Prof. CEYHUN KONAK

   He was born in Trabzon in 1980. He completed his undergraduate, graduate and art proficiency education at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Sculpture Department between 1999-2012.

He received invitations to international sculpture symposiums with the projects he developed. He produced sculptures with different techniques and materials in 12 different countries on 3 continents. He won the Best Sculpture Award at the Zlin International Wood Sculpture Symposium in the Czech Republic in 2015, and the Municipality Special Award at the International Snow Sculpting Competition in Japan in 2018. He won the 3rd place award at the Minnesota World Snow Sculpting Championship in the United States in 2023, and the 2nd place award at the same organization in 2024. He won the 2nd place award at the 42nd International Valloire Snow Sculpture Competition in France in 2025, and achieved the success of winning awards on three different continents. He also won the Best Experimental Short Film Award at the 14th Adana International Altınkoza Film Festival with his short film titled “Erek”.

The artist, who works as a faculty member at Kocaeli University Faculty of Fine Arts, received the title of Associate Professor in the Fine Arts basic field in 2018. He has held administrative positions such as Kocaeli University Senate Member, Fine Arts Faculty Board Member, Plastic Arts ASD and Sculpture Department Head. He teaches Computer Aided 3D Design and various workshop courses, and continues his artistic work at the same time.

Konak is married and has one child.