How I met with Ernst Fuchs and HR Giger

How I met with Ernst Fuchs and HR Giger

One of the most important part of my career was to met both with Prof.Ernst Fuchs (Founder of Fantastic-Realism) and Oscar awarded Surrealist artist  Hans Ruedi Giger (Designer of Alien movies).

Everything begins when the year was 2011. It was in the middle of winter when I heard famous film director Alejandro Jodorowsky was about to come in istanbul for if-istanbul events from my ex-girlfriend Rila Köksal. She always been a woman with wide-range of connections and has Jewish roots. She told me that she knew which show will feature his speech and about to make Q/A with the fans. And she got the tickets for the event as a gift for my upcoming birthday. So we go there together. The place was in Taksim which is one of the most known squares of istanbul. On the long Q/A section Jodorowsky talked about how he met with original members of Surrealism movement, his memories with both Salvador Dali and Andre Breton and what happened in his cancelled Dune movie project behind the stage and how it opens the way of Alien (1979) movie. After the Q/A, (thanks for Rila's french and spanish), I got the chance to talk with Jodorowsky in person, and showed him my Art-Catalogue which he was interested in and said that my artwork resembles with his one of the movies and also he saw resemblance my work with Giger's. So he said that he want to took the catalogue in his possession. After this event, soon we brokeup with my ex-girlfriend which brings me great sadness for several years. But also my luck in my career is about to change.

1 week after Jodorowsky contacted me with his official Facebook page and send me some names which he said that I should contact with them on social media. One of the names that he send was Otto Rapp. He is a great Surrealist artist and a good friend of Prof.Ernst Fuchs for long years. (and whom later he will become one of my good friend, supporter of my artworks, and coleague.)

So my friendship with Otto Rapp begin. He highly interested on my artworks and as a person. Later in 2012, Otto invited me to Vienna, there will be some events on there at Phantasten Museum and Bravda Gallery at Palais Palffy and also he wanted me to meet some of the Assistants of Prof.Ernst Fuchs such as Prof.Philip Rubinov-Jacobson. 

In Vienna, we met in Cafe Palffy together with Otto, Prof.Phil, Prof. Gerhard Habarta, Elfi Rauch and Erich Peischl. They all were good friends and assistants of Prof.Fuchs for long years. They invited me an exhibition opening at Phantasten Museum at the same night. There at the exhibitions of Othmar Richard Halek (whom I also met with him at Cafe Palffy) and his beloved wife Karin Halek at Bravda Gallery and the other "Mission Impossible" group Surrealist exhibition at Phantasten Museum, Otto also invited me into a private party in De Es Schwertberger's own Atelier (whom were also an assistant of Prof.Fuchs and well known Surrealist artist). 

At Schwertberger's party, I also met with Peter Gric, Emma Watkinson, Juergen Franz-Swart, Vesna Krasnec, Norbert Gladis (Steampunk artist and good friend of mine), Mantra Cora, Rose-Gabriel De La Lyre and Sabina Nore whom were well-known Surrealist artists. De Es's amazing artworks was every single corner of his atelier and also he was an amazing person. Prof.Phil and Otto were also there and later Prof.Fuchs himself arrived at the party. I got the chance to met with Prof.Fuchs. he highly interested on my artworks, asked questions about my works and said that he saw resemblance on my artworks with Giger. Asked me do I knew him.. I said no with an elegant gesture, and he said that I should met with him. He also said that he missed istanbul and the bosphorus. He also said that give his warmest greetings to both Erol Deneç and Hans Ruedi Giger. (Which later I successfully sended his greetings to both of them) And he also told me I have a great importance for Fantastic-Realism, that I should represent this movement internationaly as a Turk for my country. 

On the party we begin to become a very good friends with Otto, Prof.Phil and Peter Gric. (Also, I should add that amazing photos has been took by Peter Gric himself at the party. Whom is well-known Surrealist artist)

After the party I was able to met with late Robert Venosa's family (whom was a great Surrealist artist), his first wife (Jutta Venosa, whom were also an assistant of Prof.Fuchs) and his daughters (Celene Venosa and Amanda Brault). Venosa Family was good friends of Salvador Dali, Prof.Fuchs and Hans Ruedi Giger since 1970's. We talked them with their memories of both Salvador Dali and Hans Ruedi Giger. Later on that night, we go to some Vienna Night Clubs together with Amanda Brault and her partner Hannes Zita which he was also hospitable and friendly to me notably. 

