TAHİR
ÜN
CURRICULUM VITAE
 Photo by Ali Riza Akalin (1995) |
TAHIR ÜN was born in Turkey, in 1960. Graduated from The Language and History- Geography Faculty, Ankara University andstudied History of European Art in the same faculty for two years. He worked as a lecturer of photography in the Contemporary Art Center in Ankara and The Safranbolu Vocational College of Kara Elmas University. He is a visual artist and lives in İzmir. |
TAHIR ÜN's works have been displayed in numerous exhibitions and events including the following:
2007 Melbourne Fringe Festival, "Digital Fringe", MELBOURNE
* 2. Uluslararası Fabrikartgroup Sanat Festivali, Mustafapaşa (Sinassos), CAPPADOCIA
* "Athens Videoart Festival" Technopolis, ATHENS.
* Web Bienal 2007, online project, "Consepts & Images - SCRS Project" - by Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum.
2006 "Memos for the passage" one-man exhibition, Underground Photo Gallery, IISALMI.
* "Third Circuits" ARTIST 16th. İstanbul Art Fair, Video-Art Program, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, İSTANBUL.
* "PI Performance & Intermedia Festival", PI Five, Curated by Antoni Karwowski, OFFICYNA, SZCZECIN.
* “ODTÜ Video Meeting” ANKARA.
* “3rd.Yıldız Short Film Festival” ISTANBUL.
* “Scope NewYork, Scope London, Split Film Festival, The Name Festival” Video Installations by PAM Group, NEW YORK.
2005 “Nihility or Identity” one-man exhibition, 23rd. Universiade Olympic Games / Erkayalar Art Gallery / İZMİR.
* Web Biennial 2005, on-line project by Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum.
2003 “Nihility or Identity” one-man exhibition, Çanakkale 1st. Photography Festival / ÇANAKKALE
* "Het Geritsel Van De Bosphorus" Grup Sergi, De Markthallen, HERK-DE-STAT.
2002 “Nihility or Identity” one-man exhibition, Bursa Photography Days / TKM Cemal Nadir Art Gallery / BURSA
* "Sondaj" curated by Engin Özendes, Pamukbank Photography Gallery, ISTANBUL.
2001 R2001 PROJECT "RHYTHMONE - A dialog between digital and analog forms" CELLspace Global Community Festival, 7-8 December, SAN FRANCISCO.
* R2001 PROJECT "ART ELECTRONICA ATELIERS" Cerveira XI. Bienal, 25th Aug. - 27th. Sept.,CERVERIA.
2000 “Nihility or Identity” one-man exhibition, The British Council Art Gallery, ANKARA.
* R2001 PROJECT "UTUTU" Musashino Park at Harappa Festival, TOKYO.
* “Nihility or Identity” one-man exhibition, Altın Koza Art Festival, ADANA.
1998 "Nihility or Identity" one-man exhibition, The Lamp Gallery / YORKSHIRE
* "Nihility or Identity" one-man exhibition, Boekhandel De Verbeelding / AMSTERDAM.
* "Global Collage" the on-line project by Akimbo Design / SAN FRANCISCO.
* "Faces and Dreams" one-man exhibition, Artlink Exchange Gallery / YORKSHIRE.
* "On the Road" the on-line project by Cafe Society,YORKSHIRE.
1997 * IV. Fotonoviembre Int. Biannial "Interventions" group exhibit, Cultural Center of The Christians, TENERIFE.
* "Photo - Installation" by Tahir Un Old Laundry of Yörük Village.
1996 "Contemporary Turkish Photography Exhibition" HABITAT/ Silahhane, Yildiz Palace, ISTANBUL.
1995 "Faces and Dreams" one-man exhibition, 3rd. Fotonoviembre Int. Biennial, La Caixa, La Laguna / TENERIFE.
* "Turkish Plastic Art Exhibitions" Art Festival, HOUSTON
1994 "Contemporary Art Photography by Turkish Photographers" SANTA FE.
1993 "Details From Life" one-man exhibition, Akbank Art Gallery, ANKARA.
* "The Sahin Kaygun Prize" awarded as the best Turkish Photographer of International Exhibition by AFAD and Seyhan Municipality.
1992 "Polaroids" one-man exhibition, Arsiv Art Gallery, ISTANBUL.
* "Selections 6" by Polaroid, FotoKino, COLOGNE.
* Selected as "2000 Years' Artists" by Turkish Official TV (TRT).
* The First Prize in Black and White Photography awarded by The Ministry of Culture.
1991 "Turkish Photography, Today" LINZ.
1990 "Photographs 1980-1990" one-man exhibition, Istanbul Photography Days, France Culture Center, ISTANBUL.
* "Turkey, Ich Liebe Dich !" Mainzer Rathauses, MAINZ.
1989 "Imagined Views 2" one-man exhibition, T. A. A. Hekimgil Art Gallery, ANKARA.
* “Turkish Photography in Republic Period” Emlak Bank Art Gallery / ISTANBUL.
1988 "Imagined Views 1" one-man exhibition, Refo Photography Center, ISTANBUL.
* "Imagined Views 1" one-man exhibition, Turco - British Art Gallery, ANKARA.
* "Photography for a Son" Sala Zielona, WARZSAWA.
1987
"Photography for a Son" Sala Zielona, WARZSAWA.
1978 "Views From Country" Akbank Art Gallery, IZMIR.
SOME OF THE PUBLICATIONS
2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. Edited by Robin Lenman, 2005, Oxford University Press.
* "23rd Universiade 2005, İzmir" Sergiler El Kitabı.
* Biyografi: "Akhisar'ın Gönül Dilinden" Kültürel Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği Yayınları, Derleme: Nevin Dağlı, 2005, Akhisar.
2004 “Türk Fotoğrafında Çıplak” Edited by Alberto Modiano, Bileşim Yayıncılık.
2002 “Türk Fotoğrafında Çıplak” CD-ROM Edition. Edited by Alberto Modiano, NummuS Medya.
2000 “Nihility or Identity” Exhibition Catalogue by British Council Art Gallery.
1999 Türkiye'de Fotoğraf / Photography in Turkey; by Engin Özendes, Tarih Vakfı Yayınları; İstanbul, 1999.
1997 Biography: "The Catalogue of The Fotonoviembre Int. Biennial" by Centro de Fotografia of Tenerife.
* "Encyclopedie internationale des photographes des debuts a nos jours = Photographers Encyclopedia International from its beginning to the present" by Auer, Michele. CD-ROM Versiyonu. Neuchatel, Switzerland.
1996 Magazine Folio: "Foto" Magazine by Revista Foto S. L. , Spain.
* Magazine Folio: "Zoom International" by Progreso Fotografico Editrice, Italy.
1995 Biography: "The Catalogue of The Fotonoviembre Int. Biennial" by Centro de Fotografia of Tenerife.
* Monograph: "The Poetic Introduction of Representation of the Hidden Photograph."Poems by Tahir Ün.
* Magazine Folio:"The Index Magazine" by Turkish Public., CC.
* Biography: Houston Art Festival, Turkish Plastic Art Exhibitions Catalogue, Ministry of Culture.
1994 Biography: "Encyclopedia of The Turkish Plastic Artists” Edited by Kaya Özsezgin, Y.K.B. Publication, Istanbul.
* Biography: "Contemporary Photography from Turkey" by the catalogue of the Collage of Santa Fe.
1992 Biography: "Turkey'92" The Catalogue by Shell Co.
1990 Monograph: "Imagined Views/Moments of Revulsion" Photographs by Tahir Ün.
1989 Biography: "Turkish Photography, Today" by Y. K. B. Publication.
1983 Magazine Folio: "Foto Kino Magazine tillaeg International Photography" by Konkordia Kvissel, Denmark
COLLECTIONS OFFICIAL
* State Museum at Majdanek, Lublin.
* Centro de Fotografia, Isla de Tenerife.
* Michele & Auer, Brussels / Paris.
* Ransom Center Photography of Texas University, Austin.
* The Polaroid Collection of U. S. A.
* The Ministry of Culture of East Germany (old).