ABOUT THE ARTIST
Artist Huseyin Yildirim was born in Anamur/Mersin, in 1972. He graduated from Anadolu University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting Department (1996). He takes color and texture as a plastic element in his works and presents a figurative and expressionist attitude. He held three solo exhibitions and participated in more than 20 group exhibitions and competitions. His paintings are part of private collections of several museums, companies, banks and international collectors. He works as a painting instructor and continues to practice art in his own atelier.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999 Eskisehir State Fine Arts Gallery
2011 Gaziantep Municipality Onat Kutlar Exhibition Hall
2012 Sanko Art Gallery, Gaziantep
2013 Ziraat Bank Mithatpasa Art Gallery, Ankara
2014 Sanko Art Gallery, Gaziantep
2017 Ellenart Art Gallery, Istanbul
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND WORKSHOPS
1996 Habitat II. International Painting Competition, London
2015 Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts 30. Anniversary Spring Gathering
2015 7. International Portakal Cicegi Art Colony
2015 25. Artist Istanbul Art Fair
2016 1. International Thessoloniki Art Fair, Yunanistan
2016 Kapari Hotel 2. International Art Workshop, Alacati
2016 XXIII. International Colony Of Art Kicevo, Macedonia
2016 3. Artoros Art Workshop, Antalya
2016 Alarmart Art Group "Petites Choses" 20x20cm Exhibition Galerie Art’et Miss, Paris, France
2017 Suleymanpasa Municipality 4.Bisanthe International Plastic Arts Workshop
AWARDS
1996 Anıtkabir Foundation Painting Competition, 3rd Place
2009 Gaziantep Teachers House Cultural Activities Painting Competition, 3rd Place
2011 Yunus Emre National Painting Competition, Honorable Mention, Eskisehir