Later on that week, I roamed in Vienna and visiting many interesting museums and rare places such as Kaisergruft, Headquarters of Teutonic Knights Order, Spanisch Hofreitschule and Arsenal Kaserne which I saw the Imperial Uhlan uniform of my Great-Grandfather Ekrem Recep Batra which designed for his duty as Rittmeister (Captain of Cavalry) in 2.Brandenburgisches Ulanen Regiment No:11 (Imperial Royal Prussian "Lancers" Cavalry Regiment) in Heeresgesischlisches Museum (aka HGM) years in between 1870's to the end of 1918. I was in shock, in the middle of Vienna, I found somethings about my beloved Great-grandfather. Special thanks to Otto Rapp and Jutta Venosa here. 

Later, I wanted to lost in Vienna and freely roaming as don't knowing where I going to. Strangely, I found myself at Vienna Academy of Fine-Arts (still don't know where I am), and roaming in it's corridors, found a small Gallery inside, and realise that this was an exhibition of Pre-Raphaelists for a short-period, it was open and I visited. Strangely, I forgot where it's exit and lost myself again in it's corridors, and found a small room, there I saw the original piece of Hieronymous Bosch's "The Last Judgement" It gave me the feeling that seems like this piece was strangely calling me from the very beginning of the day.

One year later, at 2013, thanks to Aline Berseth from Switzerland (whom is a talented Ceramic artist and is a friend of Giger), I got a special invitation for HR Giger Museum's 15th Anniversary celebrations in 21 June with luck. 

Going to HR Giger Museum was not easy task that one can achieve. The place was in Gruyeres (Switzerland), which builded around the walls of Castle of Gruyeres atop of a small mountain. There were no bus and no metro to go there. Only by train from small city of Bulle, or Taxi if you got support from your pockets. It was a small town that no pharmacy, no markets at there on the town, only Fondue restorants. At the very beginning, I met with Derek Storm in a small cafe whom were a photographer for some newspapers at that time and was a friend from Giger close circle. Derek told me the health problems of Giger nowadays (Brain Stroke) and said that no one is sure if he can able to come to the celebrations this time. At the same time with Giger Museum's celebrations there was also another celebrations for St.Patrick's day. Giant Fires conducted in the center of town and everyone dressed as Medieval knights, monks and witches. We hook with them for a while and go to Museum. 

Giger Museum was inside the inner walls of Castle. The Museum is at your right and the Giger Bar is on your left when you enter the Castle's inner gate.  The celebrations was already started when I arrived, and immediately Aline Berseth and his friends finded me. There I met with Tash Edwards, Jasmin Bilbeisi, Ian McRobert, Marco Witzig (Curator of Giger), Amina Ben, Stanislav "Stan" Krawczyk (Dark Artist), Dan Zahed (whom is a good friend of Tom Gabriel "Warrior" Fischer of Celtic Frost), Manfred van Zadelhoff, Kevin Wilson (whom is a Curator in USA) and Vincent Castiglia (whom is a student of HR Giger and Surrealist artist which uses blood in his artworks as a medium). They were all from Giger's circle and were a good friend of Giger for years. At the Giger Bar, I also met with Leslie Barany known as "Uncle Evil" (whom is Giger's agent in NY City). We drink some beer together with him and talked a little bit and joined his gang called "Giger Gang" for 4 years until some disagreements appears in between me and the gang's methods of how to deal with some issues that generally about many young talented aspiring artists that Giger once supported on his lifetime. I wished to never met with Les Barany later (after 2016), but this is not one of this article's subjects. 

