
Who is Hakan Sarıhan? (1959-)
He was born in Ordu/Fatsa in 1959. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Izmir.
He did his “apprenticeship” with his father, Ünal Sarıhan. He entered İDGSA Department of Decorative Arts/Graphics (MSGSÜ) in 1976 and graduated with a master’s degree in 1982. He gained experience at Milliyet Newspaper Graphic Service and Graphic Studios and Agencies, where he worked during the academy period.
He served in the field of graphic design and public relations for many years with “ARMA Promotion Services”, which he founded in 1981. In the following years, he worked as Advertising and Public Relations, Brand and Communication Managers in different companies.
Some of his works were included in books and painting catalogues, he participated in many exhibitions and competitions and received awards.
He has focused on painting since 2017. He participated in many exhibitions with the Birg-rupinsan Art Platform, of which he is a founding member. He founded Artsonline Web Art Gallery in May 2020, and ArtsShop and ArtsCollective in 2021.
Hakan Sarıhan, who still continues his work in Izmir, has organized many exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions at home and abroad, in addition to his personal exhibitions.
Lithuania Anima Mundi Foundation Gallery Member and Lithuania GabrieleGallery-ArtAmbassador.
Artistic perspective:
In his own words, Hakan Sarıhan strives to reflect, with a conceptual understanding, the vibrations created in his mental and intellectual world by the socio-cultural climate of the period in which he lived and witnessed.
He aims to reflect his emotions to the audience in central compositions in the balance of the square format he insistently uses, with a multi-layered, multi-colored and energetic fiction.
Personal Exhibitions:
• 19 March-14 April 2024 “BORKED SOULS” Solo Painting Exhibition / Yolo Art & Lounge -Izmir
• 19 January - 04 February 2023 "THE BIRDS THAT NON MIGRATION" Solo Painting Exhibition / Yolo Art & Lounge -Izmir
• 29 October - 18 November 2022 "29 OCTOBER 10 NOVEMBER" Solo Painting and Illustration Exhibition / www.artsonlinegallery.com
• 27 June - 17 July 2022 "METAMORPHOSIC PORTRAITS" Solo Digital Art Exhibition / www.artsonlinegallery.com
• 17 May-06 June 2021 “EY TURKISH YOUTH” Digital Painting/ Virtual Exhibition/ www.artsonlinegallery.com
• 15 March-04 April 2021 “THE BIRDS THAT NON-MIGRATION” Digital Painting/ Virtual Exhibition/ www.artsonlinegallery.com
• 01-22 October 2020 “MOMENT OF RESPECTFUL” Digital Painting/ Virtual Exhibition/ www.artsonlinegallery.com
• 22 May-05 June 2020 “JOURNEY/VOYAGE” Digital Painting/ Virtual Exhibition/ www.artsonlinegallery.com
• 02-09 June 2018 “SOLO” Solo Exhibition / ÇKSD Nazmi Şenel Art Gallery -Çorlu / Tekirdağ
Domestic Painting Exhibitions Attended:
• 06 Apr-05 May 2024 “İzartist Art Days - SCREAM” Group Painting Exhibition, Kültür-park Atlas Art Gallery -İzmir
• 06 Dec 2023 - 05 Oct 2024 "WE HAVE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE" Group Painting Exhibition, YOLO Art&Lounge - Izmir
• 29 Nov 2023-19 Dec 224 BÇB Association "8TH FOUNDATION ANNIVERSARY" Painting Exhibition, Emin Antik S.M. -Ankara
• 31 Oct-6 Nov 2023 "Our Republic is 100 Years Old" AKM - Güzelbahçe/İzmir
• 20 Oct-7 Nov 2023 Yıldız Kenter KM -Karabağlar/İzmir
• 29-30 September 2023 HOMEROS Culture and Art Festival "40 PAINTERS-40 HOMER" Painting Exhibition -Bayraklı/İzmir
• 01 Jun-30 Jul 2023 Etik Sanatevi "1:1 MONOPRINT DAYS" Print Painting Exhibition, Kültürpark Atlas Art Gallery -İzmir
