Who is Murat Ağçiçek? (1965-Refahiye)He was born in Refahiye in 1965. He graduated from Marmara University Atatürk Faculty of Education, Department of Painting Education in 1988. He completed his Master's Degree in Mimar Sinan University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Painting in 1991.He worked as an art teacher in MEB Primary and Secondary Education institutions between 1994-2003. In 2003, he was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Fine Arts Education, Department of Painting Education, Faculty of Education, Ondokuz Mayıs University. He still continues his duty in the same institution.The artist, who has opened 23 personal painting exhibitions, has participated in many national and international competitive and mixed exhibitions.Art Perspective;In my figurative paintings with social content, I place the individual in the environment he lives in or in the places I dream of. In my single and multiple figure arrangements, people are standing or squatting next to the wall. You can observe that people we think are together are actually living with their own loneliness. The metaphor of the “dog” figure, which is a symbol for people experiencing loneliness to face their own humanity and to meet their need for friends and companionship, and which watches and witnesses the space, becomes a part of my paintings.
I want to establish a bridge of communication with today’s people by using grape leaves and vines on the wall edge and symbols belonging to Anatolian civilizations on its surface. In my Multiple Compositions, we can observe the stripes containing past experiences and longings on a horizontal strip on the upper part of the wall surface behind the figures.
I want to give psychological views of people’s body languages in my portraits. Figures do not want to communicate with people watching them from outside. They become parts of their own spaces.
Apart from my figure-heavy paintings; various objects that we have consumed and thrown away, dried flowers, fruits that we have given up using, are the subjects of my paintings. Their dried and exhausted lives find a new life through my paintings. In addition, landscape views are the subjects of my paintings.Solo Exhibitions;2025 Murat Ağçiçek “Silent Loneliness” Personal painting exhibition February 14 - March 7, 2025 Galeri Suart Art Gallery Çankaya/ Ankara2023 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Exhibition, May 19-29, 2023, TMMOB Chamber of Architects Samsun Branch Art Gallery /Samsun,2020 Murat Ağçiçek “NON-COMMUNICATION” Themed 21st Personal Painting Exhibition
Kuytu Artline Art Gallery Maltepe, October 31 - November 19, 20202020 Murat Ağçiçek “NON-COMMUNICATION” Themed 20th Personal Painting Exhibition
Kartal Municipality Main Service Building Gallery, October 09 - October 22, 20202018 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Exhibition, October 09 - 16, 2018, Ondokuz Mayıs University Education Faculty Art Gallery Kurupelit/ Samsun2017 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Exhibition, November 17 - December 09, 2017, Çorum Municipality Art Museum and Gallery, Çorum2015 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Exhibition May 08 - 18, 2015
Pera Art Academy, Pera Art Gallery Bulvar AVM Samsun2014 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Exhibition January 03 - 28, 2014Still Life Art Gallery Yıldız- Çankaya / Ankara2009 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Exhibition June 19 - 30 Kastamonu State
Fine Arts Gallery Kastamonu2007 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Exhibition 17th Istanbul Art Fair, ART-İST 2007, Bahariye Art Gallery, October 27 - November 04, 2007, Tüyap Fair and Congress Center, Beylikdüzü, Istanbul2005 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Maltepe Art Gallery-Istanbul (March 25-April 25, 2005)2004 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Painting Exhibition No. 3 Eyvan Fatsa-Ordu (May 22-26, 2004)2004 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting State Fine Arts Gallery Samsun2003 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Küyad Art Gallery Küçükyalı- Istanbul2003 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Marmara University Atatürk Art Gallery
Göztepe-Istanbul2002 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Ziraat Cultural Center Mithatpaşa Art Gallery
Ankara
2000 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Maltepe Art Gallery- Istanbul
1999 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Maltepe Art Gallery- Istanbul
1998 Maltepe Art Gallery- Istanbul
1997 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting State Fine Arts Gallery –Beyoğlu İstanbul (Double Exhibition)1996 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting State Fine Arts Gallery-Beyoğlu İstanbul (Double Exhibition)1992 Murat Ağçiçek Personal Painting Kasem-Kadıköy/ İstanbul (Double Exhibition)1991 Murat Ağçiçek 1st Personal Painting Özden Art Gallery, Maçka/ İstanbulAwards;2004 İlkadım Rotary Club– Samsun Painting Competition 3rd Prize1998 Türkiye Çocuk Magazine Painting Competition Prize1991 Tekel 5th Painting Competition Prize
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