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Halil Akdeniz was born in 1944 in Antalya, Turkey. He studied for a Bachelor’s degree and for specialized training at the Gazi Institute of Education, Department of Fine Arts Training in Ankara and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin – HdK, Berlin (now the University of the Arts, Berlin). He received his Master’s degree, proficiency in Fine Arts, and a PhD at the Aegean University, and at Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir. He became an assistant professor in 1986, associate professor in 1987, and professor in 1994. He worked as instructor at the Gazi Institute of Education (now Gazi University) in Ankara, the Aegean University, Dokuz Eylul University, Bilkent University, and Anadolu University. He founded the departments of Fine Arts at the Aegean, Dokuz Eylul, and Bilkent Universities. He worked in various positions at these universities ranging from department chairmanship to membership in faculty committees, university senates and university administrative committees. He served as cultural adviser in the Turkish Embassies in Bonn and Berlin between 1996-2000, and as adviser in the Turkish Ministry of Culture in 2001. He worked as instructor at Anadolu University, Faculty of Fine Arts between 2001-2005. He founded the Department of Art Sciences – a first in Turkey – within the Graduate School of Social Sciences of Anadolu University, and started the Program in Fine Arts Theory and Criticism (2003). He continues to work as an artist in Ankara. Halil Akdeniz is known in Contemporary Turkish Art through his art and his research writings. Begun around 1978 and in the 1980s, with series such as “Visual Treatments of the Pollution in the Gulf of Izmir”, his artistic analyses, based on scholarly research concerning problems of the physical environments where he lived, continued with Ephesus, “Izmir – Visual Notes from the Ruins” and concentrate, in series encompassing different cultural regions, on Anatolian Civilizations – Intercultural; Anatolian Civilizations – Cultural Environment; Anatolian Civilizations – Cultural Logos; and Anatolian Civilizations – Cultural Remains. Produced during this process, his work includes contemporary interpretations and artistic solutions using both artistic and extra-artistic elements and has been entered in many national and international exhibitions, biennales, triennials, art fairs, and museum exhibitions. He has received awards in many competitions, both national and international, including the gold medal First Prize at the Bulgaria 1st International Modern Art Festival – “process-space”. He was chosen as an artist for the "Artistic Use of Interior Spaces Project" in the Republic of Turkey Presidential Residence New Building, realizing a work called "Anatolian Civilizations-Intercultural" on the Library wall. His works are held in various museums and collections in Turkey and abroad. Besides two books on Turkish art and artists and articles in catalogues, Akdeniz has written many scholarly publications, research writings, papers, and articles. Halil Akdeniz is also member of the UNESCO-AIAP International Association for the Plastic Arts and served as Chair of its Turkish National Committee, Representation in Ankara for a time. He is member of the UNESCO-AICA International Association of Art Critics, founding member of the Turkish National Committee of AICA, and was granted honorary citizenship and is honorary member of Art Academy Münster. