Born in 1988, Mert Ozgen graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Painting Department, Neşe Erdok and Nedret Sekban Studio in 2010. In the years 2008 and 2009, he studied in Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, in Italy as an Erasmus student. He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University with a masters degree in Cultural Studies in 2016 writing his thesis “Underneath The Skin: The Wound Through The Psychoanalytic Theory” that studies the connotative meaning of the corporal wound in the context of psychoanalytic theory through the Christian iconography.
SPEECHES AND AWARDS
2019 “TedX” – Istanbul Çevre College, TR
2018 “Award of Excellence” – Conception Arts, Los Angeles, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 “Arızalı/Broken” – Galeri/Miz, Istanbul, TR
2014 “No5” – Galeri/Miz, Istanbul, TR
2013 “Ten/Flesh” – Galeri/Miz, Istanbul, TR
2009 “Mert Art-House-Night” – Bologna, IT
ATTENDED FAIRS AND JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2019 Contemporary Istanbul – Istanbul, TR
2018 Contemporary Istanbul – Istanbul, TR
2018 Conception Arts – Los Angeles, USA
2017 P&B Art Show – Los Angeles, USA
2017 UNICEF Next Generation – Atlanta, USA
2017 Chocolate and Art Show – Atlanta, USA
2017 P&B Art Show – Atlanta, USA
2016 “EdgeCollections Presents”, ArtBasel in Island Gardens – Miami, USA
2015 “ODA” by SadeKolektif, The Marmara Pera Hotel, Ist., TR
2015 Contemporary Istanbul – Istanbul, TR
2015 Artist 25th Art Fair TÜYAP – Istanbul, TR
2015 Exposition Héroine Lyceé St. Joseph – Istanbul, TR
2015 Sözler Barış Manço, 80 Müzik Sözü, 80 Sanat Gözü – Eski Postane Binası, Istanbul, TR
2015 Yaz Sergisi – Harmony Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, TR
2015 Naile Akıncı’nın Anısına… – Kızıltoprak Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, TR
2014 Contemporary Istanbul – Istanbul, TR
2014 Artist 24th Art Fair TÜYAP – Istanbul, TR
2013 Artist 23th Art Fair TÜYAP – Istanbul, TR
2010 İpek-Ahmet Merey Resim Sergisi MSGSÜ – Istanbul, TR
2009 Artist 19th Art Fair TÜYAP – Istanbul, TR
2009 Mostra International Transito – Accademia di Bella Arti di Bologna, IT
2008 Türk Kalp Vakfı 20.Resim Sergisi MSGSÜ – Istanbul, TR
