SENOL SAK:

     Şenol Sak was born in 1964 in the Bolu province of Turkey. He completed his primary, junior high school, and high school education in Bolu, and graduated from the Painting Division of the Fine Arts Education Department, Faculty of Education, Abant İzzet Baysal University. He currently continues his teaching activities in Bolu, and worked as the “Art Director” of the Municipality of  Bolu Mehmet Yücetürk Art Center between 1994-2013. SAK uses all sorts of techniques in his works, and mostly works on the “fish” form with his unique style. He has had 34 individual exhibitions in various provinces of Turkey and another countries since 1993. He has also participated in more than 300 International Exhibitions, Biennales, and Triennials in more than 30 different countries. He received national and international awards. His works have been published in numerous books and catalogues. He had artistic activities in many different countries. Sak’s works are kept in various public and private collections in Turkey and overseas, and he is a member of the International Association of  Plastic Arts (Unesco-A.I.A.P) and GESAM…

  SAK has been generating the fish motifs more then 25 years
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    1964 yılında Bolu’da doğdu. Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Resim-İş Eğitimi Bölümü’nden mezun oldu. 1993 yılından itibaren 27’si Türkiye’de, 7’si de yurt dışında olmak üzere toplam 34 kişisel sergi açtı. 40’dan fazla ülkede 300’ün üzerinde karma ve grup sergileri, çeşitli bienal, trianel ve sanatsal etkinliğe katıldı. Değişik ülkelerde sanatsal çalışmalarda bulundu. Ulusal ve Uluslararası ödüller aldı. Çalışmaları, çok sayıda kitap ve katalogda yayınlandı. Yurtiçi ve yurt dışındaki özel ve resmi pek çok seçkin koleksiyonda eserleri bulunan SAK, Unesco-(A.I.A.P) Uluslararası Plastik Sanatlar Derneği ve GESAM üyesidir.

       1994-2013 Yılları arasında, Bolu Belediyesi Sanat Merkezi’nde Sanat Yönetmenliği ve 1998-2016 yılları arasında Bolu’da, MEB’e bağlı çeşitli öğretim kurumlarında Sanat Eğitimciliği yaptı.. Çalışmalarını halen Bolu'daki özel atölyesinde sürdürmektedir.

       25 yıldan bu yana, sadece ‘balık’ temalı eserler üretmektedir.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS :

1993 Akbank Art Gallery -ESKİŞEHİR
1994 National Gallery of Arts - BOLU
1996 Akbank Art Gallery -DENİZLİ
1997 National Gallery of Arts-BOLU
1997 Akbank Art Gallery - ANKARA
1998 Municipality Art Center -BOLU
1999 Akbank Art Gallery -ADANA
2000 Development Bank of Turkey Art Gallery-ANKARA
2000 National Gallery of Arts -ANTALYA
2001 Besiktas Mun,Ortakoy Culture Center-ISTANBUL
2002 Foca Festival -IZMIR
2003 Akbank Art Gallery -BURSA
2003 Metropolitan Municipality Art Gallery-IZMIT
2004 Munipality Art Center - BOLU
2004 Asmalımescit Balıkcısı Sanat Galerisi-İSTANBUL
2005 Metropolitan Mun.Taksim Art Gallery-ISTANBUL
2005 Vakifbank Art Gallery-ISTANBUL
2005 Türk-Amerikan Derneği-ANKARA
2006 Jazz-Now Art Center-BODRUM
2008 Jazz-Now Art Center/SAH otel-BODRUM
2008 Art-PARK Gallery , Arhipoli/Rodos / GREECE
2010 Belediye Sanat Merkezi - Bolu-TURKEY
2011 CİHANGİRmodern Sanat Galerisi -Istanbul-TURKEY
2012 Creative Framing & Gallery - Oakland-Kaliforniya, ABD
2012 Saint-Frajue Painting Museum - Toulouse, FRANSA
2012 Abant İzzet Baysal Ün. Kültür Merkezi - Bolu, TURKEY
2013 Highway Outlet AVM Sergi Salonu - Bolu, TURKEY
2014 Gallery Orange Associated of BERAT - Toulouse, FRANSA
2014 Mor Sanat Galerisi - Bodrum, TURKEY
2015 En église de Péguilhan - Toulouse, FRANSA
2016 Atölyesak-Sanatçı Atölye Sergisi, Bolu-TURKEY
2016 Kalifornia Türk Festivali, Monterey-CA, ABD
2016 Creative Framing & Gallery - Oakland-Kaliforniya, ABD
2016 Galeri MOR, Bodrum-TURKEY


