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ŞINASI BOZATLI NEW YORK – VIENNA – ISTANBUL 1 ŞINASI BOZATLI NEW YORK – VIENNA – ISTANBUL S¸inasi Bozatli born in 1962 in Ankara, is supported in his artistic ambitions by his A further transformation in Bozatli’s work starts in 2009 with the series parents, who enable his studies at Gazi University. He moves to Vienna “(e)motions”. In this phase, he tends once more towards a bonding of in 1986 and makes it his home. In 1992, he enrols at the Vienna Uni­ the elements. This imagery consists of wide­spreading, richly contrast­ versity of Applied Arts for further studies in painting and the graphic arts ing spots of colour or impressionistic worlds that he challenges to be with Prof. Oswald Oberhuber, which he successfully completes in 1996. fathomed. The chains and rings are straightened in part and depicted as a kind of textile weave. In the beginning, classical painting still has a formative influence on him and haunts his work in a rhythmic, figurative objectivity and three­ The series “Mozart Vibrations” produced in 2018/19 shows the artist dimensional cohesion. For a lengthy period, Bozatli engages with the surrendering totally to the guiding force of music, and he paints inspired four­thousand­year­old culture of the Indo­European people of the by the sounds of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Thick swaths of colour, but Hittites. He finds the themes for his pictures in the surviving writings and also elegantly composed sprays of paint coupled with dynamic forms reliefs of this archaic culture. mark this scintillating cycle. From 1995 on, the human outlines are replaced by abstract forms and Bozatli’s pictures are in private collections, foundations and collections merge with the background. Bozatli works his way towards a new, for him in Austria, Germany, England, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, the Nether­ very significant cycle in his painting. He produces abstract geo metrical lands, Turkey, Malta, Switzerland, Slovenia, Slovakia, South Africa, forms, semi­configurations, circles, the so­called “concatenations”. South Korea, Japan and the USA. They have been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in Ankara and also by the Ministry of Culture After the turn of the twentieth century, Bozatli yet again alters his of the Republic of Turkey. Furthermore, works can be found in the imagery. His brush stroke becomes more open, but the composition ownership of the Austrian National Bank, the Landesmuseum Burgen­ denser, lending the picture strength and expressiveness. In a series land, the Landesmuseum of Lower Austria, the Federal Chancellery and entitled “Colours of Life”, the “new” pictures feature swaths of colour the Museum of the City of Vienna. – colour tracks – onset in dark shades and hopefully attenuating. So the former “concatenations” have now become connections. The stony, Şinasi Bozatli lives and works in Vienna,Istanbul and Long Island. earthy colours of the early phase have matured into thrilling chords of colour, and atmospheric, turbulent life forms have fled. Bozatli attempts in this cycle to tame dark visions and to let a positive glimmer shine through. Between 2006 and 2009, Bozatli goes a step further in his painting. The circles and contours are dissipated and dissolved into flashing mole­ cules, which explode into streaks or vaporise across the plane surfa­ ce. He tackles the confrontation with speed in the series “Movements”, yet the configuration of the circle continues to exist subliminally, as if embodying Bozatli’s painterly fingerprint. 6 7 Spinning the poles of water and sky SELECTION OF WORKS is the horizon of transformation 8 9 Movements Black and White Composition acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2006, 50 x 50 cm 2012, 140 x 110 cm bottom right: signed and dated bottom center: signed and dated 10 11 Lines and Stripes II High Seas acrylic on jute acrylic on canvas 2012, 90 x 70 cm 2013, 140 x 120 cm bottom right: signed and dated bottom right: signed and dated 12 13 The Sounds of Seas Flowing River acrylic on canvas acrylic on jute 2013, 100 x 100 cm 2014, 150 x 120 cm bottom right and upper left: signed and dated center right and center left: signed and dated 14 15 Mediterranien Blues Red and Black Stripes acrylic on jute acrylic on canvas 2014, 155 x 90 cm 2015, 100 x 105 cm bottom center: signed and dated center: signed and dated 16 17 Colours of Sea Green Storm acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2015, 115 x 105 cm 2015, 100 x 80 cm bottom center: signed and dated center right: signed and dated 18 19 Waterfall Crossing Over acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2015, 80 x 70 cm 2015, 75 x 70 cm