Hanefi Yeter

Hanefi Yeter was born in Bayburt in 1947. He started his education in the Workshop of Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu of the State  Academy of Fine Arts in 1967 and studied in Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu’s Private Workshop during his training. In 1970, he  earned the right to receive art training in Paris, “Academie des Beaux-Arts”, because of some personal reasons he couldn’t  finished that education and turned back to Istanbul. He completed his education at the Academy and graduated from there  in 1972. In 1973 he passed the State Scholarship Examination and started his postgraduate studies in Berlin, the Fine Arts  Academy, and graduated in 1978. He has had over 90 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in  Turkey and abroad in Vienna, Paris, Brussels, Manchester City and various cities in Germany. He became the first Turkish born who opened a personal exhibition in East Germany. In that exhibition his catalogue was published with special  permissions. His works can be seen in national and international museums and private collections. He performed 5 murals,  2 ceramic facades, 2 mosaic panels, 1 sculpture in Berlin and 3 murals in the city Darmstadt. Between the dates 2006 and  2012 he performed up to 100 sculptures and reliefs in the shopping malls Forum Mersin, Aydin, Denizli, Trabzon, Ankara,  Bursa, Istanbul, Antalya, Tarsus and Nevşehir. Currently, Yeter continues to work in Istanbul. 

Bibliography 

2017 "Ere" Retrospective, published by Turkiye Is Bank 

Ahval, published by Odunpazarı Town Hall 

Avun-ma, published by Bodrum Town Hall 

2016 Notebook, published by Anna Laudel (Formerly ART350) 

2015 You’d better say; I’d better Not?, published by Kav Gallery 

2013 Velhasil, published by Arete 

2009 Sculptures, published by Multi Turk Mall 

2008 Seyif Defteri, published by Batirbirlik Gallery 

2005 Hanefi Yeter, published by Cream Gallery 

2002 Hanefi Yeter, published by Bilim Gallery 

1999 Hanefi Yeter published by Gallery G 

1989 Werke 1969-1989, published by Elefanten Press Berlin 

1985 Hanefi Yeter: Traum und Tanz, Chamissoplatz Gallery

1982 Hanefi Yeter, published by Fröhlich & Kaufmann 

Hanefi Yeter, Malerei und Grafik, published by[Berlin] : Verb. Bildender Künstler d. DDR 1981 Istanbuler Miniaturen published by Düsseldorf, Verlag Eremiten-Presse 

1980 De Vredestaart, published by War-Boek 

Ein türkischer Maler in Berlin Künstlerhaus Bethanien 

1979 Alte Märchen neu erzählt, published by Ararat Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany BRD FRG 1978 Ein türkischer Realist, published by Elefanten Press Berlin 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

