I have two undergraduate diplomas from Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty, Textile Arts Department in 1977 and Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Painting Department in 2000.

 

Between 2010-2018, I gave undergraduate courses at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture as a lecturer. Since 2010, I have been teaching master's and proficiency courses in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Fine Arts Institute, Sculpture Department. Between 2015-2019, I worked as a lecturer at the Department of Graphic Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University. Since 2019, he has been working as an Associate Professor at TC Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Faculty of Communication, Visual Communication Design Department. I am working as a lecturer.

 

Many national and international published articles and papers presented in symposiums, memberships to scientific organizations, TV programs I have attended, webinars, personal and group exhibitions, biennials, workshops, festivals, projects, awards I have received, book chapters I have written and Still Life - Vital Everyday Objects I have a book called Metaphors in the Context of Art (2023).

 

Education:

• 2009, Mimar Sinan University SBE Painting Department, Proficiency in Art / Ph.D.

• 2004, Mimar Sinan University SBE Painting Department, Master's Degree

• 2000, Mimar Sinan University Fine Arts Faculty Painting Department, Bachelor's Degree

• 1977, Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Textile Department, Bachelor's Degree

 

Academic Duties:

• Since 2018, he has been working as a lecturer at TC Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Faculty of Communication, Visual Communication Design Department.

• Since 2015, he has been working as a lecturer at the Department of Graphic Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, at TC Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University.

• Since 2010, he has been working as an Instructor at Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture.

 

Lessons Given:

- Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Sculpture:

• Mythology and Art: BA and MA

• Mythology and Contemporary Art: BA and MA

• Symbol in Visual Arts: Proficiency in Art

 

- TC Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Graphic Design Department:

• Mythology and Iconography: Bachelor

• Introduction to Art History: Bachelor

• History of Western Art: Bachelor

• Artwork Analysis: Bachelor

• Project Development Management: Bachelor

 

- TC Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Visual Communication Design Department:

• Basic Art and Design: Bachelor

• Civilization History: Bachelor

• Design History and Evolution: Bachelor

• Mythology and Iconography: Bachelor

• Contemporary Art Theories and Movements: Undergraduate

• Theoretical and Applied Design: Undergraduate

• Graduation Project I: Undergraduate

• Graduation Project II: Undergraduate

 

Exhibits:

• 2023, Trojan Women, Solo Exhibition, Troy Museum Art Gallery, Tevfikiye Mevkii, Troy 3. Street No: 12, Çanakkale.

• 2022, Looking and Seeing, International Group Exhibition, Çağrıtsin Digital Gallery, TC Maltepe University Faculty of Communication, Visual Communication Design Department.

• 2021, Golden Gate / Zoloti Vorota Group Exhibition, Kiev National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, Kiev, Ukraine.

• 2021, TR Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Faculty of Communication, Women's Day Events Group Exhibition, Istanbul.

• 2019, Gallery New Century Opening Exhibition, TC Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Dr. Azmi Ofluoğlu Campus, Istanbul.

• 2019, International Varna Art Gathering, Group Exhibition, Boris Georgiev Varna City Gallery and Museum, Bulgaria.

• 2019, Women and Art in the New Century, Faculty Members Mixed Exhibition, TR Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Istanbul.

• 2019, Itsliquid International Art Show, Group Exhibition, The Room Contemporary Art Space, Venice, Italy.

• 2018, Imfarts; International Fine Arts Symposium in the Mediterranean and Culture and Art Workshop, Sakarya University Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, mixed exhibition, Antalya.

• 2018, Threads, Group Exhibition, Espacio Gallery, London, UK.

• 2018, United, Group Exhibition, Gologorsky Gallery, Krakow, Poland.

• 2016, Encounters, Forte Sangallo Galleries, group exhibition with Giulia Ripandelli, Nettuno, Rome, Italy.

• 2016, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Faculty Members Group Exhibition, Koridor Gallery, TR Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Istanbul.

• 2016, Milta Bodrum Marina Ottoman Shipyard, District Governor's Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition titled Transforming Buildings, Bodrum.

• 2016, Sakarya University, Faculty of Fine Arts Art Gallery, personal exhibition named Transformation, Sakarya.

• 2015, Ankara Gazi University, Faculty of Art and Design, 2nd International Art Symposium, group exhibition with jury, Ankara.

• 2015, Il Segnalati, group exhibition, Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.

• 2015, Contemporary Paradise, group exhibition, Villa Castelnuovo, Palermo, Italy.

