Biography
Seyyit Bozdoğan was born in Kozan in 1941. He studied at the Perşembe Boarding Primary Teacher Training School and worked as a teacher in Urfa between 1959 and 1962. Between 1962 and 1967, he received training in theatre set design, costume design, and painting at the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts; during his student years, he worked as a set designer at the Istanbul Opera. Between 1968 and 1973, he received a scholarship from the Ministry of National Education to pursue specialized training in Germany, graduating as a "Meisterschüler" (Master of Fine Arts) from Professor Hann Trier's painting studio at the Berlin State Academy of Fine Arts. He conducted artistic studies in London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Italy; in 1986, he won the Berlin Senate Artistic Work Scholarship. In 2007, he became a faculty member at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Işık University and received the title of Associate Professor in 2012. In his paintings, the artist explores the unity of humanity and nature, investigating the relationship between figurative expression and abstraction using various techniques. Orkun Ozan (Himmet ÖCAL) Art Gallery archive includes the following exhibitions: #101 | Fevziye Mektepleri Foundation Işık University Faculty of Fine Arts Faculty Members Exhibition.
