Gökhan Baytar

Who is Gökhan Baytar? (1983 – Akçaabat – Trabzon)

Born in Trabzon, he completed his education there. He began drawing from an early age. In 1995, he passed the talent exam at Trabzon Fine Arts High School and graduated in 2001. That same year, he entered the Fine Arts Department of Fatih Faculty of Education at KTU and graduated in 2005. That same year, he organized a group art exhibition with his fellow Visual Arts teachers. He began working as a Visual Arts Teacher in 2009. He has participated in numerous art exhibitions both within the province and abroad. His works have been exhibited abroad and have won awards in various art competitions.

He participates in the annual Trabzon Artists Traditional Plastic Arts Exhibition. He currently serves as a Visual Arts Teacher and continues his painting career.

Art Perspective:

The deep and ancient connection between nature and humanity lies at the heart of Gökhan Baytar’s artistic approach. He sees nature not merely as an external world, a landscape, but as a reflection of one’s inner world, a mirror of the soul. The pure, healing, and transformative power of nature persists in human emotions, thoughts, and the cycle of life.

When he depicts nature on canvas, he aims to express a human emotion integrated with it, rather than idealizing it. Colors are not merely a visual element for him; they are the language of emotion. Sometimes he uses the green of peace, sometimes the gray of loneliness, and sometimes the warm red of life.

Through forms and harsh brushstrokes, he depicts the power of nature, the ruptures and rebirths within the human soul. Each brushstroke is an expression of an inner explosion of emotion, just as the wind sweeps the branches of a tree. For him, art is a process of inner healing, a process in which people reconnect with nature. In each of his works, he strives to convey that humans are a pure part of nature and that, as long as they remain unattached from it, they can find their own essence.