GÜNEŞ ÖZMEN
contemporary artist
About me
My starting point is basically a nature; mobility and endless energy, which are our constitutive of existence.
Mobility brings sudden variations in its wake. For that reason my working process also spontaneously branch out.
Sudden emotional changes, my existing period of time and atmosphere that surrounds me, they are my paintings’ main factors of genesis.
Everything appears when I stand in front of the blank canvas.
Power of my brush related with my sensational games. Continuously variable but always confident.
My artworks have powerful structures and saturated backgrounds in terms of a material. Texture has a great importance of my expressions. It’s a tool for me to build up the space and to make the viewer feel the space.
With natural materials that I use in my paintings, I enter a new world, which is fictionalized by ruins that nature drag and drop from past to present.
Education
2006-2008
MFA. Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Faculty, Painting Department
Thesis Title: Use of Figures in Landscape Abstraction
Thesis Advisor: Asist. Prof. M. Mete Agyar
2005-2006
Fresco and Mosaic Studies, Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Faculty, Painting Department, Fresco Studio, Prof. Husnu Koldas
2004
Study and assistantship for Fresco Techniques.
Gioela Suardi Studio. Bergamo, Italy
2000-2004
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BFA. Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Faculty, Painting Department
Prof. Kemal Iskender – Mustafa Ata
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Fresco Studies. Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Faculty, Painting Department, Prof. Husnu Koldas
1996-2000
Istanbul Avni Akyol Fine Arts High School, Painting Department
Solo
2014
“Kinesis” Armaggan Art and Design Gallery, Istanbul
2010
“Mirror of Time” V Art Gallery, Istanbul
2009
Gallery Artist Cukurcuma, Istanbul
2008
Antique Cistern Exhibition Hall, Istanbul
2007
Veni Vidi Eye Health Center Art Gallery, Istanbul
2004
Nisantasi-Sezenteks Art Gallery, Istanbul
Group Exhibitions
2019
Tis’ the Season – Tis’ the Art, Red Art Istanbul
2018
"Contemporary Flowers" , Tasarım Parkı, Istanbul
2017
"Troya da Güzelin Izinde",Çanakkale
2017
"Kanat Çırpanlar" , Ayn Art Gallery, Istanbul
2016
2015
“Colors of Nature”, Armaggan Art and Design Gallery,Istanbul
Bamboo Park "Season Summer" Armaggan Art and Design Gallery,Bursa
"Arada Bir-Bir Arada" Ortaköy Cultural Centre,Istanbul
10 Karakoy A mOrgan Originals, Armaggan Art and Design Gallery,Istanbul
Le petite Maison Hotel, Armaggan Art and Design Gallery,Istanbul
Çiftçi Towers, Armaggan Art and Design Gallery,Istanbul
“Energy for Life” , Armaggan Art and Design Gallery, Istanbul
“States of Material-3”, Armaggan Art and Design Gallery, Istanbul
2013
“Search for The New” Armaggan Art and Design Gallery, Istanbul
2012
“Armaggan Works by Young Artists – One”, Istanbul
2010
“Vicino a Noi ” The Embassy of the Rebublic of Turkey, Rome
2007
2004
“Galata Exhibition” Galata Fest Activity, Istanbul
“Graduation Show” Mimar Sinan University, Osman Hamdi Bey Hall, Istanbul
Tis' the Season - Tis' the Art , Red Art Istanbul
2021
2022
Artfusuion -Virtual exhibition - Holy Art Gallery - London
2023
Ghosts of Tomorrow - Barın Han - ArtCrowd Istanbul
Fair
2020
Contemporary Istanbul, Red Art istanbul
Visual Contemporary Istanbul,Red Art Istanbul
2020
Step Istanbul, Red Art Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul, Red Art Istanbul
2015
Contemporary Istanbul, Armaggan Art and Design Gallery, Istanbul
2014
Contemporary Istanbul, Armaggan Art and Design Gallery, Istanbul
2010
Imagine Arte Fiera, Neo Art Gallery, Italy
2010
Istanbul Tuyap Art Fair, Ormo Art Gallery, Istanbul
2009
Contemporary Istanbul, Gallery Artist Cukurcuma, Istanbul
2008
Tuyap Art Fair, Gunes Art Group, Istanbul
2007
Tuyap Art Fair, Gunes Art Group, Istanbul
2006
Tuyap Art Fair, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul, Red Art Istanbul
2021
2019
Commissioned works
2013
Zorlu Residence 2, Mixed media on Canvas, 4 x 9 mt., Istanbul
2005
Wall Painting, Turkel Fair Design Inc.
2004
Art Decoration for Anlat Istanbul” movie, with the art team of TMC Film Inc.
2003
Naif Gural Office Decoration, Gural Porcelain, Kutahya
2002
KinderGarden Wall Paintings, Naif Gural Office Decoration in Club Ali Bey, Antalya
Levent136, Wall painting, Istanbul
2019
Sandoz Factory, gym and music center wall painting,Istanbul
2021
Other activities
2022
2020
2009-2012
2005-2008
2003-2004
Halic University-Fine Arts and Architecture Faculty -Interior Architecture - Lecturer
Gedik University-Fine Arts and Architecture Faculty -Interior Architecture - Lecturer
Gallery Coordinator, Ormo Art Gallery
Art Educator, Etiler-Ebru Ormen Art Studio
Art Products Advisement, Seminar Organisator, Resim Dunyası Co.