MEVLUT AKYILDIZ

1956  Born in Ankara
1973-1974 İstanbul State of Fine Art Academy, Y. Painting Branch
1988 - 1989 American information agencies and the art colony sponsored by the foundation has worked the Provincetown art work center.
1981 Graduated from Neşet GÜNAL studio

ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS

28 th  November – 20 th  December 1981    Galata Art Gallery, İSTANBUL
11 th  May – 29 th   May 1982                       Takı Art Gallery, ANKARA
1 st  March – 17 th  March 1984                 Aydın State Fine Art Gallery, AYDIN
4 th  November – 30 th  November 1985    Teşvikiye Art Gallery, (His Majesty) İSTANBUL
12 th  December – 4 th  January1986           Tanbay Art Gallery, ANKARA
2 nd  March – 17 th  March 1987                Lebriz Art Gallery, Oil pastel exhibition, İSTANBUL                                                                
4 th  March – 26 th  March 1988                Teşvikiye Art Gallery, (God and Goddess) İSTANBUL   
3 rd  November – 29 th  November1988    Urart Art Gallery, (God and Goddess) ANKARA
9 th  November – 2 nd  December1990      Urart Art Galley, ANKARA
30 th  January – 17 th  February 1991          Turun Taiteilijaseuran Gallery, Turku, FINLAND
7 th  March – 26 th  March 1991                Urart Art Gallery, İSTANBUL
20 th  May – 6 th  June 1992                        Arkeon, Underglass Paintings, İSTANBUL                                   
5 th  October – 31 th October1993            Urart Art Gallery, (Mad People from Palace) ANKARA
4 th March – 2 nd  April 1994                   Urart Art Gallery, (Parvenus) İSTANBUL
5 th  March – 2 nd  April 1994                    Artisan, Underglass Paintings and Glazed Plates,
İSTANBUL
11 th  November – 7 th  December1994    Teşvikiye Art Gallery, (Mad People from Palace) İSTANBUL
10 th  October – 31 th October1995           Teşvikiye Art Gallery, (Sülümanname) İSTANBUL
15 th  September – 25 th  September1996   Melina Gallery, Drama, GREECE
11th  November – 10 th  December1996    The Gallery Selvin, ANKARA
27 th  November - 27 th December1996     Contemporary Art Marketing, Underglass Paintings,
İSTANBUL
5 th April - 26 th April1997                    The Gallery Paradoxe, Strasbourg, FRANCE
7 th November - 29 th November1997    Naval Museum Art Gallery, (1978/1997) İSTANBUL                                                           
7 th October - 28 th October1998            Garanti Art Gallery, (Stuff of the Motherland) İSTANBUL
13 th October - 27 th November 1999       The Gallery G, (Magic and Miracle) İSTANBUL
18 th October - 1 st  November2000          Şanlıurfa State Fine Art Gallery, ŞANLIURFA
1 st  July - 4 th Agust 2000                       Epsilon, Mixed Media on Paper, BODRUM
13 th September - 28 th October 2001       The Gallery at Marmara-Manhattan,
(Sultans of Swing) New York, USA 
4 th April 2002                                     Esma Sultan Waterside Residance, Underglass Paintings,
Sculptures, (Turkish Cuisine) İSTANBUL
26 th February - 21 th March 2003            Nurol Art Gallery, (Tales of 2001 Nights) ANKARA 
26 th September - 22 th October 2003       Nurol Art Gallery, Underglass Paintings, ANKARA 
7 th January - 29 th February 2004          The Maiden’s Tower, Underglass Paintings, İSTANBUL
8 th April - 18 th May 2005                      İmoga Art Gallery, İSTANBUL
15 th May - 22 th May 2005                      Kemaliye Old Middle School, KEMALİYE
30 th November-6 th December 2006  Borusan-İstinye, (Alla Turkey /1976-2006) İSTANBUL
4 th April- -28 th April 2007  Borusan-Çankaya, (Alla Turkey /1976-2006) ANKARA
8 th November – 30 November 2007  Nurol Art Gallery, oil on board works, ANKARA 
11 th March- 24 th April 2008                   Çırağan Palace, underglass  paintings ( dawn breaks late 
in a willage with too many cocks)  İSTANBUL
24  th February- 17 th March 2009      Artisan art gallery, drawings and oil on board works, İSTANBUL

AWARDS

1976 Milliyet Art Magazine Young Caricaturists Competition, 2.nd Prize
1979 Osman Hamdi, Students Painting Competition, Honorable Mention
1980 Akşehir Nasrettin Hoca Festival Caricature Competition, Demokrat Newspaper
and DİSK private Prizes
1980 İş Bank Caricature Competition, 3.rd Prize
1981 Abdi İpekçi Painting Competition, 2.nd Prize
‘Cim Bom Bomcular’ (54 x 65 cm. Oil on canvas, 1980)
1981 Vakko Painting Competition, Honorable Mention
‘Noisy Confusion 79’ (114x146 cm. Oil on canvas, 1980)
1981 İstanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum Contemporary Artists,
Original Printing, Success Prize
1982 İstanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum Contemporary Artists,
Hisarbank Prizes, Success Prize
‘The Joy of the Phaeton’ (81 x 100 cm. Tuval üzerine yağlıboya, 1982)
1983 Vakko Painting Competition, Honorable Mention
‘Morale Night for Soldiers’ (81 x 100 cm. Oil on canvas, 1983)
1984 Vakko Painting Competition, Honorable Mention
‘Narcissus Sultan’ (81 x 100 cm. Oil on canvas, 1984)
1984 DYO Painting Competition, Success Prize
‘Kaptan-ı Derya’ (54 x 65 cm. Oil on canvas, 1984)
1984 Abdi İpekçi Caricature Competition, Honorable Mention
1988 Instute of International Education, İnternational Visitor Program, Sponsored by the
United States Information Agency (USIA) and Art Colonies Foundation,
United State Excursion and Provincetown Fine Arts Workshop
2006 United Brands Association (UBA) Shopwindows Design for New Year, 1.st Prize