bengisu bayrak
1978, herford, germany
education/ now_ student at marmara university institute of fine arts, painting department (PhD)/ 2005_ istanbul bilgi university institute of social sciences, department of film and TV (M.A.)/ 2001_ marmara university faculty of fine arts, department of painting (B.A.)/
business background/ 2006-now_ dogus university, faculty of art and design, department of visual communication design: research assistant/ 2003-2006: bilge adam academy of information technologies: department of web & graphic design: trainer/ 2002-2003_ yeditepe university, faculty of communication, department of visual communication design: research assistant/ 2001-2002_ el company advertising and design: graphic designer and illustrator.
selected exhibitions/ 2006_contemporary istanbul contemporary art fair, lütfi kirdar international congress and exhibition palace, Istanbul/ 2006_ rejection episodes, vooruit kunstencentrum, gent, belgium/ 2006_atelier of tayfun erdogmus, goethe institute and gallery D art, istabul/ 2006_ 5th contemporary artists exhibition, akbank sanat, istanbul/ 2006_ marmara university 3rd international student triennial, toptasi, istanbul/ 2005_ 1000 lies of identity, siemens art gallery, istanbul/ 2005_ filimdeyim 2, Istanbul bilgi university, Istanbul/ 2005_ short documentary, student films and independent films: city and architecture, tarik zafer tunaya culture center, Istanbul/ 2005_ city trailer: exhibitions among european universities (tu braunschweig, fb architektur, germany, hochschule für bildende künste braunschweig, germany, kunstakademie münster, germany, burg giebichenstein hochschule für kunst und design halle, germany, university thessaly, greece, athens school of fine arts, greece school of art and design university of ulster, northern ireland, universidade lisboa de humanidades e tecnologias, portugal, universitdade lisboa, faculdade de belas-artes, portugal, istanbul bilgi university, türkiye, middle esat university, ankara, turkey)/ 2004_ 3rd contemporary artists exhibition, akbank sanat, Istanbul/ 2004_ what i see today has little to do with me: exhibitions among european universities (faculty of the university of dundee, hochschule für bildende künste braunschweig, burg giebichenstein hochschule für kunst und design halle, school of art and design, university of ulster, institut für elementares formen, technische universität braunschweig, marmara university, istanbul, türkey, istanbul bilgi university, istanbul, turkey)/ 2002_identitäten, löwenpalais ve DGB haus, berlin/ 2001_ 21st contemporary artists exhibition, ataturk culture center, Istanbul/ new suggestions-new propositions 6, borusan art gallery, Istanbul/ 2000_ 2nd Turkcell painting contest.
awards/ 2004_ 3rd contemporary artists exhibition, Istanbul, achievement award/ 2000_ 2nd turkcell painting contest, istanbul 3rd award/
videography/ 2006_casablanca: computer generated video, 26’, b/w/ 2006_ psychedelic: computer generated video, 2’ 6’’, b/w/ 2006_dial m for murder: computer generated video, 140’, color/ 2003_fast-iman: documentary, original format mini DV, 10’, color/ 2001_fast-iman: video, original format mini DV, 14’ (loop), color/ 2001_run: computer generated video, 5’ 11’’, color/ 2000_everything is so different: computer generated video, 4’’ (loop), b/w/ 2000_ the impression of being watched: 19’’ (loop), b/w.