Media - Sculptures, Installations
Email - [email protected] , [email protected]
Website - www.vtopac.blogspot.com
1967 Born in Ankara
1998 Graduated from Anadolu Universty Faculty of Fine Arts Sculpture Department
1999 Began to work as Research Assistant at M.K.U.
(Mustafa Kemal University) Fine Arts Faculty
Sculpture Department
2001 Dokuz Eylul University Fine Arts Faculty Sculpture Department began to work as Research
Assistant
2003 Finished Post-Graduated (M.A) in Dokuz Eylul Universty Fine Arts Institute Sculpture
Basic Arts Department
2006 Began to work as Research Assistant at M.K.U.
(Mustafa Kemal University) Fine Arts Faculty
Sculpture Department
PRIZES
1996 Ministry of Culture, Government Sculpture Competition
(Success Price) ANKARA
1997 Sculpture Competition organized by ''Turgut Pura
Painting and Sculpture Foundation''(First Price) IZMIR
1997 TUR-ART Competition Organized by Ministry of
Tourism (Mention) ANKARA
1998 Sculpture Competition Organized by''Turgut Pura Painting and
Sculpture Foundation''(Special Price of Jury)"
1999 Ministry of Culture, Goverment Sculpture Competition
(Success Price) ANKARA
2007 "Art Meet Ice" International Ice Sculpture Competition / Helsinki -
FINLAND (Sixth Price)
2007 1.Tehran International Sculpture Symposium / Tehran - IRAN (Fourth
Price)
2007 Ministry of Culture, Goverment Sculpture Competition (Succes Price)
ANKARA
EXHIBITIONS
2002 Sculpture Exhibition Baak Sigorta Gallery / IZMIR
2005 Peace and Art Festival Dikili / IZMIR
Also participated in many joint exhibitions with his abstract - figurative works. Many works
are at some private collections indoor and outdoor.
Varol Topaç is the member of the International Association of Plastic Arts, Unesco -
A.I.A.P.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUMS
2002 10.International Wood Sculpture Symposium /Hojer - DENMARK
2003 6.International Sculpture Symposium / Morges - SWITZERLAND
2003 14.International Wood Sculpture Symposium / Kemijarvi -
FINLAND
2004 23.International Wood Sculpture Symposium
/Bardonecchia-Torino-ITALY
2004 2.International Youthfull Sculpture
Competition-Workshop/Fines-Almeria-SPAIN
2005 1.International Stone Sculpture Symposium/Ataturk Universty-
Erzurum-TURKEY
2005 International Wood Sculpture Symposium "less is more again"
F.O.A.M-FINLAND
2006 3.International Youthfull Sculpture Competition-Workshop/Olula de Ro
-Almeria-SPAIN
2006 3.International Sculpture Symposium \'Art in the Forest 'Sauze d'Oulx -
Torino, ITALY
2006 European Art Symposium "landscape art and network" /Saxon- Dresden-
GERMANY
2006 5.Geumgang Nature Art Biennale Gongju city,Chungnam, KOREA
2007 "Art Meet Ice" International Ice Sculpture Competition / Helsinki -
FINLAND
2007 1.Tehran International Sculpture Symposium / Tehran -
IRAN
2007 5. Portimao International Monumental Sculpture Symposium / Portimao - Algarve-
PORTUGAL
2007 16.International Wood Sculpture Symposium / Kemijarvi - FINLAND
2007 1. Imam Ali Painting Symposium "justice and compassion" Tehran -
IRAN
2008 2. Rulal Week of Sculpture - Workshop-competition (as a monitor ) Albancez -
Almeria- SPAIN
ARTIST RESIDENCE
2007 International Artist Residence "for ice sculptures" / Kemijarvi - FINLAND
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