Cevdet erek biography books

Turkish artist and musician

Cevdet Erek (born 1974) is a Turkish visual artist and musician living and working in Istanbul, Turkey. He is known for combining sound, rhythm and architecture to create installations, videos, objects and performances characterized by site specificity.^[1] Cevdet Erek was the recipient of the Nam Jun Paik Award in 2012^[2][3] and represented Turkey at the 57th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia in 2017.^[4]

Education

Erek studied architecture at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, while working at various architectural practices as well as acting as the drummer for the music band Nekropsi.^[4] He left the master's program he had started at MSU for Istanbul Technical University's Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM), where he studied Sound Engineering and Design and worked as a research assistant from 2002 to 2011.^[5] Erek was an artist in residence at