Yiğit Yazıcı

Design & Special Projects
1998 – Bata Shoes Exhibition – Sponsored by Bata Shoes, installation of shoe cabinets at Akmerkez, Istanbul, Turkey.
2004 – Starbucks Bebek Mural – Large-scale wall painting designed and executed for Starbucks Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey.
2012 – Absolut Istanbul – Special design project interpreting the Absolut bottle, highlighting Istanbul’s cultural energy. 180.000 bottles
2017 – Venice Design (Synesthesia: 'Artist’s Luggage') – Palazzo Michiel, Venice; exploring exile, identity, and belonging.

Solo Exhibitions
2025 – Cheerful Shepherd, Inspera Bodrum, Turkey
2022 – Mixing, Artcrowd Istanbul Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 – Change Over, Artzone Cubes, Ankara, Turkey
2017 – Color, Nar Artiz Gallery, Izmir, Turkey
2016 – Retro, Summart Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 – Fountain, Pébéo Contemporary Gallery, Gémenos, Marseille, France
2014 – Felicita, Beyaz Art, Zorlu Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2014 – Consciousness, Mart Collection Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2013 – Peace Unlimited, Gallery AP87, Den Haag, Netherlands
2013 – E-Cosi, LinArt, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 – Layers of a Tale, Art on 56th, Beirut, Lebanon
2012 – Nobody’s Business but the Turk’s, Tally Beck Contemporary, New York, USA
2010 – Look into Yourself, Bali Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 – Oxygen, La Table de Tee, Tally Beck Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand
2010 – Painting Exhibition, Armoni Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2008 – Color of the Cities, Çırağan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 – 19, Gallery G-Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 – My Family, Article Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 – RTU100005, Creamart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 – Exhibition, Gallery Artist Çukurcuma, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 – The Place I Was Born, Zafer Plaza, Bursa, Turkey
2002 – Milli Piyango Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2001 – İş Bankası Art Gallery, Izmir, Turkey
2001 – Solo Show, Seattle Town Hall, USA
1998 – Bata Shoes Cabinet Exhibition, Akmerkez, Istanbul, Turkey
1997 – Yesterday–Today, Atatürk Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey
1996 – Second Step, GYİAD, Istanbul, Turkey
1995 – Pages, Maya Plastic Arts Center, Istanbul, Turkey

