Yucel Donmez

Yucel Donmez is first artist the experiment of Snow Paintings early 1974

INSTALLATIONS & OUTDOOR WORKS

1975 11 Rock Sculptures on famous turkish Mountains Kackar, Installation an Outdoor.
1975 Firs Snow Paintings on Mount Uludag, Bursa/Turkey
1976 Snow Paintings on Mount Palandoken Erzerem/Turkey
1993 two Snow Paintings in Chicago Grant park 1000 sq feet each, Lake Shore & Monroe and Michigan & Monroe street.
1996 10.000 square feet Snow Paintings on Mount Uludag Bursa/Turkey

Exhibitions/Performance History
1974 Gallery Veb-Istanbul/Turkey
1974 Chicago International Art Fair –Navy Pier-Paintings & Sculpture
1975 Chicago Main Public Library Gallery- Sculpture exhibition
1981 Truman College-Chicago- Oil Paintings
1982 State University- Chicago- Paintings
1987 The Art Institute of Chicago –July-Junior Museum- Acrylic Paintings exhibition & Performance- Beside Sultan Suleyman Magnificent exhibition Museum was the main sponsor
1987 NewYork Turkish House Gallery- United Nations- Turkish Cultural Ministers Office was the sponsor
1987 Mediterranean Art Festival- Miami & Boca Raton- Turkish Cultural Ministers Office was the sponsor
1988 Illinois State Fair-Paintings & Installation
1989 Triangle Gallery-Chicago- Paintings
1990 Montana Moon Gallery- Chicago
1990 Dadyados Gallery- Istanbul/Turkey
1991 Istanbul Art Expo-With Dadyados Gallery- Acrylic Paintings
1991 Topkapi Palace Museum- Paintings- In the museum history this exhibit was the first contemporary exhibit
1992 Istanbul Art Expo- Paintings
1992 Gallery2000Chicago-Paintings-Metal Sculptures & Installations
1993 Gallery2000Chicago- Installations
1994- Gallery2000Chicago- Paintings-Metal Sculptures & Installations
1998 Antik Art Galley- Istanbul/Turkey
1999 University of Chicago- Digital Works
2000 Middletown Art Festival- The State of Ohio was the sponsor
2000 Gallery2000Chicago- Istanbul Art Expo
2001 Berlin World Electronic Convention- CD Installations- Vestel television company was the sponsor
2001 Zerdust Gallery- Acrylic Paintings & Digital works; two exhibits in two different sections
2002 Art Istanbul- Istanbul/Turkey

Awards
WGN Television 'Chicago's Very OwnsTitle' 1987,
ML'S Comission fod snow paintings, Chicago Grant Park, 1993, Urban Gateways banner for 11 public schools 1994,
Fuji Film Istanbul comlmission for Snow Painting 1996,
Who is Who in American Art, certificate 2004, KATTOK Artist for 2004, Rorth America Turkish Price Commission.

DAILY NEWS

Turkish-american artist Yücel Dönmez embraces new trend
Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Turkish motifs inpire Deepism, which the artist says will carry painting to its peak
Turkish-American artist Yücel Dönmez, who has been living in Chicago since 1980, will exhibit a fresh artistic style called Deepism in what American critics say is a new trend in the world of art. His exhibition will open on March 9 at the Istanbul Antique Art Gallery.
Dönmez said Deepism, including the aspects of today's conceptual art, would carry the art of painting to its peak. He added that Deepism was also reflected in today's world in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, technology and politics.
Dönmez conveys the feeling of eternity in his work by synthesizing it with the reason for our cosmic existence.

From traditional Turkish motifs to modern painting:
American art critics and experts say Dönmez's inspiration comes from Turkish art, which he uses as a base, developing his own style and technique. Chicago Tribune art critic Alan Artner said Dönmez, with his strong technique and style, has created something new in modern painting. “It's like looking at Kandinsky or Klee's work; I don't see traces from any other artist. The same goes for Yücel Dönmez's work; I don't see traces of other artists.”
Dönmez's exhibition will run from March 9-30 at the Antique Art Gallery in Istanbul's Taksim district.