• 28 Oct-10 Nov 2022 Atatürk & Republic International Painting Exhibition / Selçuk Efes City Memory-İzmir
• 30 August 2022 "Victory Day" Video Group Painting Exhibition /
• 01-15 Jul 2022 Those Who Returned to Fire International Painting Exhibition / Pir Sultan Abdal Cultural Association / Buca Municipality Culture and Art Center-Izmir
• 01-30 November 2022 “POMO IV (Postmodern)” International Mail Art Exhibition Sel-çuk Univ. GSF/ Konya
• 11-29 December 2021 “COMING HOME-WELCOME 12cm” Group Painting Exhibition / Gallery Diani / Beyoğlu / Istanbul
• 29 Mar-09 April 2021 International Creative Collaboration For Tolerance And Peace 2021 Online Exhibition Turkey-Nepal-India / https://spaceanepal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dijital-katalog.pdf
• 13-30 December 2019 “NEW SPACE” Group Exhibition / Abstract Gallery - Anka-ra
• 04-23 December 2019 BİRGROUPİNSAN-FATSA International Group Exhibition, Fatsa Culture Palace- Fatsa/ Ordu
• 31 October - 07 November 2019 “REPUBLIC ENTHUSIASM” 7th International Painting & Sculpture & Ceramics Exhibition - TÖSM /Eskişehir
• 30 August - 1 September 2019 ÇORLU ART FESTIVAL - ÇK SD Group Exhibition / Historical Municipality Building - Çorlu / Tekirdağ
• 23 March-11 April 2019 A GROUP OF PEOPLE-WE-FACE Exchange Portraits Exhibition /GalleryMod /Moda/ Istanbul
• 03-23 December 2018 BİRGROUPPEOPLE-BİRİCİYEARLARGE EXHIBITION / Türkan Saylan KM /Maltepe/ İstanbul
• 25 October - 10 November 2018 “FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PAST, FOLLOWING THE FUTURE, ATA-TURK” Painting Exhibition - Kartal Municipality Foyer / Kartal / Istanbul
• 25-31 October 2018 “REPUBLIC ENTHUSIASM” 6th International Painting & Sculpture & Ceramics Exhibition - Turgut Özakman SM/Eskişehir
• 06-13 October 2018 “HELLO FROM THE MASTERS” Plastic Arts Group Exhibition- A&BS KSM- Çorlu/ Tekirdağ
• 06 May - 08 June 2018 BİRGRUPİNSAN-MODA Group Exhibition / Moda Gallery Pasaj / Istanbul
Painting Exhibitions Abroad:
• 02-04 Apr 2024 “MACEDONIA TURKISH PAINTERS EXHIBITION” Kavadartsi Culture and Art Center, N.Macedonia
• 03 November - 01 December, 2023 “BEYOND LIMITATIONS’” International Art Exhibition, ANIMA MUNDI ACADEMIA Art Gallery/ www.iaf-animamundi.com
• 23-25 May 2021 “Nakhchivan-The Cradle of Mankind - V. INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL” / Nakhchivan / Azerbaijan
• 01 May-30 May, 2021 “NO standard. ‘No Holds Barred?’” 2nd International Con-temporary Art BIENNALE International Association & Foundation ANIMA MUNDI / www.iaf-animamundi.com
• 29 March – 09 April 2021 “TURKEY-NEPAL-INDIA INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COLLABORATION FOR TOLERANCE AND PEACE 2021” Online Exhibition / www.spaceanepal.org/international-creative-collaboration/
• 28 February - 16 March 2019 “LES VENTS DE LA MER NOIRE” Group Exhibition / Da Vinci Art Gallery / Paris / France
• 01-10 December 2018 The 34th ASROPA INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION-Gunsan Art Center -Gunsan/ South Korea
• 05-25 November 2018 “LES UN ET LES AUTRES” Group Exhibition / Da Vinci Art Gallery / Paris / France
• 12-17 October 2018 Int. ART WORKSHOP&ART EXHIBITION on France Federation of Club and Centers for UNESCO/ Paris/ France
• 10-17 September 2018 TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM Group Exhibition / Tokyo / Japan
Books Included:
• GMK Turkish Graphic Artists-1989
• Logo-2020 in Turkey from Past to Current
Awards:
• HONORABLE MENTION, 03/11/2023 -AMA Art Gallery In The International Online Exhibition, Category of Mixmedia.
• Artist Of The Month HONORABLE MENTION, September 2023 -Influx Gallery/London