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1985, Born in Çanakkale, Turkey

Lives and works in Izmir.

Education

2013-2016 – Syracuse University Visual and Performing Arts Sculpture Department, Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

2008-2013 – Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Fine Arts Sculpture Department, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Achievements: Top Grade Graduation, GPA 93.79 out of 100

2003-2007 – Anadolu University Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Achievements: Distinction, GPA 3.26 out of 4.00

2018-ongoing – Yaşar University, School of Art and Design, PhD (Proficiency in Art)

The starting point of the artist’s works consists of subjects such as anthropology and nature. Clock mechanisms, html codes, digital images, tree branches, elements that are identified with nature such as rock, sheds light on cultural norms from different angles. Ozan Atalan, who shapes the concepts of Human-Nature-Culture within the same frame, produces interdisciplinary works about the order of domination between man and the earth. As if human beings are not a part of nature, one step away from the effort to overcome nature and ask questions.