Selected Exhibitions and Commissions:

2013       “Harvest”, private commission, Chanel S.A. initiated by Peter Marino Architect,
Hong Kong

  finalist, public art commission, Nanocenter at SUNYIT, ongoing

State Unv. of New York Institute of Technology, Marcy / NY

  finalist, public art commission, sculptural water feature design 
National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta / GA

  finalist, public art commission, site specific installation, ongoing
Unv. of Alberta Li Ka Shing Foundation Public Art, Edmonton Canada

“don’t shoot” group exhibition Sublime Porte, Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery,  
St. John’s University, New York / NY   March 14- May 2

2012        finalist, public art commission, site specific installation Downtown
                Fairbanks Greenspace Project, Fairbanks / AK

finalist, public art commission, site specific installation 
                Denver women’s correction facility, Denver / CO

                “Fragmenta”  public art commission, site specific installation,
                Alaska State Crime Detection Laboratory, Anchorage / Alaska

2011       “No.1” private sculpture commission, Contemporary Istanbul,
November 24-27 represented by Leila Heller Gallery

                “Harvest, bunch, grain” Artbeat Istanbul, September
                 represented by Leila Heller Gallery

2010        finalist, public art commission, site specific installation,
                Public Art for The New Wishard, Indianapolis / IN

"Le Chevalier noir" (Dark Knight) Leila Heller Gallery  New York / NY  
                 September 15 - November 12  curated by: Ashock Adicéam    

finalist, public art commission, site specific installation  
                Civic Center Park & McNichols Building,  Denver / CO

"Albedo", Public art commission site specific sculpture Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver / CO

2009     finalist, public art commission, Miami Dade Art in Public Places Jackson South Community Hospital Project, Miami / FL

finalist, public art commission, New Mexico State Tri-Lab, Albuquerque / NM

2008     "Harvest", fiber optic sculpture and video projection, Kasa Galeri
 Istanbul Turkey April 2 – May 10 2008

2007     "The Third Bridge ", Public art commission, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York / NY City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation and Dumbo Arts Center

finalist,  Brooklyn Bridge Underpass Lighting Competition City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, New York / NY

2006     “Ripple”, Fiber optic installation, Franconia Sculpture Park
 Minneapolis / MN

2005     "Untitled", Video installation, DUMBO Arts Festival, New York / NY

2004     “Implosions”, Video installation, DUMBO Arts Festival, New York / NY

                “HangOnDots”, Virtual sculpture and etchings, (The ides of March)
ABC NoRio, New York / NY

Print  Publications and Awards:

                        Fragmenta, Public Art Review
fall/winter 2012, issue 47, p/20

Fragmenta,  Paper 01  t/AG
October 2012, p/38 through 45

Dunham, Mike  “bits and pieces” Anchorage Daily News
August 19 2012, p/ front and back cover story of Arts and Life (sectionE)

                      "Alaska'ya Osman Akan heykeli" Radikal June 15 2012, p/34

                       Korgül, Rana   "New York'ta bir Türk sanatçı Osman Akan"  Hillsider Magazine July 2010 No: 59, p/53-58         

Amirsadeghi, Hossein     "Unleashed: Contemporary Art from Turkey"
                      Thames & Hudson,   May 17 2010, hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0500977026

                Kasa Galeri,  "Kasa'da on yıl"  February 12 2010, p/306-307 ISBN: 978-605-4348-01-5

                Aksoy, Yasemin "Türk olsan da gel!" Maison Francaise,   August 2009 - p/35

                Individual Artist Grant,  New York State Council on the Arts NYSCA. New York, 2007

"New York celebrates art in the parks", Sculpture Magazine   
                December 2007 - Vol. 26 No.10, p/ 12

"The Third Bridge"  The New York Sun,  October 15 2007 - cover page
               
Zimmer, Amy  “Open spaces for art” Metro New York,  October 3 2007 - p/04

“Art in the Parks” The New York Times,  September 27 2007

Viveros-Fauné, Christian, "The Third Bridge" exhibition brochure,   September 2007

Fellowship,  Jerome Foundation 2006

Kun, A. Zeynep “Osman Akan ” Trendsetter Magazine,  2004 - No: 07, Vol. 03, p/22

Akkam, Alia  “Under a bridge, a span of styles” Daily News,  2004/10-14, p/52

Akan,  Osman  “Process” Arredamento Dekorasyon   2000 / 07-08, p50

Ozgen, Koray   “Salt-Fish” Arredamento Dekorasyon    Vol 4, p108

                “Salt Fish”,EMBALLAGE 94  pari EMBALLAGE   1994 / 8, p33

 Education:

Master of Fine Arts 1998  Critical Studies and Integrated Media
California Institute of  the Arts (CalArts) Valencia, California

 

Bachelor of Fine Arts 1994  Graphic Design
Bilkent University Department of Art and Architecture,  Ankara, Turkey