Biography | CV
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"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery." - Francis Bacon
Cos Ahmet creates work that is described as a ‘collective of body dialogue’. Themes of sexuality, identity and self are all recurring subjects that are constant in his work. Ahmet explores these through the structure of the figure, form and self, reconstructed into altered egos, metafigurative beings and grafted self portraits. In his practice, he works and thinks across disciplines and practice boundaries, engaging in a diverse range of media to create his work. The process results in the repetition of imagery. Echoes and trace elements emerge, the personal element is shaped and shifts through ‘gestured’, ‘sexualised’ and ‘fragmented’ bodies.
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RESIDENCIES
2012
Appointed Artist in Residence; Middlesex University, London
Love Letter Project Artist Residency; Keats House Museum, Hampstead, London
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS IN 2012
Three x Three: Cultivate, Vyner Street, London - 24 - 29 February
A Graphically Illustrative Concept: Tricycle Gallery, London - 10 January - 4 February
MM1 International Project & Collaboration; Arbeit Gallery, London and Modern Art Israel, Tel Aviv, 2012
One-Man Exhibition; Arbeit, London - Dates to be confirmed
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
2011 'Self Seeing' The Stone Space, London
2010 'Bodylogues', Lauderdale House, Highgate, London
2008 'My Shadow Sits and Waits for Me', Waterloo Gallery, London
2007 'Life Force', First One-Man Exhibition held at Waterloo Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Three x Three: Cultivate, Vyner Street, London
A Graphically Illustrative Concept: Tricycle Gallery, London
2011
Art is for Life... Cultivate, Vyner Street, London
Art & Mind: Norlington Road Studios, London
Printmakers Council: Highgate Gallery, London
Conflict & Resolution: La Galleria, Pall Mall, London
Drawing Crowds: The Stone Space, Leytonstone, London
Altered State: Leytonstone Arts Trail, London
Untitled: Vyner Street Gallery, London
Woven Threads: Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
The International Postcard Show: Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Drawing With Thread: Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
Harlesden Gallery Group Exhibition: Tricycle Gallery, London
Love Harlesden Street Art Show, Various venues, London
Printmakers Council: Acquire Arts Gallery, London
Eastern Light: The M.P Birla Millenium Gallery, London
2010
100sqft New Orleans/Arts After Dark: Art Egg Studios, New Orleans, US
Guerilla Gallery, NEON Arts Festival, Dundee, Scotland
6by4 Secret Postcard Exhibition: Gallery Art Space Portsmouth
The Printmakers Council Out of Print?: South Hill Park, Berks.
Holding Time: M.P. Birla Millenium Gallery, London
To view Cos Ahmet's full Exhibition History, click here >> Exhibition Archive
EDUCATION
2004 - 2006 Printmaking for Artists Training, Kensington & Chelsea College, London
1997 - 1999 HNC Public Art & Project Management, Barnet College
1993 - 1996 BA Hons Constructed Textiles, Middlesex Univeristy
1992 - 1993 Foundation Art & Design, Barnet College
AWARDS
2011 Artist in Residence, Middlesex University
2009 Award of a Solo Exhibition at Lauderdale House, London, held in January 2010
2006 Kensington & Chelsea College Printmakers Prize
1999 Finalist for The Fish Art Prize
1995 Finalist for Simon Jersey Tapestry Award
COMMISSIONS
'Under My Skin' - Performance Art project with mime/mask artist E.G Thuile Lefrandt
'Millinery Commission' - Designed and woven for fashion designer Emma Cullen
'Healing Hands' - Wellhouse NHS Trust Commission
'Men in Suits' & 'Toilet Diaries'- Commissioned by Curator Heather Barnett for 'Created Space'
COLLECTIONS
Artbeat Public Art Bedordshire, UK
Harwood Bauhofer Apex, UK
Private Collections in the UK, the US, Greece & The Netherlands
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
AIR + AN Member
The British Tapestry Group
The Printmakers Council
Associate Member Matt Roberts Arts
"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery." - Francis Bacon
Cos Ahmet creates work that is described as a ‘collective of body dialogue’. Themes of sexuality, identity and self are all recurring subjects that are constant in his work. Ahmet explores these through the structure of the figure, form and self, reconstructed into altered egos, metafigurative beings and grafted self portraits. In his practice, he works and thinks across disciplines and practice boundaries, engaging in a diverse range of media to create his work. The process results in the repetition of imagery. Echoes and trace elements emerge, the personal element is shaped and shifts through ‘gestured’, ‘sexualised’ and ‘fragmented’ bodies.
