Education
'11         UAL London College of Communication
              MA Contemporary Typographic Media
'09         UAL London College of Communication
              Experimental Typography Course
'05         UAL Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
              Typography Course
             
'96         Anadolu University, Faculty of Fine Arts
              BA (Hons) – Graphic Design
'91        Kabatas High School for Boys

Experience     
       
               Lecturer
'13  ...     FMV Isik University      
'12 '13    Istanbul Ticaret University
02 '12     Freelance / London    
              '07 Labour Party Plot Campaign Design Team (UK)
              '06 London Labour Party Council Elections Campaign Design Team (UK)
              '05 Labour Party Plot Campaign Design Team (UK)
              16.,18.,19. London Turkish Film Festival, London Metropolitan University, Vauxhall
'99 '02   Euro RSCG Klan            
              Peugeot, Citroen, Philips CE, Philips Lighting, Intel, CNN Turk, 
              Kanal D, Hurriyet, Disbank, Uno, Vestelnet, Petrol Ofisi
             
'98 '99    EDOK Turkish Compulsory Military Service, Multimedia Designer
           
'96 '97    Midas Advertising 
              Adidas, Lumberjack, Ray-Ban 

Awards
'24         Golden Bee 16 Global Biennale of Graphic Design / Russia
              • Global Empathy - Honorable Mention / Incentive Award Dıploma
'23         Typography Day 2023 "The Sacred and Typography" Poster Competition / India
              • Award Winner
'21         Graphis Protest Posters 2 / USA  
              • Gold Award 
'21         Typography Day 2021 "Hope and Typography" Poster Competition / India
              • Award Winner
'17         BICeBé Bienal del Cartel Bolivia / Bolivia
              • Finalist / Animated GIF Poster
'15        "Poster for Tomorrow" International Poster Competition / France
              • Award Winner
'15        "Mut zur Wut" International Poster Competition / Germany
              • Award Winner
'12        "Drop by Drop" United Nations European Ad Competition on Water / Belgium             
              • Finalist
             
'10        "Good 50x70" International Poster Competition / Italy
              • Amnesty International "Poverty" Brief Award Winner
              • Emergency "Uncertainty of Cure" Brief Award Winner
              • Libera "Action Against Mafias" Brief Award Winner
              • LILA "Freedom to Travel" Brief Award Winner    
             
'09        "Good 50x70" International Poster Competition / Italy
              • LILA "Selected Work"
              • LILA "Hiv/AIDS" Brief Award Winner
              • LILA "Hiv/AIDS" Brief Award Winner
              • Unicef "Child Labour" Brief Award Winner
              • Amref "Women's Rights Violation" Brief Award Winner
              • Amnesty International "War on Terror" Brief Award Winner
              • Greenpeace "Nuclear emergency" Brief Award Winner
             
'08        "Good 50x70" International Poster Competition / Italy
              • LILA "STDs" Brief Award Winner
             
'07        "EULDA" European Logo Design Annual / Italy
              • Award Winner 

Tutor Awards
'23         PANGRAM International Student Competition on Font & Calligraphy / Ukraine           
              Diploma to the tutor of the winner
              Mehlika Guleda Turgut - Diploma of the 2d place winner in the "Art Alphabet"
              Hilal Engin – Diploma "Art Alphabet"
              Taha Atacan Yıldırım – Tarık Başaran - Diploma "Decorative Font"

'22         PANGRAM International Student Competition on Font & Calligraphy / Ukraine           
              Diploma to the tutor of the winner
              Sevval Can – Diploma of the 3d place winner in the "Decorative Font"
              Hilal Engin – Diploma "Decorative Font"
Museum and Collections
'17         Massachusetts College of Art and Design / USA            
              Women's Rights and Advocacy 
              "Woman in Black" 
'15         Poster for Tomorrow / France
             "Right for all"
              • Canadian Museum for Human Rights / Canada              
              • Center for the Study of Political Graphics / USA 
              • Dansk Plakatmuseum / Denmark
              • Design Museum Gent / Belgium            
              • Graphic Design Museum / The Netherlands            
              • Lahti Poster Museum / Finland
              • Les Arts Decoratifs / France
              • Museum für Gestaltung / Switzerland            
              • Wilanow Poster Museum / Poland             
              • Victoria and Albert Museum / UK
'10         Massachusetts College of Art and Design / USA                 
              Graphic Intervention – 25 Years of International AIDS Awareness Posters 1985–2010        
              "Crime"

