ÇAǦIL HARMANDAR
born in 1992 in Istanbul
Guest artist at Villa Romana 2021
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the stay in Florence was postponed.
Biography
2021 - 2019
Candidate of Research Student Certificate, New Media and Film Graduate, Tokyo University of the Arts
2016 - 2011
Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), Tufts University, Boston, MA, US
2015
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Film, Animation, video department, Providence, RI, US
2013 - 2012
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Academy, painting department, Istanbul
2011 - 2006
Üsküdar American Academy, High School Diploma, Istanbul
Awards
2020
Rotary Deniz Kocaoğlu Award, Istanbul
2019
MEXT Research Scholarship, Ministry of Education and Technology, JP
2017
Best Film Award, National Canlandıranlar Animation Competition, Istanbul
Second Prize, Sweet Spot Internship Video Competition, Boston, MA, US
2016
Annual Visual Critical Studies Award, SMFA, Boston, MA, US
2015
The President's Research Award, SMFA, Boston, MA, US
2011
Hapgood Medici Scholarship, SMFA, Boston, MA, US
Artist Residencies
2018
Vermont Studio Center, VT, US
Moving Image Artist (October 2018) at I-Park, East Haddam, CT, US
Artist in Residence at the Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA, US
Stretch, animation still, 2016
Falling inside, digital painting, 2020
Inside the thought, animation still, 2020
Solo Shows
2018
Tie /Knot: A Pop Up Show, Po ş e Kadıköy, Istanbul
Touch the Pit, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA, US
2017
Slow Lick /Heavy Cloud, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, US
Group Shows
2020
Dia de los Muertos, The Switchboard Gallery, Haverhill, MA, US
2019
Nasıl Söylesem? ArtWeeks @ Akaretler, Istanbul
Dear My Little Prince, Korean Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2018
PMS Augmented Reality Show, Bomontiada, Istanbul
Toprak ve Lif, Galeri Apel, Tophane, Istanbul
Mamut Art Fair, Istanbul
2017
Faculty Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, US
Nasty Women, Boston Fundraiser Show, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA, US
2016
Art in Motion, Anderson Gallery, New York, NY, US
Stay in Touch, Senior Thesis Exhibition, SMFA, Boston, MA, US
Art in April, Tufts University, Medford, MA, US
2015
The Medal Award Silent Auction, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, US
2014
Juried Drawing Show, SMFA, Boston, MA, US
Juried Painting Biennale, SMFA, Boston, MA, US
Festivals and Screenings
2020
Geisai Online Screening, Tokyo
Geidai Animation 11 ネオ, Yokohama, JP
2019
ICAF, Istanbul, TR
2018
Alt Kısalar, Bomontiada, İstanbul, TR
Picture Farm Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY, US
IFEMA International Female Film Festival, Malmö, SE
Athens Animfest, Athens
3rd Kısa Film Kolektifi, Barış Manço Kültür Merkezi, İstanbul
Future Talent, Animac, Lleida, Catalunya, ES
Aniscreen, Prague
2017
4th Winged Seahorse Short Film Festival, Uşak, TR
Exground Film Festival, Wiesbaden, DE
PÖFF International Competition, Animated Dreams, Tallinn
Animation Nights of New York, Brooklyn, NY
Animation Marathon, Athens
VideoArt.ist Screening, Türkan Saylan Culture Center, İzmir, TR
Canlandıranlar Animation Competition, Istanbul
International Student Competition, 12th Anim'est Festival, Bucharest
Student Film Panorama, Animasyros, Syros, GR
New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, US
Istanbul Comics and Art Festival, Istanbul
Balkan Competition, 8th Edition of Anibar Animation Festival, XK
Somerville International Film Festival, Somerville, MA
15° MUMIA – Underground World Animation Festival, Belo Horizonte, BR
Spectacle Garden, The Headwaters Theater, Portland, OR, US
Festival on Wheels - Turkey Stand, Cannes, FR
EXPO vol V, Brown University, Providence, RI, US
Ankara International Film Festival, Ankara, TR
Picture Farm Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY, US
Berlin Student Film Festival, Berlin
Festival on Wheels - Turkey Stand, Berlin
British Film Institute Future Film Festival, London
Student Experimental Film Festival, Binghamton University, NY, US
2016
Grrl Haus Cinema, Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA, US
Eastern European Panorama, Animateka, Ljubljana
Locomocion Festival, Mexico City
Animation Nights of New York, Manhattan, NY, US
Arctic Moving Image Film Festival, Harstad, NO
Cutout Festival, Queretaro, MX
Spectacle Garden, The Headwaters Theater, Portland, OR, US
In short Film Festival, London
Boston Alternative Reality Fest, Subsamson, Boston, MA, US
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, AU
Under the Underground 6, Out of the Blue Gallery, Cambridge, MA, US
Open World Animation Festival, Alternative Gallery, Allentown, PA, US
Expo Student Film Festival vol. III, Brown University, Providence, RI, US
2015
Primanima Animation Festival, Budapest
Expo Student Film Festival vol. I & II, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
2014
SMFA Film Animation Video Annual, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, US
Artist Talks
2018
Res-Prez, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, US
Young Animators Panel, Istanbul Comics Art Festival, Istanbul
Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA, US
2017
Career Talks, SEV Koleji, İstanbul, Turkey. Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, US
