About the author

Alphan Vardarlı

<p>A poet, a researcher and a self-trained painter born in 1978. Graduated from University of Kent at Canterbury. Went onto study art and art history in Florence, Italy. Attended M.A. program in the University of Amsterdam.<br/><br/>As a highly curious character, I have been a researcher for as long as I can remember. The philosophical basis for my research and ideas were formed during my years in Amsterdam. The breakthrough came in 2010 when I wrote a satire piece about the determinisms of religion and science entitled "How to make a spacecraft" where I proposed the fundamentals of the Episteme Spacecraft Project and the three tests.<br/><br/>Been writing poetry since 15 years old. A bilingual (Turkish and English) collection of my poetry entitled "Çay Bahçesine Düşerken / Falling to a Tea House Garden" was published in print in 2017. E-books of this selection, a special edition of two books, one translated to English and one to Turkish became available in 2020. I translated all the poems in English and Turkish.<br/><br/>Been painting since 2000. First personal painting exhibition was held in the Turkish Culture Ministry Gallery, in Çanakkale in 2016.<br/><br/>Publications as a Researcher and Artist;<br/>E-book (Poetry in English), ISBN: 9781005604103, Smashwords, 2020<br/>E-book (Poetry in Turkish), ISBN: 9781005647162 , Smashwords, 2020<br/>E-book (Poetry in English), ISBN: 9780463710470, Smashwords, 2019<br/>E-book (Research in English), ISBN: 9781370485956, Smashwords, 2018<br/>E-book (Research in Turkish), ISBN: 9780463748275, Smashwords, 2018<br/>Audio Book (Narrator, Producer), Poetry in English and Turkish, ISBN 9781987199161, FindawayVoices, 2018<br/>Poetry Book in English and Turkish, ISBN 9786059542241, Kavim Publishing, 2017<br/>Research Articles in Turkish, written for the Küresel Eylem Grubu, Global Action Group Turkey, 2013 and 2014<br/><br/>Exhibitions<br/>Personal Painting Exhibition (Continuous), Yalı Hanı Han Kahvesi, Çanakkale, Turkey, 2018-2019<br/>Mixed Exhibition, Ekim Geçidi Çanakkale (18.), Çanakkale, Turkey, 2019<br/>Mixed Exhibition, Ekim Geçidi Çanakkale (17.), Çanakkale, Turkey, 2018<br/>Mixed Exhibition, Ekim Geçidi Çanakkale (16.), Çanakkale, Turkey, 2017<br/>Mixed Installation Exhibition, Derler ki Sergisi, Various Cities, Turkey, 2017-2018<br/>Personal Painting Exhibition, Turkish Culture Ministry Gallery, Çanakkale, Turkey, 06.2016<br/>Mixed Painting Exhibition, Siemens Art Gallery in İstanbul, Turkey, 12.2005</p>