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Mikail Akar
Mikail Akar, 2023
Born (2012-10-09) 9 October 2012 (age 12)
Cologne
NationalityGerman
Known forcontemporary art
Styleabstract
Websitewww.mikailakar.com

Mikail Akar (9 October 2012) is a German painter.[1] He became publicly known in 2017 at the age of 4. Since, he has held various art exhibitions in several major cities, making him internationally known. Akar's painting style is usually described as Abstract Expressionism.[2]

Life

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Akar was born in October 2012 in Cologne, Germany.[3] He is fluent in English, Turkish, and German.[1] He has two younger siblings[1] and visits the International School Cologne.[1][4]

Akar started to paint at the age of four.[5] His father posted a picture of his first painting on Facebook, which led to several offers to buy it.[6][7] After Akar's first exhibitions, his parents gave up their jobs and founded an artists' agency representing Mikail Akar and other artists.[1][6]

In 2021, Akar took part in the German game show Klein gegen Groß, hosted by Kai Pflaume.[8]

Work

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Akar paints with undiluted acrylic paints, and his paintings often contain geometric ornamentation.[1] They are influenced by abstract expressionism and neo-impressionism.[2] Akar himself describes his painting style as action painting in the style of Jackson Pollock,[9] because he applies various colors directly on the canvas, one after the other, directly from the tube,[2] or sometimes with a boxing glove.[5][7]

In addition to paintings, Akar paints on various vehicles, including vintage cars such as a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, a VW T1 and a 1976 Mustang.[3] A Rolls-Royce redesigned by Akar sold for €400,000.[4]

Akar regularly supports social projects.[10][11] He has collaborated with artists, public figures and companies, including Peter Maffay and Manuel Neuer.[8] In 2022, he designed labels for water bottles of the German company Gerolsteiner Brunnen.[12]

Exhibitions

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In 2017, Akar began showing his paintings at exhibitions. Initially, these took place in his home Cologne. In 2018, he held his first national exhibition in Großkarlbach, Rhineland-Palatinate.[3] In the following years, Akar held several art exhibitions throughout Germany, including exhibitions in Berlin in 2019[9] and at Cologne Bonn Airport. For the latter exhibition, he painted dismantled fuselage panels of a decommissioned Airbus A310.[7]

Since 2022, Akar has also shown his art at international art exhibitions, including in Zürich, New York, Vienna, and Istanbul, fetching five-figure sums.[3][2][13] His work King of New York was auctioned at the Guggenheim Museum, New York in 2022 for US$16,000, and he donated the revenue to an art project for children.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Tillmanns, Gundhild (4 March 2023). "Kunterbuntes Wunderkind". General-Anzeiger.
  2. ^ a b c d Schwarz, Gisela (28 February 2023). "Junger Maler erstaunt die Kunstszene". Kölnische Rundschau. p. 28.
  3. ^ a b c d Heselmann, Matthias (24 March 2023). "Zehnjähriger Künstler stellt im Cloud 7 aus". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. p. 21.
  4. ^ a b c Petrasch-Brucher, Elke (13 May 2023). "Rolls Royce bemalt". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.
  5. ^ a b "Wunderkind: Seine Gemälde kosten mehrere 1000 Euro". Die Welt (in German). 14 February 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b Diening, Deike (6 December 2019). "Malen und zahlen". Der Tagesspiegel.
  7. ^ a b c Moody, Oliver (11 January 2020). "Mikail Akar. Mini Picasso who sells his work for €15,000". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  8. ^ a b Petrasch-Brucher, Elke (9 April 2022). "Ein Kunstwerk für den Frieden". Kölnische Rundschau. p. 35.
  9. ^ a b Wiese, Jette (18 October 2019). "Der kleine Picasso: Mit sieben Jahren schon ein großer Star in der Kunstwelt". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  10. ^ Werning, Johanna (27 February 2023). "Kunst von Kölner Wunderkind ist tausende Euro wert – jetzt soll sie anderen helfen". Münchner Merkur (in German). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Solidarischer Künstler-Nachwuchs". Kölnische Rundschau. 28 March 2020. p. 28.
  12. ^ Tüffers, Jörn (14 October 2022). "Nächsten Deal an Land gezogen: Pulheimer Künstler Mikail Akar startet weiter durch". Kölnische Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  13. ^ Rykov, Uwe Marcus Magnus (2022). "Mikail Akar – Ausstellung". Zeitblatt Magazin (in German). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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