PERSONAL INFORMATION

I am born in Istanbul in 1974 where I studied at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts. After graduation I established my own studio in Istanbul and started my painting activities. Besides painting, I do also tutoring in painting and fashion design.

EDUCATION

2004 Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Textile and Fashion Design (4 years)

Graduate

2007-present Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Institute of Social Sciences, Master of Textile and Fashion Design

CAREER BACKGROUND

1997 Winner of VI. Beymen Academia Design Contest (Avant – Garde Men’s Wear)

1998 VII. ITKIB (Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporter Associations) Young Designers Contest Award

1998 Designer in the Fashion Show organized by TGSD (Turkish Clothing Manufacturers’ Association) for the 75th Anniversary of Turkish Republic

1998 – 2004 Full-time and free-lance fashion design and implementations

2004 Jury’s Special Award of D.K.K (Turkish Naval Forces Command) in Oil Painting Contest themed “Sea”

2007 Contestant Designer representing Turkey in the IAF (International Apparel Federation) Fashion Design Contest with the sponsorship of TGSD

2008 Contribution to the group oil painting exhibition of D.K.K (Turkish Naval Forces Command) themed “Sea and Human”

2008-2010 Lecturer at the Department of Textile and Fashion Design, Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts (Apparel Design and Fashion Illustration Courses)

2009 Group Painting Exhibition themed “Nature, Love, Water” for the 10th Anniversary Events of Gallery Binyıl

2009 Contribution to the Contest Exhibition of Evin Art Gallery’s “Nuri Iyem Painting Award”

2010 Participant lecturer in the implementation work named “Rise to the Light” within the framework of the 150th Anniversary of Sile Light House under the supervision of Professor Kemal Can, Head of the Department of Textile and Fashion Design together with the Department of Photography at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts

2011 Still continuing his drawing, design and painting works in his atelier, at the same time tutoring students on relevant departments of the local or international universities of fine arts and equipping with illustration and drawing works