group Exhibitions:
1994, Istanbul Art Fair, (P.G. Art Gallery Exhibition), Istanbul
1995, “Art Fictitious Life” Curator: Nilgün Özayten, Urart Art Gallery, Istanbul
1996, “Turkish Sale”, Sotheby’s, London
1997, “Cartography” Curator: Zelimir Koscevic, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (Croatia)
1998, “Cartography” Curator: Zelimir Koscevic The Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor (Slovenia)
1998, “Ecology and Periphery” Curator: Ali Akay, Palazzo Spinelli, Florence
1999, “The Risky Shadow” Curator: Ali Akay, Art Gallery of Marmara University of Fine Arts Istanbul
2000, “Transitiveness” Curator: Ali Akay, Twin Churches, Magosa, Lefkoşa (Cyprus)
2000, “Veritas omniavincit” The Labyrinth, Curator: Beral Madra, Tüyap Exhibition Center, Istanbul
2001, “Made in Turkey” Curator: Esra Aliçavuşoğlu, Mine Art Gallery, Istanbul
2002, “Lewdness” Curator: Ali Akay, Art Gallery of Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
2003, “Randezvous” C.A.M. Art Gallery, Istanbul
2004, “ The Bridges and the Walls”, Curator: Ali Akay, Art Centrum, Mitilini (Greece)
2004, “Refrein”:Balkan-Okinawa-Korea, Curator: Ali Akay,Young Chul-Lee, Total Museumof Contemporary Art, Seoul (Korea)
2005, "A Glance at the Contemporary Arts in Turkey" Curator: Ali Akay Kasteev State Museum of Fine Arts, Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Reference: sanalmuze.org, tayfunerdogmus.com, arkitera.com, turkishpaintings.com

Web Site : www.tayfunerdogmus.com
Email : info@tayfunerdogmus.com
City : Istanbul
Country : Turkey
Preferred Lang. : Turkish / German
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