In our 556th Art Gathering, we are visiting artist Ömer Atakan.

Born in Istanbul in 1970, Ömer Atakan graduated from Saint-Joseph High School and then from the Faculty of Architecture at Mimar Sinan University. He completed his master's degree in Cinema, TV, Multimedia and Digital Technologies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he developed an interdisciplinary perspective.

Atakan also possesses an extensive collection focusing on film history, particularly the James Bond universe, which is known internationally. This collection, which includes rare books, film posters, and original pieces related to film history, forms an important part of the artist's relationship with popular culture and serves as an archival resource that inspires his work.

After working in the architecture sector for approximately 25 years, Atakan shifted his production to painting and visual storytelling; he developed his own unique artistic language by combining a cinematic perspective with graphic storytelling, illustration, and pop art-based painting. The artist mostly works on heavy-weight paper; He uses different techniques such as pencil, ink, marker, pastel, and acrylic together. Popular culture, personal memory, and collective history frequently intersect in his works.

Atakan's works are included in many private collections in Turkey and abroad; he also has two published novels that he wrote himself. Ömer Atakan has exhibited in important art venues in Turkey such as Artweeks, CI Bloom, and in Istanbul such as Goba Art & Design, Chi Art Gallery, and Frank Art Studio; and abroad at Hamburg West Station Gallery, London Art Fair, and Paris Art Capital.

Ömer Atakan continues his artistic production based in Istanbul and Paris.

Wednesday, May 13

12:00-13:00