Biography
Hayati MİSMAN was born in Konya in 1945. He studied at the Konya-Akşehir Teacher Training School between 1961 and 1964; and worked as a primary school teacher in Tercan district of Erzincan between 1964 and 1965. Between 1965 and 1968, he studied at the Gazi Education Institute in Ankara, Department of Art and Crafts, graduating in 1968. Between 1970 and 1975, he specialized in graphic design at the Kassel State Academy of Fine Arts with a scholarship from the Ministry of National Education. He started working at the Gazi Education Institute, Department of Art and Crafts, in 1975; he received his proficiency in art degree in 1984 and his associate professorship in 1987. Between 1987 and 2001, he was a faculty member at the Bilkent University Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture. In 2001, he became a professor at Hacettepe University and retired in 2005. He later continued his work as a visiting professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture at Bilkent University. He has held over fifty solo exhibitions, some abroad; he has won fifteen awards, including the 1992 Greece-Turkey Abdi İpekçi Friendship and Peace Award and the 16th International Mediterranean Biennial Award in Egypt. One of the leading figures in printmaking in Turkey, Misman's art is characterized by a strong emphasis on line. In his works, which are characterized by expressive lines and a drawing style, color harmony, the proportion of forms, the balance between density and emptiness, and the reinterpretation of the figure through the artist's emotions are important. He often develops his works by layering them; in his compositions, he constantly questions the relationship between density on one side and emptiness and tranquility on the other. According to the Orkun Ozan (Himmet ÖCAL) Art Gallery archive, #46 | 6th Summer Group Exhibition, #104 | IMOGA Collection Printmaking Exhibition participated in #124 | “+119 Group Painting Exhibition” and #135 | “Living the Moment” Medila Paintings Collection Exhibition.
