Selected exhibitions and commissions:
2010 Illuminations (After Arthur Rimbaud), Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller (LTMH) Gallery, NY USA
curated by Ashok Adiceam, Upcoming September 15 - Octoober 15
finalist, public art commission, site specificinstallation, Civic Center Park & McNichols Building,
Kendall Peterson / public art manager / Denver Office of Cultural Affairs
2009finalist, public art commission, Miami Dade Art in Public Places, Jackson South Community Hospital Project
Brandi Reddick / communications and artists manager / Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
"Hasat", fiber optic sculpture and video projection, www.galerinternet.com
Istanbul Turkey October 7th 2009
finalist, public art commission, New Mexico State Tri-Lab,
Chuck Zimmer / aipp program manager / New Mexico Arts
"Albedo", Public art commission site specific sculpture, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver USA
Kendall Peterson / public art manager / Denver Office of Cultural Affairs
2008"Harvest", fiber optic sculpture and video projection, Kasa Galeri,
Istanbul Turkey April 2 – May 10 2008
2007"The Third Bridge ", Public art commission fiber optic sculpture, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York USA
City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation and Dumbo Arts Center
Clare Weiss / curator public art program / NYC Parks & Recreation
finalist, Brooklyn Bridge Underpass Lighting Competition
City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, New York
2006“Ripple”, Fiber optic installation, Franconia Sculpture Park; Minneapolis
John Hock / artistic director / Franconia Sculpture Park
2005“Untitled”, Video/Audio installation Dumbo Arts Festival, New York USA
2004 “Implosions”, Video installation, Dumbo Arts Festival, New York USA
“HangOnDots”, Virtual sculpture and etchings, (The ides of March) ABC NoRio; New York USA
“Untitled”, Photo etching of a video animation, (Concours) The Art Students League of New York, New York USA
2002 “Claustrophonic”, Audio installation, (The ides of March) ABC NoRio; New York USA
1999“post{c}enter”, A/V installation (Critical Studies Gallery) CalArts; Los Angeles USA
“Untitled”, Mixmedia installation (Map Show) Beyond Baroque; Los Angeles USA
1996“istif”, Mixmedia (Matchbook show) Art in General; New York USA
1994Project finalist, EMBALLAGE 94, pari EMBALLAGE; Paris, France, 1994
“Karakum”, Exhibition at the Kasimpasa Flour Factory; Istanbul, Turkey
Grup Grip-in (Member of the artists collaborative)
1992“Popular Myths and Graphic Intertextuality”, Anfa-Expo Center; Ankara, Turkey
Publications and awards:
Korgül, Rana "New York'ta bir Türk sanatç? Osman Akan" Hillsider Magazine
July 2010 No: 59, p/53-58
Amirsadeghi, Hossein "Unleashed: Contemporary Art from Turkey" Thames & Hudson
May 17 2010, hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0500977026
Kasa Galeri, "Kasa'da on y?l"
February 12 2010, p/306-307 ISBN: 978-605-4348-01-5
Sivri, Sezin "New York sokaklar?nda onun izi var" Posta Gazetesi
August 23 2009, p/7
Aksoy, Yasemin "Türk olsan da gel!" Maison Francaise,
August 2009 - p/35
Individual Artist Grant
New York State Council on the Arts NYSCA. New York, 2007
"New York celebrates art in the parks", Sculpture Magazine
December 2007 - Vol. 26 No.10, p/ 12
"The Third Bridge", The New York Sun
October 15 2007 - cover page
Zimmer, Amy “Open spaces for art”, Metro New York
October 3 2007 - p/04
“Art in the Parks”, The New York Times
September 27 2007
Viveros-Fauné, Christian "The Third Bridge" exhibition brochure
September 2007
Fellowship Jerome Foundation 2006
Kun, A. Zeynep “Osman Akan ”, Trendsetter Magazine
2004 - No: 07, Vol. 03, p/22
Akkam, Alia “Under a bridge, a span of styles”
Daily News, 2004/10-14, p/52
“Process”, Arredamento Dekorasyon, 2000/07-08, p/50
“Salt-Fish”, Arredamento Dekorasyon, 4, 108
“Salt-Fish”, pari EMBALLAGE handbook, p/8, p/33
Education:
Master of Fine Arts 1998
Critical Studies and Integrated Media
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Valencia, California
Bachelor of Fine Arts 1994
Graphic Design, Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey
Additional education activities
Printmaking 2004
The Art Students League of New York
Courses in Interactive Media 1996
ArtCenter College of Design Pasadena, California
TV and Video courses 1995
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) New York, New York
Workshops and lectures:
Instructor Katharine Gibbs School, Digital Media Communications Department, Digital Filmmaking and Multimedia Department, New York, 2000-2008.
Full-time course load included: VC220Animation1, VC225DGameDesign, DF120ComputerGraphics, DM235DigitalCompositing, VC130 Advanced Lighting.
Additional activities include curriculum design, workshop design and liaison with software companies.
Instructor performed a 3 day workshop on advanced lighting and rendering using 3ds Max and MentalRay. Istanbul Bilgi University,
Department of Visual Communication Design, Istanbul/Turkey 2003
Instructor, visiting artist "music in contemporary culture/music and popular culture" course focused on examination of local identities from the global perspective of sound and music.
Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Music, Istanbul/Turkey 2003
Instructor conducted several workshops on digital imaging and principles of computing for writers.
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, 1998