Turkish Sculptors 100. Yıl Secondary School 100. Yıl Ortaokulu Every Child is An Artist Her Çocuk Sanatçıdır wWw.EChildArt.Com Metin YURDANUR Yurdanur was born in 1951 in Sivrihisar town of Eskişehir Province in Turkey. He spent his childhood until high school in his hometown, in a region, where remains of the Phrygian civilization were enriched by the art of Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman. He was impressed by antique works of art, especially by the three-millennium old Phrygian reliefs, that inspired him for plastic arts. After finishing the high school, he enrolled as a boarding student in the Department of Arts at Gazi Institute of Education (Turkish: Gazi Eğitim Enstitüsü) in Ankara, what is today the Faculty of Vocational Education at Gazi University. He was educated in arts and graduated in 1972 as a high school teacher for arts. He was soon appointed in Isparta, where he made in 1973 a monument of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic. He then served as drawing teacher at a high school in Mihalıççık town in Eskişehir Province. In 1978, he was appointed as teacher for sculpture in his alma mater. During his time in Ankara, he created upon request of the city administration in 1979 mockups, which later were realized in Ankara as sculptures like "Eller" (The Hands) in Abdi İpekçi Park,"Nasreddin Hoca Riding the Hittite Lion Backwards" at Railroad Station Square, "Dayanışma" (Solidarity) in Batıkent and "Balerinler" (The Ballet Dancers) in Kavaklıdere. Metin YURDANUR Sculptor career In 1981, he left his teacher's profession and opened his own workshop 1985 in OSTIM Industrial Zone, Ankara. His first work was the sculpture of "Nasreddin Hoca shows the Center of the World" in his hometown. Metin Yurdanur became an expert in casting statues using conventional techniques selecting his subjects from recent history.[2] Many monuments, statues and reliefs of Yurdanur are found throughout Turkey, mostly in Ankara. He has also works in several countries around the world like Germany, Hungary, Libya, Japan, Mongolia and Cuba. In 2005, he opened his first individual open-air monument and statue exhibition in Ankara called I am Anatolia, I am the Republic, I am the People. At the exhibition, the polyester mockups of his larger-than- life statues and busts of people from Turkey's history such as Atatürk, İsmet İnönü, Abidin Dino, Karacaoğlan, Yaşar Kemal, Şerife Bacı, Muzaffer Sarısözen and other. Metin Yurdakul was awarded the title State Artist of Turkey in 1998. Metin YURDANUR Works in Turkey Miras (The Heritage), Ankara (1979) Eller (The Hands), Abdi İpekçi Park, Ankara (1979) Dayanışma (Solidarity), Ankara (1980) Nasreddin Hoca, Sivrihisar (1985) Çay ve Horon (Tea and Horon), Rize (1987) Kaynak (The Water Spring), Ankara (1989) Çocukların Kardeşliği (Fraternaty of Children), Ankara (1990) İnsan Hakları (Human Rights), Ankara (1990)[3][5] Aşık Paşa, Kırşehir (1990) Madenci (The Miner), Olgunlar Street, Ankara (1991) Dans (Dance), Ankara (1991) Balerinler (The Ballet Dancers), Kavaklıdere, Ankara (1992) Monument of Çanakkale, Çanakkale (1992) Metin YURDANUR At (Equine), Antalya (1992) Karacaoğlan, Mersin (1992) Aşık Veysel, Şarkışla (1993) Muzaffer Sarısözen Monument, Ankara (1993)[2] Monument of July 2nd, Saraçlar Village, Sivas (1993) Monument of Finance Ministry, Ankara (1994) Abidin Dino, Istanbul (1994) Monument of Osmangazi Konuralp, Akçakoca (1993) Yaşar Kemal, Istanbul (1994) Üzüm Çiğneyen Kız (The Grape Crushing Girl), Kahta (1994) Seyit Hüseyin, Tunceli (1994) Melih Cevdet Anday, İstanbul (1994) Alaeddin Keykubad, Alanya (1995) Monument of Constitutional Court, Ankara (1995) İsmet and Mevhibe İnönü, Garden of Pembe Köşk, Ankara (1995) Metin YURDANUR İnsan Hakları /Human Rights), Tunceli (1996) Kurtuluşa Doğru (Towards Independence), İnebolu (1997) Monument of GATA, Ankara (1997) Nene Hatun, Erzurum (1998) Monument of 75th Anniversary of the Republic, Rize (1998) Cybele series (1998) Monument of December 27th, Ankara (2000) Relief of Anatolia, the Cradle of Civilizations and Law, Ankara Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey, Ankara (2000) Monument of Duatepe, Polatlı, Ankara province (2000) Monument of TESK, Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen), Ankara (2001) Dadaloğlu, Kırşehir (2002) Metin YURDANUR Monument of Youth, Trabzon (2003) Monument of Black Sea Technical University, Trabzon (2004) José Martí, Ankara (2006) Miners series, (2008) Relief of Capital Ankara and Our Turkey, Ministry of Culture, Ankara (2009) Monument of Republic, Gençlik Parkı, Ankara (2009) Abroad Al Gardabia, Sirte, Libya (1989) Sun's Course, Bonn, Germany (1989) Suleiman the Magnificent (1994) and Nikola Šubid Zrinski (1997), Hungarian- Turkish Friendship Park, Szigetvár, Hungary Gül Baba, Budapest, Hungary (1996) Equestrian Atatürk, Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan (1996) - moved in 2010 to Kushimoto, Wakayama Atatürk, Havana, Cuba (2008) M.Kemal CİNSÜLLÜOĞLU Sculptor career • He was born in Osmaniye in 1965.He was the fifth son of a teacher father. He completed his primary and high school life in Adana. He attended fine art in Malatya University. He organized his first exhibition in 1995 at Inonu University. • After graduating university. He joined an exhibition in Gaziantep in 1997. • His works had been liked so much and he has been told a lot. He made his sculptures in very different techniques. He used digital-sculptures-oily paintings acrylic-relief. • He is also assistant of Tarsus artist institute. He joined some symposiums and an international organization. • Mostly he has been dealed with wood-relief lately. M.Kemal CİNSÜLLÜOĞLU M.Kemal CİNSÜLLÜOĞLU M.Kemal CİNSÜLLÜOĞLU Mehmet AKSOY Mehmet Aksoy (born 1939) is a Turkish sculptor, called the "Anatolian Michelangelo". His sculptures often contain sensual figurative elements, but he is strongly rooted in a modernist sensibility with strong conceptual and abstract elements in his work. He works primarily in stone but also incorporates other material, fusing metal or differing stones in a single sculpture. He presently resides and works in a studio of his own dramatic design on the outskirts of Istanbul. He was born 1939 in Hatay Province, Turkey,[1] a town that is today within Syrian territories. After completing his primary education in Yayladağı in Hatay Province, Tarsus, Mersin and Antalya, he enrolled 1960 in Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts (today Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts) to study painting. Later, Aksoy switched over to sculpture section, where he was educated by Prof. Şadi Çalık between 1961-1967. Following his military service, he served at the same academy as an assistant in 1969-1970. He went in 1970 to London after having received a state-granted scholarship for further studies. Aksoy moved to Germany to study at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, from where he obtained a master's degree in 1977. He returned in 1978 to Turkey and served until 1980 as an instructor at his alma mater. Statue of Humanity Statue of Humanity (2009) under construction in Kars Statue of Humanity (Turkish: İnsanlık Anıtı) was a statue in Kars, Turkey created by Mehmet Aksoy. The monument, which depicted two human figures with hands reaching out to each other, stood 30 m (98 ft) high on Kazıktepe Hill across from the ancient Castle of Kars outside of the city and would have been visible from neighboring Armenia when completed. It was commissioned by Naif Alibeyoğlu, the former mayor of Kars, as a gesture of reconciliation in Armenia–Turkey relations following a 2009 accord to establish formal diplomatic recognition between the two. Mehmet AKSOY Memorial to the Deserter Memorial to the Unknown Deserter (1989) in Potsdam Memorial to the Deserter (Turkish: İnsanlık Anıtı) is a statue in Unity Square, Potsdam, Germany created by Mehmet Aksoy. [citation needed] The figure in this memorial, which honors those who refuse to fight in unjust wars, is carved in negative relief, a technique that Aksoy employed in later work. Mehmet AKSOY Solo Exhibition 1970 Gallery of the World Of Charity Foundation 1980 İstanbul National Fine Arts Academy 1982 Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin (K) 1984 Übersee Museum Bremen (K) 1987 Galery am Chamissoplatz Berlin 1989 Urart Gallery , Ankara 1990 Urart Gallery, İstanbul 1992 Halkbank Gallery, Ankara 1992 İstanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture 1993 Vakko Gallery, İstanbul 1993 Zon Gallery, Ankara Mehmet AKSOY Prizes 1966 National Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, 2. Prize (No first prize was granted) 1970 National Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, 1. Prize 1979 National Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, 1. Prize 1982-83 Luthar Platz Sculptural Competition, 2. Prize 1985 Bundengartenschen Sculptural Competition, 2.Prize 1990 Ankara Arts Association "Artist of the Year" prize in the field of visual arts. 1990 Grand Prize, Asian European Biennale 1990 Sedat Simavi Foundation Prize in the field of visual arts. Mehmet AKSOY Mehmet AKSOY İlhan KOMAN Ilhan Koman was born in Edirne, Turkey, in 1921. After finishing the Istanbul Mimar Sinan Academy of Fine Arts he went to Paris on a state scholarship for further studies at the 'Academie Julian'. In 1951 he returned to Turkey and taught at the Istanbul Academy until moving to Sweden in 1958. Koman renovated there an ancient sailing boat, M/S Hulda, where he lived and worked on in Drottningholm. He taught at Stockholm Academy of Fine Arts (Konstfackskolan) until the end of his life, in 1986. Ilhan Koman exhibited his works in many countries, where he is also represented