Painter, proffesor (b. 1956, Diyarbakir - d. 07 July 2017, Bişkek / Kyrgyzistan). Graduating from Bursa Education Institute, Department of Fine
Arts Education, he has completed his Bachelor's degree at Gazi University,
Gazi Education Faculty, Department of Painting. He has completed his
"Master's", "Competency in Art" and "Doctoral"
studies at Gazi University Social Sciences Institute, Department of Fine Art.
He worked as a Art teacher at several schools of Ministry of National
Education; and as a lecturer at Gazi
University, Gazi
Education Faculty, Department of Fine Art between the years 1986-1994. He
participated in the establishment of Isparta Süleyman Demirel University Fine
Arts Faculty and worked as Vice Dean and Fine Arts Department Chair between the
years 1994-1999.
He worked as a lecturer at Selçuk
University, Education
Faculty, Department of Fine Arts Education, and Subdivision of Painting between
the years 1999-2009. He worked as Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University Fine Arts
Faculty Dean between the years 2009-2013.
He has conducted artistic and cultural reviews
abroad (Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan, Azarbaijan, Tataristan, Macedonia,
and Russia).
He taught at schools in Tataristan for 6 months in 1997. He has conducted
studies about Idıl-Ural Region Turkish arts. He was invited to the Second
Turkic World Painters' Meeting organized in Bursa
by TURKSOY (Turkish Culture and Arts Joint Administration) in 1999 for the
700th Anniversary of Ottoman Empire to represent Turkey.
He has participated in more than thousand mixed and group exhibitions
both at domestic and international levels. He participated in several contests
and received 17 awards. He has opened 81 individual exhibitions, domestic and
international. He was a jury member in several exhibitions and contests. He was
in the editorial and referee boards of academic journals.
Besides the individual exhibitions in important capitals of Turkish Cultural
Geography from Macedonia to Mongolia; he
painted, conducted artistic and cultural research and made speeches in
conferences.
He has several works in many private and public collections and museums;
and he is one of the founding members of Ankara Painters' Union.
He has also participated in Turkish Fine Artists Occupational Union (GESAM) as
a founding member and executive board member.
REFERENCE: Şevket Beysanoğlu / Diyarbakırlı Fikir ve Sanat Adamları (v. 3,
1997) - Diyarbakırlı Üç Hattat, Dört Ressam (Ziya Gökalp Dergisi, Issue: 50, 1988),
Kuvayı Milliye ve Millî Mücadele Resim Sergisi Kataloğu (2009), İhsan Işık /
Diyarbakır Ansiklopedisi (2013) - Geçmişten Günümüze
Diyarbakırlı İlim Adamları Yazarlar ve Sanatçılar (2014).