ALİ KANAL
3DAli Kanal (İzmir, 1988) completed his undergraduate education at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture in 2015. He started his ongoing master's degree in 2017 at Dokuz Eylül University, Fine Arts Institute, Department of Sculpture.
The artist, who lives in Izmir and continues his work in his workshop there, is also a member of the Darağaç collective, which has been one of the city's contemporary art actors since 2016 and takes its name from the neighborhood where it is located.
In his productions, Ali Kanal uses objects he encounters in an empty building or a deserted street in his daily life. The two most important parts of the artist's production process are this search and the intermediate phase. The artist gets lost in every search, and when he finds it, he feels that he exists. These objects he found and used in his works also symbolize a persistent resistance to repeating the same composition.
The artist strives to create a new form of life from waste, loss and abandonment. The nature of the object and the simple structure of the compositions give the artist's works a primitive form. The artist considers his works as symbols that reflect the post-apocalyptic world.
2019, All About The Benjamins, group exhibition, Market Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2019, Young Art: 5th Contemporary Art Project, group exhibition, CerModern, Ankara, Turkey
2019, Darağaç IV: 'L'grape', group exhibition, Umurbey, Izmir, Türkiye
2018, ÖLü I See Birds; Patterns and Objects, personal exhibition, Umurbey, Izmir, Türkiye
2018, Young New Different, group exhibition, Galeri Zilberman, Istanbul, Turkey
2018, Mamut Art Project, group exhibition, Küçükçiftlik Park, Istanbul, Turkey
2019, Young Art: 4th Contemporary Art Project, group exhibition, CerModern, Ankara, Turkey
2017, See. Darağaç, group exhibition, Umurbey, İzmir, Türkiye
2017 Camus Was Here..., group exhibition, K2 Gallery, Izmir, Turkey
2016, Illegal Shadow Terrace Exhibition, group exhibition, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 Gallows | Meanwhile, group exhibition, Umurbey, Izmir, Türkiye
2015, 4 Corners -One Time, personal exhibition, K2 Residence, Izmir, Turkey
2015, Dynamic Perception, EgeArt Young Art Competition, group exhibition, AKM, Izmir, Turkey
2015, Turgut Pura Foundation Sculpture Competition Exhibition, group exhibition, Painting Sculpture Museum and Gallery, Izmir, Türkiye (Honourable MentionLü)
2014, Siemens Art Borders & Orbits 15-16, group exhibition, DEPOIstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 ‘00:33’ / Ali Kanal at Sütüdyo, personal exhibition, Sütüdyo, İzmir, Turkey
2012, ECEV Sculpture Competition, group exhibition, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, İzmir, Turkey (Cengiz Çekil Special AwardLü)
2021, Apartment No. 52, Yeldeğirmeni, Istanbul, Türkiye
2021, Objects of Desire, Goethe-Institut Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
2020, Darağac V :'VAR', Umurbey, İzmir, Turkey
Ali Kanal (İzmir, 1988) completed his undergraduate education at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture in 2015. He started his ongoing master's degree in 2017 at Dokuz Eylül University, Fine Arts Institute, Department of Sculpture.
The artist, who lives in Izmir and continues his work in his workshop there, is also a member of the Darağaç collective, which has been one of the city's contemporary art actors since 2016 and takes its name from the neighborhood where it is located.
In his productions, Ali Kanal uses objects he encounters in an empty building or a deserted street in his daily life. The two most important parts of the artist's production process are this search and the intermediate phase. The artist gets lost in every search, and when he finds it, he feels that he exists. These objects he found and used in his works also symbolize a persistent resistance to repeating the same composition.
The artist strives to create a new form of life from waste, loss and abandonment. The nature of the object and the simple structure of the compositions give the artist's works a primitive form. The artist considers his works as symbols that reflect the post-apocalyptic world.
2019, All About The Benjamins, group exhibition, Market Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2019, Young Art: 5th Contemporary Art Project, group exhibition, CerModern, Ankara, Turkey
2019, Darağaç IV: 'L'grape', group exhibition, Umurbey, Izmir, Türkiye
2018, ÖLü I See Birds; Patterns and Objects, personal exhibition, Umurbey, Izmir, Türkiye
2018, Young New Different, group exhibition, Galeri Zilberman, Istanbul, Turkey
2018, Mamut Art Project, group exhibition, Küçükçiftlik Park, Istanbul, Turkey
2019, Young Art: 4th Contemporary Art Project, group exhibition, CerModern, Ankara, Turkey
2017, See. Darağaç, group exhibition, Umurbey, İzmir, Türkiye
2017 Camus Was Here..., group exhibition, K2 Gallery, Izmir, Turkey
2016, Illegal Shadow Terrace Exhibition, group exhibition, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 Gallows | Meanwhile, group exhibition, Umurbey, Izmir, Türkiye
2015, 4 Corners -One Time, personal exhibition, K2 Residence, Izmir, Turkey
2015, Dynamic Perception, EgeArt Young Art Competition, group exhibition, AKM, Izmir, Turkey
2015, Turgut Pura Foundation Sculpture Competition Exhibition, group exhibition, Painting Sculpture Museum and Gallery, Izmir, Türkiye (Honourable MentionLü)
2014, Siemens Art Borders & Orbits 15-16, group exhibition, DEPOIstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 ‘00:33’ / Ali Kanal at Sütüdyo, personal exhibition, Sütüdyo, İzmir, Turkey
2012, ECEV Sculpture Competition, group exhibition, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, İzmir, Turkey (Cengiz Çekil Special AwardLü)
2021, Apartment No. 52, Yeldeğirmeni, Istanbul, Türkiye
2021, Objects of Desire, Goethe-Institut Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
2020, Darağac V :'VAR', Umurbey, İzmir, Turkey
