Evrim Özeskici - Turkish Painting Association

Who is Evrim Özeskici ? (1984-Çorum)

Evrim Özeskici was born in Çorum in 1984. He completed his undergraduate education (2007) in Gazi University Gazi Education Faculty Fine Arts Education Department Painting Education Department and his Master’s Degree (2010) in Erciyes University Fine Arts Institute Painting Department. He graduated from Hacettepe University Fine Arts Institute Art Proficiency Program, Painting Department (2017). Özeskici received four awards from painting competitions. He, in Italy “10. Art at the “Scampia Art Symposium”, “Malownicza Barbarka 2017” International Painting Symposium in Poland, “Mark Rothko Art Center” in Latvia, “ISIA Faenza Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artiche Design Comunicazione Design Academy” in Italy made the works. He opened 19 personal exhibitions, one of which was abroad. He participated in nearly two hundred national and international exhibitions. He participated in many international symposiums, biennials, workshops, congresses, seminars and exhibitions in America, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Serbia, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Finland, Latvia, Romania, Hungary, Italy and France. His works are in Naples Occhi Aperti Biennial Art Collection, France Boz’Art en Baz’Art Biennial Art Collection, Latvia Mark Rothko Art Center Collection, America Box Heart Gallery Art Collection, America tAd Gallery Art Collection. Özeskici, who received the title of associate professor in 2020, works as a faculty member in the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Uşak University.

Art Perspective;

Memory is a mental process. Events learned or experienced in societies are related to the past. Therefore, although the mind carries the past to the present, memory often remains hidden in the past. Reviving an event that has been experienced and transforming it into a character is like looking at a black and white photograph. In this way, memories always remain alive and come to light. It is necessary to remember the following words of Oscar Wilde: “Memory is the diary that we all carry with us.” Diaries are no different than photographs. They are the hidden treasures of the past, present and future. Özeskici’s works consist of instantaneous images of forgotten and secret characters of societies. The characters in his drawings are just like diaries. He takes the viewer on a short journey through the forgotten faces of memory. Their past is today; their present becomes the past in his paintings. Their tomorrow is uncertain until new characters emerge. The artist’s works create awareness of the forgotten faces of society. It is in our hands to keep them alive and bring them to light. Or not. What do you think?

Some of the Solo Exhibitions:
2024- “Who am I?”, Mira Koldaş Art Gallery, Ankara
2024- “Personalities on Credit”, Uşak Archaeological Museum, Uşak
2023- “Digital Lives”, Main Road Prishtine-Ferizaj, Kosovo
2023- “Synthetic Lives”, Yolo Art Gallery, İzmir
2022- “Hidden Garden”, Mira Koldaş Art Gallery, Ankara
2020- “Close Spaces”, Tamsanat Online Gallery, Ankara
2019- “Stone Head”, ISIA Faenza Instituto Superiore Per Le Industrie Artistiche Design Comunicazione, Italy
2018- “Multiple Personality”, NUROL ART GALLERY, Ankara
2017- “Dialogue”, Ramada, Uşak
2016- “CONFINED DIALOGUE”, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2014- Painting Exhibition, İş Sanat İzmir Gallery, İzmir