Murat Saygıner is a Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 visionary artist who works in the fields of art photography and computer graphics

Computer graphics

Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....

, and is also known as a digital artist.

Early life

Born in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

 in 1989, Murat Saygıner studied in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 during his childhood and graduated from Lycee Charles De Gaulle high school in Ankara. He got involved with photography in 2007 and won several international awards. In 2008 his works were selected for IPA BEST OF SHOW exhibition in New York. In 2010 he was awarded Emerging Talent of the Year in the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards. He is currently studying in Istanbul Bilgi University

Istanbul Bilgi University

Istanbul Bilgi University is a private, non-profit university in Istanbul, Turkey. It was actually established in 1994 under the name ISIS , but its name was changed to Istanbul Bilgi University with the foundation of the school on June 7, 1996...

 and living in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

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Awards

• WPGA Annual Pollux Awards 2010
  • Emerging Talent of the Year

• Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards 2009
  • 3rd place - Editorial - Personality
  • 3rd place - Fine Art - Collage

• PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2009
  • First Prize - Advertising - Music
  • Third Prize - Fine Art - Digitally Enhanced

• Trierenberg Super Circuit 2009
  • Goldmedal - Painted With Light - Special Themes

• Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards 2008
  • 1st place - Editorial - Personality
  • 1st place - Advertising - Music
  • 3rd place - Advertising - Other
  • 3rd place - Special - Digitally Enhanced

Exhibitions

• 2008 October - 'IPA BEST OF SHOW', Splashlight Studios, SOHO Gallery, New York
• 2010 November - December - 'COLORS OF LIFE', Embassy of Guatemala, Washington DC
• 2011 January - March - 'COLORS OF LIFE', Capital One Corporate Gallery, Richmond, VA
• 2011 April - May - 'COLORS OF LIFE', Art Works, Richmond, VA

Sources

• InCity Issue 21, Turkey (2007)
• BooDergi Issue 17, Turkey (2007)
• International Photography Awards 2008 Annual Awards Book, USA (2008)
• Milliyet, Turkey (2008)
• Fotoritim Issue 23, Turkey (2008)
• Photo Digital, Issue 62, Turkey (2009)
• Digital Arts Issue 136, USA (2009)

External links

• muratsayginer.com Official site