"Erol Uysal‘s artworks illuminate his exploration of reality and the possibility of an ideal society over the last decade." Uysal's use of modern materials together with with traditional forms in both painting and sculpture reveals the artist's struggle to find an ideal reality: his utopia unfolds through the medium used and also reveals the imperfect reality of existing materiality. The worlds created by Uysal invite reflection on the perfection of existence and once again provoke endlessly unanswered questions about belonging, appearance and truth in our time. "




"Kunstwerke von Erol Uysal beleuchten die letzte Dekade seiner Nachforschungen der Wirklichkeit und Möglichkeit einer idealen Gesellschaft. Uysals Gebrauch von modernen Materialien in Verbindung mit traditionellen Formen sowohl in der Malerei als auch in der Skulptur offenbart das Ringen des Künstlers um eine ideale Wirklichkeit. Seine Euthopie entfaltet sich allein im benutzten Medium und zeigt darüber hinaus die imperfekte Realität der vorhandenen Materialität. Die von Uysal kreierten Welten laden zur Überlegung über die Vollkommenheit des Daseins ein und provozieren erneut die ewig quälenden Fragen nach Zugehörigkeit, Erscheinung und Wahrheit in der heutigen Zeit."


Katarzyna Nowak

Biography of Erol Uysal

Born 01-12-1963 in Istanbul
1985-89 studied art at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts in Istanbul
1989 Sculpture Prize of the Turgut Pura Foundation in Izmir
1990 studied sculpture at the University of the Arts with Prof. Lothar Fischer in Berlin
1996 master class at the University of the Arts with Prof. Lothar Fischer in Berlin
1999 Karl Hofer grant in Berlin
2003 artist funding by the Commission for Art and Culture in Berlin
2005 member of the Munich Secession
2016 Member of the Cultural Center Bagatelle

solo exhibitions
1992 "Meeting in Nauen", City Gallery, Nauen
1994 "Elementary Utopia", Gallery Pestolazzi 23, Berlin
1995 Franz Reuter Gallery, Berlin
1999 “Paintings and Sculptures” with C. Lehmpfuhl, Meyer Gallery, Lüneburg
2000 Tobias Schrade Gallery, Berlin
2000 Klaus Lea Gallery, Munich
2000 exhibitions at the Westbahnhof in Berlin
2001 DeGeWo Gallery, Berlin
2005 Klaus Lea Gallery, Munich
2005 artist gallery, Berlin
2005 Art Gallery, Istanbul
2007 Klaus Lea Gallery, Munich
2008 Lifestyle Gallery, Brescia-Italy
2009 Turkish House, cultural center, with Werner Schmidt, Berlin
2012 paintings and sculptures with Otto Müller, Gallery Klaus Lea, Munich
2018 "Eupopic Dreams", Cultural Center Bagatelle, Berlin
2018 paintings and sculptures with Andreas Stöhrer, Galerie Tobias Schrade, Ulm
2020 Paintings and sculptures, with Menno Fahl, Klaus Lea gallery, Munich gallery in the Woferlhof
2021Paintings and sculptures with Menno Fahl, gallery in the Woferlhof
Group exhibitions (selection)
1989 Turgut Pura Foundation, Izmir
1989 50th National Exhibitions, Ankara
1993 Gallery "Small Sculptures" Pels-Leusden, Villa Griesebach, Berlin
1995 "Gutenberg 2000", competition exhibition, cultural center Eisenturm, Mainz
1995 "Big Munich Exhibition", Arts House, Munich
1995 "Fishermen and Students", artist group Gräfeling, Munich
1996 "Visions", Henninger, Seefeld
1996 "Exterritorial", large exhibitions of the artist studio Töpchin
1996 "Metropolis" Poetica di Frammenti, Cascina Grande, Milan
1997 "Fishermen and Students" UdK Quergallery, Berlin
1998 "Five Artists", Turkish House, Berlin
1998 "Sculptures" Gallery Christa Schübbe, Mettmann, Düsseldorf
1999 "Five Young Artists from Berlin", Gallery Old Laundry, Offenburg
1999 “Monotype Days” Tobias Schrade Gallery, Berlin
1999 "Paintings and Sculptures", Gallery Knack 5, Berlin
1999 Symposium "Muses Online", Lie Museum, Gantikow
2000 "20 years of Circles Artists Ortenau", gallery old laundry, Offenburg
2000 "Ehingen goes Art", sculpture symposium, Ehingen
2000 "Fischer and 11 master students", Mochental Castle, Ehingen
2000 "2nd Paintings Action" Gallery Tobias Schrade, Berlin
2000 State gallery "Spur Museum" in Cordonhouse, Cham
2000 "Paintings on Paper", Gallery Remise DeGeWo, Berlin
2001 "Fischer and master students, Kunststiftung, Augsburg
2001 "Sculptures and Drawings", Gallery Klaus Lea, Munich
2001 Final exhibition Artists`Atelier at Westbahnhof in Berlin
2003 "70 Years Fischer", Gallery Klaus Lea, Munich
2003 "Contemporary! Art in Berlin”, KPM, Berlin
2004 “Art Festival-Festival Art”, Klostersee Gallery, Lehnin
2005 "Sculpture of the 3rd dimension today", large exhibition, Haus der Kunst, Munich
2006 “25 Years Circle Artists Ortenau, Offenburg
2006 Art Gallery "Masters and Young Artists", Istanbul
2006 “Art in Akmerkez, Istanbul
2007 "Percorsi paralleli", Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice
2007 “March Exhibition” IMSG, Istanbul
2008 "Home Myth and Metaphor II, Munich
2008 "Here and There", Verdi Union, Berlin
2008 IMSG Collection Exhibition, Istanbul
2009 Gallery "Graphic Artists" Kidney Village, Berlin
2011 "Between Reality and Imagination", Hans-Reiffenstuel-Haus, Pfarrchirchen, Munich
2011 "Between Reality and Imagination", Hans-Reiffenstuel-Haus, Pfarrchirchen, Munich
2013-2015 "Heart fluttering, young artists in their 90th year" exhibitions in the Berlin Parliament
2012 Munich Secession Exhibition, Ortakoy Gallery, Istanbul
2017 "My eyes see more than I can see with them", Hans-Reiffenstuel-Haus, Pfarrkirchen
2018 "Reset" Hans-Reiffenstuel-Haus, Pfarrkirchen
2019 "In the Blue" Cultural Center Bagatelle, Berlin
2019 Exhibition "Mediterranean", cultural center Pasinger Fabrik, Munich
2019 "But Fine" Hans-Reiffenstuel-Haus, Pfarrkirchen
2020 Paintings and Sculptures, Gallery Klaus Lea, Munich
2020 "My Artist" paintings and sculptures, gallery in the Woferlhof
2021 "Heimat" Munich Secession exhibition Stadtgalerie Altötting
2021-22 “bundling state” Hans-Reiffenstuel-Haus, parish churches
2021-22 "My Artist" paintings and sculptures, gallery in the Woferlhof
2022 25 years Gallery Tobias Schrade, Ulm
2022 Art Gräfelfing- Munich
Art fair and symposia
1999 Symposium "Muses Online", Lie Museum, Gantikow
2000 "Ehingen goes Art", sculpture symposium, Ehingen
2012 Art Karlsruhe with Gallery Klaus Lea, Karlsruhe
2016 Art Karlsruhe with Gallery Klaus Lea, Karlsruhe