Then we heard from the crowd that Giger is arriving in the Museum. I immediately left the Giger Bar, walked to Castle's entrance and wanted to saw him in person when he arrives. He arrives in his black Jaguar. Derek was right, Giger is hardly walks becouse of his health problems. His wife Carmen Giger was helping him while he walks. When he walks inside of his Museum, he was quite alone, and no one seems to guided him and I was near of him, so an instinct tells me that I should help him. He was near of Museum's stairs so I kindly asked him that if he wish my help? He shortly answered me "I need no help" It shows that he struggles to walk but he was challenging himself for walking. It comes from his will to hold his health in himself. So I respected his answer but also still continue to walk with him while he tries to go upstairs, if ever he needs help even he don't want to. When he finally reached the 2nd stairs, he stopped, turned to me, and asked my name. It was strange. I was surprised. I said my name and said that I was a Surrealist artist from istanbul. He asked me what I paint.. I have one of my small painting with me luckily, and I showed him, he takes the painting, looks closely, and immediately hold my hand, and said "Come here, we got to do something". He walked his museum's balcony and showed the painting to the crowd in his hands, and said "Please someone takes some photos" while we stand together there. I was shocked again, but never happier on my whole life. He liked my painting that much so he wanted to featuring me a little, and as a kind of small reward, he wanted to be in a photo of us together. One of his colleagues and his friend also a good Surrealist artist Ryszard Wojtynski took a photo of us with my camera. Sometimes one photo can speak silently. And this was such a photo. Giger was holding my painting in his bare hands to the cameras while we stand together. I immediately said that I would like to give my painting to him as a gift in an elegant manner. He smiled me as an answer. He looked from his balcony, and said to me that he always loves istanbul and the bosphorus. I have a duty that Prof.Ernst Fuchs gived me one year before. I tell him the greetings of Fuchs. He asked me how I know him.. I told how I met with him briefly. He smiled again. At the roof we also met with Bijan Aalam (whom is an art-collector of Giger that has Iranian roots and was a long friend of Giger)

Later, we go together in his office, his wife Carmen Giger was there too, we talked a little bit more. Carmen was so kind to me, told me "You are always welcome amongst us" After a quite more talk, Giger was tired and I think this was the time for me to leave them for a moment. 

After I visited Giger Museum's Store with recommendations of my good friends Derek Storm, Aline Berseth and Jasmin Bilbeisi, I get rare books of Giger suchs as Necronomicon-I and Necronomicon-II that rare to be found anywhere on the whole world. Then Derek comes to me and said to me Giger is ready to sign books at the roof of his Museum. So we go to top together and signed our books to Giger himself. (Those moments are recorded to cameras and later has been put to Dark Star - HR Giger's World movie documentary by Belinda Sallin in 2014. A good surprise for me indeed). 

Later, we talked a little bit more with Bijan Aalam and Peter Marvey on the same night after the dinner. 

Later on the night, Manfred van Zadelhoff comes and told me that there was After Party in Bulle City at the midnight. We go there together with Sandra Mivelaz's car and partying in the whole night together with Manfred van Zadelhoff, Gwen Spleen, Sandra Mivelaz, Fredz Florey at one of the Night Club. Huge Xenomorph standing at the stage and with lots of drinks:)) Later at the morning we returned to the Castle together. 

One day after, when the celebrations was over, I thinked that this is the right time for visiting the Giger Museum when not crowdy. Becouse I want to saw Giger's painting with concentration and great caution. His paintings were greatly inspired me on my artworks so I wanted to look them all with quite caution. It took me the whole day to look at every single piece at there. 

One day after, it was the time for visiting the Castle itself. I always wanted to see a Medieval Castle in my whole life, and I also heard that there is a small Surrealist art collection also exhibited in there at atop of the Castle such as John Howe (Designer of Lord of the Rings) he also greatly inspired from Castle Gruyeres too. It took me another whole day. 

One day after, we gather together one last time with Aline Berseth, Tash Edwards, Jasmin Bilbeisi, Amina Ben, Kevin Wilson, Stanislav Krawczyk and Vincent Castiglia at Giger Bar. Together with Aline, Tash, and Jasmin we drinked Facehugger Shot Drinks that every Giger fan should taste it for once in their life time. (I should add that Gwen Spleen, Sandra Mivelaz and the whole Museum's team was also greatly helpful and friendly to us there at the store.)

After passing years, we still be friends with most of them. And especially the circle of Prof.Ernst Fuchs greatly supported me on my art career. Exhibiting with them on the same group shows together across several countries of Europe. After the passing of Prof.Fuchs we still stay in contact together with them for long years. We participated together in "A Legacy of Light" Exhibition in a Memory of Ernst Fuchs at Castle Gloggnitz (Austria) curated by Prof.Philip Rubinov-Jacobson and "International Surrealism Now" exhibitions curated by Santiago Ribeiro across several countries of Europe such as Spain and Portugal. (Special thanks goes to Otto Rapp, Prof.Philip Rubinov-Jacobson, Jutta Venosa and Santiago Ribeiro.)

