Alp Armutlu

English artist Ned was born in1963. Despite gaining a BA (Hons) Architecture going on to become a DJ at London Soho’s renowned Marquee Club. His first vist to Turkey was while singing with a band touring European countries in 1988. He had always drawn and music gradually took a back seat as painting became his primary focus. Commissions, exhibitons and projects took place from Saudi Arabia to Texas to Malaysia.

Ned produced his first art exhibiton in Istanbul in 1995 and over the years became increasingly invlved with the country and the Turkish people; from producing a first contemporary art exhibiton at the Grand Bazaar in 1999, ‘Istanbul? Yeah!’, to ‘Her Yer Mustafa Her Yer Kemal’ at Palladium shopping mall in 2014 where a 24 hour time lapse painting of Atatürk was broadcast on national TV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHACIjlYetg

One of the 7 regions of Turkey is called Pamphylia suggesting there is a historic destiny between Turkey and Pamphilon....
“The name Pamphilon can be found as far back in time as the year BC 350 when one
Pamphilus is recorded as being a great painter. Another suffered in AD 309, he being a man of profound learning with regard to the Scriptures and Christian writings. It is also possible th...

BA (Hons) Architecture @ London

2016 İstanbul1881 announces Why Istanbul Exhibiton in december 2016.
2016 İstanbul1881 opened it's first Gallery in İstanbul with Ned's Atatürk exhibition
2016 Ned was relocated to Ankara for the 23 April National Sovereignty and Children's Day at Anitkabir
2015 With the support of Turkish Navy visited japan for the 125th anniversary activites in rememberance of the frigate Ertuğrul which sank of the coast of Kushimoto, Wakayama ni 1890. Ned Painted and Exhibited there.
2015 Ned was relocated to Ankara for the 23 April National Sovereignty and Children's Day at Anitkabir
2015 Navy Musem & Canakkale : 18th March Commemorations of the 100th year anniversay of battle of Gallipolli war.
2014 Live Atatürk Exhibition
2014 Istanbul 0216-0212
2013 My Village 221
2010 Gresham's School
2010 Waveney Springs
2010 The Gallery Highwaymans
2009 Cornhill Walk
2008 Redgrave Church
2008 Cornhill Walk
2008 Coney Weston, Istanbul and back? Yeah!
2008 Think! Dusun!
2007 Marmaris? Yeah!
2006 TED Istanbul Koleji
2006 TUGIAD : Yurtta Sulh Cihanda Sulh
2006 Adam Street London : Peace at Home, Peace in the World
2005 Moda Sea Club
2005 I.C.E.C. EXC Fair
2005 British Consulate Istanbul
2006 Tepe Nautilus : Sanat Denizi
2005 I...