Biennial, Triennial and Exhibitions 
'24        Peru Biennial / Lima, Peru 
'24        Golden Bee 16 Global Biennale of Graphic Design / Moscow, Russia  
             • Global Poster Language
             • Global (CO)mmunication
             • Global Empathy
'24        EMV Posters "Territories" International Poster Exhibition / Guadalajara, Mexico
'24        20th Jazz in the Ruins Festival Poster Exhibition / Gliwice, Poland
'24        "Type Text LDZ" International Typography Poster Show, Lodz Design Festival / Lodz, Poland
'24        "Immortal Yunus Emre" Typographic Arts Exhibition / Eskişehir, Turkiye 
'24        ARTtention! Prague "Women's Rights!" International Poster Exhibition / Prague, Czech Republic
'24        "Reimage Mariupol" 12th International Eco-poster Triennial "The 4th Block" / Ukraine 
'24        "March 8th World Women's Day" International Poster Exhibition / Kutahya, Turkiye 
'24        "18 March Canakkale Victory and Martyrs' Day" Poster Exhibition / Kutahya, Turkiye  
’24         Women's Rights Are Human Rights: International Posters for 
              Gender-Based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination 
              • The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design Richmond, Virginia / USA
              • Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Meyerhoff Gallery Baltimore, Maryland  / USA
'23         Typography Day 2023 "The Sacred and Typography" Poster Exhibition / India
'23         Intercontinental Bienal / Colombia. Argentina, Brazil
'23         BICeBé Biennial del Cartel Bolivia / Bolivia 
'23         Women's Rights Are Human Rights: International Posters for 
              Gender-Based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination 
              • Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts / USA
              • Urban Arts and Culture Program URI Providence Campus, Providence, Rhode Island / USA
'22        Women's Rights Are Human Rights: International Posters for 
             Gender-Based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination 
             • Phoebe Conley Galley Department of Art and Design California State University, Fresno, California / USA
             • Slocumb Galleries and Reese Museum East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee / USA
'21        Typography Day 2021 "Hope and Typography" Poster Exhibition / India
'21        11th International Eco-poster Triennial "The 4th Block" / Ukraine 
’21         Women's Rights Are Human Rights: International Posters for 
              Gender-Based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination 
              • W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery Don B. Huntley Gallery,  California / USA
'20         Zero Corruption Conference 
              Special project of International Eco-Poster Triennial "The 4th Block" / Ukraine 
'18        "50 afiches en el Parque" International Poster Exhibition / Buenos Aires, Argentina
'18        “One for all, all for one!” 100 poster to celebrate 70th Anniversary of the Universal 
              Declaration of Human Rights / France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Brazil, Spain
'17          BICeBé Biennial del Cartel Bolivia / Bolivia
'17         Women's Rights Are Human Rights: International Posters for 
              Gender-Based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination 
              • Massachusetts College of Art and Design / USA
'16        "World Environment Day" Poster Exhibition / Samsun, Turkiye 
'16        "Great Meeting 2016" Yasar University / Izmir, Turkiye 
'16         INAD Exhibition / Konya, Turkiye   
'15        "Poster for Tomorrow" International Poster Exhibition / Worldwide 
'15         7th Anadolu Calligraphy and Typography Event / Eskisehir, Turkiye 
'15        "Mut zur Wut" Poster Exhibition / Germany
'15         9th International Eco-poster Triennial "The 4th Block" / Ukraine
'14         Feast of Democracy 
/ Istanbul, Ankara, Kütahya, Konya, Samsun, 
              Erzurum, Gaziantep, Mersin, Manisa, Afyon / Turkiye  
'13         RESISTANBUL / Istanbul, Turkiye / Milan, Italy / Zurich, Switzerland 
'13        "Mut zur Wut" Poster Exhibition / Germany
'12        "Drop by Drop" United Nations European Ad Competition on Water / Belgium 
'11         Design: Research / UAL London College of Communication / England
'10         Graphic Intervention-25 Years of International AIDS Awareness Posters 1985–2010 / USA
              • Massachusetts College of Art and Design
              • Art Center College of Design – CA
              • York College of Pennsylvania
              • Art Directors Club of New York
              • Art Directors Club of Boston
              • Museum of Design Atlanta
              • College for Creative Studies – Detroit
              • The Wolfsonian - Florida International University
   
'10         Istanbul Design Week / Turkiye  
'10        "Good50x70" International Poster Exhibition / Worldwide
'10        "Poster for Tomorrow" International Poster Exhibition / Worldwide
'09        "Good50x70" International Poster Exhibition / Worldwide
'09        "Poster for Tomorrow" International Poster Exhibition / Worldwide
'09        Exp. Type '09 / UAL London College of Communication / England
Book Chapter    
       
              Legibility and Readability
              in:Typography, Anadolu University Open Education Faculty, Eskisehir pp.218–251, 2021
Seminar and Workshops
'19        Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
'18        Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of Fine Arts 
and Architecture
'17        Osmangazi University, Faculty of Fine Arts 
'16        19 Mayis University, Faculty of Fine Arts 
'16        3rd Anadolu Spring Meetings, Anadolu University, Faculty of Fine Arts 
'15         Suleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Fine Arts
          
'14        14th Young Brainstorming, 9 Eylul University, Faculty of Fine Arts
           
'14        18 Mart University, Faculty of Fine Arts
'13        Selcuk University, Faculty of Fine Arts 
'13        Dumlupinar University, Faculty of Fine Arts
             
'13        18 Mart University, Faculty of Fine Arts
           
'13        Sakarya University, Faculty of Fine Arts


Jury Memberships​​​​​​​
'24        Azerbaijan Design Summit / Azerbaijan
'22        100th Anniversary of the Great Offensive" Poster Competition / Turkey
'20        "Posterland" International Poster Competition / Turkey
 
'18        37th GMK (Turkish Graphic Designers Association) Awards / Turkey 
'16        Samsun International Poster Competition / Turkey
'15        "Posterland" International Poster Competition / Turkey
'15        "To Yurdaer" Poster Competition / Turkey 
'13        "Poster4Tomorrow" International Poster Competition / Online Jury / France
'10        "Poster4Tomorrow" International Poster Competition / Online Jury / France


Memberships
GMK      Turkish Society of Graphic Designers
ITMK     Communication Designers Association ('18–'21 Member of Executive Board) 
ILAD      Communication Research Association  ('15–'18 Member of Executive Board)
                    
             Turkish Cartoonist Association
           
             Kabatas High School for Boys Alumni Association  
         
             University of the Arts London Alumni Association 



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