ABOUT ME
I became intrested in painting during my childhood. But it took several years before I began to paint seriously, speaking strictly 1969.
I came to Sweden in 1978 and worked at different studios. I have my own studio in Stockholm since 1991. I prefer using organical colours (oil, tempera and water colour) and follow expressionist , colourist and lyrical way. Schumann had said that “Enlightning darkness of the peoples hearts is a duty of an artist,” which I thorougly believe in and follow.
Untill now I had 43 exibitions in Sweden and Turkey. 10 of them became possible after jury decision. Even though I always paint the way I feel like I am influenced of the happenings which take place in my surrounding and even far away.
The artists who have affected me are Amadeus Modigliani, Van Gogh, Vassily Kandinsky, Ivan Agueli, Zeki Faik Izer, Orhan Peker, Rauf Alazan, Ilhan Koman, Mimmo Palladino and Per Kirkeby.
Exhibitions
Personal exhibitions
1985 Tensta Traff / Stockholm
2000 Solna Library / Stockholm
2001 Swedish Immigration Department / Norrköping
2001 Red Cross / Stockholm
2004 Turkish Embassy / Stockholm
2005 Gallery Akademist- Izmir / Turkey
2011 Åkersberga Arthall / Stockholm, 05.02.2011-20.02.2011
2012 Artists Club/Stockholm, 19.01.2012-19.02.2012
Joint Exhibitions
1986 Gallery Kloster / Gamla Stan / Stockholm
1987 Akalla Traff / Stockholm
1991 Gallery Mälaren- Slussen / Stockholm
1992 Print Exhibition- Skeppholmen / Stockholm
1994 Gallery Trappan / Stockholm, jurad
1995 Sheraton / Stockholm
1996 Gallery Trappan / Stockholm, jurad
1996 IZFAS / Izmir Turkey
1998 Spring Exhibition, Vasby Art Hall / Stockholm, jurad
1998 Installation ( The door of hope) / Solna Centrum, Stockholm
1998 International Small Format Painting Biennial / Upplands Vasby Art Hall,
Stockholm, jurad
1988 Christmas Exhibition, Vasby Art Hall / Stockholm, jurad
1999 National Exhibition, Vasby Art Hall / Stockholm, jurad
1999 Christmas Exhibition, Vasby Art Hall / Stockholm, jurad
2000 Terassen Kulturhuset / Stockholm
2000 Norrköping Art Festival / Norrköping
2000 Swedish Art Union Exhibition- Vasby Art Hall / Stockholm, jurad
2001 Hallunda Library- Norsborg / Stockholm
2002 30 x 30 Exhibition Vasby Art Hall / Stockholm, jurad
2003 30 x 30 Exhibition Vasby Art Hall / Stockholm, jurad
2004 Gallery Riddaren- Gamla Stan / Stockholm
2007 Istanbul Art Fair 27 October - 4 November - Istanbul / Turkey
2008 Bozcaada Art Gallery, 6-26 August - Bozcaada / Turkey
2009 Cep Sanat Gallery, 29.10-10.11.2009, Beyoglu/Istanbul
2010 Sabanci Museum Mardin, 01.04.2010-30.10.2010
2012 Gallery Bjursholm, Stockholm, 16.02.2012-26.02.2012
2013 Mardin City Museum, Mardin, 28.04.2013-28.05.2013
2013 Sirket-i Hayriye Art Gallery,Kadiköy, Istanbul
Swedish Artists Club members exhibition 07.05.2013- 17.05.2013
2013 Gallery Taersaus – Stockholm 02.08.2013 – 08.08.2013
2013 Autumn Exhibition of Lidingö artists, Lidingö Munipiciality Gallery
09-24 November 2013
2014 Turkish Foreign Ministry staff exhibition Suna Cokgur Ilicak Art Gallery,
Ankara, 20.05.2014-30.09.2014
2015 Sanata ve Egitime Destek Dernegi, Ayvalik, 09.09.2015-25.09.2015
2016 Huddinge Artists Club,Stockholm, 07.05.2016-29.05.2016
2022 Art Expo 2022 "Morocco - Turkey - Austria " Virtual Exhibition
30 March 2022
2022 3. International Art Meeting Mustafa Necati Kultur Merkezi - Izmir 15-30 April 2022
2023 Galleri T, Gamlastan 13-19 October
Prizes
2008 Vårlök Prize, Swedish Artists Club
2023 Tablecloth drawing Prize, Swedish Artist Club
Symposiums and workshops
2010 First International Mardin Painting Symposium
2013 Third Luleburgaz International Painting Symposium
2013 4. Mardin International Painting Symposium
2015 Sanata ve Egitime Destek Dernegi - International Painting and Sculpture Workshop
Stipends
2012 Swedish Artists Club, Grez sur Loing Stipend 01.10.2012 - 31.10.2012