On 2018, my artworks has been featured in one of the respected magazines on international Surrealist art scene as known as Deviantly Surreal Magazine's 4th issue, thanks to my friend Ana Neamu from Romania.

On istanbul, we also gathered together with Erol Deneç in Istanbul as Otto suggested back in Vienna, and together we conducted exhibitions for Fantastic-Realism with many talented Turkish Surrealist artists such as Perihan Koca on Istanbul. 

My memories with Ernst Fuchs and HR Giger gives me another chance to be featured in a TV Show in Turkey as known as Multiplayer which hosting by Kerem Hünal in Dream TV channel on 2017. We talked about Fuchs, Giger and Giger's designs for Alien movie series, also Prometheus and Alien: Covenant movies together with him in a live footage. It was the time that Alien: Covenant movie was to be first released in theaters. Following year I was approached by Efe Tunçel whom asked me to become an Author in Nouvart Portal and the following years I was approached also by Murat Arda, whom asked me about Delikasap Rock Magazine for conducting Turkish articles about Surrealism, and as I am continue to make artworks in Surrealist and Biomechanical genre. 

So, that was the long story about how I met with Prof.Ernst Fuchs and HR Giger, and I'm actively making Surrealist artworks since 25 years and continously represent my country on international audiences with my artworks actively since 10 years. And I will continue to do so in a memory of Fuchs and Giger. 

Multiplayer show that features Alex Can Emed: https://youtu.be/GzlQHC-G0bk

The Artistical Legacy between Fantastic Realism and Early Renaissance

The Artistical Legacy between Fantastic Realism and Early Renaissance.

Here on this issue, we will analyze the most struggled issue on art. How strong is the connection between Early Renaissance artists of the 1400's / 1500's and the Fantastic Realist artists of the present day? ...Well, this is most deepest issue and exceeds from the similarity of the palettes of the involved paintings of this issue. There is so much artists lived on Early Renaisssance which they surprisingly used strong visions exceeds from their era..

The most famous artist from this era is: Hieronymus Bosch aka: Jheronimus Bosch or originally as: Jheronimus van Aken. He depicts in his artworks as several triptychs. Among of his most famous artworks he depicts paradises which contains Adam and Eve and many wondrous metamorhosed creatures within. Also he depicts nude figures and tremendous metamorphosed fruits and birds around. Mostly used hell with depictions of various type of fantastic punishments. ("The Garden of Earthly Delights" one example) These paintings (especially the Hell panel) are painted with fantasies and dreams. 

In his paintings, and more powerfully in works such as his Temptation of St. Anthony, Bosch draws his fantastic dreams and artistic visions can be explained as fantastic art as unusual for the time. Bosch is also one of the most revolutionary draftsmen in the history of art, producing some of the first autonomous sketches in Northern Europe.

The next artist which can be seen as fantastic is: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni or simply: Michelangelo. He mostly known as Sculptor. His most famaus and rare painting artwork is: "The ceilings of the Sistine Chapel". Michelangelo painted the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel; the work took approximately four years to complete. (1508–1512) This artwork mostly comes from the descriptions of  the Holy Bible.

In this marvelous painting masterpiece, we can easily see the figures are flying throughout the sky. In the bottom, several demons and devils are trying to catch down the sinners which they are desperately tries to survive from the punishments of hell.

Atop of this painting, we see the God which he flying throughout the air, and gives life and power to Adam with a single finger touch. All these Visions and Fantastic dreams are comes from the roots of his point of view of Holy Bible. And this marvelous artwork contains numerous suprisingly fantastic creations.

The other famous artist who use his artistic dreams and fantasies in his arts is: Peter Paul Rubens. The flemish artist lived in the era of Baroque period in the late 1500's.

Especially in his famous artwork The Fall of Icarus (1636), we can see two winged flying Ikarus, which they fall throughout the skies. His depictions of this artwork strongly comes from his artistic visions.

When we jumped the present era, we can easily encounter the Surrealism movement, the Fantastic Realism movements and Visionary Art movements which their art and their artists strongly use their artistical dreams and artistical fantasies for their highly aesthetical artworks. We will try to descript some of their artworks.

