Yucel Donmez

Kars-Turkey 1956Yucel Donmez has been continuing his artistic work in Chicago since 1980. He has staged many exhibitions both in Turkey and in the States and was accepted into one of the most influential art encyclopaedias to shape American art history, Who is Who in American Art in 2000. His inclusion in the Biographical Encyclopaedia of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers of the U.S. in 2002, followed by the Devonports Art Reference encyclopaedia, Dnmez has secured a permanent place in American art history. Yucel Donmez also appears among the 63 artists from Chicago to have entered the renowned art reference book, Art Diary International, published every year by the famous Flash Art magazine in Italy. On Ycel Dnmez paintings Prof. Ismail Tunal(Art Historian)Ycel Dnmez is an artist who has spent many years working in the United States, opening exhibitions in the most select establishments, has become a reputed artist and entered art encyclopaedias. Despite this, he is still considered a foreigner in the United States, because his art is not a product of American culture. Returning to Turkey for this reason, Dnmez aims firstly to begin a new artistic career in his native land and then to take his place in the internation...

Awards:2003 Who is Who in American Art prize plaquette Donmez has been recognised by American art critics (Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, 1989) as an artist who has shed new light upon the art of painting with his self-developed painting techniques. He obtained The National Medal of Art one of the most important awards in the United States in 1995, for his 11-year-long dedication to bringing art to education working with Urban Gateways. Other awards Yucel Donmez has been given include the following: 1983 Urban Gateways Award for Painting. 11 of Donmez paintings were given prizes and added to the art collection of 11 schools who have been working with the Organisation for over 25 years. 1993 Outdoor Art Award. Donmez was given the Outdoor Art Award for his snow painting project in todays Millennium Park in Chicago, sponsored by five different organisations. 1987 Chicagos Very Own. Donmez appeared four times on the main news of one of Americas national television channels, WGN. He received the prestigious Chicagos Very Own status in 1987 (other winners of the award in later years included Michael Jordan). 1987 The Art Institute of Chicago. During the 1987 Sultan Suleyman exhibition, Donmez was awarded the chance to display his artwo...