• 2015, Art Shopping, L'Art Contemporain Accessible, Carrousel du Louvre, group exhibition Paris, France.

• 2015, Award Guigliamo II, Juried and awarded group exhibition, Modern Art Civic Museum Sciortino Monreale, Palermo, Italy.

• 2014, Small Wonders, juried group exhibition Linea Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy.

• 2014, Different and Together, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University and Dulkadiroğlu Municipality jointly organized the 2nd national juried group exhibition, Kahramanmaraş.

• 2014, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, International Art and Design Congress, Transformation Jury Congress mixed Exhibition, Ahmet Adnan Saygun Art Center, İzmir.

• 2014, Sakarya University-Sakarya Municipality, Office Art Gallery, Different and Together, National Juried Group Exhibition, Sakarya.

• 2012, We Are Allone-in Urban Transformation, Artist 2012, Tüyap, 22nd International Istanbul Art Fair group exhibition, Istanbul.

• 2011, We Are Allone, Artist 2011, Tüyap, 21st International Istanbul Art Fair group exhibition, Istanbul.

• 2010, Women's Development Center-We, Istanbul, group exhibition titled Per Woman, Istanbul.

• 2010, Karşı Art Gallery, group exhibition named Food, Istanbul.

• 2009, Gallery CAM, Gullubahce group exhibition, Istanbul.

• 2009, Gallery CAM, personal exhibition named Tatil Sepeti, Istanbul.

• 2008, Galerie Hübner & Hübner, group exhibition Istanbul Art Affairs, Frankfurt, Germany.

• 2007, Gallery CAM, solo exhibition named Traveler, Istanbul.

 

Workshops:

• 08-14/05/2023, In the context of the seminar titled Use of Myths as an Advertisement Strategy at the Department of Journalism and Social Communication, University of Wroclaw, Poland within the scope of Erasmus+ Academic Staff Teaching Mobility workshop: Creating a Mythology Logo Design

• 2014, Prof. Dr. A/r/tography workshop organized by Rita Irwin (British Columbia University, Faculty Member, Vancouver, BC Canada) at Anadolu University, Eskişehir.

• 2012, Outsourcing workshop at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and Gallery Pasajist with Danish Greek 46 Art Group. Talk: Cultural Interaction.

 

Biennials:

• 10th Florence Biennale, Art and the Polis, 17-25 October, 2015, Italy.

• 3rd Ruhr Biennale, Townshipwise different, 20 June-30 July 2015, Duisburg, Germany.

• ShingLe 22j V Biennale at Anzio and Nettuno, Bon Appétit, Museo Civico Archeologico, 9-31 May 2015, Italy.

• 1st International Barcelona Biennale, The Meam Museum, 17-19 April, 2015, Spain.

• 2nd International Palermo Biennial, 11-25 January 2015, Italy.

• 2nd International Biennale of Santorini, Peace Mechanisms, 5 July 2014 - 5 October 2014, Greece.

 

Festivals:

• 2017, Infecting the City artists shortlist, Cape Town, South Africa.

 

Book:

• DİKMEN, Benal (2023), Still Life: Metaphors of Vital Everyday Objects in the Context of Art, Kırmızı Publishing House, Istanbul.

 

Book Chapters:

• DEMİR, Müge (Ed), (2022), Visual Communication, Design and Culture, Lambert Academic Publishing, Berlin. Chapter: Classical and Digital Art in Turkey: A Comprehensive Comparison, p. 19-55.

• EEA Mustafa (Ed), PASSENGER Mehmet Ali (Ed) (2022), Asia Minor from the Past to the Future, Paradigm Academy Press and Distribution, Çanakkale. Chapter: Phrygian Title: A Universal Symbol From Past to Present, p. 213.

 

Papers presented at international scientific meetings and published in the proceedings book:

• International Academic Conference, Education and Social Sciences, Business and Economics, Reinterpretations of the Myths in Contemporary Art, 2 March 2020, Belgrade, Serbia.

• 6th International Conference on Eurasian Language and Social Sciences, ECLSS, Relationship between Literature and Visual Arts in the Postmodern World, 30 April-01 May 2019, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

• Ankara Gazi University, Faculty of Art and Design, 5-7 November 2015, 2nd International Art Symposium, New Initiatives in Painting in Our Time, Ankara.

• “Art, Reality and Paradox”, International Art Symposium, Reality and Illusion in the Context of Visual Arts, 8-9 October 2015, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Bodrum Faculty of Fine Arts, Muğla.

