Ahmet Özcan

Ahmet Ozcan was born in 1985 in Turkey. He graduated from Graphic Design Department of Fine Arts Faculty of Mersin University. And started master's degree in the same department in 2014.

The artist’s compositions and characters aim to reveal
the habitats and daily existence of unreal beings which
may also be defined as “monsters”. They direct the
attention of the audience bored with the “real world” to
a new planet which is too horrifying to be an alternative
(or non-alternative). These new spaces do not host
political conflicts, wars of power, political plans,
economic ambition, cities as giant dumping sites,
“imperative” to violate natural life, infinite consumption
and fobidden truths. The artist also does not aspire to
create ideal spaces. Death, pain, disease and hunger
are already embedded in the nature of these spaces.
However, humans are not part of these spaces. They
only see the spaces belong to creatures that develop
on their own and are evolved by the artist in every new
work. Thus, the audience witnesses these surreal
moments and meet the monsters that do not
metaphorically match with “evil”.

Bachelor's degree / Mersin University, Fine Art Faculty, Graphic Design Department
Master's degree / Mersin University, Fine Art Faculty, Graphic Design Department

- "Local Illustrators 02" (2010, Mtaar/Istanbul)
- "8th Korea-Turkey Exchange Exhibition" (2010, Istanbul)
- "Not Included" Photography Exhibition (2011, MKSS/Mersin)
- "House of Dreams" (personal show, 2012, Edisyon/Istanbul)
- "A Monster's Room" (personal exhibition, 2012, Hush Gallery/Istanbul)
- "Same Language" (2012, Mitte Barcelona-Edisyon/Barcelona)
- "İkametgah Kadıköy 02" (2012, BMKM, Istanbul)
- "Posca Exhibition" (2012, Milk Gallery, Istanbul)
- "Biber Çekilir" (2012, Mersin University)
- "Spring Collective" (2013, Artnext Gallery, Istanbul)
- "Entropy" (2013, Artnext Gallery, Istanbul)
- "The Habitat of Monsters" (2014, personal show, Le Snoot Gallery, Georgia / USA)
- "Stoyoyoke In Brazil” (2014, contest exhibition, Berlin, Brasil)
- "The CharacterSelfie Project" (2014, group exhibition, The Pictoplasma Portrait Gallery /Berlin, Museum for Contemporary Art MARCO / Mexico)