Murat Saygıner is a self-taught digital artist who works as a motion designer, filmmaker, photographer and composer based in Ankara, Turkey.
Born in Prague in 1989, Murat Saygıner got involved with photography and digital art in 2007 and won numerous international awards. As early as 2008, his works were selected for “IPA Best of Show” exhibition in New York and in 2010, he was awarded Emerging Talent of the Year in “The Photography Gala Awards”.
He has written, directed and produced several animated short films since 2013 which were screened in over 200 film festivals including Academy Award Qualifying Festivals such as “Animest” and “AIFVF”. Six of his films were Staff Picked on Vimeo. In 2019, he assembled ten of his short films under the title of “The Flying Fish” which drew various reviews by acclaimed film critics and received the Vitriol Award as the Best Experimental Film in The First Hermetic International Film Festival in Venice.
In The News
- The Psychedelic Posthuman Portraiture Of Murat Sayginer
- The King of the Jungle Gets His Medal
- The Flying Fish – Short Film Review
- Vimeo Staff Pick: Zodiac – Evolution
Notable Sales
Volans, a Staff Pick on Vimeo which has been screened in various festivals and won the Award for Best Experimental Film in the Open World Animation Festival 2017, sold as a 1/1 creation for 13 ETH (now over $50,540), which was quickly followed by the 13 ETH sale of Legacy, another Staff Pick on Vimeo. Murat has made over $349,002 in sales since joining the space in December 2020.
The Flying Fish
The Flying Fish is a set of select short films created by Murat Saygıner over the span of seven years. Named after the alter-ego of the artist, the drop brings together seven films revolving around alternative states of the human condition. The artworks will be released over the course of 7 weeks.
The short films were screened in over 200 film festivals including Academy Award Qualifying Festivals such as “Animest” and “AIFVF”.
Golden Age
Editions: One
Pricing: Accepting Offers Only
*Auction will end at 7pm PST 6/25
Exile
Editions: One
Pricing: SOLD for 2 ETH (~$4,511)
Dust
Editions: One
Pricing: SOLD for 2 ETH (~$4,948)
Purple Dreams
Editions: One
Pricing: SOLD for 3.5 ETH ($9,399)
Extremes
”Extremes” is a Staff Pick on Vimeo.
Golden skeletons gather in the underworld.
SEIZURE WARNING! A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear.
Editions: One
Pricing: SOLD for 5 ETH (~$12,541)
The Court of Conscience
Editions: One
Pricing: SOLD for $6,750
*Auction will end at 7pm PST 05/19
Ratio
Editions: One
Pricing: SOLD for ~2.7 ETH (~$9,825)
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