Biography
He was born in Ankara in 1941. He graduated from the Painting and Sculpture Department of Gazi Education Institute in 1965. In 1977, he completed his education in the Painting Department of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts, receiving the title of "meisterschüler" (master of fine arts). Between 1977 and 1978, he attended seminars on "Fundamentals of Film Structure - Image-Sound Relationships" at the Visual Communication Department of the same school. From 1978 to 1983, he worked at the Painting and Sculpture Department of Gazi University. The artist, who has been working at the Painting Department of Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts since its establishment, became a professor in 1994. He served as the dean of the faculty for two terms. He was invited to cultural seminars in Germany at various intervals. Gençaydın, whose works are included in museums such as Ankara Painting and Sculpture Museum, DYO Museum, Anadolu Museum, Hacettepe Museum, Gazi Museum, and Istanbul Modern Museum, has participated in many group exhibitions both domestically and internationally and received awards. Among the many awards he has won, the 1980 ORHS Achievement Award and the 1987 Ankara Art Institution Award are particularly noteworthy. He has held thirty solo exhibitions. He has published three books and numerous essays and research papers.