Art Fairs
2024 – Context Art Miami, CDW Gallery, USA
2023 – Beyond Sonorism, Etra Fine Art, USA
2023 – Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary, CDW Gallery, USA
2023 – Context Art Miami, Gama Gallery, Miami, USA
2023 – ArtWeeks Akaretler, Gallery Merkür, Istanbul, Turkey
2023 – CDW Gallery, Palm Beach, USA
2022 – ArtAnkara, Gama Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2022 – Miami Artweek, Etra Fine Art Gallery, Miami, USA
2021 – Contemporary 2021, Gallery Artopol, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 – IAAF Istanbul, Colorbox (Live Art Gallery), Istanbul, Turkey
2021 – IAAF Istanbul, Artopol Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 – ArtWeeks Akaretler, Gama Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 – Step Istanbul, Gallery Artopol, Istanbul, Turkey
2019 – ArtWeeks Akaretler, Gallery Merkür, Istanbul, Turkey
2019 – Context Art Miami, Gama Gallery, Miami, USA
2018 – Art Thessaloniki International, Kapudag Gallery, Greece
2018 – Contemporary Istanbul, Gama Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 – Contemporary Istanbul, Gama Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 – Scope Art Fair, Çağla Cabaoglu Gallery, Miami, USA
2016 – AA Fair, Gama Gallery, Singapore
2016 – Contemporary Istanbul, Gama Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 – AA Fair, Gama Gallery, New York, USA
2016 – International Art Fair, Istanbul Unlimited, Warsaw, Poland
2015 – Contemporary Istanbul, Red Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 – Art15, Arton56th Gallery, London, UK
2015 – Art on Paper, Tally Beck Contemporary, New York, USA
2014 – Art14, Arton56th Gallery, London, UK
2014 – LA Art Show, Tally Beck Contemporary, Los Angeles, USA
2013 – Contemporary Istanbul, Art on 56th, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 – Menase Art Fair, Arton56th Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2013 – Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Tally Beck Contemporary, Houston, USA
2013 – ArtMRKT San Francisco, Tally Beck Contemporary, USA
2012 – Art Asia Miami, Tally Beck Contemporary, Miami, USA
2012 – Menase Art Fair, Arton56th Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2011 – Art Asia Miami, Tally Beck Contemporary & Hat Art Fruit, Miami, USA
2011 – Contemporary Istanbul, Bali Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 – Next Art Fair, Tally Beck Contemporary, Chicago, USA
2011 – ArtMRKT, Tally Beck Contemporary, San Francisco, USA
2010 – Art Asia Miami, Hat Art Fruit, Miami, USA
2010 – Asian Art 2010, Tally Beck Contemporary, New York, USA
2009 – Scope ArtAsia Fair, Hat Art Fruit, Miami, USA
2009 – Scope Art Fair, Hat Art Fruit, Basel, Switzerland
2008 – Scope ArtAsia Fair, Art & Life Gallery, Miami, USA
2008 – Contemporary Istanbul, Art & Life Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 – Contemporary Istanbul, Art & Life Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 – Contemporary Istanbul, Article Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 – Art-İst Art Fair, Portart Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 – TÜYAP Art Fair, Gallery Artist Çukurcuma, Istanbul, Turkey
1995 – Young Happening, UPSD, TÜYAP, Istanbul, Turkey
Group Exhibitions
2024 – Gradara Contemporanea, Gradara Castle, Gradara, Italy
2023 – Nord Art, Hamburg, Germany
2023 – Hayra Alamet Şahmeran 34, Galataport, Istanbul, Turkey
2022 – BIOSPHERE - NOOSPHERE, Etra Fine Art Gallery, Miami, USA
2022 – Hayra Alamet Şahmeran 34, Galataport, Istanbul, Turkey
2022 – Gradara Contemporanea, Gradara Castle, Gradara, Italy
2022 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, OrtakAlan, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 – Collective Memory, Ramada Resort, Bodrum, Turkey
2021 – House of Art, House of SuperStep Istinye Park, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 – TA London, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2021 – JOY, M-Art Gallery, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 – Condizione, Elephant Paname, Paris, France
2017 – Maslak 42, Gama Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 – Synesthesia, True-Treu, Venice Design 2017, Palazzo Michiel, Venice, Italy
2017 – Art 7/24 Vol 5, Armaggan Art&Design Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 – No-Prescription, Ekavart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 – Innervisions, Galeri/Miz, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 – Kardesim Beyrut, Art On 56th, Beirut, Lebanon
2015 – Highlights 2016, Etra Fine Arts, Miami, USA
2015 – Enjoy the Silence, Galeri Ark, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 – Things That Count..Things That Don’t, Abrazo Interno Gallery at The Clemente, New York, USA
2014 – Colors Republic, Şişli Municipality, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 – Free and 90, Consulate General of Turkey, Berlin, Germany
2012 – ONE, Armaggan Art and Design Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 – Absolut Istanbul Launch Party, Anjelique, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 – Contemporary 2, Bali Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 – Popextended, Alan Istanbul/Linart, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 – The Istanbul Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, Antrepo 5, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 – N. Arditti & Yiğit Yazıcı, Grup Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2008 – Yiğit Yazıcı & Nadia Arditti, Lebriz.com & Dem-Art, Citys, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 – Portraits, Art at Akmerkez 5, Artdepo, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 – Come on Girls to School, Creamart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 – Art at Akmerkez 4, Artdepo, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 – Art at Akmerkez 3, Artdepo, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 – 40 Days 40 Nights Love, Passage Markiz Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 – Art is Love, Creamart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 – Art at Akmerkez 2, Artdepo, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 – Feeling and Thought, A Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 – Esthetic Scale in Contemporary Turkish Painting, Gallery Baraz, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 – Art at Akmerkez 1, Artdepo, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 – 1+1, Bebek Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2001 – I. Women’s Biennial, TÜYAP, Istanbul, Turkey
2001 – Four Young Artists, Gallery Binyıl, Istanbul, Turkey
2000 – Mixed 4, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
2000 – Dialog, Çekirdek Art Group, Istanbul, Turkey
1999 – Art for Life, Istanbul Stock Exchange Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1999 – X-treme X-terios, Marcus Garvey Park, New York, USA
1998 – Homage to the 75th Year, Bilim Art Gallery, Dolmabahçe Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
1998 – Abstract Tendencies in Turkish Art, Gallery Baraz, Atatürk Center of Culture, Istanbul, Turkey
1997 – New Dynamics in Contemporary Turkish Art, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
1996 – The Masters and the Young of Turkish Art, Gallery Baraz, Consulate General of Austria, Istanbul, Turkey
1996 – Towards 2000, Young Artists Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Bilim Art Gallery, Atatürk Center of Culture, Istanbul, Turkey
1994 – DYO Arts Competition and Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey
1992 – New York–Istanbul, Gallery Baraz, Atatürk Center of Culture, Istanbul, Turkey
1991 – Contemporary Artist, Art and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
1990 – Contemporary Artist, Art and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
1990 – Young Talents Exhibition, State Fine Arts Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

