Erol Murat Yıldız - Turkish Painting Association

Who is Prof. Dr. Erol Murat Yıldız? (1973-Bolu)

He was born in 1973 in the Mengen district of Bolu province. He graduated from the undergraduate program of Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education, Department of Art Education in 1994. He graduated from the graduate program of Gazi University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Art Education in 1998, and from the doctorate program of Gazi University, Institute of Education, Department of Art Education in 2011. He worked as a Visual Arts teacher in primary and secondary education institutions affiliated with the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Turkey between 1994-2011. He worked as a lecturer in the undergraduate program of Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education, Department of Art Education between 2011-2015. In 2015, he started working as a lecturer in the Department of Painting and Print Arts of Giresun University, Görele Faculty of Fine Arts. In 2019, he received the title of Associate Professor in the field of plastic arts. In 2020, he was appointed to the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Görele, Giresun University, and to the position of Prof. Dr. in 2025. The artist, who has participated in many personal and mixed artistic and scientific events such as exhibitions, symposiums, congresses, and panels at home and abroad, is currently working as a faculty member at the same university.

Art Perspective;
The visual impressions of boats and rowboats that have been pushed into solitude and abandoned, which we often encounter on the shores of our country, have deeply affected my soul as a document of human disloyalty in return for all the time, service and sharing that has been lived. The objects that reach the appearance in my compositions that I create using engraving and screen printing techniques in order to contribute to the Turkish Art of Printmaking are metaphorical reflections of the impressions I receive from nature regarding the sea culture and its experiences. As an artist, each composition I handle is a surface projection where I adopt the principle of questioning the current within an aesthetic perspective and making references to the past and the future. The texture-form dilemmas that emerged in my arrangements, which I created with the concern of addressing the tragic aspects of social life without straying far from the concept of pattern, were supported by different plastic elements such as the use of spotted colors.

Personal Exhibitions;

“Experiences That Washed Up on the Shore” Original Printmaking Exhibition Aksaray/2018
“Those Who Couldn’t Fit in the Sea” Original Printmaking Exhibition Istanbul/2018
Erol Murat Yıldız “THOSE LEFT BEHIND” Personal Printmaking Exhibition September 14-19, 2024
Erol Murat Yıldız “RETROSPECTIVE” Personal Online Printmaking Exhibition June 3-20, 2024

