CONTEMPORARY TURKISH PAINTERS

Ekrem Kutlu

Who is Ekrem Kutlu? (1974 – Akçaabat)

He was born in 1974 in the Akçaabat district of Trabzon province. He graduated from Karadeniz Technical University, Fatih Faculty of Education, Department of Art Teaching in 1995. In 1999, he was elected as a member of the Akçaabat Municipality Culture Research Board. He brought 650 students to the painting departments of universities until 2010. He was the curator of the 1st, 3rd and 5th International Painting Workshops of the Akçaabat Municipality between 2012-2024, and the Istanbul Beylikdüzü Municipality in 2015-2016-2017. He took part in the organization of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th ART TRABZON- International Painting Workshop in 2018. Under the leadership of the 2018-Republic of Turkey Batumi Consulate General, Akçaabat Municipality and Batumi Municipality; She is the curator of the ‘’Painters from Trabzon – Batumi Mixed Painting Exhibition’’ held in Batumi and Akçaabat. 2018 – She is the curator of the ‘’Painting Exhibitions of Trabzon Artists in Epinay Municipality and the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Paris’’ organized under the leadership of the Paris Trabzon Association, with the contributions of the Epinaysur Seine Municipality and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. 2022 – She is the curator of the Turkish Painters Painting Workshop organized in Paris Epinaysur Seine under the leadership of the Paris Trabzon Association. 2023 She is the curator of the ‘’Contemporary Turkish Painters Paris Exhibition’’ and the ‘’100th Anniversary of our Republic Paris Exhibitions’’ joint event of the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Paris. He is the curator of the ”Contemporary Turkish Painters Batumi” and ”101st Year of Our Republic Btum exhibition” organized under the leadership of the TC Batumi Consulate General in 2024.

He is the curator of the Synergy art Group, which consists of artists from 19 different countries, and the exhibitions in Istanbul, Paris, Akçaabat, Bursa.

He has been exhibited in the Official Residence of UNESCO in Paris, in the Embassy of the TC in Paris, Doha, Amman, Muscat, Riyat, Kuwait and Abudabi, in the Consulate General of the TC in Paris and the TC in Batumi, in the Municipality of Epinay Sur-Seine in Paris, in the Association of Trabzonians in Paris, in the Presidency of the Ajara Assembly, in the TBMM, in the Presidency of the Court of Cassation of the TC, in the Ministries of the TC. His paintings are exhibited in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vakıfbank and Ziraat Bankası General Directorate, Kayseri Governorship, Çorum Art Museum, Trabzon Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism, Beylikdüzü Municipality, Çorlu Municipality, Akçaabat Municipality, Akçaabat District Governorship, many public institutions and private collections.

He opened 28 personal painting exhibitions in Paris (3), Dortmund, Batum, Istanbul (6), Gaziantep, Çorlu, Izmir, Trabzon (7) and Ankara (7) and participated in 250 mixed exhibitions.

He participated in 20 international painting workshops in Monastır-Tunisia, Torun-Poland, Sapanca, Datça, Kuşadası, Bilkent, Batum, Akçaabat and Trabzon,

The artist participated in the 26th, 27th and 28th Tüyap Istanbul art fairs and the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and ArtAnkara art fairs. He continues his artistic life in his studio in Akçaabat. He is married and has two children named Yağmur Ceyda and Taylan Deniz.



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