Born in 1984, İlhami Tunç Gençer completed his secondary education in 50. Yıl Tahran High School. He later enrolled in the department of graphic design at Haliç University where he carried out works on photography and animation. In a photography contest organized by the University, he was awarded honourable mention, before he began concentrating on producing animation works which would soon be presented throughout numerous festivals in the US and Europe. He also won the jury’s special award in Colombia’s young but prestigious film festival, Cinenautas Defilm. Regarding his animation movies, he received laudatory messages from prominent directors such as Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brent Green and Szabolcs Hajdu. In addition, he has held several painting exhibitions, written automatist texts in Peyniraltı and Siber Gnosis magazines, and his works have been screening in surrealist groups. Nowadays, he is administrating the group founded by himself, Dalga Avangard, and continues to hold exhibitions and participate in festivals.