Boris Vallejo works almost exclusively in the fantastic art movement. His hyper-representational paintings have graced the covers of dozens of science fiction paperbacks and are featured in a series of best-selling calendars.

Subjects of his paintings are typically sword and sorcery, gods, monsters, and well-muscled warriors and female barbarians engaged in battles or winged demi-angels flying throughout the skies with a several metamorphosed creatures.

The most famous artist of the original Surrealist movement is: Salvador Dalí. (Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech) Dalí is best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist artworks. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. Especially his most strong allegoric paintings is for the destructions that  caused by the 2nd World War.

He strongly depicts the Metamorhose of the different kind of objects, time-shifts, formal transformations and conceptual allegories in his marvelous masterpieces. The brush-technique on the surfaces he used is actually comes from the techniques of the Quattrocento era masters. 

Ernst Füchs is one of the most important present day artist from the Fantastic-Realism movement. He actually leads the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism movement. His paintings holds stunning fantastic visions, remarkably strong fantasies. In his artworks like "Adam Mysticus" he depicts Adam, Eve and the Prime-Snake which is the prime-devil himself, as appears with several allegorical-metamorphosed creatures and immense designs which comes from his strongly artistical visions.

Also as Salvador Dalí, the brush-technique on the surfaces that Ernst Füchs used is actually comes from the techniques of the Quattrocento era masters. 

Today's most famous Fantastic Visionary artist is H.R.Giger or originally: Hans Rudolf (Ruedi) Giger. And his visionary dreams and fantastic images he used on the surfaces mostly can seen on endless struggle of sins with a pleasure. They struggle the fantastic punishments near beings with devils and demons. Sometimes lustful figures with mutagenic manifestations smoothly appears from their bodies.

His depictions can be seen with several metamorhosed living creations, organic designs which also merged with mechanical parts, several humanoid figures merged with halfly biological / halfly mechanical parts with erotism. Leaden atmoshperes within barren surrealistic planets. His designs still influenced mostly in several famous Hollywood movies in science-fiction genre.

Peter Gric is an Austrian Fantastic Realist and Visionary artist. And his paintings mostly contains his visionary dreams, and artistical fantasies in his art. The technique he use on the surfaces actually detailed with his strongly colourful palette.

He actually depicts metamorphosed creations, shape-shifted figures which their internal organs manifested with biomechanical parts, conceptual allegories with mostly intense landscapes.

  As far as we try to compare here, the connections shows itself in countless ways...
I try to unearthed some of them. But surely there are more connections as far as I try to compare a little.
Different eras naturally will differ each eras. Which of those eras contains full of different views. But in also artistically point of view, there are roots which can not be excluded especially in art for centuries.

(by: Alex Can Emed in 25 August 2012)

The Surrealist Art of Alex Can Emed

The Surrealist Art of Alex Can Emed:

Alex Can Emed is a Surrealist and Fantastic-Realist artist.

Alex Can Emed's artworks evolved from his early period which he was influenced from Salvador Dali's masterpieces to his late era which he was influenced from Hans Ruedi Giger, on the other hand, Alex Can got his own illustrative color palette in his art which he achieved it from 1980's illustrative artists such as Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, Earl Norem and John Buscema. 

Alex Can mixed this colorful characteristics into his Biomechanical Art style which is innovated by Giger.

So what Alex Can did is grinding all his inspirations together and mix them with his own designs and the Science-Fictional universe he designed.

Born in a well-rooted and noble family, Alex Can's complicated nobility has been came from his grandmother's mother's side from Ali Pasha of Tepelenia (Lion of Ioannina) and from Ali Pasha back to King Pyrhus I of Epirus and Serbian King Đurad Brankoviç, and also from his grandmother's father's side from Graf von Brandis (Ekrem Recep Batra), whom is a Tyrolean Count, also is a Cavalry Colonel and a Fighter-Pilot who flew with Red Baron himself in World War I, Alex Can's other nobility also came from his mother's family which descended from Şerif Çolak, the founder of Kula Mensucat, one of the first tapestry factories established in the Republic of Turkey back in 1920's in Izmir. 

This noble culture in his family gaved Alex Can to learn and enjoy noble traditional European Etiquettes and the European culture since he was a child, such as enjoying Baroque Music, Renaissance Art, Gothic Art and the European enlightment literature such as Existentialism and Stoicism.

