He currently works at the agency he founded,
BEK, and teaches at the Department of Graphic Arts
at the Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul.
His work includes posters, printed materials, flag
designs and creative concepts for novels and plays.
It has been exhibited across the world and collected
in museums in Germany and America.
Mr Erkmen has won numerous awards over the course
of his career, including Second Prize at the 1997 Trnava Poster Triennial and Bronze Medal at the Helsinki International Poster Biennial.
Other awards include 1991 Merit Award from
the New York Art Director’s Club and a Bronze Award
at the 1998 Warsaw Poster Biennale.