Aslan Selçuk ArıK

My name is Aslan Selçuk Arık. From Anadolu University Fine Arts Department I graduated as an honor student. I workes as an assistant to sculptor H. Ertuğ Atlı on the Bursa Nilüfer Municipality Atatürk memorial sculpture project and the 12 metre stainless steel poetry clock tower projects. In 2017, I started my master’s degree with thesis at Anadolu University Fine Arts Institute. Even though I didn’t realize it at the time, I was trying to understand the way I perceived the world and my relationships with people by doing figurative works, and I was revealing them in an expressionist style by resorting to imaginary ways. I was interested in ancient civilizations and their myths, and as my thesis, I was interested in the symbolism in ancient Egypt’s understanding of sculpture. I can say that the idea of creating a symbolic narrative language with mythological characters in my works is based on my readings of ancient Egypt. In 2021, I graduated from my master’s degree with my thesis titled “Symbolic Expression Form in Ancient Egyptian Sculpture Art”. I took part in the technical team of an Art Residency program established for the cinema and television disciplines with the Katadrom association. I have been producing metal sculptures a...

2017-2021 Anadolu University Institution of Fine Arts /Sculpture (MA)
2007-2012 Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts / Sculpture Department (BFA)
2010-2011 Accedemia di belle Arte di Palermo Sculpture (Erasmus)
2006-2007 Osmangazi University Faculty of Engineering-Architecture / Mining Engineering
2001-2005 Gelisim Highschool / Mathematics and Science Department

2023 - Bodrum Art Fair - Bodrum / MUĞLA/TURKEY
2023 - RS Art Space - Summer Group Exhibition - İSTANBUL /TURKEY
2021 - Mimar Sinan Tophane-i Amire Art and Culture Exhibition Hall - Group Exhibition - İSTANBUL /TURKEY
2019 - Mimar Sinan Tophane-i Amire Art and Culture Exhibition Hall - Group Exhibition - İSTANBUL /TURKEY
2013 - Mimar Sinan Tophane-i Amire Art and Culture Exhibition Hall - Group Exhibition - İSTANBUL /TURKEY
2012 - Eskişehir Contemporary Art Gallery - Group Exhibition - ESKİŞEHİR /TURKEY
2011 - Wooden Sculpture Symposium of Mythological Nature Beings - Fethiye / MUĞLA /TURKEY
2010 - III. EMA, International Stone Sculpture Symposium and Exhibition - ALMERIA /SPAIN