2020 Art Paris, Anna Laudel, Paris, France 

2019 Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 

Şevket Sabancı Art Gallery, Bodrum, Turkey 

Selvin Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 

2018 Endless Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 

Arda Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

Contemporary Istanbul, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul 

Orkun & Ozan Gallery, Antalya, Turkey 

2017 Odunpazarı Art Gallery, Eskişehir, Turkey 

Şevket Sabancı Art Gallery, Bodrum, Turkey 

Iş Bank Kibele Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 

Contemporary Istanbul, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul 

Gallery of Yaşar Museum, Izmir, Turkey 

2015 Anna Laudel (Formerly ART350), Istanbul, Turkey 

Contemporary Istanbul, Anna Laudel, Istanbul 

KAV Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

2013 Arete Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

2010 Takı-Antika Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

2009 Gözde Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

2008 Atölye Akademist Gallery, Izmir, Turkey 

Gallery Işık, Istanbul, Turkey 

Batı Birlik Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

R.C. Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

2007 Orkun Ozan Art Gallery, Antalya, Turkey 

Gallery Selvin, Istanbul, Turkey 

Takı-Antika Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

2006 Arda Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

75th Year Art Gallery, Adana, Turkey 

PG Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 

2005 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 

Terakki Art Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey 

Yaşar Museum Art, Izmir, Turkey 

Leonardo Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 

2004 Crowne Plaza, Istanbul, Turkey 

Gallery Inin, IIstanbul, Turkey 

Gözde Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

2003 Takı-Antika Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

Gallery Toyan, Ankara, Turkey 

2002 Gözde Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

2001 Gallery Yurt & Dünya, Istanbul, Turkey 

Gallery Arda, Ankara, Turkey 

2000 Gallery Garanti Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey 

Gallery Tolga Eti (with Yunus Tonkuş), Istanbul, Turkey 

1999 Gallery Leonardo, Izmir, Turkey 

Gallery Notre, Berlin, Germany 

Gallery G., Istanbul, Turkey 

PG Art Gallery (with Habib Aydoğdu and Yunus Tonkuş), Istanbul, Turkey 

1998 Gallery Tammen&Busch, Berlin, Germany 

İŞ BANK Parmakkapı Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

Arda Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

Hotel Ypsilon, Essen, Germany 

1997 Gallery Evin, İstanbul, Turkey 

City Library, Stuttgart, Germany 

1996 Turkish Cultural House, Berlin, Germany 

Arda Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 

Villa Aichele City Gallery, Lörrach, Germany 

Gallery of National Reassurance (with Serpil Yeter), Istanbul, Turkey 

1995 Gallery at Town Hall, Liebstadt, Germany 

Arka Zeche Tariff Union, Essen, Germany 

Gallery at Chamisso Square, (with Hans Scheuker), Berlin 

1994 Trade Union IGM, Building of Executive Board, Frankfurt, Germany Gallery of Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn, Germany 

Gallery Schiller House, Bremerhaven, Germany 

1993 Gallery Tammen & Busch, Berlin, Germany 

Europe Without Walls, Manchester City Art Gallery, U.K. 

Düsseldorf exhibition, Düsseldorf, Germany 

Vakko, Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir, Turkey 

1992 Gallery Urart, Ankara, Turkey 

Bank of KreisSparkasse, Rüsselsheim, Germany 

1991 Stadtishes Reiss Museum, Mannheim, Germany Ludgeri Church, Norden, Germany 

Kult-Rendezvous, Erlangen, Germany 

1990 German-Turkish Cultural Centre, Ankara, Turkey Elefanten Press Gallery, Berlin, Germany 

Gallery Ultim Art, Paris, France 

Gallery Ranitzgasse, Dresden, Germany 

1989 Gallery at Chamisso Square, Berlin, Germany 

TÜYAP Fair and Exhibition Centre, İstanbul, Turkey 

Office of Arts, Wiesbaden City of Maintal, Germany 

1988 Gallery Steinbrecher, Bremen, Germany

Office of Arts, Germersheim, Germany 

Museum Restaurant Martin Gropius, Berlin, Germany 

1987 Gallery Hohenfelde, Hamburg, Germany Factory, Oberhausen, Germany 

1986 Gallery El Patio, Bremen, Germany 

Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany 

1985 Gallery at Camisso Square, Berlin, Germany Protestant Community, Tuttlingen, Germany 

1984 Ethnological Museum, Nürnberg, Germany Overseas Museum (with Mehmet Aksoy) Bremen, Germany Apex Gallery, Göttingen, Germany 

1983 Gallery Hilger, Vienna, Austria 

Berlin Stadtbibliothek (Ost), Berlin Germany 

Gallery Hartman, Kiel, Germany 

Gallery of Young Artists, Darmstadt, Germany 

1982 Art Association, Offenbach, Germany 

City Gallery Castle of Oberhause, Germany 

Gallery F (François Friedrich), Cologne, Germany 

1981 Produzenten Gallery, Zurich 

Neue Worpswede Gallery, Worpswede, Germany 

Exhibition Hall of Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland 

Sohle I, Bergkamen, Germany 

City Theater, Ulm, Germany 

Gallery Hartmut, Erlangen, Germany 

Adult Education Center, Bremenhaven, Germany 

1980 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany Türkay Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany 

1979 Einstein House, Ulm, Germany 

Adult Education Center, Weindham (Factory, City of Kiel) 

1978 Arts Museum Bochum, Castle of Kemnade, Germany Elefanten Press Gallery in Berlin and Hamburg