TOĞRUL

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He was born in Trabzon, Turkey 1951 ( May 29).

The fundamental resources of his surrealistic tendency is related by the sculptures of his father during primary school.

During 1990-1992  he made the observations about the painting arts in the museums in Brasil, U.S.A., France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy  and UK.

During the 1992-1997 Togrul produced post-impressionist oil-paintings.

By the mid 2000s he was painting in a completely abstract-expressionist and surrealist manner (surreal-expression).

(*) His first solo exhibition was opened in the year of 2000.

(*) In the year of 2001 he started to study in the studio of Erol  Deneç, who is the student of Ernst Fuchs.  In the studio of DENEÇ, his studies are on the  fantastic realist painting.

(*) He explain The Surrealistic Stowing Method in September 2003.

(*) During 2003-2004 he studied on the philosophy of aesthetic under the direction of Köksal Önem (Doctor fine art esthete - Paris SORBON).

(*) In August 2004 he submitted to the SoHo-Chelsea International Art Competition.

   ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS

   2000-Ebristan Art Gallery, Üsküdar-Istanbul.

   2002-Atatürk Library Art Gallery, Taksim-Istanbul.

   2003-Press Museum Art Gallery, Sultanahmet-Istanbul.

   2003-Taksim Art Gallery, Taksim-Istanbul.

   2004-ÇATI Art Gallery, Nişantaşı-Istanbul.

   2004-AKM, Karadeniz Eregli-Zonguldak.

   2004-State Gallery of Finearts, Istanbul.

   2005-Taksim Art Gallery, Taksim-Istanbul.

   GROUP EXHIBITIONS

   2005-Aladoğan Art Gallery, Kurtuluş-Istanbul.

   AWARDS

   ·         Month's Artist, Surrealism.co.UK, March 2004

   ·         Honorable Award, Medial 1.Art Biennial 2005, Art Addiction Medial Museum, UK London

   TV PROGRAMS

   2003-A conversation about Surrealism on CNN Türk TV.

   2004-A conversation about Surrealist Painting on ERT TV.