Selected Exhibitions
2008"Harvest ", fiber optic sculpture and video projection, Kasa Galeri, Istanbul Turkey
April 2 / May 10 2008
2007"The Third Bridge ", fiber optic sculpture, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York USA
2006"Ripple", fiber optic sculpture, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minneapolis USA
2005Please click here for the D.u.m.b.o. arts center (dac) Winter Auction 2005
"Untitled", Video 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 NY, 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
1998 “Untitled”, (Map Show) Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles USA
1996 “istif”,(Matchbook show) Art in General, New York USA
1994 “Karakum”, Exhibition at the Kasimpasa Flour Factory; Istanbul,
Turkey. Grup Grip-in
(Member of the artists collaborative. The work focuses
on inter-cultural, random design issues)
Publications and Awards
"New York celebrates art in the parks" Sculpture Magazine,
December 2007 - Vol 26 No. 10, p/12 click to view
"The Third Bridge" The New York Sun
October 15 2007, coverpage click to view
"Open spaces for art, Metro New York
October 3 2007, p/04 click to view
“Art in the Parks”, The New York Times
September 27 2007 click to view
Individual Artist Grant
New York State Council on the Arts NYSCA . New York, 2007
Project finalist "Brooklyn Bridge Underpass Lighting Competition"
City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs. New York, 2007
Jerome Foundation Fellowship 2006
“Osman Akan ”, Trendsetter Magazine, 2004/No07Volume03, p22 click to view
“Under a bridge, a span of styles”, Daily News, 2004/10-14, p52 click to view
“Process”, Arredamento Dekorasyon, 2000/07-08, p50
“Salt-Fish”, Arredamento Dekorasyon, 4, p108
Project finalist “EMBALLAGE 94”, pari EMBALLAGE; Paris, France,
1994
pari EMBALLAGE handbook, 8, p33
Workshops and Lectures
Instructor Katharine Gibbs School, Digital Media Communications Department, Digital Filmmaking and Multimedia Department,
New York, 2000-current. Full-time course load includes: VC220Animation1, VC225DGameDesign, DF120ComputerGraphics,
DM235DigitalCompositing, VC130 3DMax. Additional activities include curriculum design, workshop design and liaison with
software companies.
Workshop 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
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 2004The 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)