Murat Saygıner

Murat Saygıner
Murat Saygıner
Born	February 28, 1989 (1989-02-28) (age 22) Prague, Czech Republic
Nationality	Turkish
Field	Art Photography, Photo manipulation, Digital Art, Visual Arts, Computer Graphics

Murat Saygıner (born February 28, 1989 in Prague, Czech Republic) is a Turkish visionary artist who works in the fields of art photography and computer graphics, and is also known as a digital artist.

Early life

Born in Prague in 1989, Murat Saygıner studied in Paris during his childhood and graduated from Lycee Charles De Gaulle high school in Ankara. He got involved with photography in 2007 and won several international awards. In 2008 his works were selected for IPA BEST OF SHOW exhibition in New York. In 2010 he was awarded Emerging Talent of the Year in the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards. He is currently studying in Istanbul Bilgi University and living in Istanbul.

Awards

• WPGA Annual Pollux Awards 2010
  • Emerging Talent of the Year

• Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards 2009
  • 3rd place - Editorial - Personality
  • 3rd place - Fine Art - Collage

• PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2009
  • First Prize - Advertising - Music
  • Third Prize - Fine Art - Digitally Enhanced

• Trierenberg Super Circuit 2009
  • Goldmedal - Painted With Light - Special Themes

• Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards 2008 ^[1]
  • 1st place - Editorial - Personality ^[2]
  • 1st place - Advertising - Music ^[3]
  • 3rd place - Advertising - Other ^[4]
  • 3rd place - Special - Digitally Enhanced ^[5]

Exhibitions

• 2008 October - 'IPA BEST OF SHOW', Splashlight Studios, SOHO Gallery, New York
• 2010 November - December - 'COLORS OF LIFE', Embassy of Guatemala, Washington DC
• 2011 January - March - 'COLORS OF LIFE', Capital One Corporate Gallery, Richmond, VA
• 2011 April - May - 'COLORS OF LIFE', Art Works, Richmond, VA

References

1. ^ http://www.photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/reportNON.php?comp=8
2. ^ http://www.photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/zoom.php?eid=48760&comp=8&mc=86283&type=subcat&sub=Personality&cat=Editorial
3. ^ http://www.photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/zoom.php?eid=48768&comp=8&mc=86315&type=subcat&sub=Music&cat=Advertising
4. ^ http://www.photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/zoom.php?eid=48768&comp=8&mc=86312&type=subcat&sub=Other&cat=Advertising
5. ^ http://www.photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/zoom.php?eid=48757&comp=8&mc=86278&type=subcat&sub=Digitally

Sources

• InCity Issue 21, Turkey (2007)
• BooDergi Issue 17, Turkey (2007)
• International Photography Awards 2008 Annual Awards Book, USA (2008)
• Milliyet, Turkey (2008)
• Fotoritim Issue 23, Turkey (2008)
• Photo Digital, Issue 62, Turkey (2009)
• Digital Arts Issue 136, USA (2009)

External links

• muratsayginer.com Official site

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Name	Sayginer, Murat
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Date of birth	February 28, 1989
Place of birth	Prague, Czech Republic
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