The death of painter Mustafa Horasan was announced through social media posts. It was learned that Horasan lost his life in a traffic accident while riding his motorcycle.
Who was Mustafa Horasan? (1965 – May 27, 2026)
A Powerful and Striking Representative of Figurative Expressionism in Turkish Painting
His Life;
Mustafa Horasan was born in Aydın-Karacasu in 1965. He completed his primary and secondary education in İzmir. Spending his childhood and youth in the social and cultural atmosphere of the Aegean region, the artist developed an interest in painting from an early age.
In 1986, he graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Graphic Arts, Original Printmaking Section. During his academy years, he focused on drawing, figure, printmaking, and contemporary art. Throughout his education, he attracted attention with his work, particularly focusing on figurative expression and expressionist approaches. From the mid-1980s onwards, he began to be considered among the prominent young artists in contemporary Turkish painting. Throughout his artistic career, he undertook artistic projects in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, the USA, and Italy; establishing close relationships with international art circles.
Mustafa Horasan played an active role in the art world not only through his productions but also as an educator. For a period, he served as a lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Maltepe University, contributing to the development of young artists. He is considered among the generation of figurative painters including Mehmet Uygun, İrfan Önürmen, Temür Köran, Serdar Şencan, Alp Tamer Ulukılıç, and Altan Çelem. Mustafa Horasan's works are included in many private collections, museums, and institutional collections in Turkey and abroad. Furthermore, one of his works is in the permanent collection exhibition of Istanbul Modern. Throughout his life, Horasan developed a unique pictorial language that centered on the psychological tensions, fears, loneliness, and bodily deformities of contemporary man, securing a strong and distinctive position in contemporary Turkish painting. The artist died in a motorcycle accident on May 27, 2026.