Ismail Simsek

İsmail Şimşek was born in 1977, in İzmir. He graduated from the Department of Sculpture of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dokuz Eylül University as the best student. He received his master's degree in Art and Design from the same faculty and university.
He works in his own studio in Izmir.

Ismail Şimşek, mention residential and global norms and in that sense, he deals with psychological stance of crowd, enforcement,
community upon the individual.
The contents of his works include; reaction/non-reaction, present (current times), capitalism, sexuality, eroticism, politics and
the idea of ruling as the continuing concept of exploitation of individual as it was seen in the past. It also includes the implications
of these terms..

The forms of Ismail Simsek produced last period focuses person referring the human being both
beyond from the source and to source and his space and the experience of time. Ismail uses the
structure of the form as a psychological phenomenon in his works.
The forms of Ismail indicating the presence of the statue continue their existence as interlocked
and like a cocoon composed of nodes cannot be separated from each other. The knitting or binding
action can be read as a kind of acts of self...

BA, Department of Sculpture, Dokuz Eylül University. Faculty of Fine Arts, Izmir / Turkey

MA, Art and Design , Dokuz Eylül University. Faculty of Fine Arts, Izmir / Turkey

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Solo Exhibition, Galery İKSEV / İzmir / Turkey

Group Exhibitions

2018 Hopeless Emptiness / SANATORIUM, İstanbul

2016 Indivisible Sabancı University Kasa Gallery İstanbul
2014 Artnivo group exhibition, Sofa Hotel / Istanbul / Turkey

2012 EÇEV group exhibition and auction (sculpture), Swiss Hotel / Izmir / Turkey

2011 EÇEV Sculpture Awards of Cengiz ÇEKİL, Jury Special Award / İzmir / Turkey

2009 Dokuz Eylül Üniversity fine art Faculty Metal Sculpture Workshop / İzmir / Turkey

2008 EÇEV sculpture competition’s group exhibition / Izmir / Turkey

2007Akhisar Municipility FOTOMARATON Awards, (Achievement Award) Akhisar / Manisa / Turkey