FIRAT ERDİM
www.firaterdim.net
firaterdim@gmail.com
Education
2007 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Master of Architecture.
2001 The Cooper Union, New York, NY. Bachelor of Architecture.
Exhibitions
2012 Fırat Erdim & Olivia Valentine: Second City. Flash Atölye, Izmir, Turkey.
2011 Fırat Erdim: The Arbor. Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL (solo).
Un/Earthed. I-X Center, Charlottesville, VA.
TbV. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Group Sculpture Exhibition. Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Gallery Artists’ Exhibit. Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2010 Art Miami. Miami, FL (Roy Boyd Gallery).
Fırat Erdim: Sculpture and Drawings / Mario Trejo: New Work. Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL.
5th International FabrikArtGrup Contemporary Art Festival. Mustafapaşa, Turkey.
Art Chicago. Chicago, IL (Roy Boyd Gallery).
Gallery Artists’ Exhibit. Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Dis.place.ment. Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI.
Materiality. ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Pile/Pillar. OPEN HOUSE, Chicago, IL.
2009 Architectural Spaces. LoDi Project Gallery, Raleigh, NC.
2008 Freeing the Hand. Houghton Gallery, the Cooper Union, New York, NY.
Legion at RAWSTUFF. RAWSTUFF Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
2007 YAS Emerging Artists Exhibit. Houghton Gallery, the Cooper Union, New York, NY.
Culbreth Earth/Oak. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (solo).
2006 Collective#nine. 94 9th street, Brooklyn, NY.
2004 Intern Exhibit 2004. Carving Studio and Sculpture Center Gallery, West Rutland, VT.
2003 Drawings of the Former World. 94 9th street, Brooklyn, NY (solo).
Awards, Scholarships, and Residencies
2012 Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, VT (residency).
2011 Anderson / Frankel Fellowship. Awarded by the Vermont Studio Center.
2010 Babayan Culture House. İbrahimpaşa, Turkey (residency).
2008 I-Park. East Haddam, CT (residency).
2007 Certificate of Design Excellence. Awarded by the faculty of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia.
2006 Partial Tuition Fellowship to the University of Virginia.
2001 George Ledlie Award. Awarded by the faculty of the I. S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union.
1996 Full Tuition Scholarship to the Cooper Union.
Academic
2012-Pr Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Architecture, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey.
Adjunct Assistant Professor.
2008-12 College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.
Adjunct Assistant Professor.
2009 Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL.
Teaching Artist.
2007-08 School of Architecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Lecturer.
2006-07 School of Architecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Teaching Assistant.
Professional
2001-06 Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP, New York, NY. Intern Architect.
2005-06 D’Aquino Monaco Inc, New York, NY. Intern Architect.
2004 Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT. Sculpture Studio Intern.
2000 Diane Lewis, Architect, New York, NY. Intern Architect.