COLLECTİVE EXHİBİTİONS : (selected national)

1998-“Rotary Clup Karma Sergisi”-Kültür Merkezi,Bolu/TURKEY

1998-Bsm,Resim Atolyesi “Koru OTEL”-4 lü sergi Bolu/TURKEY

1998-AIBÜ-Resim-iş “Proje Sergisi”Konuralp-Düzce/TURKEY

   2004.Gesam-Karma Sergi-T.Kalkınma Bankası,Ankara/TURKIYE

2005.TISVA,Art Biennial --Ankara/TURKIYE
2006.Melitadan,BatGz,ye"II.int.Cont.Art Exh.-MalatyaTURKIYE
2006.RHMD,II.international Print Biennial--Istanbul/TÜRKIYE
2007.TÜYAP-Istanbul Art Fair --Istanbul/TÜRKIYE
2010."PRINTS"-GALLERY ODA-Group Print Exh--Istanbul/TÜRKIYE

2010.GESAM,”Ankara RH Müzesi Karma Sergi”-Ankara/TURKIYE

COLLECTİVE EXHIBITIONS : (selected international)

2005 -Bienale drobne GRAFİX-/CZHEK REPB
2006 -Karburani, Museum Floran- Maramules/ROMANIA
2006- Int.Bıennıal Of Graphıcs Inter-art Aıud / ROMANIA
2006- The IOWA Bıennıal- Iowa/USA
2006 -IOWA State Ün-Print Society (6.Print Ex),Iowa/USA
2006- Lessedra World Artprınt Annual-Sofya/BULGARIA
2006- Stone Metal Press Gallery "prınt ex" San Ant-TX/USA
2006-Simon Fraser Unıvercıty"prınt ex",Br Cl/CANADA
2006-The saıd press Socıety "prınt ex" Phıladelphıa/USA
2006-26.MınıPrınt Internatıonale Of Cadaques/SPAİN / ENGLAND / FRANCE
2006- 4’a Bıennale ınt dı grafıca- Francavilla alMare /ITALY-Saİnt Carles de Rap.SPAIN
2006- 7'eme Triennale de Chamalieres/FRANCE
2006- 2.Fine Arts Int. Contest "Antonyo Gualda"Granada/SPAIN
2007- VIII. İnt Bıennıal of Engrawıng Acgui Terme/ITALY
2007 -Bienale drobne GRAFİX -Breclav /CZHEK REPB
2007- 5. KIWA Woodprınt Exhıbıtıon Kyoto / JAPAN
2007- 27. Mınıprınt ınternatıonale of Cadague /SPAİN/ENGLAND / FRANCE
2007-Karburani,MusumFloran ,Maramules/ROMANIA
2007-İl Bosco Stregato-İnt.Ex-libriz Concorse ,Ortana/İTALY
2007-Prınt zero Studıes V.exc,exhibitions seattle/USA
2007- Int.Maıl-ART Exh-Fondatıon INTER-ART aıud/ROMANIA
2007-IV.Exlıbrıs Bıennıal rotary Club-AcquıTerme/ITALY
2007- INTER-ART Artcamp AIUD-07-result exh.aıud/ROMANY
2007-1.İnt. A4-A5 Exhıbıtıon(phıloshopy day) Thessaloniki /GREECE
2007-V.Nowosıbırsk İnt.Biennıal-Grap.art Nowosıbırsk/RUSSIA
2007-Group Exh.“friendly mess”-Lib.Gallery Menges/SLOVENIA
2007-"II.Еx-Libris - Е/А Book - Rousse 2007” / BULGARIA
2007-7th Int. Graphic Competition for Ex-Libris Gliwice/POLAND
2007-1.İnt.Maıl-Art Bıennıal In Greece-Larissa,Thessaly/GREECE
2007-EXH-"Refugee Solıdarıty Chaın"-Larissa,Thessaly/GREECE
2007-EXH-"The ARGONAUTS"Larıssa,.-Thessaly/GREECE
2007-4.Bookmark Exh.Biennıal atEstempe.be Charleroı/BELGIUM
2007-İnternational Print Exhibition"Prints Tokyo-2007"Tokyo/JAPAN
2007-Exposicion İnt. de Disenos Ex-libris Cobaez Zacatecas/MEXICO
2008-Group Exh.Part-2“friendly mess”-Lib.Gall.Menges/SLOVENIA
2008-Int.Exh Of Contemporary Square Prınts- Naestved/DENMARK
2008-Arch.Mail-art Exhibition-Modesto Museum-Modesto-CA/USA
2008-I.Bienal Internacional del Pequeño Formato /VENEZUELA
2008-9.Int. Bıennıal Of Mınıature Art..- Gornji Milanovac/SERBİA
2008-IV.Bıennıal Internacional del Grabado-"Contratalla"/SPAİN
2008-NCCC Gallery, "Collectıve Exhibition" New York/USA
2008-"Int.Identification Document" Exh.ITAMI-YOKOHAMA/JAPAN
- 2B GallEry Budapest IX. Ráday-Budapest/ HUNGARY- GALÉRIA Z  - Bratislava/SLOVAKIA
2008-Koll exhibition. l'Office de Tourisme Vernoux /FRANCE
2008-"İnk-SPOT"Nightingale Gallery,Eastern Oregon Uni.Orlando/USA
2008-Int.400 prints exh"Celebration of Quebec’s 400th"Quebec/CANADA
2008-Bienalei Int.de Grafica Mica Inter-Art,08,Editia.II-AIUD/ROMANY
2008- 5’a Bıennale ınt dı grafıca- Francavilla al Mare /ITALY
- Casal cultural”el Maset sant Carles de Rap.SPAIN
2008-4.Int. Biennial of Mini-Prints,.-Tetovo / - R.O.MACEDONIA
2008-13th Int.Biennial Print Exhibition"finalist" TAIWAN/CHINA
2008-Artpark Collective Exhibitions Arhipoli/RODOS/GREECE
2008-Int.Maıl-ART Exh-Fondatıon INTER-ART aıud/ROMANIA
2008-"Compact Prints Exh"-Umbrella Studio-Townsville/QLD-AUSTRALIA
2008-Exh."FESTIVAL MAYWORKS'08",Arrowsmith Gallery-Courtenay,BC/CANADA
2008- 3.Fine Arts Int. Contest "Antonyo Gualda"Granada/SPAIN
2008-"International Print Exhibition" -Yunnan/CHINA
2008- "Aquabiennale"-3rd International exh of Watercolor-Petrozavodsk/KARALIAN/RUSSIA