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RESIDENCIES
2012
Appointed Artist in Residence; Middlesex University, London
Love Letter Project Artist Residency; Keats House Museum, Hampstead, London
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS IN 2012
Three x Three: Cultivate, Vyner Street, London - 24 - 29 February
A Graphically Illustrative Concept: Tricycle Gallery, London - 10 January - 4 February
MM1 International Project & Collaboration; Arbeit Gallery, London and Modern Art Israel, Tel Aviv, 2012
One-Man Exhibition; Arbeit, London - Dates to be confirmed
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
2011 'Self Seeing' The Stone Space, London
2010 'Bodylogues', Lauderdale House, Highgate, London
2008 'My Shadow Sits and Waits for Me', Waterloo Gallery, London
2007 'Life Force', First One-Man Exhibition held at Waterloo Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Three x Three: Cultivate, Vyner Street, London
A Graphically Illustrative Concept: Tricycle Gallery, London
2011
Art is for Life... Cultivate, Vyner Street, London
Art & Mind: Norlington Road Studios, London
Printmakers Council: Highgate Gallery, London
Conflict & Resolution: La Galleria, Pall Mall, London
Drawing Crowds: The Stone Space, Leytonstone, London
Altered State: Leytonstone Arts Trail, London
Untitled: Vyner Street Gallery, London
Woven Threads: Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
The International Postcard Show: Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Drawing With Thread: Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
Harlesden Gallery Group Exhibition: Tricycle Gallery, London
Love Harlesden Street Art Show, Various venues, London
Printmakers Council: Acquire Arts Gallery, London
Eastern Light: The M.P Birla Millenium Gallery, London
2010
100sqft New Orleans/Arts After Dark: Art Egg Studios, New Orleans, US
Guerilla Gallery, NEON Arts Festival, Dundee, Scotland
6by4 Secret Postcard Exhibition: Gallery Art Space Portsmouth
The Printmakers Council Out of Print?: South Hill Park, Berks.
Holding Time: M.P. Birla Millenium Gallery, London
To view Cos Ahmet's full Exhibition History, click here >> Exhibition Archive
EDUCATION
2004 - 2006 Printmaking for Artists Training, Kensington & Chelsea College, London
1997 - 1999 HNC Public Art & Project Management, Barnet College
1993 - 1996 BA Hons Constructed Textiles, Middlesex Univeristy
1992 - 1993 Foundation Art & Design, Barnet College
AWARDS
2011 Artist in Residence, Middlesex University
2009 Award of a Solo Exhibition at Lauderdale House, London, held in January 2010
2006 Kensington & Chelsea College Printmakers Prize
1999 Finalist for The Fish Art Prize
1995 Finalist for Simon Jersey Tapestry Award
COMMISSIONS
'Under My Skin' - Performance Art project with mime/mask artist E.G Thuile Lefrandt
'Millinery Commission' - Designed and woven for fashion designer Emma Cullen
'Healing Hands' - Wellhouse NHS Trust Commission
'Men in Suits' & 'Toilet Diaries'- Commissioned by Curator Heather Barnett for 'Created Space'
COLLECTIONS
Artbeat Public Art Bedordshire, UK
Harwood Bauhofer Apex, UK
Private Collections in the UK, the US, Greece & The Netherlands
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
AIR + AN Member
The British Tapestry Group
The Printmakers Council
Associate Member Matt Roberts Arts