Assoc. Prof. CEYHUN KONAK

Biography

    He was born in 1980 in Trabzon / Turkey. Between 1999-2012, he completed his undergraduate, graduate and Proficiency in Art education at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Sculpture Department.

    He received invitations from international sculpture symposiums with the projects he developed. He produced sculptures in 3 continents and 12 different countries with different techniques and materials. He won the Best Sculpture Award at the 17th Zlin International Wooden Sculpture Symposium, which he participated in the Czech Republic in 2015, and the Municipal Special Award at the 18th Nayoro International Snow Sculpture Symposium in Japan in 2018. In addition, he won the Best Experimental Short Film award at the 14th Adana International Altınkoza Film Festival with his short film named "Aim".

    Working as an academician at Kocaeli University Faculty of Fine Arts, the artist received the title of Associate Professor in 2018 in the Basic Fine Arts field. Since 2019, he has been a Member of the Senate of Kocaeli University, a Member of the Board of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Head of the Department of Plastic Arts and Sculpture. He teaches Computer Aided 3D Design and various workshop classes and also continues his art studies.