Ohannes Tapyuli

Ohannes Tapyuli (born March 15, 1944 in Kangal ) is a German artist of Armenian origin.

Life

Ohannes Tapyuli was born in Kangal, Turkey, in 1944 and attended an Armenian monastery boarding school in Istanbul from 1952 to 1963 . After graduating from high school, he began studying art history at Istanbul University. In 1966 he moved to the Federal Republic of Germany and studied painting at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. Then he took up a teaching position at the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig . After several years in Spain, he was a student at Villa Massimo in 1984 and 1985 . He then returned to Braunschweig, where he still lives and is married to his daughter Elmar Michels . The couple have two daughters.

As a full member of the German Association of Artists , Ohannes Tapyuli took part in ten major annual DKB exhibitions between 1973 and 1985.

Exhibitions (selection)

1977: 12 draftsmen , Städtische Galerie Nordhorn , Wilhelmshaven and Wolfsburg
1978: Ruhr Festival , Recklinghausen
1983: Artist in Lower Saxony , Kunstverein Hannover
1983: Positions , Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
1983: 300 years later, Turks 1683 - 1983 , Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Vienna
1986: The other country , Great Orangery, Charlottenburg Palace , Berlin; Art museum Bochum ; Frankfurt Paulskirche ; Culture under the tower , Stuttgart
1987: The other country , Lothringer Strasse , Munich; Orangery Hanover , Musées de L'etat a Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Wilhelm Hack Museum , Ludwigshafen
1989: Art international, Gallery Ambiance Washington DC, USA
1990: Nobody climbs into the same river twice , Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
1993: In Fusion , New European Art, Ikon Gallery Birmingham, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton, Gallery Oriel and Chapter, Cardiff, Great Britain
1996: Inclusion Exclusion , Im Reininghaus, Graz, Austria
1997: The other moderns. Contemporary art from Africa, Asia and Latin America , House of World Cultures , Berlin

Awards

1979: Art Prize of the City of Nordhorn
1981: Bernhard Sprengel Prize for Fine Arts
1983: Villa Massimo Prize

Permanent installations in public spaces

1995: Installation Europe, Buchenwald Concentration Camp Memorial , (54 panels each 80 × 80 cm)
2002: Installation Sinti and Roma, memorial cities for Sinti in the Braunschweig town hall (24 panels, each 80 × 80 cm)

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME	Tapyuli, Ohannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Turkish-Armenian artist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kangal

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