
Who is Fatih Karakaş (Adıyaman – 1975)
Born in Adıyaman in 1975. In 1996, he was accepted into the Painting Department of Mimar Sinan University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. He graduated in 2002 from the studios of Prof. Neşe ERDOK, Prof. Nedret SEKBAN, and Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Umur DENİZ. He completed his branch in the lithography studio, a minor in the same department, under the supervision of Prof. Alattin AKSOY and Assoc. Prof. İrfan OKAN. Since graduating from the university in 2020, he has participated in 8 solo exhibitions and over 40 group exhibitions, most of which were in Ankara. His works are held in numerous institutions (both domestic and international), including the Presidential Complex and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as in private collections.
Awards:
• 2010, 34th Dyo Painting Competition, Award
• 2010, K.Maraş Sütçü İmam University, National Painting Competition, 3rd Place
• 2009, Ümraniye Municipality 5th Painting Competition, Honorable Mention
Solo Exhibitions:
• 2017, Solo painting exhibition, Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2015, Solo painting exhibition titled “Touching the Reality,” Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2014, Solo painting exhibition titled “Melancholic Traces,” Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2013, Solo painting exhibition titled “On the Edge of Reality,” Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2013, Solo painting exhibition, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Suna Çokgür ILICAK Art Gallery, Ankara
• 2011, Solo painting exhibition titled “Impressions,” Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2007, Solo painting exhibition, Kuğulu Art Gallery, Ankara
• 2004, Solo painting exhibition, State Fine Arts Gallery, Adıyaman
Selected Group Exhibitions and Events;
• 2025, Artankara 11th Contemporary Art Fair, Nurol Art Gallery, Ankara
• 2024, Artankara 10th Contemporary Art Fair, Nurol Art Gallery, Ankara
• 2023, Artankara 9th Contemporary Art Fair, Nurol Art Gallery, Ankara
• 2022, Figure Mix, Balaban Art Gallery, Istanbul
• 2022, Balaban Art Gallery, Bodrum Art Fair, Bodrum, MUĞLA
• 2022, Artankara 8th Contemporary Art Fair, Nurol Art Gallery, Ankara
• 2022, "Like a Movie 2", Group Exhibition, Balaban Art Gallery, Istanbul
• 2021, "Reception", Group Exhibition, Balaban Art Gallery, Istanbul
• 2021, Artcontact Istanbul, Nurol Art Gallery, Istanbul
• 2021, ARTANKARA 7th Contemporary Art Fair, Nurol Art Gallery, Ankara
• 2021, "Together," Group Painting Exhibition, Nurol Art Gallery, Ankara
• 2020, ARTANKARA 6th Contemporary Art Fair, Nurol Art Gallery, Ankara
• 2020, "Art is Life," Nurol Art Gallery, Ankara
• 2019, Group Painting Exhibition, Artsürem Gallery, Ankara
• 2019, ARTANKARA Contemporary Art Fair, Artsürem Gallery, Ankara
• 2017, Group Painting Exhibition titled "Theme/Smoke," Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2017, Art Event titled "Artist Meetings 2," Gündoğan, Bodrum
• 2017, Group Painting Exhibition titled "New December," Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2016, 2nd Figure Interpretation Group Painting Exhibition, Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2016, ARTANKARA Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2016, Selection from Contemporary Turkish Painting, Bucharest, Romania
• 2016, Selection 2 from Contemporary Turkish Painting, Mumbai, India
• 2016, Tüyap Art Fair, Gallery Soyut, Istanbul
• 2015, group painting exhibition titled “New December,” Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2015, 1st Figure Interpretation Painting Exhibition titled “Young Meeting,” Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2015, ARTANKARA Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2014, group painting exhibition titled “Summer Days,” Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2014, Nuri İyem Painting Award exhibition, Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul
• 2013, 5th Orange Blossom International Plastic Arts Colony, workshop, Sapanca
• 2013, Akçaabat/Trabzon painting workshop, Trabzon
• 2012, Summart Painters Campus Chisinau, Moldova
• 2012, Tüyap Art Fair, Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2012, 3rd National Art Workshop, Tepebaşı, Eskişehir
• 2012, "Young Artists Meet at Kervansaray" group painting exhibition, Malatya
• 2012, 35th Dyo Painting Competition exhibition, Istanbul
• 2011, Summer Group Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery Soyut, Ankara
• 2011, 9th Aspat International Painting and Sculpture Symposium, Bodrum
• 2011, Tüyap Art Fair, Gallery Soyut, Istanbul
• 2010, Group painting exhibition, İnönü University Congress and Culture Center, Malatya
• 2008, "The Reality of the Virtual, the Virtuality of the Real," group painting exhibition, Barış Manço Cultural Center, Istanbul
• 2008, İnönü University 3rd National Painting Competition exhibition
• 2005, İnönü University 1st National Painting Competition exhibition, Malatya
• 2002, Naval Forces Command 7th Painting Competition exhibition, Istanbul
• 1999, İpek-Ahmet Merey Painting Competition exhibition, Istanbul
• 1999, 17th Balkan Culture Association group painting exhibition, Istanbul





















