Art x-ist Ahmet Polat

Birth: HOLLANDA, 1978
http://www.ahmetpolat.nl

Ahmet Polat is a Turkish-Dutch photographer living in Istanbul & Holland. After graduating from St. Joost Academy in Breda, 2000 he started exhibiting his work in Turkey and the Netherlands. Among his solo exhibitions are, "Silence in Kayapinar" (Dorts Museum, Netherlands, 2001), "Home Is Where I Left My Dreams" (Karşı Sanat Gallery, Istanbul, 2003; Resim Heykel Museum, Ankara, Turkey), "Old Country, New Country" (Photo Museum The Hague, Netherlands, 2004), “Neither Here nor There” (Breda Photo Biennial, 2008), "Kemal's Dream" (FOAM, Amsterdam, 2010, DEPO, Istanbul, 2012).

At x-ist he had three solo shows titled "Submitted to Change" (2005), "Invitation Only" (2006), "The Other Kemal" (2014) in addition to a public space installation "Where Are You?" in 2007. Polat has received the "Young Photographer" award in the 22nd Infinity Awards given by one of the most important photography institutions of the world, ICP (International Center of Photography in New York). The artist also participated in several international group shows like "Old Country, New Country" (Stroom, The Netherlands, 2005), "Genç Açılım" (Pera Museum, Istanbul, 2005), "Fluorescent Adolescent" (7th International Biennial of Photography, Netherlands, 2010), "In what language shall I tell you my story?" (Stedelijk Schiedam, Netherlands, 2012), "Modern Turkey" (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2012), "Istanbul Modern - Bahrain" (Bahrain National Museum, Bahrain, 2013), "On the Move" (Stedelijk Amsterdam, 2014) and "x-tension" (Office 4200, Bursa, 2015).

Polat also takes commercial and fashion photographs for several international magazines such as French and Turkish Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, New York Times, Paris Match, Marie Claire, Quest and Vice. Among the art fairs Polat participated are Art-Rotterdam, Contemporary Istanbul 07, 12, 13, 14 & 15, UNSEEN Amsterdam 2012 and ArtInternational 2013 & 2014.

The book of his latest work "Kemal's Dream" has been launched in the Unseen Photography Fair, Amsterdam in 2012. In 2013, Polat was nominated for the long list of Dutch Doc Award, the largest Dutch photography prize, with his two different projects, "Kemal's Dream" and "Dark Moon". In 2015, Polat has received "Ambassador of Dutch Photography" title by FOTOWEEK Festival. The photo series Polat took for the festival is presented during FOTOWEEK (FOTODOK, Netherlands, 2015).

He is currently working on an exhibition called "Imagine Istanbul", In Palais des Baux Art in Brussels.

Russian Church on Sunday, Karaköy, 2015

Fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, 33 x 50 c...

Levent, İstanbul, 2015

Fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, 33 x 50 c...

Metro, İstanbul, 2015

Fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, 33 x 50 c...

Unkapanı Köprüsü, İstanbul, 2015

Fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, 33 x 50 c...

Galatasaray Lisesi, Istanbul, 2015

Fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, 33 x 50 c...

Garipce (The Third Bridge), İstanbul, 2015

Fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, 33 x 50 c...

Naturel Fotoğrafçılık, İstanbul, 2015

Fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, 33 x 50 c...

Memorial

Fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, 33 x 50 c...

Den Haag

Photography, 7 ed. + 1 AP, 90 x 135 cm, 2015

Dordrecht

Photography, 7 ed. + 1 AP, 80 x 120 cm, 2015

Roosendaal

Photography, 7 ed. + 1 AP, 90 c 135 cm, 2015

The Last Butterfly - Eminönü

Photography, 3 ed 4 1AP, 104 x 149 cm, 2014

The Last Butterfly - Haliç

Photography, 3 ed 4 1AP, 104 x 149 cm, 2014

The Last Butterfly Series - The Galata Bridge

Photography, 3 ed 4 1AP, 104 x 149 cm, 2014 ...

The Last Butterfly Series - Eminönü Mosque

Photography, 3 ed 4 1 AP, 104 x 149 cm, 2014

13 February 2004, The Hague Holland

Photograph, 40 x 60 cm, 2004

Edirne 2007

Lambda Print, 65 x 70, 2007

Vogue, Istanbul Series

Photography, ed of 3 + 1AP, 90 x 135 cm, 2011

Vogue, Istanbul Series

Photography, ed of 3 + 1AP, 90 x 135 cm, 2011

Kemal's Dream Series

Photography, c-print, ed of 5 + 1 AP, 55 x 70...

Beach (Sinop)

Photography, ed of 5 + 1 AP, 55 x 70 cm, 2006...

Balat

Photography, ed of 5 + 1 AP, 50 x 75 cm, 2005

Vogue, Istanbul Series

Photograph, 3 ed + 1AP, 90 x 135 cm, 2011

Vogue, Istanbul Series

Photography, ed of 3 + 1AP, 90 x 135 cm, 2011

Balat

Photography, 5 ed + 1 AP, 50 x 75 cm, 2005

My Father's Taxi

Photography, ed of 5 + 1 AP, 50 x 75 cm, 1999

Kickboxing, 2012, Netherlands

Photography, 5 ed + 1 AP, 75 x 50 cm, 0

Vogue, Istanbul Series

Photography, ed of 3 + 1AP, 90 x 135 cm, 2011

Vogue, Istanbul Series

Photograpy, 3 ed + 1AP, 90 x 135 cm, 2011

Liman 2, Nisan 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Ada Antik 2, Mart 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Halim Paşa Yalısı 1, Nisan 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Ulus 29, Şubat 2006",

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Adress, Nisan 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Ada Antik 1, Mart 2006

Photograph, 127 x 190 cm, 2006

Mel's 1, Mart 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Venue 2, Mayıs 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Mel's 2, Mart 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Mel's 3, Mart 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Siren Ertan'in Evi 2, Mart 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Liman 1, Nisan 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Halim Paşa Yalısı 3, Nisan 2006

Photograph, 127 x 190 cm, 2006

Siren Ertan'in Evi 1, Mart 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Dod's, Nisan 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

AKM, Şubat 2006

Photograph, 60 x 90 cm, 2006

Gift of the Periphery

Photograph, (DOC Gallery, São Paulo), 2013

Gift of the Periphery

Photograph, (DOC Gallery, São Paulo), 2013

Gift of the Periphery

Photograph, (DOC Gallery, São Paulo), 2013

Gift of the Periphery

Photograph, (DOC Gallery, São Paulo), 2013

Gift of the Periphery

Photograph, (DOC Gallery, São Paulo), 2013