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Volkan Davut
Mengi

Volkan Davut
Mengi

Associate Professor


Doctorate

Hungarian University of Fine Arts- On going

Master's

London Metropolitan University - Digital Film and Animation-2011

Bachelor's

University for the Creative Arts Graphic Design: Visual Communications -2010



Biography

He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design: Visual Communications at University for the Creative Arts. He joined various classical guitar societies in England during this period and achieved success in classical guitar contests, received awards. He earned his master's degree from London Metropolitan University, Digital Film and Animation MA course. He completed a 1-year guitar making course at London Met, Sir John Cass School of Art, Media & Design, by making the vihuela instrument. Later, in Spain and Poland, he held animation workshops. His doctoral education on video games, which started in 2017 at Hungarian University of Fine Arts with Hungarian state scholarship, is still ongoing. Except for the universities where he studied, he worked as a lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University in 2019-2020. He participated in exhibitions in Austria, Czech Republic, England, Germany and Hungary. His research interests lie primarily in the fields of 2D/3D animation, video games and data visualization.