You are all cordially invited to the seminar by Nazım Ünal Yılmaz, a transdisciplinary artist
and instructor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Yılmaz’s seminar will focus on his
artistic practices, his studio mentorship in painting and his latest book Brushman, released in 2026.
Date: 21 October 2026, Wednesday
Time: 12.30-13.30
Place: FB 309
BIOGRAPHY
Nazım Ünal Yılmaz is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Vienna. He received his Master of Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (2005–2010), where he studied in the studios of Peter Kogler and Daniel Richter. His practice has been further developed through prestigious international residencies, including the School of Visual Arts in New York (2010) and Künstlerhaus Balmoral in Bad Ems, Germany (2014).
Yılmaz’s work has been presented internationally in solo and group exhibitions across Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Notable recent solo exhibitions include Among Friends Hoast, Vienna, 2026), Horseless Horseman (Galerist, Istanbul, 2025), Brushman (Harkawik, New York, 2023), and Always Forward (Galerist, Istanbul, 2022). He has also exhibited in major group presentations and institutions, such as Belvedere 21 and Künstlerhaus in Vienna, Tallinn Art Hall, Galleria Michela Rizzo in Venice, and the Frankfurter Kunstverein.
His work is documented in several dedicated publications, most recently the monograph
Brushman (VFMK Verlag für Moderne Kunst, 2026), featuring texts by Alexander Koch, Alper Turan, Evrim Altuğ, Nilüfer Şaşmazer, and Onur Çimen, as well as prior volumes published by PamPam Publishing (2021) and Sanatorium (2017).