2009- Int.Surrealism Festival.Exhibition"Mistlin Gallery",Modesto Museum-USA
2009- IX. int Bennial of Engrawing ,Acqui Terme/ITALY
2009-II.Int.Sym Communication Exh.-West University,Faculity of Art-Timisoara/ROMANY
2009-" V. Int.Competition,Ex Libris-2009"-Karavelov Regional Library-Rouse-BULGARIA
2009- Int.Maıl-ART Exh-Fondation INTER-ART aıud/ROMANIA
2009-Exh."FESTIVAL MAYWORKS'09",Cunningham Ford Gallery,,BC/CANADA
2009-Exh."Io, gli altri",Bibl.civica Italo Calvino Torino-ITALY
2009 -15th International Exlibris Exhibition,Taipei-TAIWAN
2009-Print Zero Studio VI.Exc,Exhibitions Seattle/USA
2009-"Ink-SPOT" Nightingale Gallery,Eastern Oregon Uni.Orlando/USA
2010-“Pony Express-150 Ann.Exhibition-Modesto Museum-CA/USA
2010-"Compact Prints Exh-2008"-Umbrella Studio-Townsville/QLD-AUSTRALIA
2010-II.Bienal Internacional del Pequeño Formato /VENEZUELA
2010- 12th International Miniart Exhibition/Exc -BRAZIL/CANADA
2010-16th International Exlibris Exhibition,Taipei/TAIWAN
2010- Mailart Exh."Blick aus dem Fenster" Weilheim/GERMANY
2010- Int. Contemporary Art Exhibition, Taza/MOROCCO
2010-3.Int.Printmaking Exh.“Prints for Peace” Monterrey/MEXICO
2010-"Compact Prints Exh-2010"-Umbrella Studio-Townsville/QLD-AUSTRALIA
2010-16th International Exlibris Exhibition,Taipei-TAIWAN
2010 -"Zalgiris 600" Internationl Ex-Libris and Miniprint Exhibition,Vilnius-LIETUVA
2010-1. Int.Exlibris/Miniprint Biennale Exh. Guangzhou / CHINA
2011- 6. KIWA Woodprint Exhibition Kyoto / JAPAN
2011- INTER-ART,auid Group Exh,Chatel Montagne/FRANCE
2012- Coll Exhibit ”Creative Gallery”, /Oakland-Ca,USA
2013- Coll Summer Exhibit- Paper Works-”Iva Gallery”, /Shumen,BULGARIA
2013- Coll Mail-ART Exhibit ”United Nations Headquarter”, /New York-USA
2014- 1. Thessaloniki Art Fair-Symposium, Cultures of Cosmos-GREECE
2014-1st Taza Biennial 2014 - MOROCCO-FAS
2014- 6. Patras Art Fair-Symposium, Cultures of Cosmos-GREECE
2015-Salon International Art Résilience-2015- Toulouse- FRANCE
2016-Salon International Art Résilience-2016- Toulouse- FRANCE