Mixed Exhibitions;
“7th. International Art And Craft And Commerce Exhibit” Iran/2012
“GESAM Romania (Constanta Exhibition)” Romania/Constanta/2014
GESAM Montenegro Turkish Artists Exhibition Montenegro /Podrogista / 2013
“14th Turksav Mixed Painting Exhibition” U.S.A./2013
“Ministry of Culture and Tourism GESAM Azerbaijan/ Nakhxivan (Nakhcivan Exhibition)” 2015
“100/Hundred” Romania/Constansta/2018
Erzincan University “Traces” Painting Exhibition 2011
GESAM 25th Year Tekirdağ “GESAM Members Exhibition” 2012
“Erzincan University World Art Days Mixed Painting Exhibition” Erzincan/2012
Nevşehir University “2nd Nevruz Mixed Painting Exhibition” 2012
GESAM 25th Year Ankara “GESAM Members Exhibition” 2012
“Gazi University Department of Painting Education Academic Staff Exhibition” Ankara/ 2013
“Iran-Quavzin 7th International Arts and Crafts Festival Photography, Painting and Sculpture Exhibition Ankara/2013
GESAM 25th Year Mardin “Gesam 25th Year” Mardin/ 2013
“Burdur GESAM Members Exhibition” Burdur/2014
“Gazi University Academic Staff Exhibition” Ankara/2014
“GESAM International Turkish Artists Exhibition” Ankara/2014
“29th. Year/2 Event” Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism-GESAM Ankara/2015
“Formal Silence” Group Exhibition Turkish American Association Ankara/2016
“Colors of the Black Sea” Trabzon Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism Trabzon/2016
“Great Meeting” Yaşar University Izmir/2016
“Gazi’s Painting and Crafts Education Instructors Mixed Exhibition from 1932 to Present Cer Modern” Ankara/2016
“International May Group Exhibition Sculpture Painting” Istanbul/2017
“Our Colors, Our Flavors” Trabzon/2017
“Trakya University 1st International Mail Art Exhibition” Edirne/2017
“World Art Day Mixed Exhibition” Istanbul/2017
“Gazi’s Artist Academicians Exhibition” Ankara/2017
“T.C. Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Fine Arts 17th Şefik Bursalı Painting Competition Exhibition” Ankara/ 2017
“March 8 International Women’s Day” Giresun/2018
“Trakya University 2nd International Mail Art Exhibition” Edirne/2018
“Small Works” (Curator) Galeri Mavist Istanbul/2018
“A Group of People” Pusula Art Gallery Istanbul/2018
“You Determine Your Story” Galeri Mavist Istanbul/2018
“Love is Different in November from 7 to 70” Sariyer Municipality Istanbul/2018
“Republic Day 100 Works 100 Artists Confrontation” Istanbul/2018
“Code Name Freedom” Istanbul/2018
“Innovation and Global Issues in Social Scince III Antalya/2018”
“International Engravist Printmaking Activities” Istanbul/2018
Metropolitan-Agenda: Fine Arts and Copyrights Exhibition” Ankara/2018
Metropolitan-Agenda: Fine Arts and Copyrights Exhibition” Ankara/2018
“World Art Day” Nishart Art Gallery Istanbul/2018
“Metropolitan-Agenda: Fine Arts and Copyrights Exhibition” Denizli/2019
Impression of Turkish Printmaking Kazakhstan 05-07 June 2024
Sound of Turkish Printmaking Japan 13-15 May 2024
World Postal Day Online Emailart Exhibition 10.09.2022
International Art and Therapy Online Exhibition 10 June 2020
International Invited Plastic Arts Group Painting Exhibition with the Participation of 235 Artists 10 June 2020
International Virtual Engravist Printmaking Biennial 2020 June 12- September 14, 2020
October 29 Republic Day Mixed Exhibition October 29-November 15, 2020
Our Republic is 98 Years Old October 29, 2021
Academic Artists Exhibition October 26-November 15, 2021
New Day Nevruz March 21- April 15, 2021
Being a Woman During the Pandemic March 8-April 8, 2021
Colors of the Republic October 29, 2021
Don't Let the Black Sea Become Garbage September 18-November 18, 2021
Our Line 2, November 22-27, 2021
Always Be Ahead, You Are the Star December 25, 2021
Gazi University Painting and Sculpture Museum Collection Exhibition 2021
Academic Staff 1 Exhibition 8-18 November 2021
Art on the Border” Gaziantep University, Gaziantep/2021
We Took These Colors from Mustafa Kemal’s Eyes 19 May 2021
“ONÜÇOTUZ” Mixed Exhibition, Ordu/2022
International Personal Print-Painting Collection Exhibition” Görele Faculty of Fine Arts, Giresun/2022
Academic Artists Exhibition 2, 26 October - 15 November 2022
8 March International Working Women’s Day 8-15 March 2022
Our Line 3, 27-30 June 2022
Academic Artists Exhibition 3, 30 October 2023
100th Anniversary of Our Republic Painting Exhibition
9th Artankara International Contemporary Art Fair 9-12 March 2023
IV. Istanbul Art and Antique Fair IAAF 15-19 November 2023
Let's Meet in Trabzon 2 Small Works 26 June-7 July 2023
“Subject’s Look, Object’s Gaze” 1 December-1 January 2023
6th International Social Sciences and Innovation Congress Exhibition Ankara 2023
Ataman Art Galleries Season Opening Exhibition 6-25 May 2023
Trabzon Artists Traditional Plastic Arts Exhibition 15-31 December 2023
15 July Democracy and National Unity Day Commemoration Gaziantep 2023
The Face of the Republic 29 October 2023
Göbeklitepeart 2023 15-29 April 2023
Recycling Formation Exhibition 24 February-22 March 2024
10th Artankara International Contemporary Art Fair March 7-10, 2024
Artnova Art Fair October 17-20, 2024
2024 Tourism Week Regional Provinces Artists Mixed Painting Exhibition April 16-22, 2024
March 18 Çanakkale Victory and Martyrs' Memorial Day Exhibition March 18, 2024
IAAF İzmir Art and Antiques Fair May 1-5, 2024
Artcontact İstanbul 4th International Contemporary Art Fair May 23-26, 2024
Ataman Art Galleries Season Opening Exhibition October 5, 2024
7th Traditional Painting and Sculpture Exhibition in Memory of Village Institutes March 27-5, 2024
A Set of Artistic Activities-25, December 14-December 31, 2024
Journey to New Hope New Year Mixed Exhibition December 14-December 31, 2024
V. İstanbul Art and Antiques Fair İAAF 13-17 November 2024
101st Anniversary of the Foundation of the Republic of Türkiye 30 October 2024