Can Gündoğan
Can Gündoğan was born in Istanbul on June 6, 1986. He completed his primary and secondary education in Sarıyer/Büyükdere, where he lived until his late twenties. In 2008, he was admitted to Yeditepe University's Department of Plastic Arts with a full scholarship.
Between 2014 and 2017, he participated in projects related to art management and mural painting. In 2017, he began the Master's Program in Plastic Arts and Painting at Yeditepe University, from which he had graduated. He is currently continuing his thesis and academic work on the subject of "The Figure as an Object of Information in Painting."
Can Gündoğan, who has recently participated in various exhibitions with his "Breath" themed works, presents his paintings, which he processes in series, under the title "Breath and Play," highlighting his childhood periods.
Artwork Text
The body of work explores the adventure of a person who spent their childhood with a chronic respiratory illness, settling scores with playgrounds. There are small nuances built into the play areas, which are spaces where reflexive actions such as breathing and catching one's breath are often unavoidable. These works set out to depict "atmospheres" that, when placed side by side, are directly dependent on and responsible for each other.
