24.1.08

Atila Ozer cartoon exhibition in Eskisehir - Turkey

Atila Özer cartoon exhibition in Eskişehir, Turkey
In commemoration of the 800th year of birth of Nasreddin Hodja, the Eskisehir-born master of humour, Turkish cartoonist Atila Ozer is exhibiting his work in Eskisehir, Turkey. The exhibition will be on at Vestel Art Gallery from January 24, 2008 and the opening ceremony will take place at 17.30 local time.
Born in Burdur, Turkey in 1949, Atila Ozer made his debut as a cartoonist in 1973. He is not only a cartoon artist, but also a scholar on graphics and cartoon art at Anadolu University, Eskisehir. He also heads the Research Center for Art of Caricature and the Cartoon Art Museum of the university. The following is a short CV of the artist:

Atila Ozer
Occupation/Profession: Professor, Anadolu University, Eskisehir-TURKEY.
Prizes and Major Achievements: One of the works accepted to the Warsaw Caricature Museum in Poland, Yomiuri Shimbun Cartoon Contest (Japan 1982-1983-2001), Skopje Cartoon Contest (Macedonia 1989), Okhotsk Cartoon Contest (Japan 1995), Goethe Institut Cartoon Competition (Germany 2001). About 24 prizes in different exhibitions in Turkey.
Exhibitions:
Turkey; Eskişehir-Nasrettin Hoca (1978), Eskişehir (1988), İstanbul-Şile (1992), Eskişehir-Sivrihisar (1993), Ankara (1994), Mersin-Anamur (1996),
Germany; Staufen (1996),
Austria; Klagenfurt (1986), Landeck, Zams(2000).
Publications:
Karikatüre Selam (1982) (Greetings to Cartoons),
Çizgiler (1985) (Cartoons),
Çizgimizah (1995) (Humors in Cartoons),
Karikatür Sanatı ve Reklamcılık (1988) (Advertising and Art of Cartoon),
İletişimin Çizgi Dili Karikatür (1994) (Cartoon as a Language of Communication),
Yurtdışında Ödül Kazanan Türk Karikatürleri (1995) (Award Winning Turkish Cartoons Abroad),
KARİKATÜR (1998) (Cartoon),
Karikatür Müzeleri (1999) (Cartoon Museums).

See more at: http://home.anadolu.edu.tr/~aozer/

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