CONTEMPORARY TURKISH PAINTERS

Mehmet Genç

Who is Mehmet Genç? (1951 )

He was born in 1951. He started primary school in 1956. He studied at Ağabeyli, Maraş Karakoyunlu, Ceyhan Dumlupınar primary schools. I started secondary school in 1960. He studied at Ceyhan, Genç and Bingöl secondary schools.
He started high school at Bingöl High School in 1964. He finished at Ödemiş High School in 1969. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education at a total of eight schools. He worked as a substitute teacher for one year in 1969. He studied at İzmir Faculty of Economics for one year in 1970.
He studied at Ankara Gazi Education Institute (GEE) Department of Painting between 1971-74.
He completed his undergraduate degree at Anadolu University in 1995.
He started working as an art teacher at Yozgat İstiklal Middle School in 1974. He completed his military service in İzmir and Hatay Dörtyol in 1975-76.

In 1977, he was appointed as an art teacher to Çankırı Atatürk Middle School. In 1978, he started working as an art teacher at Ödemiş High School.
In 1980, he was assigned to Urla Bademler Middle School due to the September 12 intervention. He served for four years. In 1984, he returned to Ödemiş High School as an art teacher.
In 1990, he started teaching art at İzmir Semla Yiğitalp High School. In the meantime, he worked part-time at Çamlaraltı College and İzmir American College.
In 2000, I retired voluntarily and established my own studio.

Art Perspective;
Until 1990, I worked with pastels and now I create my paintings with oil paints. In the 1970s, I included abstract expressions with a stigmatist approach, then “psychic analyses”, then “sea”, and later “woman and nature”. Now, I am mainly working on the sea series that I call “I loved blue the most”. Since 2024, I have been producing paintings that I call “urban traumas”.

To date, I have opened 34 personal exhibitions, one of which was abroad (Denmark), and participated in many mixed and competitive exhibitions. In 1994, I opened an exhibition at the Youth Culture Week held for the first time in Denmark upon the invitation of our Embassy in Copenhagen. I organized workshops and conducted research in museums. I published more than 10 papers covering my understanding of art for each of my exhibitions. I am preparing a book that will cover all these writings. I have works in official and private collections in Turkey and abroad.

I am a member of the International Plastic Arts Association (UPSD). I continue my works in my studio in Izmir.

Solo Exhibitions;

2025 Izmir Turkish American Association Exhibition Hall
2018 Izmir Turkish American Association Exhibition Hall
2015 Istanbul Ziraat Bank Tünel Art Gallery
2014 Izmir Painting and Sculpture Museum Exhibition (40th Year)
2012 Ankart
2010 Marmaris Netsel Art Gallery
2010 Selçuk Efes Museum Art Gallery
2010 Alanya Akropol Art Gallery
2009 Ege University 50th Year Mansion Art Gallery
2008 Marmaris Netsel Art Gallery
2007 Marmaris Beatrice Art Gallery
2007 Ankara Ziraat Bank Mithatpaşa Art Gallery
2004 Izmir İş Bank Art Gallery
2004 Ankara Turkey Development Bank Art Gallery
2001 Ankara Başak Sigorta Art Gallery
1999 Mersin Teoman Ünüsan Art Gallery
1999 Izmir Toyota Akdemir Plaza Art Gallery
1998 Izmir Başak Sigorta Art Gallery
1997 Marmaris Castle Museum
1996 İzmir İş Bankası Art Gallery
1995 İzmir Turkuvaz Art Gallery
1994 Copenhagen Westerbro Byfornyelses Center
1994 Eskişehir State Fine Arts Gallery
1993 Marmaris Beatrice Art Gallery
1993 İzmir Esbank Art Gallery
1992 Marmaris Beatrice Art Gallery
1992 Ankara Oluşum Art House
1991 İzmir Mazhar Zorlu Art Gallery
1991 İstanbul Yapı Kredi Beyoğlu Art Gallery
1990 Balıkesir State Fine Arts Gallery
1990 Ankara Emlak Bankası Art Gallery
1990 Denizli State Fine Arts Gallery
1989 İzmir Esbank Art Gallery
1987 Ödemiş Museum

Selections from Mixed and Competitive Exhibitions; 2023 İzmir Tepekule Art Gallery Homer Events
2023 İzmir Metro Art Gallery World Art Day Exhibition
2019 Art Ankara İTO
2018 Art Ankara İTO
2011 Biennial İzmir
2011 Eşme Festival Mixed Exhibition
2010 İzmir Sabancı Cultural Center Çanakkale Victory Celebration Exhibition
2009 İzmir RHM Çanakkale Victory Celebration Exhibition
2008 İzmir RHM Tema Foundation İzmir Artists Exhibition
2006 İzmir RHM Aegean Artists Exhibition
2005 Ankara First International Turkey Gramenn Micro Credit Art Biennial
2005 Antalya State Painting and Sculpture Gallery GEE ’74 Mixed Exhibition
2000/4/6/7 İzmir Konak Municipality Cultural Center Respect for Atatürk Exhibition
1998 Adana Cement Industry Painting Competition
1998 İzmir RHM BSD 75th Year of the Republic Exhibition
1997 Istanbul Tekel Painting Competition (two paintings)
Izmit Marshall Painting Competition
Holland Galerie-a Enschede
1996 Izmir Cetin Emec Art Gallery Educator Artists Exhibition
1995 Izmir Cetin Emec ADD Ugur Mumcu Exhibition
1992 Izmir RHM SKF Tem Project
1991 Konya Mevlana Painting Competition
1988 Izmir Es Bank Art Gallery GEE Exit Artists Exhibition.
1984 Izmir RHM Aegean and Artists Living in the Aegean Competition Exhibition (two paintings)

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