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BIOGRPHY
Kaan Ege Önal, born in 1996 in Kütahya, Turkey, grew up in a family of artists whose passion for traditional Turkish arts and crafts had a significant influence on his own artistic development. Even as a child, he spent a lot of time in his father's ceramics studio or in his mother's painting studio, who decorated the ceramics made by his father with traditional Turkish motifs. This early proximity to art shaped Önal and awakened in him a deep fascination for artistic creation.

In 2010, he began his formal artistic training at the High School of Fine Arts, which he successfully completed in 2014. He then deepened his studies in painting at Mersin University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts. In 2017, he moved to Germany to further develop his artistic skills and gain a new perspective. Since 2022, Önal has exhibited his works in numerous German cities and has already received several awards.
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STATEMENT

For years, Önal devoted himself to creating profound and confrontational artworks that address social inequalities and political conflicts and encourage viewers to engage with societal realities. In early 2024, he made a significant shift in his artistic direction and began to delve more deeply into his own identity and existence - traditional themes that had accompanied him in his family since childhood.

Since 2024, Kaan Ege Önal's paintings explore the relationship between humans and culture by bringing traditional motifs from different cultures to life on canvases. In doing so, he reveals the universal language of cultural identity and synthesis and celebrates the diversity of human experiences. Each of his paintings is an ode to transcultural humanity and shows the deep, inseparable connection between humans and culture.

With his academic knowledge of figurative painting and cultural symbolism, Önal creates works that are both aesthetically pleasing and profound in content. By combining traditional motifs with figurative representations, he develops a universal visual language that transcends cultural boundaries and unites humanity in all its diversity. His goal is to create an atmosphere in which this diversity is perceived as an enrichment and a source of inspiration.

EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING
EXHIBITIONS
 
2024   
            „ARTLAB”, Benjamin Eck Gallery, Munich
            „Art Festival”, 1000freund Gallery, Cologne
            „5. KunstBienale Isernhagen: Perspektiven 2024”, Isernhagen Kulturverein, Isernhagen
            „Bonner Frühlingssalon”, The Stage Gallery, Bonn

2023   
            „Body Politic”, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück
            „Lange Nacht”, Atelierhaus Hasemauer, Osnabrück
            „Art Festival”, 1000freund Gallery, Cologne
            „Artistic Odyssey”, Pashmin Art Gallery, Hamburg
            „360°”, Atelierhaus Hasemauer, Osnabrück
            „Did You Look Away?”, Alte Posthalterei, Melle
            „Art Promotion Prize of the Ingeborg-Sieber-Foundation”, Uni Osnabrück, Osnabrück
2022   
            „Kunstpreis Deutschland 2022”, Galerie Jaeschke, Braunschweig
            „Gesellschaft im Umbau”, Berliner Carré, Osnabrück
            „SKM Community”, Meet Frida, Hamburg
            „Shift In Tone”, Vacuo Gallery, Osnabrück
            „Artists Residence”, Atelierhaus, Osnabrück
            „Wall of Violence”, Galerie im Fenster, Osnabrück
2017    

            „Atölye”, Gallery of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Mersin
            „Gözgözegeluçurumlardanatla”, Gallery of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Mersin
2016    

            „İçeriksiz”, Fine art gallery, Mersin
            „Srbst´16”, Ciftlikkoy-Campus, Mersin
2015    

            „AN-KARA”, Gallery of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Mersin
 
EDUCATION
EDUCATION

2010-2014   Abdurrahman Keskiner Fine Arts High School, Osmaniye
2014-2018   Bachelor of Arts: Mersin Universty, Painting, Mersin
          2020  Master of Arts: Osnabrück Universty, Art and Communication, Osnabrück
AWARDS
AWARDS

2023
                   Art funding: Ingeborg Sieber Foundation 2023
2022           
                   Nomination: Ingeborg-Sieber-Foundation Art Promotion Prize
                   Nomination: ART PRIZE GERMANY 2022
2022-2024    
                   Studio grant from the Egerland Foundation in the Atelierhaus Hasemauer, Osnabrück                                                                                                                                    (Scholarship holder)
 
PROJECT
PROJECTS
2023    Art in Motion: Studio, It´s Art, Baby!, Düsseldorf
2021    Lichte Momente, Osnabrück
 
 
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