Who is Uğur Akın? (1985-Eskişehir)
Born in Eskişehir in 1985, he graduated from Eskişehir Anatolian Fine Arts High School in 2004. He began his undergraduate studies at Dokuz Eylül University’s Faculty of Education, Department of Art Education. In February 2005, he transferred to Anadolu University’s Faculty of Education, Department of Art Education. He completed his undergraduate studies in 2008. In 2008, he began working as a visual arts teacher at the Ministry of National Education.
Art Perspective;
Untitled series:
This new port theme series; Uğur Akın’s shattered structure is based on the harmony of geometric shapes and fishing boats that provide their livelihood from nature. In previous sequences, he developed geometric fragmentation with many plastic elements such as marine tissue, voids, anteroposterior relationship. The combination of the boats with the sea and the fact that the port’s composition is very simple and strikingly textured in contrast to the exact lines, brought a separate focus to the painting technique. Uğur Akın divides the object linearly into pieces. But it prevents breaking with color stains. Shredding and combining complement each other in an artistic balance. The loneliness of the objects in the paintings, as well as the loneliness in our lives, coupled with the rush around us, gives mobility with the geometric divisions and the speckling values around it. Dialectical thinking, objects and stains complement a beautiful product balance plastic. Color research, color sketch and grayscale add depth to the pictures and add value to the work.
Today our relations; our social life, time, places, bodies and personalities are separated from each other. The contemporary world’s fragmentation of our lives like pieces of a machine explains the artist’s aim in destroying his paintings with color and strokes. However, it adds dialectical beauty to these fractions in contrast to our daily life, which brings all these disintegrations together in a plastic balance. This is a side that sees a cellular movement that sees and finds a different world. In his paintings, Uğur AKIN carries our loneliness to the art scene in a geometric order in a fragmented world.
Uğur Akın’s artistic works were appreciated by collectors in the United States and his works were purchased by collectors. It has works in the collections of municipal museums and collections in Turkey.
Awards:
2019 - Honorable Mention in the Çayyolu Rotary Club Painting Competition - Ankara
2021 - Eskişehir Art Association 2021 Art Awards Painting Award - Eskişehir
2022 - 2nd Place in the Lüleburgaz Municipality National Painting Competition on the theme of "Migration" (Kırklareli, Lüleburgaz, December 26, 2022)
Museum Artwork:
- Prof. Dr. Turan Yazgan Ethnography Museum Artwork Acceptance (Isparta, July 2017)
-Gazi University Painting and Sculpture Museum Collection (Ankara, March 2022)
Competition Exhibitions:
2021-Ponart Academy Oil and Acrylic Painting Competition Exhibition
2017-Adana Onatça Art Gallery 3rd Adana Painters Association Painting Competition Exhibition
2023-Machine Specialization Organized Industrial Zone Painting Competition Exhibition (Kocaeli, Dilovası, October 26-December 22, 2023)
2023-Kırşehir Municipality 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey National Painting Competition Exhibition (Kırşehir, October 29, 2023)
2023-Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Painting Competition Exhibition (December 2-10, 2023)
2023-Mersin Metropolitan Municipality 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey Painting Competition Exhibition (Mersin, December 4) 2023)
2024- "Sakuder at the 100th Anniversary of the Republic" painting competition exhibition (February 24, 2024, Sakuder Academy Art Center, Ankara)
2025- Mersin Metropolitan Municipality 102nd Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey Painting Competition exhibition (Mersin, December 2025)
2025- Naval Forces Command 16th Painting Competition exhibition (Istanbul, Beşiktaş Naval Museum, November 17, 2025)
Exhibitions and Workshops;
2001- Eskişehir Anatolian Fine Arts High School 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year-end group exhibitions
2004- Eskişehir Art Association 10th group painting and sculpture exhibition
2006- Eskişehir Art Association 12th group painting and sculpture exhibition
2006- Eskişehir Anadolu University "Avlakkaya" group photography exhibition
2007- Eskişehir "For women, by women" group photography exhibition
2007- Sivas Cumhuriyet University "Yazılıkaya" group photography exhibition
2007- Kütahya Ahmet Yakupoğlu painting competition exhibition exhibition
2007- Eskişehir 1923 Enlightenment Movement Association group painting exhibition
2007- Ankara Art Forum Ankara 3rd Painting Competition exhibition exhibition
2007- Eskişehir Art Association 13th group painting and sculpture exhibition
2008- Eskişehir Anadolu University Fine Arts Education Department Gallery B Art Teaching graduates group exhibition
2013- Antalya Artpark Gallery 1st solo painting exhibition
2014- Antalya Artpark Gallery 2nd solo painting exhibition
2015- Istanbul 20th Small Works Exhibition Hobby Art Gallery
2017- Adana Onatça Art Gallery 3rd Adana Painters Association painting competition exhibition
