About
> Uygar Özel
Independent Artist/Photographer/Photojournalist
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Lives in Izmir, Turkey
>Education
Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Visual Arts,
Hogeschool voor Beeldende Kunst
Amsterdam, Netherlands 2004-2006
D.E.U. Faculty of Fine Arts,
D.E.U Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi
Izmir, Turkey 2004
Anatolian High School of Fine Arts,
Anadolu Güzel Sanatlar Lisesi
Izmir, Turkey 1995
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>Member of
L'Association internationale des Arts Plastiques
IAA/AIAP / UNESCO, Paris
Fédération Internationale des Journalistes
Brussels
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>Exhibitions & Publishings & Milestones
2001 - Solo photography exhibition, Center of French Culture, Izmir, Turkey.
2001 - Lost Anatolian Leopard. Atlas geography magazine. Photographer. Istanbul, Turkey.
2001 - Gediz Deltası. Atlas geography magazine. Photographer. Istanbul, Turkey.
2004 - Polaroid.com. Visual collection of international Polaroid artists. U.S.A.
2004 - 'Secret Face' Group art exhibition, Izmir, Turkey.
2005 - Vilem Flusser's 'Towards a Philosophy of Photography' Turkish edition. Cover photo. Istanbul, Turkey.
2009 - 'Spontaneously, One in a Million' Photography exhibition. Center of French Culture. Izmir, Turkey.
2009-2013 - Photographs of famous Turkish people (Ali Sabanci, Orhan Gencebay, Tugay Kerimoglu, Hakki Devrim, Aydin Boysan and more) for Vodafone company. Istanbul, Turkey.
2013 - Participation Festival Voies Off, photography festival, Arles, France.
2013 - Private photographer of President of Mexico and Tourism Minister. Izmir, Turkey.
2014 - Book cover image of author Marc de Bel's book named 'Yoro'. Belgium
2015 - BBC Turkish's documentary about Poet Ilhan Berk. Portrait photo. Istanbul, Turkey.
2016 - Image for 'En Verden af Fodbold'. Football from the world. Author Pelle Mortensen's book. Denmark.
2016 - Solo photography exhibition. 'Nassara Bonjour'. Izmir, Turkey.
2017 - Solo photography exhibition. 'From Burkina Faso to Japan'. Izmir, Turkey.
2018 - Solo photography exhibition. ' Everywhere & Everything '. Izmir, Turkey.
2018 - Leica Photography International. Master Shots Gallery (online). Germany
2017-2019 - Bornova Kent Magazine. Photographer. Izmir, Turkey