Alex Can borned in 5 April 1981, which his very birthdate allowed him to enjoy the entertainment culture of 1980's & 1990's which will later strongly affected Alex Can's Surrealist artworks.

Begin to paint since his childhood. Graduated from Yeditepe University, Fine Arts Faculty, Plastic Arts section, on the Ateliers of Prof Ergin Inan & Ismail Ilhan & Prof Zahit Büyükişliyen & Ord. Prof Özdemir Altan in 2003. Since before his Academical education Alex Can dedicated himself on Surrealism by the beginning of 1997, and he is an artist who has won 10 awards in total. 

His artworks mostly aimed both on the Canvas and Photo-Block surfaces; he is not simply overseer to lookers comfort, or not try to create the images that the exacly for heal the lookers feelings..

The real purpose on his art is to making everyone to understand the wild nature of "Homo Sapiens".

To open the way of understanding our primitive nature that we hide within our intellect.

His artworks is exactly works like a device that works the same as the mirror.

A mirror that can reflect our wild nature directly back to us..

Alex Can Emed mostly making his artworks on canvas surfaces or pre-made wooden-plate surfaces with oftenly using Airbrush (Acrylics) and also with Oil Colors by using Misch Technique, sometimes he uses Tempera and Indian Ink for retouches. 

Alex Can Emed's artistical production is a slow process since it requires to get intense inspirations before he made any new upcoming artworks.

For centuries humanity try to conquer the lands, dominate the nature, try to converting the way of natural rivers. And also, as humanity we try to cancel the waves of riverfalls, and cutting forests out of lands, using the technology for mastermind the other creatures, using the technology for mastermind the climate and weather seasons.

And finally we use the technology to simulate the young-human generations as a "perfect-client".

And theese applications that the humanity process, is not comes from love or empathy.

Theese process directly comes from our hidden wild nature that possessed by lust, fear, and egoism..

At all theese for.. Alex Can Emed is about to create the images and visions that can "shock" us, and can face-to-face to our wild nature.

 

For that he use mostly use in his Art:

•  Metamorphosed forms like saw,

•  Old metalic parts that feels like used to be a part of an old fabrics,

•  Flying gothic forms, embryons that cloned together, empty vials,

•  Cave entrances that looks like crocodile mouth, saw teeths,

•  Humanioids that being erotical and mechanical metamorphosis (Erotomechanics),

•  Chemical bulbs, and genetic mutations,

•  Creatures that being biological and mechanic metamorphosis (Biomechanics),

•  Metamorphosed Skulls, forms that being Biological and Grotesque metamorphosis (Biogrotesque),

•  Bones and skulls that formed like as part as Gothic Structures. (Biogothic)

With that kind of material he choose, the images creates the feelings that the materials comes from both Futuristic and Gothic styles, the visions that he choose to add them with the iconographic material that Alex Can Emed choosed, the lookers start to feel like beeing an unsteady places, fearful places, places that feels general "grotesque" feelings, and brings to lookers minds looping over..

Alex Can, making his artworks with using Airbrush pistol by spraying layer to layer while staying loyal to his sketches, it's a technical process requires concentration on the design rather than being just spontaneous on canvas. This ecole highly praises every single details and illustrative talents on the artworks, rather than praising just collaging random geometrical spaces and bold colors as we can easily see in most of the contemporary artworks today.

With the effect and consonansity of the disstressfull feelings that he choosed to show in his art just from the beginning.

That can be easily said exactly as;

 

"The wild nature of the humanity that which escape from it from the beginning."

 

Each artworks of Alex Can, is continuation of the same universe that he created, and so piece by piece the ongoing design of his imaginary universe being shaped as scene by scene.

Alex Can Emed continues to make his artworks since 1997 with 29 years of professional experience and since 2011, he has been in the international Surrealist communities with his art..  

Alexandros Can Emed is also one of the three Turkish students of Prof.Ernst Fuchs (Founder of Vienna School of Fantastic-Realism) along with the other Turkish student of Prof.Fuchs; Erol Deneç, and Alex Can Emed also the only Turkish student of Hans Ruedi Giger (Oscar awarded Swiss Surrealist Artist and a top-designer of Alien movies)

Alexandros Can Emed is also an actual member of Fantastic-Realism Art movement known as "Vienna School of Fantastic-Realism" founded by Prof. Ernst Fuchs and making his artworks in Dark-Surrealist & Biomechanical Art ecole.

