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İsmail Ateş
İsmail Ateş
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İsmail Ateş (pronounced /ˌɪsˈmɑːɪl ˌɑtɛʃ/, born Göle, Ardahan Province, Turkey; 1960) is a Turkish artist and professor.

He graduated from Faculty of Education in Art, Painting Department of Gazi University in 1982.^[1] In 1988, he received his "Master of Fine Arts" degree at Hacettepe University, then, in 1993, received his "Doctor of Philosophy" degree under the title of "The Relation Between Form, Texture and Geometric Surfaces as an Element in Painting" at the same institution.

İsmail Ateş, who has had many exhibitions in Turkey and abroad, did research on "American Art" and "Art Training" in the Department of Art at the City University of New York, Hunter College between 2002–2004 and he is currently teaching at Hacettepe University's Faculty of Fine Arts.^[2]

In paintings of İsmail Ateş, the geometries which explain space, get an organic quality with soft movements of colors. Continual color and ton transformations now present time and space continuity, as Bergson says, the existence of entity with its whole past, the endless variations and transformations of colors, to entirety and continuity of perception. In all sensation parameters, color, is the most connected with sensations and spirituel situations, the most boundless and independent sensorial form. In paintings of İsmail Ateş, color, with a geometric genre, gets a top-level mental quality. In a sense, this paintings evoke, transformation of the paintings of Kandinsky into mental symbols more than being sensational.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Some of his paintings are in various museums and private collections which can be indicated as Ankara Art Museum, Ministry of Culture Art Collection, PTT Museum Collection, General Directorate of Youth and Sports Collection, General Directorate of TPAO Collection, Central Bank Collection, Hacettepe University Collection, Istanbul Ciragan Palace Collection, Hacettepe Art Museum, METU Art Collection, Ankara University Art Collection, Şefik Bursalı Museum, New York United Nations Plaza and other private and local collections around Turkey and the world primarily in Amsterdam, Maastricht and New York.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Solo exhibitions

1983 Dost Art Gallery, Ankara
1984 Ankara Art Association, Ankara
1988 Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Studio, Ankara
1991 İlayda Art Gallery, Ankara
1992 Painting and Sculpture Museum, Ankara
1993 İş Bank Art Gallery, İzmir
1993 Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Studio, Ankara
1994 Talih Kuşu Art Gallery, Ankara
1994 Gallery Zon, Ankara
1995 Gallery Soyut, Ankara
1996 Gallery TMMO, Ankara
1997 Gallery Sanat Yapım, Ankara
1998 Gallery Soyut, Ankara
1999 Gallery Soyut, Ankara
2001 Gallery Baraz, İstanbul
2001 Gallery İlayda, Ankara
2001 Gallery Soyut, Ankara
2002 Gallery Artist, İstanbul
2002 Gallery Toyan, Ankara
2002 Gallery Akdeniz, Ankara
2004 United Nations Plaza, New York
2005 ArtSumer Modern Art Gallery, İstanbul
2006 Atlas Art Gallery, Ankara
2006 Gallery dem-art, İstanbul
2007 METU Convention and Culture Center, Ankara
2009 Gallery Beşiktaş, İstanbul
2010 Gözübüyük Art House, Ankara
2012 Turkish Center, New York
2015 Sefaköy Culture and Art Center, İstanbul
2015 Ofis Art Center, Sakarya
2015 Yunus Emre Culture Center, İstanbul

Awards

1986 Encouragement Prize, Gallery Mi-Ge Painting Competition
1988 Accomplishment Award, General Directorate of Physical Art Training
1988 Accomplishment Award, 49th State Exhibition
1989 1st Prize, Zonguldak Painting Competition
1990 Painting Award, Anniversary of PTT Art Competition
1990 9th TPAO Painting Competition, Prize of Honor
1990 First Prize, Ahi Evran Painting Competition
1991 Honourable Mention, 2nd Ahi Evran Painting Competition
1992 First Prize, State Exhibition
1992 Award, Sincan Festival Painting Competition
1992 Success and Appreciation in Art Prize, Senate of Hacettepe University
1993 Award, Senate of Hacettepe University
2007 Award, Şefik Bursalı Painting Exhibition
2010 Painting Award, 34th DYO Painting Competition
2014 Painting Award, 72nd State Exhibition

References

^ The Artist's biography
^ Hacettepe University – Department of Painting – Teaching Staff
^ YILMAZ, Mehmet. "World of Ismail Ates", The Publication of Gallery Baraz, April 2001, İstanbul
^ ERZEN, Jale. "The Çağa Collection: A Passion for Beauty", The Publication of Çağa Foundation, September 2002, İstanbul
^ ÖZSEZGİN, Kaya. "The Relation Between Geometric Order and Clear Colours", "Artist Art Magazine", The Publication of Gallery Artist, December 2002, İstanbul
^ AKDENİZ, Halil. "Central Bank Collection 2", The Publication of Central Bank, November 2004, Ankara
^ GİRAY, Kıymet, "Some Observations on İsmail Ateş’s Abstract Expressions", The Publication of Atlas Gallery, April 2006, Ankara
^ ATALAY, Süreyya, "Exploration of Geometry and Eternity in the Paintings of İsmail Ateş", Rh+ Art Magazine, May 2006, İstanbul
^ Turkish Cultural Foundation – Introduction of Artists
^ Moon and Stars Project – Artistic Activities
^ Lebriz.com – Artists' Catalogues
^ "Turkish Painter Opens Exhibition in New York" | www.turkishny.com