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Ilker YARDIMCI
10/12/1974 Eregli/KONYA
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He earned his graduate degree from the University of Dokuz Eylül, department of fine arts and sculpture, with the sculpture exhibition which he displayed in the Izmir French Culture Center in 2004. During the same year he was admitted for a postgraduate programme to the Fine arts institude (same university) in the ramification of main art in sculpture. He produced installations and sculptures using metal with a mixed technique. In 2007, he completed the postgraduate programme with a thesis based on “narration possibility with the metal mediums in contemporary sculpture” and with the sculpture exhibition held in the Italian culture center. He is continuing his education with the phd programme in the same university.
During the XXIX. Beijing Olympics 2008, his metal sculpture named “Confusion of prism” was one of the chosen projects to put into practice, from the 26 different other works displayed world wide.. Many of his sculptures have taken place within the special collections of the Izmir Municipality, Söktas Co, HSBC Bank, ERDEMIR Co., ENKA Schools, Beijing Yi Dong Yuan Sculpture Co.
He is a member of UNESCO A.I.A.P. "L’Association Internationale des Arts Plastiques"
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Artisan Art Gallery ISTANBUL-TURKEY
2009 Halic University Art Gallery-ISTANBUL
2007 Konak Municipality Alsancak Culture Center -IZMIR
2007 Carlo Goldoni Italian Culture Center-IZMIR
2004 French Culture Center-IZMIR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 SOFA International Art fair New York - U.S.A
2009 Contemporaray Istanbul'09 International Art Fair ISTANBUL-TURKEY
2009 "CHANGE" International group exhibition Hollingsworth Gallery Florida-U.S.A.
2008 27. Turgut Pura Sculpture Exhibition-IZMIR-TURKEY
2008 TEMA Foundation Exhibition- IZMIR -TURKEY
2007 68. State Sculpture-Paintings Exhibition TURKEY
2007 29.Beijing Olympic Park Sculpture Design Exhibition CHINA-BEIJING
2007 HSBC Bank Turkey Sculpture Contest Final Exhibition ISTANBUL-TURKEY
2006 25. Turgut Pura Sculpture Exhibition-IZMIR-TURKEY
2006 Eregli Steel Co. (ERDEMIR) “Steel and Life” Sculpture Exhibition. ZONGULDAK -TURKEY
2006 Çukurova University Sculpture Exhibition -ADANA -TURKEY
2005 Ankara Turco-British Culture Association, Art Exhibition ANKARA-ESKISEHIR/TURKEY
2004 65. State Paintings- Sculpture Exhibition ANKARA-ISTANBUL-IZMIR/TURKEY
2004 23. Turgut Pura Sculpture Exhibition-IZMIR-TURKEY
2003 Dokuz Eylül University– E.Ç.E.V. Sculpture Exhibition-IZMIR-TURKEY
AWARDS
2008 29.Beijing Olympic Park Sculpture Design "100 Olympic Sculpture" Olympic Green Application-BEIJING
2007 HSBC Bank Sculpture Contest, nomination award ISTANBUL
2007 25. Turgut Pura Sculpture Contest Izmir Metropolitan Municipality first award-IZMIR
2006 29.Beijing Olympic Park Sculpture Design Nomination award (2 Projects)-BEIJING
2005 23. Turgut Pura Sculpture Contest Izmir Metropolitan Municipality first award-IZMIR
2003 Dokuz Eylül University– E.Ç.E.V.Sculpture Contest, mansion- IZMIR
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