• “Managing Art” International Art Symposium, Changing Relations in the Visual Arts Market, 04-05 November 2014, Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Art and Design, Istanbul.

• International Art and Design Congress, “Transformation”, Transformations in Visual Arts Education, 20-25 October 2014, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, İzmir.

• Culture and Identity from the 21st Century Window, International Multidisciplinary Symposium, Food, Culture and Identity in the Context of Visual Arts, May 26-28, Baku, Azerbaijan Erciyes University (Kayseri, Turkey), Hazar University (Baku, Azerbaijan).

• Anatolian International Art Education Symposium, Transformations in Art Education, New Approaches in Art Education, 14-15-16 May 2014, Anadolu University, Eskişehir.

• International Art, Design and Manipulation Symposium, Blurring Boundaries of Art, Craft and Design, 14-16 November 2013, Sakarya University Faculty of Fine Arts, Sakarya.

• 2nd International Language and Communication Symposium: Discovery of Innovations, Art as a Communication Tool, ILSC 17-19 June 2013, İzmir.

• Science and Culture Symposium with International Participation, Relationship between Culture, Art and Science in a Changing World, 18-20 April 2012, Batman University, Batman.

 

Articles published in national peer-reviewed journals:

• Mimar Sinan University, Journal of Social Sciences Institute, Issue: 9, Intercultural Interaction and Hybridity in Visual Arts.

• Mimar Sinan University, Journal of Social Sciences Institute, Issue: 4, A Separate Place-Women's Altars Tradition.

 

Papers published in the proceedings book presented at national scientific meetings:

• 1st National Art Design Symposium and Exhibition, The Relationship between Art, Craft and Design in the Context of Art History, 9-11 October 2013, Selçuk University, Konya.

• Art in the New World Order, 10. National Art Symposium, Change in Art and New Searches, Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts, 7-8 June 2012, Ankara.

 

Articles:

• 2022, Turkey Clinics Association Academic Mind Platform, December: Artist as a Collector.

• 2021, Turkey Clinics Association Academic Mind Platform, November: Activist Art and Hegemony.

• 2021, Turkey Clinics Association Academic Mind Platform, august: Being an Academician.

• 2021, Turkey Clinics Association Academic Intelligence Platform, July: Is Online Learning the Future of Education?

• 2016, TR Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Campus Bulletin, issue 9, p. 8-12, Art of Rope.

• 2016, TR Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Campus Bulletin, issue 7, p. 24-28, Robotic Art.

• 2016, TR Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Campus Bulletin, issue 6, p. 26-28, After the 56th Venice Biennale.

• 2010, Rh+ Fine Arts Magazine, issue 75, p. 74-79, Spring, Sandro Botticelli.

• 2010, Rh+ Fine Arts Magazine, issue 73, p. 32-36, Contemporary Women Artists in the Footsteps of the Mother Goddess.

• 2010, Rh+ Fine Arts Magazine, issue 72, p. 42-43, The Women of John Currin.

• 2010, Rh+ Fine Arts Magazine, issue 71, p. 36-41, Contemporary Art and Classical Myth.

 

TV Shows:

• 2021, TRT 2 One Picture One Story Program, Part 102: Speech on Pieter Aertsen's painting named After Harvest, Program director: Zehra Aşçı, Program Prepared and Presented by Mahir Güven.

• 2020, TRT 2 One Picture One Story Program, Episode 41: Speech on Pieter Bruegel's painting titled A Landscape During the Fall of Icarus, Program director: Zehra Aşçı, Program Prepared and Presented by Mahir Güven.

 

Webinars:

• 2021, TR Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Science Days, Panel Chair: Communication and Media in the Covid 19 Era.

• 2021, TR Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Faculty of Communication, Women's Day Events Panel Talk: Being a Woman in Art.

• 2020, TC Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Design Club, Mythology and Design interview.

 

Seminars:

• 08-14/05/2023, Use of Myths as an Advertisement Strategy at the Department of Journalism and Social Communication, University of Wroclaw, Poland within the scope of Erasmus+ Academic Staff Teaching Mobility

• Participation in the Training of Trainers seminar held on 15-17/02/2021.

 

Memberships to Scientific Organizations:

• 2019, Member of the Editorial Board of the IAI International Academic Institute, Belgrade, Serbia.

 

Awards:

• 2000, Mimar Sinan University Painting Department First Place, Sakıp Sabancı Foundation Award.