2018- Antalya 2nd International Gazipaşa Art Symposium
2018- Isparta 4th International Isparta Rose Festival painting workshop
2018- Isparta Island Country group painting exhibition
2018- Antalya 9th Gazipaşa Seedless Pomegranate Festival 3rd International Gazipaşa Art Symposium
2019- Eskişehir Art Association 7th Şahin Özyüksel group painting exhibition
2019- Eskişehir Art Association Yunus Emre group painting exhibition
2019- Mersin 100th Anniversary Celebrations "A Drop of Human Lemon Flower" group exhibition
2019- Kocaeli 100th Anniversary Celebrations "100 Artists, 100 Works" group painting exhibition
2019- Niğde Artquake Niğde International Painting Exhibition
2019- Eskişehir 5th Han Friendship and Art Festival, Painting Workshop
2019- Eskişehir Republic Enthusiasm group painting exhibition
2019- Antalya 4th International Gazipaşa Culture and Art Symposium
2019- Antalya 1st International Olympos Mail Art Group Exhibition
2019- Isparta 2nd Island Country Artists, International Mail Art Group Exhibition
2019- Touches group painting exhibition - Çankaya, Gallery Desen - Ankara
2020- Beşiktaş Çağdaş 19 May digital group painting exhibition - Istanbul
2020- Eskişehir Fall Meeting Virtual Group Exhibition Eskişehir
2020- 3rd International Contemporary Art Festival Bashkort Artstan Regional Branch of the Russian Artists' Union, Bashkort Republic
2021-Eskişehir Art Association International Online Yunus Emre Painting and Sculpture Exhibition - Eskişehir
2021-Ponart Academy Oil and Acrylic Painting Competition Exhibition
2021-3. Young Art Meeting Online Exhibition, Eskişehir
2021-Portart 98th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey Exhibition, Çankaya, Ankara
2021-Republic Enthusiasm 9th Online Art Exhibition, Eskişehir
2021-“November 10th Commemoration of Atatürk” online group exhibition
2021-“Touches” group painting exhibition, Ankara Desen Art Gallery
2022-Artankara 8th International Contemporary Art Fair, Ankara Mask Art Gallery
2022-International Antalya Yoruk and Turkic Studies Science and Art Congress Art Symposium
2022-Eskişehir Art Association 7th International Yunus Emre online group exhibition (Eskişehir, June 1-15, 2022) http://eskisehirsanatdernegi.org/e-galeri
2022-19th International A Drop of Humanity/Lemon Flower group painting exhibition (Mersin, Mask Art Gallery, June 28) -July 8, 2022)
2022- 22nd International Love, Friendship, Peace Festival Art Workshop (Zonguldak Ereğli, July 21-24, 2022)
2022-1. Mersin Mezitli Painting Workshop (Mezitli, Mersin, August 25-September 1, 2022)
2022- Traditional 99th Anniversary Republic Exhibition (Kepez, Antalya, October 29-December 15, 2022, Dokumapark Modern Arts Gallery)
2022- International 10th Republic Enthusiasm Exhibition (Eskişehir Art Association, October 29-November 29, 2022) http://eskisehirsanatdernegi.org/e-galeri
2022- Touches Painting Exhibition (Ankara, Çankaya, Desen Art Gallery, December 9-December 31, 2022)
2023- Artankara International Contemporary Art Fair (Ankara, Galeri Mask, March 8-12, 2023)
2023- 2nd Mezitli International Art Workshop (Mersin) Mezitli (August 1-8, 2023)
2023- 7th International Gazipaşa Culture and Art Symposium (Antalya, Gazipaşa, October 10-29, 2023)
2023- Machine Specialization Organized Industrial Zone Painting Competition Exhibition (Kocaeli, Dilovası, October 26-December 22, 2023)
2023- Kırşehir Municipality 100th Anniversary of the Republic National Painting Competition Exhibition (Kırşehir, October 29, 2023)
2023- Traditional 100 Works of Art for the 100th Anniversary of the Republic Exhibition (Antalya, Dokumapark Modern Arts Gallery, October 29, 2023)
2023- Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Painting Competition Exhibition (December 2-10, 2023)
2023- Mersin Metropolitan Municipality 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey Painting Competition Exhibition (Mersin, December 4) 2023)
2024- 2nd International Konya Novotel Painting Workshop (May 1-10, 2024, Konya)
2024- Mersin Contemporary Art Fair (December 5-8, 2024, Mersin Yenişehir)
2024- Traditional 100 Works of Art for the 101st Anniversary of the Republic Exhibition (Antalya, Dokumapark Modern Arts Gallery, October 29, 2023)
2025- Participation in the Artankara 11th Contemporary Art Fair migration project (Ankara ATO Congresium, February 20-23)
2025- Deep Exhibition 7 Art Gallery (Istanbul, Nişantaşı, February 1-16)
2025- 2nd Antalya Contemporary Art Fair (January 16-19, 2025, Antalya Campiramit)
2025- "We are Azerbaijan to Us" group exhibition (Baku, April 2-10)
2025- 3rd Antalya Contemporary Art Fair (July 24-27, Antalya Campiramit)
2025- Artconcept Adana contemporary art fair, Artsentez art gallery. (Adana Fair Center, September 25-28, 2025)
2025 - Mersin Metropolitan Municipality 102nd Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey Painting Competition Exhibition (Mersin, December 2025)
2025 - Naval Forces Command 16th Painting Competition Exhibition (Istanbul, Beşiktaş Naval Museum, November 17, 2025)
2025 - Traditional 102nd Anniversary Republic Exhibition (Antalya Dokumapark Modern Arts Gallery, October 29-30, 2025)
2025 - Republic Day International Group Exhibition (Antalya Alanya Cultural Center, October 24-31, 2025)
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