bottom right: signed and dated center: signed and dated 20 21 Before the Rain South City acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2015, 50 x 50 cm 2015, 70 x 130 cm bottom right: signed and dated bottom right: signed and dated 22 23 California Dreamin Sun and Sea acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2015, 150 x 70 cm 2016, 120 x 120 cm bottom center: signed and dated center right and center left: signed and dated 24 25 Red on the Grey Black Point acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2016, 120 x 90 cm 2016, 110 x 70 cm bottom center: signed and dated bottom center: signed and dated 26 27 Haus des Meeres Sag Harbour acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2018, 100 x 100 cm 2018, 120 x 90 cm center right: signed and dated bottom left: signed and dated 28 29 W.A.M. Symphonie 25 W.A.M. Symphonie 41 acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2018, 120 x 100 cm 2018, 100 x 100 cm center right: signed and dated center left: signed and dated 30 31 Donau City West Hampton Beach acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2018, 100 x 100 cm 2018, 110 x 90 cm center right: signed and dated bottom right: signed and dated 32 33 A City’s Melodie Ocean acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2018, 120 x 90 cm 2018, 100 x 130 cm center right: signed and dated bottom left: signed and dated 34 35 W.A.M. Eine kleine Nachtmusik Downtown acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2018, 120 x 100 cm 2018, 122 x 92,5 cm bottom right: signed and dated bottom right: signed and dated 36 37 W.A.M. Clarinet Concerto Adagio W.A.M. Entführung aus dem Serail acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2018, 100 x 100 cm 2018, 100 x 100 cm center left: signed and dated center right: signed and dated 38 39 Long Island Sailing Home acrylic on canvas acrylic on jute 2018, 100 x 80 cm 2018, 200 x 80,5 cm bottom center: signed and dated center left: signed and dated 40 41 Chicago W.A.M. Waltz of Spring II acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2018, 90 x 120 cm 2018, 70 x 60 cm bottom center: signed and dated bottom left: signed and dated 42 43 White Stripes on the Grey I’m Sailing acrylic on jute acrylic on canvas 2018, 80 x 45 cm 2018, 80 x 50 cm bottom right: signed and dated bottom center: signed and dated 44 45 Bridge Musical Harmony acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2018, 120 x 100 cm 2019, 200 x 98 cm bottom center: signed and dated center: signed and dated 46 47 Colourful World Inside Out acrylic on canvas acrylic on cavas 2019, 191,5 x 131 cm 2019, 173,5 x 140 cm bottom center: signed and dated bottom center: signed and dated 48 49 An schönen blauen Donau Harbour Sunset acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2019, 100 x 100 cm 2019, 120 x 100 cm center right: signed and dated bottom left: signed and dated 50 51 Venice Impressions Swinging Manhatten acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2019, 116 x 91 cm 2019, 117,5 x 93,5 cm bottom center: signed and dated center left: signed and dated 52 53 Blue Energy Morning Mirage acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2019, 120 x 100 cm 2019, 120 x 100 cm center left: signed and dated bottom center: signed and dated 54 55 Sunrise W.A.M. Schneeflöckchen acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2019, 120 x 90 cm 2019, 90 x 90 cm bottom center: signed and dated center right: signed and dated 56 57 W.A.M. Violin Concert 4 Allegro Glut acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2019, 80 x 80 cm 2019, 99 x 97 cm center right: signed and dated bottom left: signed and dated 58 59 W.A.M. Piano Concert 21 Andante W.A.M Salieri acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2019, 80 x 80 cm 2019, 80 x 80 cm center left: signed and dated bottom center: signed and dated 60 61 W.A.M. Requiem City Highlights acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 2019, 60 x 80 cm 2019, 120 x 100 cm bottom right: signed and dated bottom center: signed and dated 62 63 Şinasi BOZATLI SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 “Mozart Vibrations” Hotel Sacher, Salzburg; “New York – Wien – Istan- 1962 born in Ankara bul” Austrian Cultural Forum Istanbul 1984 Gazi University, Ankara, field of study: Painting – Sculpture; 2017 “Şinasi Bozatli, New York – Wien – Istanbul”, galerie artziwna, Vienna 1992 University for Applied Arts in Vienna (Mag.art.) Paintings and Graphics 2015 “Bozatli – Neue Werke”, in the galerie artziwna, Vienna Lives and works since 1986 in Vienna, has a studio in Long Island 2014 “Bozatli – New York – Wien – Istanbul”, 34 years artistic existence, in the (New York) and Istanbul.

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