Biography
Born in Malatya in 1943, the artist studied at the Painting Department of the Istanbul State Applied Fine Arts High School from 1964 to 1968 and began working as an assistant in the same department in 1968. In 1970, he won the "German Academic Exchange Scholarship" awarded by the Federal German Government and worked with Prof. Rudi Tröger and Prof. Max Zimmerman at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts until 1973. In 1973, he became a faculty member at the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University, and was appointed professor in 1985. The artist, who has held numerous solo exhibitions from 1968 to the present day, exhibited at Galeri November Berlin in 1979, Galeri Nev-Istanbul in 1988, Yapı Kredi Bank Kazım Taşkent Art Gallery in 1995, Galeri Artist-Istanbul in 2001, and Galeri Artist-Berlin in 2008. In addition to his solo exhibitions, he has also participated in group exhibitions since 1972.
