Ali Rıza Kanaç

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• Ali Rıza Kanaç

  Who is Ali Rıza Kanaç? He was born in 1989 in Konya/Ereğli. He completed his primary and high school education in Konya. He worked in the workshop of Painter İbrahim Rızayev between 2007 and 2009. In 2009, he entered the Painting Department of Selçuk University Faculty of Fine Arts. During the 2011-2012 academic period, he studied at Accademia Albertina Delle Belle Arti Di Torino, Italy, Prof. He studied at the Claudio Pieroni workshop with a scholarship for one year. In 2012, he opened his first personal exhibition at Amantes Gallery in Turin, Italy. He graduated from Selçuk University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting in 2013. In 2018, Prof. Dr. He completed his master's degree with the thesis on "Space and Figure in the Context of Manipulation in Painting" under the supervision of Hüseyin Elmas, and in 2021, he completed his doctorate in Painting at Selçuk University Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Painting, with the thesis on "The Plastic of Hybridization in Contemporary Turkish Painting Art". As of 2023, he has been working as a faculty member at Karabük University Safranbolu Fethi Toker Faculty of Fine Arts and Design. Artistic perspective; "When the history of ancient painting is examined, the human-animal figures seen in cave paintings are undoubtedly the most striking examples of the human brain's ability to abstract, although their purposes are still a matter of debate. In ancient beliefs, nature was integrated with spirituality and appeared as a concept that needed to be learned, understood and integrated. This In this context, the bison appearances I use in my own paintings are undoubtedly a product of the psychic nature-human-animal complex that occurs in this direction. Along with the bison figures in the cave paintings, the natural formation shapes and colors of the cave for thousands of years have also influenced me, so similar paintings in the context of texture and color have emerged in my paintings. "In my period works, I reinterpret the texture and color images I obtain on the canvas in the digital environment and fuse them with carpet and rug images, thus creating many different works derived from them." PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS “PostPenture” Solo Painting Exhibition, Gala Gallery / ISTANBUL 2024 “Illumination/Painting” Online Solo Painting Exhibition, Solo Exhibition - Gala Gallery / ISTANBUL 2022 “Respect for Baroque” Solo Painting Exhibition Gallery Artsürem / ANKARA 2020 “I've Never Seen a Bison” Solo Painting Exhibition Galeri Artsürem / ANKARA 2019 “Rembrandt's Whore” Solo Painting Exhibition, S.Ü. G.S.F. Exhibition Hall / KONYA 2014 “Young Artists” Solo Painting Exhibition Konya State Fine Arts Gallery / KONYA 2013 “Selcuk Call” Solo Painting Exhibition Torino Amantes Gallery / ITALY 2012

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