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2002 Artist Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey2002 Siyah-Beyaz Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 2000 Turkish Cultural Center, Berlin, Germany 1996 Auswaertiges Amt Aus- und Fortbildugnsstaette, Bonn, Germany 1993 Siyah-Beyaz Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 1990 BM Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 1988 Beymen/Bedesten Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 1988 Anadolu University, “Palet” Art Gallery, Eskişehir, Turkey 1987 Urart Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 1975 State Fine Arts Gallery, Ankara, Turkey Selected Awards 2003 Eskişehir Art Association, “Eskişehir Art Award” for founding the Department of Art Sciences – a first in Turkey – at the Anadolu University, and starting the Program in Fine Arts Theory and Criticism 2002 Ankara Art Association, “Artist of the Year” 2002 Gazi University, 75th Year in Education “Honorary Plaque” 1992 1st International Modern Art Festival, Bulgaria, “Gold Medal First Prize” 1991 3rd International Yunus Emre Painting Competition, “Award in Painting” 1990 PTT 150th Anniversary Plastic Arts Competition, “Award in Painting” 1988 Ankara Art Association, “Artist of the Year” 1988 TP Atatürk Painting Competition, “First Prize for Painting” 1985 19th DYO Painting Competition, “Award in Painting” 1984 Viking Co. Exhibition of Printmaking, “Award in Printmaking” 1982 43rd State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, “Award in Painting” 1975 36th State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, “Award in Painting” Selected National And International Exhibitions, Biennals, Triennals, Festivals And Art Fairs 2006 Art-Fiction, Beşiktaş Çağdaş, Beşiktaş Belediyesi Sanat Galerisi (Beşiktaş Municipality Art Gallery), Istanbul 2006-05-03 Middle East Technical University Fine Art Festival, Fine Arts Exhibition, Ankara 2003 Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, opening exhibition of the museum-collection, Istanbul, Turkey 2004 Marmara University, Atatürk Faculty of Education, Education Congress, international “Transformation” Exhibition, Military Museum, Istanbul, Turkey 2003 Art at Akmerkez, Akmerkez Shopping Center, Istanbul 2003 Siyah-Beyaz Art Gallery; 20th Year Exhibitions, Ankara-Istanbul, Turkey 2002 12th International Art Fair Istanbul Artist, Akdeniz Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2002 2nd Art Fair-ANKART, Akdeniz Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 2001 10th International Modern Art Festival “Change of Identity”, Rousse, Bulgaria 1998 Abstract Trends in Turkish Painting (Curator: Yahşi Baraz), IAKM, Istanbul 1997 Group Exhibition “Begegnungen” Landesmuseum Volk und Wirtschaft, Dusseldorf, Germany 1997 31st International Modern Art Fair, ART COLOGNE, Inge Baecker Art Gallery, Köln, Germany 1996 International Sofia Painting Triennial, Sofia, Bulgaria 1992 2nd Art Festival, FY Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 1992 “Remembrance / Memory” Exhibition-1, (Curator: Vasıf Kortun), Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Taksim Fine Arts Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 1991 “Highlights – (III)” of Living Turkish Art, Mars Art Gallery, Moscow 1989-90The Grand Exhibition I-II, Istanbul-Ankara, Turkey 1989 2nd International Istanbul Art Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey 1988 “Highlights – (II)” of Living Turkish Art, The Hague, Netherlands 1986 “Contemporary Turkish Painting”, Budapest, Hungary 1986 “A Different Art / Group Performance-Exhibition”: In Memory of Joseph Beuys, German Cultural Center, Izmir, Turkey 1985 “Arta Turca”, Bucharest, Romania 1984 2nd Viking Co. Prize Print Exhibition, Izmir-Istanbul-Ankara, Turkey 1983 “2nd Balkan Biennial”, Bucharest, Romania 1983 “Le Peinture en Turquie”, French Embassy, Ankara, Turkey in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the Turkish Republic, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism Exhibitions Abroad; Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary 1983 18th Art Exhibition of the European Council: Anatolian Civilizations “Exhibition of Contemporary Turkish Painting”, Istanbul, Turkey 1977 Istanbul Art Festival, “New