Books & Publications;
Mirror to Imagination (2007) – A retrospective book covering 12 years of artistic production.

References / Selected Quotes;
A Glance to Some Paintings by Yiğit Yazıcı For New York Exhibition, November 14, 2012 Türker Armaner
“Once an artwork is created, a portion of the physical world, that is, a part of the sensible, natural, mechanical realm is appropriated by the human consciousness. Every artwork, whether it is literature, architecture, sculpture, a musical composition, or a painting, is the representation of the reality which dwells in a historical context. … In Yiğit’s paintings one observes the deserted objects, as if abandoned to their fates, reflecting the actual movement in its potentiality, infinity in its finiteness and fullness in a void.”
(Türker Armaner, 1968, literary author and philosopher, teaches philosophy at Galatasaray University, lives in Istanbul.)
Jeff Lawson (Founder, UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami; Principal, Jeff Lawson Associates Inc., New York)

“I met Yigit Yazici in 2008 in Art Asia Fair in Miami (now UNTITLED), of which I am the founder and owner. He was the focus of attention with his art and his ability to synthesize East and West.”
“His paintings are very dynamic and colorful.”
“Yigit Yazici, alongside his artistic abilities, is also an entrepreneur in creating successful art projects, easily adapting himself to social environments wherever he goes.”
Bernard Castaing (Retired Worldwide Vice President, Procter & Gamble; Art Collector, London & Paris)
“I visited Mr Yazici's studio in Istanbul and was struck by his originality in turning the simple objects of daily life into colourful and dynamic paintings. I bought a painting that day as I instantly understood his brilliant creative mind and painting mastery.”
“Later, I commissioned a portrait of myself and my wife by Mr Yazici. The result, now on the walls of our flat in London, is stunning, reflecting both our own personalities and his unique and unmistakable style. All of our friends and even our own children heaped praise on his work.”
“Yigit’s diverse artistic abilities are combined with his entrepreneurial ones, as evidenced by projects such as the sails for a large sailing boat or being selected as one of the Absolut Vodka artists.”

Tally Beck (Founder & Director, Tally Beck Contemporary, New York)
“I met the artist Yigit Yazici in Miami in 2007 when we were both participating in an art fair during Art Basel Miami. At that time, he was already notable in the international art world.”
“He had developed a signature style, including gestural elements and influences from Constructivism and typography.”
“I produced his painting show Oksijen in 2010, and it was the first exhibition of Turkish art in the history of Thailand.”
“His subsequent show at my gallery in New York, Nobody's Business But the Turk's, drew large crowds and paved the way for successful showings in Miami, San Francisco, Houston and Los Angeles.”
“Yazici's work has reached an even higher level of international fame. He is certainly an artist who is at the top of his profession as his work is visible at art fairs and group shows internationally.”

Collections;
Corporate & Institutional Collections
Çağdaş Holding Polimeks Eczacıbaşı Holding Akbank
QNB
TEB BNP Paribas Karadeniz Holding
Limak Holding Polisan Tekfen Holding Nobel İlaç
T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı
UN Turkish Mission, New York
Museums & Foundations
Elgiz Museum
İşbank Museum Collection Foundation South Africa
Hotels
Four Seasons Bosphorus Çırağan Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay Kempinski Jumeirah Hotel Dubai Marriott Hotel Şişli Wyndham Grand Istanbul Silkar Golf Hotel
Maçka Hotel
Private Collections
Arzu & Ömer Sabancı Collection Nezih Çavuşoğlu
Mustafa Taviloğlu
Çağa Collection
Selma Gülerce
Rafi Portakal
Ayşen Özyeğin
Taşkent Family
Gilbert Frimet
Bernard Castaing
Özdilek Family
Saffet Ulusoy
Fahd Alireza
Tally Beck, New York