Mertim Gokalp
{{Short description|Australian painter (born 1981)}}
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Mertim Gokalp (born 1981) is a Turkish-born Australian portrait and figure painter. He was a finalist for the Archibald Prize in 2013 with his portrait of Bille Brown, and he was a finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize in 2015 with his painting "The Sacrifice of the Model".
Life and work
Gokalp was born in Ankara, Turkey. He moved to Sydney in 2009 and is now part of an artist run initiative Project 504, working from his studio in North Sydney. Mertim Gokalp has received a Distinguished Talent Visa from the Australian Government, allowing him to live and work in Australia.{{Cite web |date=2012-04-24 |title=Gokalp, Mertim {{!}} Portrait Artists Australia |url=https://portraitartistsaustralia.com.au/browse-portrait-artists/gokalp-mertim/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=portraitartistsaustralia.com.au |language=en-US}}
Education
Past exhibitions
Mertim Gokalp has exhibited in major art prizes and galleries in Australia. Most recently, he won the Hunters Hill Art Prize 2018 with his portrait of celebrity chef Manu Feildel – "Bon Appetit".{{cite web |last1=Gokalp |first1=Mertim |title=Bon Appetit |url=http://huntershillart.com/hhae2018/ |website=Hunters Hill Art Prize |access-date=4 August 2018 |archive-date=2 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702045346/http://huntershillart.com/hhae2018/ |url-status=dead }} He also won the Kennedy Prize in 2017 with another portrait of Manu Feildel,{{cite web | last1=Gokalp |first1=Mertim |title=Getting Ready for Dinner |url=https://www.kennedyprize.com.au/2017-kennedy-prize-winner/ |website=Kennedy Prize}} and he has been selected into the Salon des Refuses and exhibited in the S. H. Ervin Gallery.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
Gokalp's painting, the Sacrifice of the Model – a contemporary re-take of Caravaggio's Entombment of the Christ, has been selected into the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2015 and has been exhibited in the Juniper Hall in Paddington.{{cite web |title=2015 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize – finalists |url=http://www.moranprizes.com.au/competition/2015-doug-moran-national-portrait-prize/finalists |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804105952/http://www.moranprizes.com.au/competition/2015-doug-moran-national-portrait-prize/finalists |archive-date=4 August 2018 |accessdate=4 August 2018 |publisher=Moran Prizes}}
In 2014, Gokalp had exhibited in the Contemporary Istanbul and had a solo show "The Descendants", in the Rocks Discovery Museum.
Mertim's self-portrait "I am a bit mad, but that is ok!", which was a semi-finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2013,http://www.moranprizes.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/gallery-enlarge/public/artworks/I%27m%20a%20bit%20mad%20but%20that%27s%20ok%21_0.jpg?itok=88njzm_F {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}} has been selected amongst many Australian portrait artists to be exhibited at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC, U.S.A.
In May 2014, two of Gokalp's paintings, "Mama keeps me warm" and "Bille Brown in a Turkish Bath", were selected to be exhibited by Angus Trumble in the Glencore Percival Portrait Prize. This is the artist's first time exhibiting his works in Queensland.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
In March 2013, Gokalp's portrait of the late Bille Brown, an Australian stage, film, television actor, and playwright, was announced as one of the finalists in the Archibald Prize.{{Cite web|url=http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2013/29371/|title = Archibald Prize Archibald 2013 finalist: Derwish: A portrait of Bille Brown by Mertim Gokalp}} It was also exhibited in the NSW Parliament House in July 2013 as a part of the "Multicultural Australia" exhibition.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
References
External links
- [http://www.mertim.com.au Mertim Gokalp's web site] [http://mertim.com.au]
- [http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2013/ Archibald Prize 2013]
- [http://portraitartistsaustralia.com.au/browse-portrait-artists/gokalp-mertim/]
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