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Mesut Öztürk was born in Krumovgrad, Bulgaria in 1989 and moved to Turkey with his family in the same year. Following his studies of architecture, he completed his master’s degree on history, theory and criticism in architecture at Istanbul Bilgi University. After working as an architect and part time lecturer in universities, he has pursued his art practice. His practice is based on extending his knowledge of architecture into sculpture making.
While employing ceramics as the main medium, he investigates the possibilities of structural forms through assembling familiar and simple forms such as arches, sticks or tubes. Since experimenting has a significant role in his practice, each piece is an answer to the previous work and a question for the next work. In this evolutionary quest, playfulness, poesie and balance remain as the main themes within the variety of forms.
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Contemporary philosophers have emphasized self-realization by actively building a meaning for humankind to make his/her existence purposeful and actualized themselves via creative thoughts. Öztürk points out that there are striking similarities between the findings in Göbeklitepe, that revealed humanity’s need to build up meaning is more important than practical needs, and the questions asked by existential philosophers.
Based on his research on the objects produced by ancient civilizations, the artist presents the idea that humans ask similar questions and have similar desires regardless of their place in time.
Halka series, which the artist started in 2019, aims to reinterpret the forms of objects such as pots, idols, and totems from ancient civilizations by using the oldest techniques in ceramic.
Revak series, which is displayed for the first time at Proliferation, questions humanity’s search for meaning through form. The artist strives to give birth to a new echo through the poetic unification of the element of arches that was inherited from the Roman Empire to the Ottoman State and to contemporary architecture. Making an effort to carve himself a meaningful existence through the material results of humans’ traditional need for self-actualization, the artist asks himself questions in a time when digital transformation has extremely accelerated and the society has come to feel obligated to chase the new. Is it possible to resist the mind blowing speed without being conservative or naive?
May I survive through analogue means in a time of digital revolution? What remains constant while everything changes?
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selected exhibitions
2023 Solo Eternity and a Day, Gallerie La La Lande. Paris, France
2023 A.R.C. Yearly Show, Ambidexter. Istanbul, Turkey
2022 Liste Art Fair, Öktem Aykut. Basel, Switzerland
2022 Solo False Friends, The Steidz Project Room. Paris, France
2021 Contemporary Istanbul, Öktem Aykut. Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Solo Proliferation, Öktem Aykut. Istanbul, Turkey
2020 Street View, Swedish Institute. Istanbul, Turkey
2019 Harran: Physiognomy of a Plain, Studio-X. Istanbul, Turkey
artist residencies
2024 Foundation B.A.D., Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2023 La Folie Barbizon, Seine-et-Marne, France
2023 A.R.C., Cappadocia, Turkey
representation
Öktem Aykut. Istanbul, Turkey
selected collections
Odunpazarı Modern Museum, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Ari Meşulam Collection
teaching
2021-2023 Tutor Atelier Brutes. Paris, France
2020-2021 Tutor Studio Mesut Öztürk. Istanbul, Turkey
2018-2020 Lecturer Architecture Department, Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul, Turkey
Arch 251 Ceramics, Craft and Design
Arch 201-202 Architectural Design Studio I-II
Arch 103-104 Architectural Drawing I-II
Arch 310 Introduction to Urban Design
2016-2018 Lecturer Architectural Restoration, Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul, Turkey
MRS 113 Computer Aided Presentation Techniques
MRS 110-111 History of Architecture I-II
work experience
2016-2018 Architect Servotel Corporation. Istanbul, Turkey
2013-2016 Teaching Assistant Architecture Department, Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul, Turkey
2012-2013 Contributor Pegasus Magazine. Istanbul, Turkey
education
2018 PhD Coursework Urban Planning, Yıldız Teknik University. Istanbul, Turkey. (Performed two years of
studies before exiting the program)
2016 MArch History, Theory and Criticism in Architecture, Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul, Turkey
2013 BA Architecture, Yeditepe University. Istanbul, Turkey
2023 Solo Eternity and a Day, Gallerie La La Lande. Paris, France
2023 A.R.C. Yearly Show, Ambidexter. Istanbul, Turkey
2022 Liste Art Fair, Öktem Aykut. Basel, Switzerland
2022 Solo False Friends, The Steidz Project Room. Paris, France
2021 Contemporary Istanbul, Öktem Aykut. Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Solo Proliferation, Öktem Aykut. Istanbul, Turkey
2020 Street View, Swedish Institute. Istanbul, Turkey
2019 Harran: Physiognomy of a Plain, Studio-X. Istanbul, Turkey
artist residencies
2024 Foundation B.A.D., Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2023 La Folie Barbizon, Seine-et-Marne, France
2023 A.R.C., Cappadocia, Turkey
representation
Öktem Aykut. Istanbul, Turkey
selected collections
Odunpazarı Modern Museum, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Ari Meşulam Collection
teaching
2021-2023 Tutor Atelier Brutes. Paris, France
2020-2021 Tutor Studio Mesut Öztürk. Istanbul, Turkey
2018-2020 Lecturer Architecture Department, Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul, Turkey
Arch 251 Ceramics, Craft and Design
Arch 201-202 Architectural Design Studio I-II
Arch 103-104 Architectural Drawing I-II
Arch 310 Introduction to Urban Design
2016-2018 Lecturer Architectural Restoration, Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul, Turkey
MRS 113 Computer Aided Presentation Techniques
MRS 110-111 History of Architecture I-II
work experience
2016-2018 Architect Servotel Corporation. Istanbul, Turkey
2013-2016 Teaching Assistant Architecture Department, Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul, Turkey
2012-2013 Contributor Pegasus Magazine. Istanbul, Turkey
education
2018 PhD Coursework Urban Planning, Yıldız Teknik University. Istanbul, Turkey. (Performed two years of
studies before exiting the program)
2016 MArch History, Theory and Criticism in Architecture, Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul, Turkey
2013 BA Architecture, Yeditepe University. Istanbul, Turkey
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