Can Pekdemir

Mühürdar Karakol Sokak No:34 Daire:1 Moda / Kadıköy http://www.can-pekdemir.com
[email protected] +90 534 816 54 79
Can Pekdemir Profile Born in 1982. Living and working in Istanbul. Studies are focused on reconstructing and deforming the
bodies by either altering the physical conditions in which the entity exists, and/or treating them as test
subjects for virtual experiments while reshaping the systems we now have and thus documenting the
evolvement in time. Worked as an instructor in Department of Visual Communication Design at İstanbul Bilgi
University between 2006 and 2012. Now being represented in The Empire Project gallery as an artist and
also working as a part-time instructor at Bahçeşehir University.
Education 2006 – 2011 MFA, İstanbul Bilgi University, Visual Communication Design
2001 – 2005 BA, İstanbul Bilgi University, Visual Communication Design
Academic Experience
Part Time Instructor, Arel University, Communication Design Department, Istanbul - 2015-
Working as a part time lecturer for 3D Printing Techniques
Part Time Instructor, Bahcesehir University, Communication Design Department, Istanbul - 2013-2015
Workings as a part time lecturer for 3D Computer Graphics and 3D Computer Animation courses.
Full Time Instructor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Visual Communication Design Department, Istanbul 2008-2012 During my position as a full time instructor in Bilgi University, I have been the lecturer for the following
courses; 3D Computer Graphics, 3D Computer Animation, Compositing & Digital Effects, Concept
Development, Found Footage, Digital Animation and Senior Project. I have also been one of the academic
supervisors for Senior Project and also advisor for senior students.
Coordinator of VCD 101Lab, Istanbul Bilgi University - 2008-2012 Besides my lectures I have worked as a supervisor of 101Lab, where students work for in-house
departmental activities like workshops, screening weeks, juries and designing their visual identities. I have
also been the coordinator of entrance exams for two years. Academic Supervisor, Shadow Lab - Joint Workshop and Exhibition, Istanbul Bilgi University and
Cologne International School of Design on Animation - 2010
In December 2010, Visual Communication Design Department of Bilgi University and Cologne International
School of Design collaborated for an exhibition, “Shadow Lab”, where its idea was to produce works on
shadow, another kind of representation of the object itself and its possible optical illusions. I have been the
supervisor of six Bilgi University students, where we produce the work in Cologne and attended the
exhibition. The joint exhibition also took place in Istanbul, where I have worked as coordinator and
supervisor.
Lecturer, Computer Animation Workshops of SantralAtolye - 2008-2009 I have worked as a lecturer in SantralAtolye - Computer Animation Workshops where basic modelling and
animation in 3D environment wast taught to students from outside of the school.
Part Time Instructor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Visual Communication Design Department, Istanbul 2006-2008 Started my academic career in Bilgi University as a lecturer of 3D Computer Graphics and 3D Computer
Animation courses to 3rd year students.
Course List
VCD 421: Senior Project
Academic Supervisor for Visual Communication Design and Photography & Video students’ graduation
projects.
POV321: Concept Development Course based on Semiology. Perception and interpretation of signs.
FTV 326: Found Footage Recontextualization of video footages and making movies without shooting. Categorization and tagging the
footages.
VCD 411: 3D Computer Graphics Creating of 3D scenes by modeling, sculpting, lighting, texturing and rendering compositions.
VCD 412: 3D Computer Animation Animating 3D objects using basic keyframes, deformers and physics simulations.
FTV 419: Compositing and Digital Effects Introduction to digital effects and compositing techniques on real footage or computer generated images.
VCD 372: Digital Animation
Starting with history animation, course continues with nature of movement and focuses on motion design
using basic shapes and typography.
Exhibitions 2015 - Above the Clavicle: Works on Bodily Forms I, Solo Exhibition, The Empire Project, İstanbul
2015 - Art Stage Singapore, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore
2014 - Contemporary Istanbul, İstanbul
2014 - Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam
2013 - bashibazouk vol.2, Group Exhibition, The Empire Project, İstanbul
2013 - Contemporary Istanbul, İstanbul
2013 - Laboratory of Life, Group Exhibition, Sanatorium, İstanbul
2012 - Like an Animal, Group Exhibition, Milk Gallery, İstanbul
2011 - Christmas Strangers, Group Exhibition, Barcelona Mitte, Barcelona
2011 - Apricot City, Group Project by Dilek Winchester, Collective with Ahmet Atıf Akın, Bora Başkan, Depo
2011 - Cities, Creativity and Connectivity, Co-Curator with Ahmet Atıf Akın
2010 - Shadow Lab, Joint Workshop, Academic Supervisor, Bilgi University and KISD
2010 - Lives and Works in İstanbul, Group Exhibition, İstanbul 2010, Antrepo No:5
Interviews & Articles
The Guardian, United Kingdom, July, 2015
Istanbul Art News, Turkey, June 2015
Lazagne Magazine, Italy, January 2015
Turn on Art, The Malaise of Substance: Can Pekdemir and Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Spain, March 2014
Faint Magazine, Australia, March 2014
Talk Magazine, Belgium, August 2013
Bant Magazine, Turkey, March 2013
3D Artist Magazine, United Kingdom, February 2013
Quotation, Japan, December 2012
Featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, Spain, 2012, 2013, 2014
Featured in Fubiz, France, 2013, 2014