Kemal Tufan
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Born in Silivri in 1962, the artist graduated from the Department of Sculpture at Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Fine Arts, after his Industrial Engineering education at Istanbul Technical University. The open-air sculptures of the artist who participated in group exhibitions by opening many personal exhibitions in Turkey and abroad are located in various cities of 34 different countries. Tufan, who also gave conferences in these cities where he participated in exhibitions, was the curator of Büyükçekmece between 2002-2014, Yesemek Biennial between 2005-2007, Koru Young Sculpture in 2015 and Brazil Bento Gonçalves International Sculpture in 2016. Since 2005, the artist has been teaching as a contracted lecturer at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture.
Kemal Tufan, who managed to surprise the audience every time with his ironic works, continues to work in areas such as installation, performance and video as well as his sculptures made using different materials. It is always possible to perceive the multi-layered structure in the ironic / allegorical sculptures of the artist who takes nature itself as a reference.