• 2015, Award Guglielmo II, Ass. Socio Culturale EA Editore, Modern Art Civic Museum Sciortino Monreale, Palermo, Italy.

• 2015, Prize International Rome Imperial award, Ass. Socio Culturale EA Editore, Sala del Bramante, Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy.

• 2015, ShingLe 22j V Biennale at Anzio and Nettuno 3rd Prize, Bon Appétit, Museo Civico Archeologico, Italy.

 

Jury Memberships:

- Thesis Jury Memberships:

• 2023, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Institute, Painting Department, Master's Thesis, Examination of the Expression of Subjective Reality in Painting with Light and Shadow through Interior Paintings, Prepared by Nazlı Buse Kökçü, Supervisor: Dr. Instructor Member Derya Ulker

• 2022, TR Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Social Sciences Institute, Department of Media and Communication Management, Master Thesis, "Art and Signs" in Interaction-Communication, Prepared by Ayşe Özturan, Supervisor: Assoc. Dr. Serra Inci Celebi.

• 2019, Sakarya University Institute of Social Sciences, Painting Major, Master Thesis, The Effect of Alienation in 20th Century Art and the Concept of Play on Artistic Production, Prepared by Mustafa Kemal Abacı, Supervisor: Assoc. Nese Shive Baydar.

• 2019, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Institute, Department of Sculpture, Master's Text The Reflections of Developing Digital Technology in Western Painting in the 21st Century on Contemporary Turkish Painting, Prepared by S. Reyyan Somuncuoğlu, Supervisor: Assoc. S. Ozlem Uner.

• 2019, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Institute, Department of Sculpture, Sculpture Program, Master's Text, Sculpture and Cosmogony, Prepared by: Oğuzhan Güdek, Supervisor: Dr. Professor Omer Emre Yavuz.

• 2019, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Institute, Painting Department, Painting Program, Proficiency in Art, Painting as Closed Artwork, A Critical Look at the Minimalist Approach in Visual Arts in the 20th Century, Prepared by Erhan Özışıklı, Supervisor: Prof. Gulcin Aksoy.

• 2019, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Fine Arts Institute, Painting Department, Painting Program, Master's Text Theme of Mother and Child in Turkish Painting, Prepared by Aslı Altınışık Doruk, Supervisor: Assoc. S. Ozlem Uner.

 

- Refereed Journal Article Evaluation Jury Memberships:

• 2022, Nişantaşı University Journal of Social Sciences, Article Title: An Evaluation of Netflix Brand's Marketing and Global Marketing Strategy

• 2022, Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Art-e Art Journal, Article Title: A Meta-Narrative That Tells What We Think: Imaginary Order.

• 2021, The Journal of Academic Social Sciences, Article Title: The Place of Sugar and Porcelain in Tableware Arrangements: The Example of Bouke De Vries

• 2021, The Journal of Academic Social Sciences, Article Title: Form-Content and Concept Relationship in Ceramic Art Education.

• 2021, The Journal of Academic Social Sciences, Article Title: Gerhard Richter's Style Experiences in the Framework of Postmodernism and Eclecticism.

• 2021, İnönü University, Journal of Culture and Art, Title of Article: Ecological Art in the Axis of Human and Nature.

• 2021, The Journal of Academic Social Sciences, Article Title: Art's Opposition: Daniel Spoerri.

• 2020, Nişantaşı University Journal of Social Sciences, Article Title: An Evaluation of the "Day Generation" TV Programs of 2020-2019.

• 2020, Anadolu University Journal of Art and Design, Article Title: Abstract but Objective Art: Minimalism.

• 2019, The Journal of Academic Social Sciences Article Title: Looking at Turkey's Modernization Through İhap Hulisi Görey's “Citizen” Poster.

• 2019, The Journal of Academic Social Sciences, Article Title: Art Management and Sponsorship Relationship “The Case of Garanti Bank”.

• 2019, Nişantaşı University Journal of Social Sciences, Article Title: Functions of Consumer Society and Popular Culture in Turkish Cinema: Ice Cream Gaymak Film Review.

• 2017, Journal of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Ankara University DTCF Department of Philosophy, Ankara Article title: A Comparative Study on Reality and Conjecture Approach: Essays Exhibition Example.

 

- Workshop Jury Memberships:

• 2019, Bahçeşehir University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, BAU/ETSAB Sounds of Istanbul Winter Workshop Coordinator: Assoc. Dr. Umran Topcu.