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Hanefi Yeter

Hanefi Yeter started his education in the Workshop of Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu of the State Academy of Fine Arts in 1967 and studied in Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu’s Private Workshop during his training. In 1970, he earned the right to receive art training in Paris, “Academie des Beaux-Arts”, because of some personal reasons he couldn’t finished that education and turned back to Istanbul. He completed his education at the Academy and graduated from there in 1972. In 1973 he passed the State Scholarship Examination and started his postgraduate studies in Berlin, the Fine Arts Academy, and graduated in 1978.

Yeter opened nearly 56 personal exhibitions abroad in Vienna, Paris, Brussels, Manchester City and various cities in Germany. He became the first Turkish-born who opened a personal exhibition in East Germany. In that exhibition his catalogue was published with special permissions. He took place in numerous group exhibitions, books, catalogues, posters and different countries’ media outlets.

The book “Hanefi Yeter 1962-1982” written by Volker Martin was published in 1982.  His works are in the Museum of Berlin.

He performed 5 murals, 2 ceramic facades, 2 mosaic panels, 1 sculpture in Berlin and 3 murals in the city Darmstadt.

He had 28 personal exhibitions in his domestic. Two books of Yeter were published which contain his paintings and sculptures.

Between the dates 2006 and 2012 he performed up to 100 sculptures and reliefs in the shopping malls Forum Mersin, Aydin, Denizli, Trabzon, Ankara, Bursa, Istanbul, Antalya, Tarsus and Nevşehir.

ARTSY

Selected Exhibitions

2018
Contemporary İstanbul, Anna Laudel Contemporary, İstanbul

2017
“Evvel”, Kibele Art Gallery, İstanbul
“Avun-ma”, Bodrum Municipality Şevket Sabancı Culture and Art Center, Bodrum
“Ahval”, Odunpazarı Municipality Contemporary Art Gallery, Eskişehir

2013
Arete, Ankara
Forum Gaziantep, Gaziantep

2012
TAKIANTİKA Art Gallery, Ankara
TARSUS AVM, Tarsus

2011
Fiktion Okzident, CerModern, Ankara
Fiktion Okzident, MSGSÜ Tophane, İstanbul

2010
Leonardo Art Gallery, İstanbul
TerraCity Antalya, Antalya

2009
Gözde Art Gallery, Ankara
Kefaluka, Bodrum

2008
Gallery Işık Teşvikiye, İstanbul
RC Art Gallery, Ankara
Batıbirlik Art Gallery, Ankara

2007
Gallery Selvin, İstanbul
TAKIANTİKA Art Gallery, Ankara
Orkan & Ozan Art Gallery, Antalya

2006
PG Art Gallery, İstanbul

2005
Yaşar Education and Culture Foundation, İzmir
Cream Art Gallery, İstanbul

2004
Gallery Gözde, Ankara
Crowne Plaza, İstanbul

2000
Gallery Garanti Art, İstanbul

1998
Galerie Tammen & Busch, Berlin

1992
Gallery Urart, Ankara

1990
Türk – Alman Kültür Merkezi, Ankara
Galerie Ultim Art, Paris

1987
Galerie Hohenfelde, Hamburg

1984
Galerie Apex, Göttingen

1980
Galerie Türkay, Stuttgart

1979
Volkshoch Schule, Weinheim

1978
Elefanten Press Galerie, Berlin – Hamburg