Who is Devrim Erbil?
Devrim Erbil, who opened countless exhibitions at home and abroad and whose hundreds of works were exhibited in museums, was deemed worthy of the 2019 Presidential Culture and Art Grand Prize in the painting category. The successful artistic and academic background of Devrim Erbil, one of the leaders of abstract painting in Turkey, is as follows:
He was born in 1937, Uşak. After completing his primary education at Balıkesir Gazi Primary School, located on the shady paths of "Çitlembik" trees, as he puts it, and high school at Balıkesir High School, he entered the Painting Department of the State Academy of Fine Arts, now known as Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, in 1955 by passing the aptitude test. He graduated in 1959 as a student of Halil Dikmen and Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu. He opened his first exhibition at the Turkish American Association while he was still a high school student.
He founded the Soyutçu 7's group with his friends in the same year. He entered the Academy as an assistant in 1962. He took part in the workshops of Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, Cemal Tollu and Cevat Dereli.
After founding the Blue Group with Altan Gürman, Adnan Çoker, Sarkis and Tülay Tura in 1963, he passed the art scholarship exams of the Spanish Government and continued his art research, which he started in Madrid and Barcelona, in Paris and London.
Devrim Erbil, who served as the President of the Turkish Contemporary Painters and Visual Artists Association and the Director of the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum between 1979 and 1982, became a professor in 1981. He served as Head of the Painting Department at Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Fine Arts, which he started in 1985, for three years. The artist, who served as department head at Yıldız University Faculty of Fine Arts between 1988 and 1990, was appointed as vice dean of Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Fine Arts in 1990. He received the title of state artist in 1991. He retired from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2004.
In 2004, his personal museum was opened by Balıkesir Municipality under the name Devrim Erbil Contemporary Art Museum.
After the establishment of screen printing and engraving workshops in the Graphic department of the Academy of Fine Arts, notable artists who grew up in these workshops were Alaettin Aksoy, Aydın Ayan, Hüseyin Bilgin, Gören Bulut, Gül Derman, Güngör İblikçi, Gündüz Gönlönü, Mehmet Güler, Ali Teoman Germener, Süleyman Saim. Tekcan, Zahit Büyükişleyen, Erol Deneç, Nail Peyza, Ergin İnan, Utku Varlık, Mustafa Plevneli, Hasan Pekmezci, Hayati Misman, Fevzi Karakoç, Hüsamettin Koçan, Atilla Atar, Ali İsmail Türemen, Kadri Özayten, Turkish printmaking art with personality It was seen that they made an effort to create it.
The artist was deemed worthy of the 2019 Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Prize in the field of painting. He started to work as the dean of the Faculty of Art and Design at Doğuş University and currently continues his duty as a faculty member. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Istanbul Kemerburgaz University.
MUSEUMS WHERE HIS WORKS ARE FOUND
Ankara Painting and Sculpture Museum
Ankara National Library Collection,
'Bucharest Museum of Modern Art'
Eskişehir Anadolu University Contemporary Arts Museum
At the Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts
Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum
Izmir Painting and Sculpture Museum
Izmir Selcuk Yaşar Museum
Yugoslavia Banja Luka, Umjetnicka Garerija
Minnesota Ben and Abby, Gray Foundation Collection
Public institutions and private collections
SELECTIONS FROM PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
1955: October Balıkesir Cultural Association, Children's Library, Balıkesir
1956: Eylül Children's Library Exhibition Hall, Balıkesir
1959: May National Library Exhibition Hall, Ankara
1962: Kasım Municipality Exhibition Hall, Istanbul
1964: February Turkish-German Cultural Center / Istanbul
