NEZIR KORKMAZ
Kurdish
Artist
born February 27, 1954
in Hirit, Turkey
ART STUDIES
(basically self-taught, however...)
Istanbul School of Fine Arts 1973-77
Under Professors Nejat Guner and Doc. Devrim Erbil
Courses in Venice, Florence, and Germany 1979
Vienna School of Fine Arts 1979-83
including two years in the workshop of
Professosr Rudolf Haussner in Mˆdling
and
6 months with Professor Wolfgang Hutter
in Vienna
EXPOSITIONS
Turkey
Van, 1979
Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir
11 personal and 2 group shows
between 1970 and 1977
Taksim 1989
Germany
Essen 1979
Italy
Trevise 1982 / Venice 1983 / Padua 1986 /
Verona 1986, 1989, 1993
Milan 1997
Belgium
Brussels 1991
Paris
Salon d'Automne au Grand Palais
1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995
Paris
Salon des Artistes Francais 1987
Lille 1992
Nice 2000
Geneva
2 expositions in 1996
Netherlands
Venlo 2001-02
Sweden
Hamstadt 2002
Boston
International Science Fiction Illustrators
Sheraton Hotel, 2004
New
York City
InterArt Gallery
Inner Eye Exhibition
April 12 thru May 7, 2005
HONORS
1990 - Gold Medal at Salon d'Automn, Paris, France
1991 - Golden Palm award
and
Trophy for ensemble of his works,
Brussels, Belgium
1997 - Nomination to Academy of Art, Science, & Literature,
Italy