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Adekan<\/strong> is an artistic name of Engin ADEKA<\/strong> , who was born in Kad\u0131k\u00f6y 1991 and raised partly in the industrial city of Gebze, Adekan\u2019s artistic journey began during his teenage years with graffiti and street art. The city\u2019s stark urban texture sparked a lasting interest in the relationship between space and the individual. Over time, this raw and direct form of expression evolved into a more figurative and conceptual practice, exploring how the body and the spaces it inhabits shape one another.

In his street works, walls are treated not as passive surfaces but as active components of their surroundings; architectural details and environmental textures are woven into each composition. His practice often addresses the emotional tension between nature and the city, transforming personal experiences into public narratives within the free and democratic space of the street.

Rather than merely decorating urban facades, Adekan aims to create layered dialogues\u2014between the work and its environment, between the individual and society, and between personal memory and shared experience\u2014turning public space into a field of reflection on identity, space, and belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EDUCATION<\/strong>

2018\u20132022 \u2014 Tekirda\u011f Nam\u0131k Kemal University, Institute of Social Sciences, Master Degree in Painting
2012\u20132016 \u2014 Marmara University, Faculty of Atat\u00fcrk Education, Undergraduate in Art Education, Printmaking
2009\u20132011 \u2014 Kocaeli University, Associate Degree in Electronic Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOLO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong>

2024 \u2014 One For All<\/em>, Galeri Vitrin \u2013 Goethe-Institut, Ankara
2023 \u2014 Days<\/em>, Yermekan, Ankara<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/strong>

2023 \u2014 7th Biennale Internationale d\u2019Art Non Objectif, Satellite Event, Istanbul
2022 \u2014 Real Life<\/em>, Mamut Art Project, Istanbul
2019 \u2014 The Smell of Trees<\/em>, Painting Exhibition based on a Theatre Script, ModaSahnesi, Istanbul
2018 \u2014 Artist Experience<\/em>, 28th Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul
\u2003\u2003\u2003The Three Eyes of the Chest<\/em>, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
2017 \u2014 Inside Out<\/em>, Tight Aggressive, Istanbul
2016 \u2014 ICAF (Istanbul Comics Art Festival), Graffiti Performance, Istanbul
2015 \u2014 Messy<\/em>, Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University, Istanbul
2014 \u2014 Marmara University Corridor Exhibition<\/em>, Istanbul
\u2003\u2003\u2003Bazaart<\/em>, Painting Exhibition, Istanbul
2013 \u2014 Meeting of All Stars<\/em>, Graffiti Performance, Istanbul

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