1967: Nisan Turkish-German Cultural Center / Istanbul
1968: January DGSA Painting Department Exhibition Hall / Istanbul
1968: Nisan Private Culture College / Istanbul
1970: Kasım Galeri-l / Istanbul
1973: February Taksim Art Gallery, Beyoğlu
1973: Mart Kültür College Exhibition Hall / Istanbul
1976: March Aydın Cumalı Art Gallery / Istanbul
1976: December Taksim Art Gallery, Beyoğlu
1977: April Akbank Art Gallery / Izmir
1979: Mart Vakko Art Gallery / Ankara
1980: April Galata Art Gallery / Istanbul
1981: September Akbank Art Gallery / Diyarbakır
1981: October Akbank Art Gallery / Elazığ
1981: December Akbank Art Gallery / Konya
1982: February Akbank Art Gallery / Izmir
1982: February Akbank Art Gallery / Bursa
1982: February Akbank Art Gallery / Istanbul
1982: Mart Turkuaz Art Gallery / Ankara
1982: April Akbank Art Gallery / Istanbul
1982: May Fine Arts Gallery / Eskisehir
1983: February Akbank Art Gallery, Nişantaşı / Istanbul
1983: February Ivaz Art Gallery / Bursa
1984: February Armo Art Gallery / Istanbul
1984: Mart Vakko Art Gallery / Ankara
1984: Ekim Painting and Sculpture Museum / Izmir
1985: February Garanti Bank Art Gallery / Istanbul
1985: July White Art Gallery / Bodrum
1986: October Yeşilköy Art Gallery / Istanbul
1987: Nisan Palet Art Gallery / Eskişehir
1990: February Benadam Art Gallery / Istanbul
1990: May Garanti Art Gallery / Istanbul
1991: April MİD Art Gallery / Istanbul
1991: May Yapı Kredi Kazım Taşkent Art Gallery / Istanbul
1992: March Yapı Kredi Kemal Satır Art Gallery /Adana
1992: Nisan Arda Art Gallery / Ankara
1993: February Yapı Kredi Art Gallery / Balıkesir
1993: October A.Ç.S. Art Gallery / Adana
1993: Kasım İş Bankası Parmakkapı Art Gallery / Istanbul
1994: February Arda Art Gallery / Ankara
1994: May Metropolitan Municipality Art Gallery / Bursa
1994: October Yapı Kredi Art Gallery / İzmir
1995: Ocak Yapı Kredi Kemal Satır Art Gallery / Adana
1995: March Alkent Aktüel Art Galerie / Istanbul
1996: June Ares Art House / Istanbul
1996: October MEB Art Gallery, Bostancıl / Istanbul
1996: Kasım Destek Reasürans Art Gallery / Istanbul
1996: December Ayvalık Art Gallery / Ayvalık
1997: Nisan Mazhar Zorlu Art Gallery, Alsancak / Izmir
1997: October Baykuş Art Gallery / Bursa
1998: February Falez Art Gallery / Antalya
1998: Mart Magnet Art Gallery / Ankara
1998: Nisan Mazhar Zorlu Art Gallery / Izmir
1999: Nisan Çakınberk Art Gallery / Balıkesir
1999: October Gallery Binyıl / Istanbul
1999: Kasım Helikon Art Gallery / Ankara
2000: February Emlak Art Gallery / Istanbul
2000: Mart Emlak Art Gallery / Ankara
2000: March Garanti Art Gallery / Istanbul
2000: October Halkbank Art Gallery / Ankara
2000: October MEB Art Gallery / Istanbul
2000: Kasım Anadolu Univ. Library Exhibition Hall / Eskişehir
2000: December Başak Sigorta Art Gallery / İzmir
2001: January Izmit Metropolitan Municipality. Art Gallery / Izmit
2001: February Axa Oyak Art Gallery / Istanbul
2001: Mart S.Yaşar Art Gallery / İzmir
2002: February Kadir Has Univ. Entrance Hall / Istanbul
2002: March Altamira Art Gallery / Mersin
2002: May Devrim Erbil Art Museum / Balıkesir
2003: April Sirkeci Train Station / Istanbul
2003: September S-Art Surmeli Hotel / Istanbul
2003: December Art Home Art Gallery / Istanbul
2004: February İş Sanat Cultural Center Kibele Art Gallery / Istanbul
2004: June Cey Fine Arts Gallery / Istanbul
2004: December Sabancı Cultural Site State Fine Arts Gallery / Adana
2005: Eylül Art Sümer Art Gallery / Istanbul
2005: December Galeri Artist, Nişantaşı / Istanbul
2005: December Fenerbahce Club Faruk Ilgaz Facilities, Kadıköy / Istanbul
2006: February Dirim Art, Istanbul
2006: Mart Angle Art Gallery, Denizli
2006: Mart Mayısa Art Gallery, Çamlıbel / Mersin
2006: March Devrim Erbil Contemporary Arts Museum, Balıkesir
2006: Nisan Galeri Sans, Çankaya / Ankara
2006: May Anadolu Univ. Library and Exhibition Hall, Eskişehir
2006: May Enka Art Gallery, Istanbul
2006: October Konak Municipality Güzelyalı Culture-Art Center, İzmir
2006: Kasım Ayşegül Bayrak Art Gallery, Istanbul
2006: Kasım Dem-Art, Istanbul
2006: December Teksin Art Gallery, Istanbul
2006: December Mine Art Gallery, Istanbul