Special thanks to Otto Rapp, Jutta Venosa, Prof.Philip Rubinov-Jacobson and Santiago Ribeiro for continous support for Alex Can Emed's art vision.  

      And also Special Thanks to my Mom Gülçin Çolak, 

and my Baptismal-Mother Rea Kalfaoglou to their strong support on my art and their continous trust.

During his 29-year long career, he successfully done restorations on some of his early-artworks which had aged over by time.

His short biography and past Exhibitions: 

"Surrealist and Fantastic-Realist Artist"

http://canemed.blogspot.com/

Born on 5 April 1981, when he was 10 years old in 1991, 1st Winner prize in the inter-school competition on the "Erosion" theme by Tema Foundation while studying in secondary school.

He took certification courses in Teleteknik A.Ş, which organized workshops to learn Deluxe Paint software on Amiga computers of the 80's & 90's in 1991-1992

Learned English in Upper-Intermediate Level during his middle-education from Canadian teachers. 1994

He took certification courses on Photoshop, Illustrator and Corel Draw softwares at Lasalle Workshops by the tutorialship of Gökalp Baykal in 1997-1998.

He did an internship on 3D Design, Animation and Digital Sculpture and in the process learned to use 3Ds Max, Maya, and After Effects softwares. 1998-1999.

Since his childhood back in 80's, he learned to paint with Oil Colors on Canvas from his mother Gülçin Çolak whom was student of Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu's Atelier.

He attended workshops on creating Dungeon Master illustrations by using charcoal technique based on Tabletop Fantasy Role Playing games for 3 weeks in Canterbury, England, by some of the top-notch DM's located on the Canterbury. And he reached the stage of professionalizing his hobby of making Fantasy illustrations to turn them into Art. 1997

Worked as Graphic-Designer in Kuartet Advertisement Agency in 1997-1999 and later worked as Art-Director in Artepolativ Designworks in 1999-2014, and later as a Chairman in Artepolativ Designworks on 2014-2021.

He took an academic drawing techniques courses at Adasanat - Memet Güreli Atelier in 1997-1998

1998, Yeditepe University - GSF End-of-Year Exhibition.

1999, Yeditepe University - GSF End-of-Year Exhibition.

2001 TÜYAP, Art Criticers Competition 2nd Winner Prize.

2001 Dyo - Young Artists Award, 1st Winner Prize.

2001, Yeditepe University - GSF End-of-Year Exhibition

2002 Hürriyet Newsweek "European Union and Turkey" writing competition 3rd Winner Prize.

2002 Turkish Naval Forces DKK, 7.Traditional Sea Art Competition 1st Winner Prize.

Art-Ist 2002 Art Exhibition, Young Artists Competition 1st Winner Prize. 2002

2002, Yeditepe University - GSF End-of-Year Exhibition.

2003 Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty, Painture department, Marmara Triennial Exhibition (Kibele İş-Sanat Art Gallery), Honorary Award

2003, Yeditepe University - GSF End-of-Year Exhibition.

Graduated in 2003 Yeditepe University Fine Arts Faculty, Arts Plastiques department, on the Ateliers of Prof Ergin Inan & Ismail Ilhan & Prof Zahit Büyükişliyen & Ord. Prof Özdemir Altan. (In addition, he took extra courses under the supervision of Gülveli Kaya from the Graphic Design department during his education.)

2003 International Arts Plastiques Foundation membership UNESCO AIAP a+A (UPSD)

2004 UPSD End-of-Year Exhibition (UPSD Art Gallery)

TEMA Foundation, Nature Exhibition (AKM Art Gallery Taksim/Istanbul.) 2004

2005 1.International Turkey Graemeen Microcredit Art Biennial. Honorary Award

2005 TISVA Turkish Foundation of Waste Reduction Art Biennial. Honorary Award

2007 "Midnight Fall" 1st Solo Exhibition. (Naval Forces - Sea Museum Art Gallery)

2007 Turkish Surrealist and Fantastic Realist Artists group Exhibition. AKM Art Gallery, Taksim, Istanbul.

October 2010 Personal Retroespective Art Exhibition "Midnight Fall" (Adaevi Art Gallery - Büyükada/Princess Island-Istanbul)

12-30 April 2011, "Freedom" Joint-Exhibition; Beşiktaş/Etiler MKKM Gallery/Istanbul with his work;"The Radical Islamic Faschism"

June 2011, "Vienna School of Fantastic-Realism" membership, by the personal recognition of Prof.Ernst Fuchs.

