ISMAIL ACAR
He was born in Suşehri district of Sivas province in 1971.
In 1988, he entered Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting.
In 1992, at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Marmara University. He graduated from the Ergin Inan workshop with the first place.
In 1993, he presented his master thesis "Technology and Art".
Some important exhibitions he attended:
2017 Rumi - Berlin / GERMANY
East Icons of 2016 - National Gallery of Podgorica / MONTENEGRO
2015 Tulip - Tulip Museum - Istanbul / TURKEY
2015 Five Senses - L’Art Pur Gallery - Riyadh / SAUDI ARABIA
2014 East icons - Rome / ITALY
2013 Tulips - Topkapi Palace - Istanbul / TURKEY
2013 Sultans - Skopje / MACEDONIA
2012 National Portrait Gallery - London / UK
2012 Tulips - Topkapi Palace - Istanbul / TURKEY
2012 Five Senses - Hagia Sophia - Istanbul / TURKEY
2011 Sema - Turkish Museum of Islamic Art - TURKEY
2011 Kaftan - Kremlin Palace - Moscow / RUSSIA
2011 Five Senses, Red Room White Room - Concurrent 12.İstanbul Biennial Event - Istanbul, Turkey
2010 III Istanbul - Ciragan Palace - Istanbul / TURKEY
2010 Yunus Emre Five Senses - Hagia Sophia - Istanbul / TURKEY
2010 Icons of the East - Palazzo Giovane - Florence / ITALY
2010 Turks in Vienna - Jewish Museum Hohenems - Wien / AUSTRIA
2009 Florence Biennial - Florence / ITALY
2009 East Icons - Ciragan Palace - Istanbul / TURKEY
2009 Chianciano Biennial / ITALY
2008 Ferrara Biennial / ITALY
2008 Icons of the East - Meem Galery - Dubai / B.A.E.
2008 International Moscow Art Fair - Moscow / RUSSIA
2008 Tulips - Topkapi Palace - Istanbul / TURKEY
2007 Sultans and Kings of Anatolia Exhibition - Macedonian National Museum - Skopje / MACEDONIA
2007 Miami Art Basel - Miami / USA
2007 International Florence Biennial / ITALY
2006 Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair
2006 Tulips - Topkapi Palace - Istanbul / TURKEY
2005 Champs Elysees Mélange Objects, Paris, FRANCE
2005 51st International Venice Biennial - Venice / ITALY. The artist exhibited the “Sultans in Venice” exhibition in 23 different palaces, buildings and museums along the Grand Canal. Approximately 45,000 art enthusiasts per day examined Acar's Fendaco dei Turchi (Museum of Natural History), Insituto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti and Venice Academy of Arts, Letters and Sciences.
2004 International Arab Biennial / BAHRAIN
2004 Contemporary Art Fair Istanbul / TURKEY
2004 Acar, 55 solo exhibitions, aging of religious symbols and icons that send messages to today's "Porcelain Kingdoms", the Soil Art Gallery - Istanbul / play was in turkey.
2003 New York Art Fair / USA
2003 Icons of the East - Tokyo / JAPAN
2003 Kaftans - Davos / SWITZERLAND
2002 METU Art Festival - Ankara / TURKEY
2002 41. personal exhibition "Encounters" - Galata Tower - Istanbul / TURKEY.
2001 Icons of the East, Geneva, Prague, Saint Tropez / SWITZERLAND - CZECH REPUBLIC - FRANCE
2000 Acar realized the world's largest outdoor wall art project in Antalya's Kaş port. The project titled “Clean environment clean world” is 350 meters long and can be seen from a distance of 5 kilometers.
1999 Hagia Sophia "Sophia and Imaginary Projections" - Istanbul / TURKEY. More than 350,000 art lovers visited this first comprehensive exhibition held in 1600-year-old Hagia Sophia in two months. Turkey has become the most visited exhibition. 1993 Derimod Art Gallery - Istanbul / TURKEY
1993 Triptych Bosnia - London / UK
1993 Station Art Gallery - Ankara / TURKEY
1992 Zebra Art Gallery - Istanbul / TURKEY
Some of the awards he won:
The Phoenix Award 2017 / TURKEY
First place at the 2009 Florence Biennial / ITALY
First place at the 2009 Chianciano Biennial / ITALY
2008 Uluslararası Moskova Sanat Fuarı Ödülü / RUSYA
First place at the 2007 Florence Biennial / ITALY
2005 Artist of the Year / TURKEY
2004 Artist of the Year / TURKEY
Acar's works have participated in more than 200 personal and group exhibitions so far in all European countries, the United States, Canada, Mexico, the entire Arabian Peninsula, Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, the Turkish Republics, China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, exhibited in museums, private collections and galleries. Acer is also one of the founders in 2008 of the Docking Turkey Federation, TEGV (Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey) is a member of the board of trustees. The artist was appointed as a favor ambassador by the UN in 2015. He continues his studies in Istanbul, the capital of three historical empires.