Biography:
He was born Körsüleymanlı of Akçadağ/Malatya in 1941.He completed the Teachers’ Training School of Akçadağ in 1958, the Painting Seminar in Çapa Teachers’ Training School in 1964. In 1970, he graduated from the Academy of Applied Fine Arts (Marmara University). After then, “the art” was a life style for him. He worked as a graphical designer and an advertisement photographer for various companies. And then, he established “Umut Poster, Publications and Graphics Design Workshop” in 1975. His first photograph album “Fight for life” was published by the government of Holland in 1979. His text book “Photograph” was published in 1981. Four portfolios were published in 1995. “An observation on İbrahim Demirel’s Photograph” was distributed in 2004.He established “Sanatyapım Plastic Arts Workshop and Gallery” in 1982. Today, as one of the distinguished art centers of the Capital, this workshop gives artistic education with a serious and consistent educational approach.
It is one of İbrahim Demirel’s objectives to further develop this place by adding a school and a museum, and transfer it to the next generations. He is one of the few collectioners in Turkey and has an important collection of oil paintings as well as a collection of ethnographical and historical pieces found under the ground. He is always busy making contributions to our cultural life by developing new projects in the art of photography, teaching, collectioning and counseling services in private companies.İbrahim Demirel, who recieved numerous prizes in our country and in other countries (China, ex-Yugoslavia, Italy) with his graphical designs and photographical works, still continues his teaching services as he did from 1978 to 2008 in the Department of Radio, TV, Cinema of the Faculty of Communication, Gazi University, as well as with slide shows, exhibitions, seminars, radio and tv programs, and various art publications.
He is a member of PTFD (Association of Professional Advertisement Photographers) and honorary member of AFSAD and the Club of Explorers.
Exhibition: Germany From The Eyes of Ibrahim Demirel
Germany is a country which has different meanings for the Turks. While some of us are there to work, some of us have been using the experiences of those that work there in our works for generations. As a scientist, we have made a lot of research, written thesis on that issue; as an artist, we have performed plays; we composed about those; we have written stories, novels and poems on the issue… Sometimes we even made movies… all to tell others about the people we have sent there and those that we left behind.
We have sent trains and planes full of hope to Germany… We have split our lives in half, sent parts of Anatolia there, piece by piece. Those that left longed for that which was left behind while those that are left behind longed for that which has left. The whole Germany experience left the Turkish people with a bitter taste. The self of the Turk has sustained irreparable wounds for the sake of increased living standards. The young generation of our people was lost, they ended up alienating from themselves.
İbrahim Demirel cannot remain insensitive to the whole Germany experience as an artist, and will fulfill his duty as a photography artist. The work of Germany is a testimony of his sensitive lens to the loneliness and desperation surrounding our laborers abroad.
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