6 August 2011, Can Emed - Exhibition; "The Eve of The Midnight" (Adaevi Art Gallery - Büyükada/Princess Island-Istanbul)

10 June 2012, Can Emed - Retrospective exhibition: "The Time of Dawn and Dusk" (Adaevi Art Gallery - Buyukada/Princess Island-Istanbul)

22 June 2013, at HR Giger Museum's HR Giger's Private Collection with his work "Biomechanical Humanoid Tryptich" at Gruyeres, Switzerland. 

23 May 2014, Turkish Fantastic Realist Artists Group Exhibition "Amak-I Hayal" at Park Art Istanbul Gallery in Kadıköy, Istanbul.

22 August 2014, Can Emed 5th Solo Exhibition, Çelik Gülersoy Art and Culture Center, Büyükada, Istanbul.

6 September 2014, "Visionaries" Seers of The Soul Exhibition, Behind The Blue Door Gallery, New York, USA

5 December 2014, Dream of Obscure Exhibition, Gallery Bohem, Nişantaşı, Istanbul.

Can Emed can be seen in: Dark Star - HR Giger's World documentary movie, February 2015, Frenetic Films, directed by: Belinda Sallin.

"20 Years In Art" 7th Solo Exhibition of Can Emed. UNESCO - AIAP - a+A - UPSD Art Gallery, Maçka, Istanbul, 16 March 2015.

13 June 2015, "Turkish Contemporary Fantastic Realist Artists" Group Exhibition, Caddebostan, CKM, CKM Art Gallery, Istanbul.

"I am an Artist, so I am Exist" group exhibition, 23 October 2015, Nişart Gallery, Maçka, Istanbul.

10 August 2015, Can Emed Solo Exhibition, Büyükada, Çelik Gulersoy Art and Culture Center, Istanbul. 

July 2016, Legacy of Light - Generations of Vision Exhibition for the Memory of Ernst Fuchs in Castle Gloggnitz. Participating with the actual assistants of Prof Ernst Fuchs and the other Surrealist Maestros such as De Es Schwertberger, Peter Gric, Robert Venosa, Philip Rubinov-Jacobson and Otto Rapp. Gloggnitz, Austria.

August 2016 , Joining "International Surrealism Now" group which led by Santiago Ribeiro from Portugal as the only Surrealist Artist from Turkey amongst more than 100 well-known Surrealist artists across the globe.

International Surrealism Now - 2017, Portugal, Coindeixa, Poros Multimedia Museum, August 2017.

International Surrealism Now - 23 December 2017, Portugal, Coindeixa, POROS Multimedia Museum.

International Surrealism Now - 17 November 2018, Coimbra, Museu Municipal de Coimbra, Portugal.19 December 2018, 

Istanbulflaş Magazine 2018 Honorary Art Award, 2018.

26 January 2019, 13th Edition of International Surrealism Now, Municipal Gallery, Antonio Vitorino in Vieria de Leiria, City of Marinha Grande, Portugal.

24 April 2020, International Surrealism Now - 10th Anniversary Edition, Arts and Spectacules Center, Figueira Da Foz, Portugal. 

22 August 2020, 75. Islander Artists Exhibition, Adalar Kültür Derneği, Çınar Meydanı, Büyükada, Istanbul.

11th Group Show of "International Surrealism Now" in Arts & Spectacules Center , Figuéira da Foz, Portugal, May 5 - July 11 2021.

International Surrealism Now, Galleria della Fantasma, Tuscany, Italy, 24 April 2023

International Surrealism Now, Palacio Nacional de Mafra, Portugal, February 5 to 29, 2024

Alexandros Can Emed is a part of Phanari-Greek-Orthodox Community of Turkey and is also an Author on both Delikasap Rock Magazine and Nouvart since 2016.

http://canemed.blogspot.com/

For inquiries, wishes and cooperation suggestions, please contact: canemed.surrealistartist@gmail.com