Taner Ceylan studied painting in the Fine Arts Faculty at Mimar Sinan University between 1986 - 1991. He then worked for the Fine Arts Faculty of Yeditepe University between 2001-2003 as a lecturer and worked as an editor in chief of arts of Time Out Istanbul Magazine between 2001-2006. Many of his painting are in private collections such as those of Martin Browne, Dan Cameron, Fethi Pekin, and museum collections such as the Dr. F. Nejat Eczacıbasi Foundation and the Scheringa Museum of Realist Art.
Ceylan is represented by Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York City.
Solo Exhibitions
2013 The Lost Paintings Series, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2011 The Lost Paintings Series, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 Abstraction of Nothing, I-20 Gallery, New York
2005 De-Composed, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
2002 1997 / 2002, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
1997 More, Derimod Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1996 Steven Maurice, Meannertreu, Nürnberg, Germany
1995 The Monte Carlo Style, Devlet Han, Istanbul, Turkey
1994 Young Osman, Armenian Catholic Monastery, Istanbul, Turkey
1992 Private Party, Derimod Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Double Crescents, Chelsea24 Gallery, New York, USA and Confessions of Dangerous Minds Contemporary Art from Turkey, Phillips De Pury & Company Rooms, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2010 İstanbul Next Wave, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany and New Works, New Horizons, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 Naked!, curated by Adrian Dannatt, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York.
2006 Works on Paper, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 Free-Kick, 9th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey and Liaisons, Stephane Ackermann, Agence D'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
2004 Poetic Justice, curated by Dan Cameron, 8th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
2003 Families Only / Aileye Mahsus, Karsi Sanat Calismalari, Istanbul, Turkey and Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul
