Three Separate Exhibitions consisting of 55 Printmaking Artworks of 9 Printmaking Artists from Turkey, 24 Paintings of 5 Kazakh Artists, and 45 Paintings of Kazakh Artist Zhenis Moldabekov to be opened by Economy and Energy Minister Hasan Taçoy
Date Added: 07 October 2019, 10:00
Last Updated Date:18 November 2020, 11:24

Three separate exhibitions consisting of 55 printmaking works of 9 Turkish artists; Prof. Dr. Yıldız Doyran, Dean of Duzce University Faculty of Art and Design; Prof. Dr. Müjde Ayan, Head of Marmara University Atatürk Faculty of Education Department of Fine Arts Education; Prof. Dr. Tansel Türkdoğan, Head of Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Arts; Prof. Dr. Zeliha Akçaoğlu, lecturer of Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Painting; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nedret Yaşar, Lecturer of Yalova University Faculty of Art and Design; Ahmet Özer, Lecturer of Pamukkale University Faculty of Education; Ramazan Can and Özlem Can, research fellows of Hacı Bayram Veli University Faculty of Fine Arts; Talat Ayhan, Chief Artist of Ankara State Opera and Ballet, 24 paintings of Kazakh artists Botagoz Tolesh, Aitkali Zhaysanbaev, Kuanysh Bazargaliev, Sergey Anarbekov, and 45 works of Kazakh artist Zhenis Moldabekov will be opened by Minister of Economy and Energy Hasan Taçoy.

According to the information provided by the Directorate of Press and Public Relations of Near East University, the opening of three separate exhibitions consisting of 124 artworks in total will be held on 08 October 2019 at 08.30 at the Near East University İrfan Günsel Congress Center Exhibition Hall.

Giving information about the printmaking studies and artists, program coordinator and curator of the exhibition Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Ergün said that the Near East University Print Painting Artist Residence is an international art formation center carrying out print painting workshops at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, which includes all traditional printing methods.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Ergün; "We host printmaking artists from the Turkic World"
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Ergün; "The main purpose of our program is to host the printmaking artists especially in the Turkish world in the field of contemporary art and to ensure that the original works of the participating artists realized in workshops and studios will be included in the collection of the Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts which will be a unique art complex with a closed area of 20.000 m2 which will be completed in 2020. In addition to providing research and production opportunities for artists, our residence also so far held trips, seminars, workshops and interviews with more than 100 print artists, and also, in order to make a database consisting of artists' perspectives, working methods and their opinions about art in general. short interviews are documented with video footage in the workshop environment.

They created for Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts...
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ergun also said; "In the 11th painting and print painting workshop that was recently held held, artworks produced during a ten-day workshop at the Art Residence by Prof. Dr. Yıldız Doyran, Dean of Duzce University Faculty of Art and Design; Prof. Dr. Müjde Ayan, Head of Marmara University Atatürk Faculty of Education Department of Fine Arts Education; Prof. Dr. Tansel Türkdoğan, Head of Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Arts; Prof. Dr. Zeliha Akçaoğlu, lecturer of Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Painting; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nedret Yaşar, Lecturer of Yalova University Faculty of Art and Design; Ahmet Özer, Lecturer of Pamukkale University Faculty of Education; Ramazan Can and Özlem Can, research fellows of Hacı Bayram Veli University Faculty of Fine Arts; Talat Ayhan, Chief Artist of Ankara State Opera and Ballet, will be exhibited in the exhibition which will be opened on 8 October. We would like to thank all participating artists for their efforts."

A total of 69 works will be exhibited in mixed and personal painting exhibitions of Kazakh artists...
Botagoz Tolesh's works can be distinguished by their abstract plastic forms. In one of Tolesh's works titled "The Secret", the artist states that each individual is a different mystery. In addition, the lines in the painting represent a story about a human being. Another work by Tolesh called “White Bird" tells a story about the war and invites everyone to contribute to world peace.

Aitkali Zhaysanbaev depicts three generations of Kazakhstan in his works. In one of them, “Bathers”, the artist depicts the symbolic images of Kazakh women. The images of women symbolize Kazakhstan: the past, present and future are respectively depicted. Zhaysanbaev's other work consists of a story titled “The Flag of Kenasari" about the last Khan who ruled the Kazakh people in 1830.

Kuanysh Bazargaliev's works also depict the traditional Kazakh pattern. The author tries to look at the old Turkish ornament from a new perspective and wants to show how symbolism affects the course of history.

Artist Sergey Anarbekov's work titled “Sakalar" depicts the revived gold mines found in Altai. In another work titled “Gone", he depicts a story about migration related to dramatic events.

In the works of Yergali Palymbetov, the artist depicts that life in the steppes is difficult but interesting. The people depicted in Yergali's works are the people of his own village.

Who is Zhenis Moldabekov?
Kazakh artist Zhenis Moldabekov, whose 45 paintings will be exhibited, was born in 1988 in Turkestan, South Kazakhstan region. In 2009, he graduated from Kazakh-Turkish Yassaui International University. In 2013, he received a plaque from Ot Nur Otan ’party for helping to implement the‘ Kazakhstan 2050 ’strategy. In 2014, he won the first prize in the Republic Exhibition-Art Competition. In 2015, he won the second place at the international exhibition "Art Week of Bulgaria". In 2016, he participated in an exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan. His artworks are in museums and private collections in Kazakhstan and abroad.