Avsar, Vahap — Vahap Avsar

Istanbul, Turkey, RAMPA istanbul, 2011. Softcover. White semi-glossy wraps with silver text on cover. (9) 10-176 pp. Features many color, some bw illustrations. Signed by the artist. Vahap Av ar was born in 1965, Malatya, Turkey. He attended Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Fine Arts from 1985 to 1989 and Bilkent University Fine Arts Department from 1989 to 1995 where he earned a Master’s degree and completed the coursework for a Ph.D. Av ar settled in New York after an artist’s residency program in 1995. Av ar’s solo exhibitions include “Lost Shadows”, SALT Beyo lu, Istanbul (2015), “Black Album”, Rampa, Istanbul (2013), “iBerlin”, TANAS, Berlin (2012), “Noneisafe”, Charles Bank Gallery, New York (2011) and “Vahap Av ar”, Rampa, Istanbul (2010), “Come Who Ever You Are”, W139, Amsterdam (1993) and “Myths”, Galeri Zon, Ankara (1991). His group exhibitions, among others, include “Istanbul: Passion, Joy, Fury”,MAXXI Museo Nazionale Delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, “Too Early, Too Late: Middle East and Modernity”, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna (2015), “Artists’ Film International”, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul and Whitechapel Gallery, London (2015), “Zwölf im Zwölften”, TANAS, Berlin (2011), Second Exhibition, ARTER, Istanbul (2010), “I’m Too Sad to Kill You!”, Proje 4L, Istanbul (2003), 5th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (1997) and “Gar”, TCDD Art Gallery and Ankara Central Train Station, Ankara (1995), 5th Havana Biennial Art Exhibition (1994), “Elli Numara – An Bellek II”, Akaretler 50, Istanbul (1993) and “An Another Art: For the Memory of Joseph Beuys”, German Cultural Centre, zmir (1986)." - from artist's website. VG, some marks on wraps, other than that excellent condition .