HONORS and AWARDS: (selected)

1981 - The City Of Bolu Governors "Art Awards" - Bolu / TURKEY
1997,2004,2005,2007- City Of Bolu Municipality "Honour Awards"-Bolu/TURKEY
1998 - The Award Granted By "The 68's Trusties For Art" - Ankara / TURKEY
2008 - Premios Int. de las Artes"Memorial LUCÍA MARTÍNEZ 2004-2008"-SPAIN
2008 - 13th Int.Biennial Print Exhibition"finalist" - Taiwan / CHINA
2008 -Int. Contest of Fine Arts "Composer ANTONIO GUALDA,2008"Granada-SPAIN
I --- "HONORARY MANTION",
II --- "PRIZE TO COOPERATION",
2009 - AWARD-Taiwan 15.th International Exlibris Exhibition - TAIWAN, R.O.C.
2010 - AWARD-Taiwan 16th International Exlibris Exhibition - TAIWAN, R.O.C.


COLLECTIONS : (selected)

Repb.Culture Ministry Coll- TURKEY
Grand Natıonal Assembly Of Turkey Art Coll
Vakifbank Art Coll.
Development Bank Of Turkey Art Coll.
Painting and Sculpture Museum Association Coll
Istanbul Metropolitan Mun.-Bsk.Mun. Art coll
Izmit Metropolitan Mun Art Coll.
Commerce and industry chamber, of Bolu
Bolu Municipality Art Coll.
Goverment Of Bolu Art Coll.
Kadiköy Art Gallery Coll
Ahmet BAŞAR Art Coll.
Jazz-NOW Art Gallery Coll.
Asmalimescit Balikçisi Art Coll.
Turkish-American Association Art Coll.
....
Municipal museum Breclav- Czech REPB
Museo dell'Incisione/ Acquı Terme-ITALY
KIWA Art Kyoto- JAPAN
Premio Michetti Fondazione Coll.-ITALY
El Museo Nacional De La Acuarela "ALFREDO GUATI ROJO" Coll.-MEXICO
IOWA Unı. Iowa – USA
Lo.Rubial/Museo Nac.del Grabado-URUGUAY
Prınt İnt Cadaques Museum - SPAIN
Ortona-Moseu Exl Mediterraneo–ITALY
Valentin Ruız Aznar Fund.Grenada- SPAIN
Floran Museum Art Coll - ROMANY
Inter-ART Found Art Coll Aiud-ROMANY
PrintZERO Studio;s Art Coll -USA
Prıintmakers info Art Coll - USA
Association Mou.d'Art Cont-Chamalières FRANCE
Liuben Karavelov Regional Library-Rousse/BULGARIA
Gliwice Municipal Public Library Coll- Gliwice/POLAND
Municipality Museum G. Katsigra-Larissa/Thessaly/GREECE
Museum of Tetovo / Republic Of MACEDONIA
Modesto Art Museum -Modesto-CA/USA
Cobaez Zacatecas Fund.coll..MEXICA
Contratalla Collection-Tarragona/SPAIN
Sakima Art Museum Tokyo / JAPAN
Art-PARK Art coll Rodos / GREECE
Creative Framing&GALLERY-OAKLAND,-CA/USA
Umbrella Studio Art Coll -Townsville/QLD-AUSTRALIA
Museo Internaçionale de Neu ART - Courtenay,BC/CANADA
West University,Faculity of Art Koll -Timisoara/ROMANY
Biblioteca civica Italo Calvino-Torino/ITALY
Taipei Country Goverment, Exlibris Coll. TAIWAN
"Guanlan-International Print Biennial ArtCOLL" ,Shenzhen/CHINA
"Petrozavodsk City Museum" Art coll- Karalian Repb/RUSSIA
Miniart Coll BRASIL
Saint-Frajou Painting Museum Art Coll.-Toulouse-FRANCE
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts-Art Coll,TAIWAN/CHINA
"Zervas Art"Coll , Patras/GREECE

(also,hundreds of "private collections",all around the world)

LİTERATURE : (selected)

