Arat graduated from Boğaziçi University’s Department of Administrative Sciences in 1977. He received his M.A. from the State University of New York. He held a number of solo exhibitions and participated in group shows across various cities in the U.S. Between 1990 and 1993, he created the set designs for plays by Virginia Woolf and George Büchner. In 1992, he was a recipient of the Jackson Pollock – Lee Krasner Foundation grant. The same year, he won first place in the painting category of the Asia-European Biennale. A faculty member at the New York Concordia College’s Department of Fine Arts since 1993, Arat also works as the director of the school’s art gallery.
Solo Exhibitions:
- 1980 İş Bankası Art Gallery, Ankara
- 1985 “To Four Years of Silence”, IONA College, New Rochelle, New York
- 1986 White Columns, 325 Spring Street, New York
- 1987 Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
- 1988 Rathbone Gallery, Junior College of Albany, Albany, New York
- 1990 Galeri Nev, İstanbul
- 1991 Galeri Nev, Ankara
- 1992 Galeri Nev, İstanbul
- 1992 Hal Katzen Gallery, New York
- 1993 Wildcliff Center for the Arts, New York
- 1994 Galeri Nev, İstanbul
- 1994 Galeri Nev, Ankara
- 1995 Gallery 1756, Chicago
- 1997 Galeri Nev, İstanbul
- 1997 Galeri Nev, Ankara
- 2000 The Marmara, Manhattan, New York
- 2003 Museum of the State University of New York, Albany
- 2007 Galeri Nev, İstanbul
Group Shows:
- 1984 Emma Willard Drawing Invitational, Albany, New York
- 1984 National Painting Exhibition, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, New York
- 1984 EBA Portrait Show, Albany, New York
- 1985 Hudson Valley ‘85, Poughkeepsie, New York
- 1986 Tobia-Kraa Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey
- 1986 “Painted Surfaces”, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York
- 1986 White Columns, 325 Spring Street, New York
- 1987 Curator’s Choice, Alternative Museum, New York
- 1988 Tobia-Kraa Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey
- 1988 Focus On Westchester, Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York
- 1988 M-13 Gallery, 72 Greene Street, New York
- 1989 New Art, New Material, North Carolina State University
- 1989 Grand Exhibition, Galeri Baraz, AKM, Ankara
- 1989 Grand Exhibition, Galeri Baraz, Eskişehir University Exhibition Hall
- 1990 “15th Year in Activities”, Galeri Baraz, AKM, İstanbul
- 1990 “Grand Exhibition II: Contemporary Turkish Art”, Museum of Painting and Sculpture, İstanbul
- 1991 “Art in General”, New York
- 1991 Hal Katzen Gallery, New York
- 1992 International Asian-European Biennial, Ankara
- 1993 Hal Katzen Gallery, New York
- 1993 “Points of Reference”, Indiana
- 1994 “Contemporary Turkish Art”, AKM, Ankara
- 1995 “Interpreting Landscapes”, Art Initiatives, New York
- 1996 Sotheby’s, London
- 1997 “Memory and Mourning”, University Museum, Albany
- 1998 “Abstract Tendencies in Turkish Painting”, Galeri Baraz, AKM, İstanbul
- 2000 “Circle of Mystery”, Galeri Nev, Ankara
- 2000 “Circle of Mystery”, Galeri Nev, İstanbul
- 2000 Art on Main Street, Yonkers
- 2000 “Beyond Drawing”, Westchester Arts Council Gallery, White Plains
- 2000 “Beyond Postcards: 1990-2000”, Gallery 1956, Chicago
- 2002 Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York
- 2008 Contemporary İstanbul Art Fair