biografia di Burhan DOGANÇAY (1929-2013)
Personal data
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Turkey
Education
1951-1953: Doctorate in economics – Université de Paris Sorbonne, Paris, France
Professional data
Trips
1962-2010: New York NY, United States
1975-2000: travelled to 114 countries (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, USA)
2005-2012: Istanbul, Turkey
Awards
1992 : Russia Ministry of Culture, Medal of Appreciation
1995 : National Medal of the Arts for Lifetime Achievement and Cultural Contribution from the President of Turkey
1964: City of New York Certificate of Appreciation.
Affiliated to an association
1980 to 2012: New York Artist’s Equity Association – New York NY, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Acrylic - Mixed media - Mixed media/canvas
Print-Multiple : Print
Sculpture-Volume : Aluminium
Photography : Platinum print
Artistic periods
2008-2012 : Framed Walls1998-2004 : Blue Walls of New York
1995-2000 : Alexander's Walls
1990-1991 : Formula 1 series
1990-2009 : Double Realism
1988-2012 : GREGO Walls
1982-1993 : Housepainter walls series
1972-1990 : Cones series
1972-1989 : Ribbons series
1972-1977 : Breakthrough series
1967-2002 : New York Subway Walls
1965-2010 : Doors
Works
Detour V | |
Date of creation : 1994 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Size : 127 x 152 cm | |
Green Door | |
Date of creation : 1991 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Size : 158 x 101 cm | |
Ribbon Mania | |
Date of creation : 1982 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Size : 152 x 152 cm | |
The Great Breakthrough | |
Date of creation : 1976 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Size : 152 x 152 cm | |
Cone on a Wall (walls 72) | |
Date of creation : 1972 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Size : 152 x 152 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2012
Fifty Years Of Urban Walls: A Burhan Doğançay Retrospective
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art – Istanbul, Turkey
05/23/2012 – 09/23/2012
2002
Recent Works: New York Subway Walls
Radio House Gallery – New York NY, United States
10/04/2002 – 11/09/2002
1983
Musée d’Art Contemporain – Montréal QC, Canada
07/24/1983 – 09/04/1983
1982
Les murs murmurent, ils crient, ils chantent…
Centre Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
02/03/1982 – 03/22/1982
Palais des Beaux-Art, Brussels, Belgium
03/19/1982 – 04/18/1982
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Group exhibitions
2013
Fifty years of Collecting Islamic Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
09/24/2013 – 01/26/2014
2009
COLLAGE-DÉCOLLAGE. Burhan Dogançay – Jacques Villeglé
Centre PasquArt (Centre d’Art) – Biel BE, Switzerland
06/28/2009 – 08/30/2009
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2012
Fifty Years of Urban Walls: A Burhan Dogançay Retrospective
Publisher: Prestel, Munich, Germany
GERMANY
ISBN: 978-3791352190
2008
Urban Walls: A Generation of Collage in Europe & America
Publisher: Hudson Hills Press Inc.
U.S.
ISBN: 978-1555952884
2003
Burhan Dogancay: Works on Paper 1950-2000
Publisher: Hudson Hills
Press Inc.
U.S. ISBN: 1555952267