Tamer Başoğlu (born 1938) is a Turkish sculptor. He was born in 1938 in

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Higher education

In 1960 he graduated from the sculpture department of the Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy. With a state scholarship he went to Italy. In 1964 he returned to the academy as assistant. In 1968 he worked with Kirschner and

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at the

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Summer Academy.

Career

In 1970 he earned the title of associate professor. In 1976 he earned the title of professor. In 1983 he became the head of the Department of Sculpture at

Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University ( tr, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, or MSGSÜ) is a Turkish public university dedicated to higher education in the fine arts. It is located in the Fındıklı neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbul ...

and remained the head until 1990. In 1990 he became the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University and stayed the dean until 1994. From 1994 to 2000 he was the Rector of the University. For some time later he was the president of the YOK council of Fine Arts Branches in Universities. In 2012 he became a full time professor at the Department of Industrial Product Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts at

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Awards

He won 20 awards. Of these the awards that Başoğlu finds important are his Iskenderiye Biennale bronze medal and the İş Bank Sculpture Division Grand Prize.

References

External links

Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Basoglu, Tamer 1938 births Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul alumni Turkish male sculptors Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University faculty Living people People from Nazilli