ARTISTS / MUSTAFA PILEVNELI

MUSTAFA PİLEVNELİ

He was born in 1940 in Istanbul. In 1956, he graduated from Yapi Vocational High School. In 1961, he studied at Istanbul State School of Applied Fine Arts (now known as Marmara University) Department of Decorative Painting. In 1963, he won a Federal Germany Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) art scholarship and did research on wall painting and techniques at the architecture studio of the Stuttgart Academy. He joined the teaching staff of İstanbul State School of Applied Fine Arts in 1960. He completed his proficiency in art education at Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts.In 1965, he worked as a lecturer at Marmara University, Atatürk Faculty of Education. In 1985, he became a professor at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, and in the same year, he became the Head of the Department of Painting. Between 1985-96, he produced original printmaking at Çamlıca Art House. He worked on printing techniques at Salzburg Summer Academy, where he was invited in 1970. Then in 2004, 2009, and 2015, he produced original printmaking within the Istanbul Museum of Graphic Arts. Pilevneli, whose works are exhibited in Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium, United States, and at the Oslo Biennial, continues to live and work in Istanbul.

Selected Exhibitions

17 December 2004-5 January 2005 Mustafa Pilevneli Exhibition, Altamira Art Gallery (Mersin)

17 February 2007 “Buluşma 1”-Group Exhibition Tatbiki Art Gallery (Istanbul)

24 May-20 June 2008 Mustafa Pilevneli Art Exhibition, Kızıltoprak Art Gallery (Istanbul)

3-31 December 2008 Mustafa Pilevneli -2008 Exhibition, Artisan Art Gallery (Istanbul)

May 24 - June 17, 2010 "Hello to My 70th Age", Artisan Art Gallery (Istanbul)

18 December 2010-15 January 2011 Mustafa Pilevneli Exhibition, Kızıltoprak Art Gallery (Istanbul)

14 November-21 December 2013 Mustafa Pilevneli Art Exhibition - Selçuk Yaşar Art Gallery (Izmir)

12 April-12 May Meeting GÖRSAV II – “Art Producers Through Generations” Exhibition, CKM (Istanbul)

March 3-24, 2015 "Yeditepe Istanbul", Three Contemporary Artists: Ayhan Türker, Muhsin Kut and Mustafa Pilevneli, Hobi Art Gallery (Istanbul)

9-22 September 2017 "Mustafa Pilevneli - Painting Exhibition" Dibekli Han Culture and Art Village / İ. Hakkı Tonguç Art Gallery (Bodrum)

8 November-1 December 2018 "Mustafa Pilevneli - Painting Exhibition" Selçuk Yaşar Art Gallery (Izmir)