Erdem Colak
Ankara, NORTH HOLLAND Turkey
Erdem is an artist working in various media, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University and a guest researcher at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Am... More
Artist Statement:
Erdem is an artist working in various media, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University and a guest researcher at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Amsterdam.
After having worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for several magazines and having performed as a professional musician for many years, he focused on visual art. His works are based on the idea that each artwork should be consistent in itself, distinct from other works that he produced and in search of a new form and taste. This way of thinking is stemmed from a very basic principle: all artists are, at first, passionate audiences who admire even antipodal art works at the same time. This ambivalence paves the way for producing so different kinds of art works that pluralize the ways of seeing. With this understanding, he refuses to remain loyal to one kind of a medium, an art movement or a style and continue to produce paintings, sculptures, videos, photographs, cartoons and installations.
After having worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for several magazines and having performed as a professional musician for many years, he focused on visual art. His works are based on the idea that each artwork should be consistent in itself, distinct from other works that he produced and in search of a new form and taste. This way of thinking is stemmed from a very basic principle: all artists are, at first, passionate audiences who admire even antipodal art works at the same time. This ambivalence paves the way for producing so different kinds of art works that pluralize the ways of seeing. With this understanding, he refuses to remain loyal to one kind of a medium, an art movement or a style and continue to produce paintings, sculptures, videos, photographs, cartoons and installations.
Education:
PhD - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Amsterdam
PhD - Graduate School of Social Science, Ankara University
MA - Political Science, University of Birmingham
BA - Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University
PhD - Graduate School of Social Science, Ankara University
MA - Political Science, University of Birmingham
BA - Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University
Exhibitions:
Recent Exhibitions:
- Mamut Art Project, ?stanbul, 2021 (Group).
- Museo Franklin Rawson (San Juan) and Museo MAR (Buenos Aires) as part of
BIENALSUR, 2021 (Group).
- European Turkish Contemporary Artists – ETCA, NDSM-Fuse, Amsterdam, 2021
(Group).
- Nudes, OKO Cultural Melting Point, Amsterdam, 2021 (Solo).
- Humanities Ever After, Vox-Pop, Amsterdam, 2020 (Group).
- Summer Exposition, Galerie Mia Joosten, Amsterdam, 2020 (Group).
- Truly Essentials, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam, 2020 (Group).
- Mamut Art Project, ?stanbul, 2021 (Group).
- Museo Franklin Rawson (San Juan) and Museo MAR (Buenos Aires) as part of
BIENALSUR, 2021 (Group).
- European Turkish Contemporary Artists – ETCA, NDSM-Fuse, Amsterdam, 2021
(Group).
- Nudes, OKO Cultural Melting Point, Amsterdam, 2021 (Solo).
- Humanities Ever After, Vox-Pop, Amsterdam, 2020 (Group).
- Summer Exposition, Galerie Mia Joosten, Amsterdam, 2020 (Group).
- Truly Essentials, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam, 2020 (Group).
Artist Tags:
painting, oil, abstract, figurative, landscape, contemporary
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