-Turkish Annual ARTbook..TURKEY,2003-2004-2006
-Bienal of Small Graphics "GRAFIX"-catalog- Breclav/CZHEK REPB,2005
-4'aBiennale Int Di Grafica"TERRA"-Musea Michetti,Francavilla/ITALY,2006
-I.“INTER-ART Intercontinental Biennial of small Graphics,-catalog-Aiud/ROMANY-2006
-“VII Int. Graphic Competition For Ex libris”,-catalog-Gliwice-POLAND,2007
-“5th KIWA PRINT EXHIBITION”-catalog-,page/88,Kyoto,JAPAN_2007
-TISVA Art Biennial .catalog--,page/125,Ankara-TURKEY,2005
-“5-th NOVOSIBIRSK GRAPHIC ART BIENNIEL” –catalog-page/129,RUSIA,2007
-PREMIO ACQUI,8th Int.Biennial of Engraving.-catalog-,page/22,ITALIA,2007
-Remembering 9/11 Through the Eyes of a Printmaker,-page/68,69,93,USA,2007
-“27é MINI PRINT INT. DE CADAQES”,-catalog-no/27151,SPAIN,2007
-“26é MINI PRINT INT. DE CADAQES”,-catalog-no/26040,SPAIN,2006
-“5th lessedra world art print annual MINI PRINT”catalog-,page/115,BULGARIA,2006
-“AKDENIZLILIK VE GURBET”page/223,Istanbul /TURKEY,2007
-“KERVANSARAY BULUSMASI”page/65,Malatya/TURKEY,2006
-“II.INTERNATIONAL PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION”-catalog-page/183,TURKEY,2006
-“TRIENNALE DE CHAMALIERES”-catalog-page/465,FRANCE,2006
-"TWO in ONE"-Naestved Square Prints Exh catalog-DENMARK,2008
-III.Int.Exl competıtıon "2 be eu" -catalog- Rousse/BULGARIA,2007
-Print Zero Studios-Print exc-5 Exhibitions Catalog.Seattle/ USA,2008
-"OPEN CURTAIN"- cd Catalog by Patricia GOODRICH.,USA,.2008
-Compact Prints Biennial-2008,UMBRELLA STUDIO - Townsville,QLD-AUSTRALIA-2008
-1998-2008,- 10 years of “INTER-ART”.,-catalog-Aiud/ROMANY-2008
-4.International biennial of miniprint Catalog-page/73 Tetova/MACEDONIA,2008
-9.Int.Bienial of Miniature Art,Catalog - page/128 Gornji Milanovac/SIRBIA,2008
-Exh."FESTMAYWORKS'08",Catalog,Arrowsmith Gallery-Courtenay,BC/CANADA,2008
-II.“INTER-ART” Intercontinental Biennial of small Graphics,-catalog-Aiud/ROMANY-2008
-1. International Print Exhibition.-Catalog-Page,147 - Yunnan/CHINA,2008
-"AQUABIENNALE-2008"3.rd Int.Exhibition of Watercolor-Catalog-,Karalian/RUSSIA,2008
-13.International Biennial Print Exh.ROC-Catalog-Page,206 Taiwan/CHINA,2008
-V.Int.Competition for Ex-liris.-catalog- sh,49_Rousse/BULGARIA,2009
-15.International Exlibris Exhibition,Taipei-Catalog Page,20 Taiwan/CHINA,2009
-PREMIO ACQUI, 9th Int.Biennial of Engraving.-catalog-,page/138,ITALIA,2009
-6th KIWA PRINT EXHIBITION-catalog-,Kyoto,JAPAN
-BOOK-"Love Mother Earth"SFUniversty Print Exc-2007, CANADA,2009

-BOOK-" The Important People From BOLU" page-260 , TURKEY,2010.

-16.International Exlibris Exhibition,Taipei-Catalog Page,29 Taiwan/CHINA-2010

-"Zalgiris 600" Int Ex-libis and Miniprint Exhibit Catalog,Page 22 Vilnius-LIETUVA,2010,

-Article-Senol SAK"SANAT SOKAGI" Art Magazine, E-37, Page 80-81 /TURKEY,2010

-Article,3 Artist of Bolu-"SANAT SOKAGI" Art Magazine, E.., Page.... /TURKEY,2011

-"Fish" Senol SAK Individual Exh Catalog, 30 page /TURKEY,2010

-"Bolu'nun Farklı Renkleri"-3 Artist Show Catalog, 30 page /TURKEY,2011

-“Blick aus dem Fenster”Int. Mailart Exhibition-catalog Page,59-Weilheim/GERMANY-2010

-Compact Prints Biennial-2010,UMBRELLA STUDIO - Townsville,QLD-AUSTRALIA-2010

-"Faces" Int.MiniART Exh-Catalog,Page 15 CANADA/BRAZIL,2010

-"Balik/Fish" Senol SAK AIB University Individual Exh Catalog, 48 page /TURKEY,2012

-"Nations-Water-Cultures" Int. Mail Art Exh -United Nations- D. Catalog,/NY,usa,2013

- "Objektive" Magazine, Interwiev, Bolu-TURKEY _ Sh: 70-73 _Oct-2015
- "Sanat Her Yerde"-Galeri MOR-Sanatçı Kataloğu _ sh:121-124, Bodrum-TURKEY, 2015

- "Ankara Life" Magazine, Interwiev, Ankara-TURKEY _ April-2016