Directions” Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey 1975-92 DYO Painting Competition exhibitions (9th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 19th), Izmir, Turkey 1971-74 F. Berliner Kunstausstellungen (Ist, IInd, IIIth, IVth FBK), Berlin, Germany 1965-89 State Painting and Sculpture Exhibitions (26th, 29th, 36th, 39th, 41st, 43rd), Ankara, Turkey 1962 UNESCO, “Lives of Peoples of the World” Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan PROJECTS I- Publication Projects Enlem-80 Publishing House, Editor and Art Director of Series on Contemporary Turkish Plastic Arts, Ankara 1994-1995 Art Collection of the Central Bank of Turkey, editor, coordinator and art director of prestige books/catalogues, Ankara 2003-2004 II- Exhibition Projects 1- Exhibition projects carried out individually or in collaboration with institutions while he was serving as cultural adviser in the Turkish Embassy in Germany: • Exhibition of Contemporary Turkish Prints, Goethe Institute. Bonn, Germany, 1998 • Exhibition of Turkish Artists Living in Germany, “Art in the Residence”, Residence of the Turkish Ambassador to Bonn, 1999 • Young Turkish Artists Exhibition, within the framework of the Open Europe 2000 Ein Fest für ein offenes Europa, Turkish Cultural Center / House of World ultures, Berlin, Germany, 2000 • Exhibition, “The Hittites and their Empire”, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany and Gropius Haus, Berlin, Germany, 2001 Contemporary Turkish Art Exhibition “Turkish Art Today”, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, 2001 • Exhibition of Contemporary Turkish Women Artists, “Women Artists of Turkey”, Frauenmuseum, Bonn-Berlin, 2001 • “Art Fiction”, Beşiktaş Çağdaş, Beşiktaş Belediyesi Sanat Galerisi (Beşiktaş Municipality Art Gallery), Istanbul 2006 2- Exhibitions of the Art Collection of the Central Bank of Turkey in which he served as advisor or which he carried out on a project by project basis: • Art Collection of the Central Bank of Turkey “Examples of the Art of Contemporary Turkish Painting” Exhibition, Anadolu University Contemporary Arts Museum, Eskişehir, Turkey, 2002 • Art Collection of the Central Bank of Turkey “Examples of the Art of Contemporary Turkish Painting” Exhibition, Central Bank of Turkey Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey, 2002 • Art Collection of the Central Bank of Turkey “Examples of the Art of Contemporary Turkish Painting” Exhibition, Akdeniz University Art Gallery, Antalya, Turkey, 2002 • Exhibition of “Works Chosen from the Art Collection of the Central Bank of Turkey” within the framework of the 2003 Turkish Year in Japan, The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, 2003 • Exhibition of Works Chosen from the Art Collection of the Central Bank of Turkey, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Cultural Center; Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul, 2005 III- Other Other projects carried out in collaboration with institutions while he was serving as cultural adviser in the Turkish Embassy in Germany: Project for establishing dialogue and holding meetings among universities, academies and institutions of higher education giving art education in Turkey and Germany. He has initiated the project for establishing dialogue among institutions ranging from student and instructor exchange programs to the mutual artistic activities program, which is held biannually and still continues among Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Bilkent University and Anadolu University and Art Academy Münster and the University of Applied Sciences, Münster. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY • Çağdaş Türk Resim Sanatı Tarihi, Cilt:2 (History of Contemporary Turkish Painting, Vol. 2), Tiglat Pub., Istanbul 1981 • Balcanıı-Zona A Pacil Ş., Intelegerıı Intre (Cat.), Bukarest 1983 • Berk, N. Özsezgin, K., Turkish Painting in the Republican Era, Isbank Cultural Publications, Ankara 1983 • Art and Youth Symposium, Mimar Sinan University, 5th Istanbul Art Festival, Mimar Sinan University Publications, Istanbul 1985 • Encyclopaedia Britannica of General Knowledge, Ana Pub., Inc. and Encylopaedia, Inc. Chicago-Istanbul 1986 • A History of Turkish Painting, Geneva: Ed. Palasar SA. 1987 • Yurdakul, İncilay,”Creative Design Processes and the Tranformation of Ideas into Forms of Expression”, (Unpublished PhD Thesis), Hacettepe University Institute of Social Sciences, Ankara 1987 • The Artistic Milieu (Periodical), Special Issue: Halil Akdeniz and his Art. Texts by: Tomur Atagök, Önder Şenyapılı, Adnan Turani, Oğuz Adanır, İncilay Yurdakul, Istanbul May 1988 • Who's Who in Turkey, Cop.K. Şükün Professional Ltd., Istanbul 1997/98 • Histoire De La Peinture en Turque,Geneva, Ed.Palaser SA.1988 • Highlights-II, Of Living Turkish Art (Cat.),The Hague, 1988 • 2nd International Istanbul Biennial (Cat.), İstanbul 1989 • The Grand Exhibition-I:Contemporary Turkish Artists (Cat.), Santral Holding Pub., Istanbul 1989 • Die Geschichte der Türkischen Malerei, Geneva, Ed. Palaser SA. 1989 • The Grand Exhibition-II:Contemporary Turkish Artists (Cat.), Santral Holding Pub., Istanbul 1990 • Highlights-III, Of Living Turkish Art (Cat.), Moscow, 1991 • 2nd Istanbul Art Fair, (Cat.), PSD Pub., Istanbul 1992 • Grand Larousse Dictionnary and Ecyclopaedia, Vol. 1, Interpress Press and Pub., Inc. Istanbul 1992 • Ergüven, Mehmet, Toward Interpretation, Yapı Kredi Bank Pub., Istanbul 1992 • Kortun, Vasıf, Remembrance/Memory-1 (Cat.), Mas Printing House, Istanbul 1993 • Ankara State Museum of Painting and Sculpture (Cat.), Ankara 1993 • Grolier International American Encyclopaedia, Grolier Incorporated/Medya Holding Inc., Istanbul 1993 • Sağlam, Mümtaz, “A New Model for Shaping in Painting-Halil Akdeniz” Edebiyat Eleştiri, March 1993 • Halil Akdeniz; Selected Writings and Art Works-II, Enlem 80 Publishing House (limited edition), Ankara 1993 • Kahraman, H. Bülent, Halil Akdeniz (Monograph), Enlem-80 Contemporary Turkish Plastic Artists Series, Ankara 1995 • Halil Akdeniz (Cat.), Enlem 80 Publishing House, Ankara 1996 • Kahraman, Hasan Bülent, “Thoughts on the Art of Halil Akdeniz”, Gösteri, May 1996 • Özsezgin, Kaya, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Turkish Plastic Artists, Milliyet Pub., Istanbul 1997 • Baraz, Yahşi, Abstract Trends in Turkish Painting (Cat.), Istanbul Atatürk Cultural Center, Dışbank Pub., Istanbul 1998 • Eczacıbaşı Encyclopaedia of Art Vol. 1, The Building Information Centre Publications, Istanbul 1998 • Sağlam, Mümtaz, Encyclopaedia of Artists from Izmir, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Cultural Publications, Izmir 2001 • Keskinok, Kayıhan, Art Education, Sanat Yapım Pub., Ankara 2001 • Yaşayanlar, Gülay, “Time Squeezed into Cultural Realms in the Art of Halil Akdeniz”, Agora, May/June 2002 • Aktuğ, Mustafa Salim, Writings on Art, Hacettepe University Publications, Ankara 2002 • Samurçay, Neriman, “The Mysterious World of Halil Akdeniz”, Gösteri, August 2002 • 2002 Year Book of Turkish Arts, Sanat-Bilgi-Belge Pub., Istanbul 2003 • Works Chosen From the Art Collection of the Central Bank of Turkey, The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, published in English and Japanese by The Shoto Museum of Art, 2003 • Siyah Beyaz Art Gallery, 20 th Year, 2003-2004 (Cat.), Ankara 2003 • Yıldız, Esra, Çevre Sorunları ve Sanat (Environmental Issues and Art), Istanbul Technical University,Institute of Social Sciences (Unpublished MA Thesis), Istanbul 2004 • Art Collection of the Central Bank of The Repuklic Turkey (Cat.), Art Publikacions, Ankara 2004 • Art Fiction (Cat.), Beşiktaş Çağdaş, Beşiktaş Belediyesi Sanat Galerisi (Beşiktaş Municiplality Art Gallery), Istanbul 2006 
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