About The Artist

Ali AKSOY was born in Artvin,Turkey in 1957 and graduated from Karadeniz Technical University Department of Civil Engineering.He made an extensive research on the modern and contemporary paintings. In his works , the intensive use of the free dimensioned canvas rather than ordinary rectangular canvas have caused him to be called as ''The painter who doesn't fit into a canvas (frame)''. His 11. th personal exhibition took place in New York Montserrat Art Gallery in 2004 .The free dimensoned paintings he exhibited was admired by the New Yorker Art Collectors.He was choosen as ''The Artist of the Month'' by the Artdecollectors Contemporary Art Gallery in America.When drawing a picture not using the lines and colours with the approach which is as if taking the photographs of the objects. He continues painting works with his own colour and line expression. Web:www.aliaksoy.com E-mail:aliaksoy@aliaksoy.com Solo exhibition Vak?fbank Art Gallery(Ankara)March-1992 Milliyet Art Gallery(Ankara)April-1992 I? Bank Art Gallery(Erenköy-Istanbul)October-1992 Art Association Gallery(Ankara)December-1992 Atakule Art Gallery(Ankara)December-1993 Istasyon Cafe-Gallery(Bak?rköy-Istanbul)October-1999 Akmerkez S Cafe-Gallery(Istanbul)October-2000 Finans,Culture and Art Gallery(Adana)February-2001 Art Association Gallery(Ankara)May-2001 Antalya Cultural Center(Antalya)December-2003 Montserrat Gallery (Broadway-New York-December-2004 Montserrat Gallery(547West 27Street-Chelsea Art Market New York)- Permanent Exhibition for year 2005 Artist Statement; FREE DIMENSIONS I N THE PAINTING ART From which frame do we see our environment ? Square ? Rectangle ? or Circle ? Certainly non of them is the correct answer. If we look at our environment,it will be easily understood that our opinion can not be restricted to any geometric frame.However, when we get started to draw picture dimensions used becomes rectangle or square. Even if the subject which is desired to be shown on the picture stays out of the frame, it is again restricted to a square.Therefore it is necessary to design the canvas shape of the pictures before. These kinds of the canvas will be in free dimensions. In this way, the subject of the pictures and the messages will be completely expressed.The subject with its free dimensions were supported by the physical dimensions of the canvas.Further more it is stayed out of the geometric formation.