
ARTISTS / ONAY AKBAŞ

ONAY AKBAŞ
He was born in 1964 in Fatsa, where he later completed primary school. Between 1974 and 1980, he completed his secondary education at Kastamonu Abdurrahman Paşa High School, and his high school education at Fatsa High School. He completed his higher education at Marmara University Atatürk Education Faculty Painting Department between 1980-85.
In 1985, he started his professional art life by opening his first studio in the Maltepe district of Istanbul. Here he took part in the foundation of the formation known by the art community as the Painters of Maltepe. In 1987, he recognized with an awared atv the Bandırma Bird Paradise Festival painting contest. Between 1987-1988, he worked as an art teacher at İzmir Maltepe Military High School for a year.In 1988, he settled in Paris and opened his first studio there. In 1989, within the events surrounding the 200th anniversary of the French revolution, he organized his first solo exhibition at Galerie Sero Paris.
In 1991, together with a group of artists and theorists of different nationalities, he founded the formation called Le chainon manquant, and this group participated in many mixed manifestations, especially in many art fairs.This group ended its activities with the death of the Argentine painter Aznar.In 1992 he was awarded the Painting First Prize at the Beaujolais art awards in France. Between 1995 and 2005, he was one of the consultants and participating artists of the Mac 2000 art fair for 11 years, which is still continuing in Paris. Between 2003-2006, he opened his own art gallery, Espace d'art contemporain l'autre, in Paris.In 2007, he was a jury member in Marin, France's most prestigious art award in the field of visual arts. In 2010, within the official program of the Turkey Year celebrations in France, he held two solo exhibitions at the Lyon Biennale -Galerie Regard sud and then at the Gallery crous des Beaux-Arts Paris. He worked on printmaking at IMOGA in 2015.
Since 1988, he has participated in exhibitions in many art fairs around the world, primarily Art Miami, Art Zurich, Art Geneve, Mac 2000 Paris, S'tart-Strasbourg, Manif-Seoul, and Art Taipei-Taiwan. He has organized over 50 solo exhibitions in many countries thus far, and his works have been exhibited in many group exhibitions. His works are found in many private and legal collections and museums around the world.In addition to exhibition catalogs published in multiple languages, he has 4 comprehensive books written by various art historians and critics about his art, again in English, French, Chinese and Turkish. Numerous interviews, articles, criticism and analysis articles about his art were published in magazines and newspapers, on TV and radio programs in many countries. The artist is the recipient of the Turkish Journalists Association Sedat Simavi Awards 2014 Visual Arts Award.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
1989 Gallery Serio - Paris
1990 Centre Culturel Anatolie - Paris
1991 Centre Culturel Gerard Philippe - Noisy - Le Sec
1991 Gallery Le Chainon Manquant - Paris
1992 Gallery Le Soleil Bleu - Versailles
1992 Gallery Serio -Paris
1994 Gallery D'art Schneider - Winterhur - Zurich
1996 "10 Ans De Peinture" - Aubergenville
1996 Gallery Le Soleil Bleu - Versailles
1996 Mac 2000 - Paris
1997 Mac 2000 Paris
1997 Gallery Artfakt-Mulheim-Allemagne
1998 Mac 2000 Paris
1998 Gallery Alkent Actuel Art - İstanbul
1998 Gallery Fardel-Le Touquet
1999 Mac 2000 Paris
2000 Foire Internationale D'istanbul Avec La Galerie Artist
2000 Mac 2000 Paris
2000 Gallery Alkent Actuel Art - İstanbul
2001 Gallery Sud-Lyon
2001 Mac 2000 Paris
2001 Bebek Art Gallery-İstanbul
2002 Mac 2000 Paris
2003 Gallery Artist-İstanbul
2003 Espace D'art Contemporain L'autre - Paris
2003 Manif-Seoul- Coree
2004 Start - Strasbourg
2004 Art Zurich -Zurich
2004 Mac 2000- Paris
2004 Foire İnternationale D'istanbul - İstanbul
2005 Start - Strasbourg
2005 Pulsart - Le Mans
2005 Artnimes - Nimes
2005 Festival Transmediterraneen-Grasse
2005 Foire İnternationale D'istanbul - İstanbul
2006 Gallery Cagla Cabaoglu-İstanbul
2007 Nurol Art Gallery- Ankara
2007 Gallery Appia-Grenoble
2008 Gallery Artist-Berlin
2008 Gallery Alkent Actuel Art - İstanbul
2009 Gallery Artist Ankara İntitulé "Mes İnachevés"
2009 Gallery Regard Sud Lyon İntitulé "Mes İnachevés"
2010 Gallery Crous Beaux-Arts
Paris İntitulé "Mes İnachevés"
2012 Gallery Wingrow - "One Act - Play" - Taipei - Taiwan
2013 Galleryartist - " Meine Unvollendeten " - Berlin
2014 Galleryartist - " Dalga - Wave " - Ankara / İstanbul
Group Exhibitions
1985 Musee Des Beaux Arts, İzmir
1987 Festival De Tourisme Et De La Culture - Bandirma
1990 Peintres Turcs-Agf-Paris
1991 Sept Peintres Turcs - Metz-Nancy
1991 Gallery Vive L' Art-Lille
1992 Peintres Turcs- Les Halles-Paris
1992 Salon D'automne-Paris
1993 Caleidoscope Des Libertes-Lille
1993 Gallery Pierre-Marie Vitoux-Paris
1993 Gallery Chabin-Paris
1993 Gallery Babacar-Paris
1993 Treizieme Art-Paris
1993 Gallery Le Soleil Bleu-Versailles
1994 Le Genie De La Bastille-Paris
1996 Salon Des Artistes Au Jardin Du Louvre-Paris
1997 Gallery Lisette Alibert-Paris
1997 İstanbul Air Fair-İstanbul
1997 98 - 99 - 00 Galerie Alkent Actuel Art-İstanbul
1998 30. Bienale De Langres-Langres (Onur Konugu)
1998 Gallery Artist - İstanbul
1998 Gallery Fardel
1999 Gallery Artist - İstanbul
2000 Art Contemporain Turc-Espace Pierre Cardin-Paris
2002 Gallery Drimart - İstanbul
2004 Maif - Niort
2005 Start - Strasbourg
2006 Artiste İnvite Au 24eme Salon De Villeveque
2009 Hommage A Vang Gogh--Centre D'art Contemporain De Besiktas -İstanbul
2010 Cite Des Arts-Paris "10 Artistes Contemporain Turc" İntitulé "Frontieres Liquides"
2011 13 Egeart - İzmir
2013 Gallery Wingrow - Taipei - Taiwan
2013 "90 Artist 90th Year" – Berlin
2015 "Dünyanın Renkleri -Istanbul - Contemporary Arts Center
2015 "Karşılaşmalar" - Istanbul - IMOGA Art Gallery
Selected Awards
1990 Paris Beaujolais Art Awards - First Prize
2014 Turkish Journalists Association Sedat Simavi Awards Visual Arts Award