2007: January Jazz Now, Bodrum
2007: February Agora AVM Izmir Exhibition
2007: February Helikon Art Gallery, Ankara
2007: Nisan Cey Fine Arts, Istanbul
2007: April Balıkesir Salih Tozan Culture and Art Center, Balıkesir
2007: April Istanbul Modern Arts Gallery, Istanbul
2007: May Art and Life, Marmara Pera, Istanbul
2007: May The Marmara Pera Art Gallery, Istanbul
2007: June GOSB Exhibition Hall, Kocaeli
2007: June Bodrum Kempinski Hotel, Muğla
2007: July Netsel Art Gallery, Marmaris
2007: October Ege University Campus Cultural Center Art Gallery, Izmir
2007: October Çırağan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul
2008: March Dem-Art Art Gallery Arnavutköy, Istanbul
2008: May ÇOMÜ Culture House, Çanakkale
2008: October Ankara Group Art Gallery, Ankara
2008: October Rezan Has Museum Golden Horn, Istanbul
2008: December Ada Evi Art Gallery, Istanbul
2008: December Almelek Art Gallery, Istanbul
2008: December Artium Art House, Istanbul
2009: January Doğuş University, Istanbul
2009: February Bahariye Art Gallery, Istanbul
2009: May Capacity Istanbul
2009: July Bozcaada, Çanakkale
2009: September Diyarbakır Exhibition, Diyarbakır
2009: September Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul
2009: October Devrim Erbil Contemporary Arts Museum, Balıkesir
2009: December Ege University, Izmir
2010: February Ankara Chamber of Industry, Ankara
2010: February S. Yaşar Painting Museum and Art Gallery Alsancak, İzmir
2010: March ARETE Art Gallery, Ankara
2010: Nisan Galeri Işık Teşvikiye, Istanbul
2010: October Contemporary Art Workshop Kültür University, Istanbul
2010: Kasım The Marmara Bodrum, Muğla
2011: February Olcay Art, Istanbul
2011: February Ford Otosan Gölcük Culture and Social Life Center, Gölcük
2011: March Ege University Atatürk Cultural Center Art Gallery, Izmir
2011: April Hacettepe University Art Museum, Ankara
2011: September Sakarya University GSF Exhibition Hall, Sakarya
2011: December Balıkesir University GSF Art Gallery, Balıkesir
2012: February Helikon Art Gallery, Ankara
2012: March Olcay Art, Istanbul
2012: September KAV Art Gallery, Ankara
2013: March Izmir Turkish-American Association, Izmir
2013: June XX.Eşme Culture and Art Festival, Uşak
2013: September Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Istanbul
2013: Kasım Ekol Sanat, İzmir
2013: December Jewelry-Antique Art Gallery, Ankara
2013: March TR Ministry of Foreign Affairs Suna Çokgür Ilıcak Art Gallery, Ankara
2013: Nisan Ali Çetinkaya Train Station, Afyonkarahisar
2013: May Medica Contemporary Art, Istanbul
2013: September S-Art Sürmeli, Istanbul
2013: Kasım Olcay Art Contemporary Istanbul
2013: December Our Gallery Teşvikiye, Istanbul
2014: Ocak Seven Art Gallery, Istanbul
2014: Mart Arete Art Gallery, Ankara
2014: July Mine Art Gallery Bodrum, Muğla
2014: September Mercedes Mengerler Showroom Bostancı, Istanbul
2015: January Port-Art Art Gallery, Ankara
2015: February Türkan Saylan Cultural Center, Istanbul
2015: February Arda Art Gallery, Ankara
2015: July Mine Art Gallery Bodrum, Muğla
2015: August Devrim Erbil Museum House Bodrum, Muğla
2015: October Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center, Istanbul
2016: Ocak Abacı Art Gallery, Istanbul
2016: Nisan Ekol Art Gallery, Izmir
2016: August Şevket Sabancı Culture and Art Center, Bodrum, Muğla
2016: October Işık University Gallery, Istanbul
2017: December FArt Gallery, Istanbul
2018: Nisan Ekol Art Gallery, Izmir
AWARDS
1966: Tehran Biennial “Palace Royal” First Prize
1968: Türkiye Contemporary Painters "Young Painters" First Prize
1972: Alexandria Biennale Prize
1973: T.R. 50th Anniversary Ataturk Republic Award
1976: DYO Painting Competition Award
1978: State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition Achievement Award
1982: First Prize at the State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition
1991: Title of State Artist of the Republic of Türkiye
1998: Honorary Membership of the Science and Arts Board of the Kyrgyz Republic
2000: Sedat Simavi Visual Arts Award
2019: Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Prize
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