Who is Mustafa Kurmalı? (1975-Zonguldak)
Born in Zonguldak in 1975. After completing his primary, secondary and high school education in Zonguldak, he took private lessons in the studio of Sculptor/Painter Orhan İlyas in Trabzon in 1996. He won the Department of Art Teaching at Karadeniz Technical University in the same year. He graduated in 2000 and was assigned to Zonguldak as an Art Teacher in the Ministry of National Education. In addition to his teaching profession, he participated in many national and international exhibitions in the field of Painting and Cartoon, and won awards in competitions. Mustafa Kurmalı, about whom an article was published by the Azerbaijan State Painting Gallery under the title of “Reflection of Expressionist Interpretation on Canvas”, continues his painting and cartoon works in his private studio, and offers a deep experience to the audience with expressive narratives by focusing on individual and social themes in his art…
Art Perspective;
Art is one of the most sublime forms in which the human soul expresses itself. According to Hegel, art is the manifestation of the idea in a sensory form, that is, the making visible of thought and spirit. Art is a part of the cultural and philosophical development of man as an aesthetic representation of truth, rather than being an object that presents mere beauty.
Selected Personal and Group Exhibitions
• 2008 Turkey / İdesbaş Cartoon Competition / Work Exhibited and Selected for the Album
• 2008 Turkey / Ministry of Culture 1st National Work and Labor Respect Competition Exhibited and Selected for the Album
• 2015 Turkey / İzmir Fair Symposium / Cartoon Exhibition
• 2017 Turkey / NişArt Mixed Exhibition/Oil on Canvas
• 2021 Turkey / İzmir Metropolitan Municipality/Gender Equality Cartoon Exhibition
• 2021 Turkey / 5th Eflatun Nuri Cartoon Competition 1st Prize
• 2021 Turkey / 4th Barrier-Free National Cartoon Competition / Work Selected for the Exhibition and Album.
• 2022 Turkey / Signature Art Mixed exhibition/Oil on Canvas
• 2022 Turkey / Zonguldak City Council Mixed exhibition/Oil on Canvas
• 2022 Turkey / Zonguldak Personal Exhibition / Mixed Media “Images” on Canvas
• 2022 Turkey / Rize- 2nd National Cartoon Competition 1st Prize
• 2022 Turkey / İzmir Selçuk International Cartoon Exhibition
• 2022 Turkey / Balıkesir Ayvalık International Cartoon Competition/Award-Winning Work
• 2022 Portugal Tondela 6th International Cartoon Exhibition
• 2022 Turkey / İstanbul Büyükçekmece 1st Cartoon Competition/Exhibited and Selected Work for the Album
• 2022 Turkey / Aydın Doğan Foundation Cartoon Competition/Artwork selected for Aydın Doğan Foundation Museum and Album.
• 2022 Kosovo Cartoon Festival and Exhibition Selected Work
• 2022 Indonesia Sidapfest Semerang University/Artwork selected for International Exhibition
• 2022 Russia Crankva Museum Cartoon Exhibition
• 2022 Africa Morocco Cartoon Competition/Artwork selected for Finalist Exhibition and Album.
• 2022 Georgia “Niko Pirosmani” Cartoon Competition/Artwork selected for Exhibition and Album.
• 2022 Iran Tabriztoon Cartoon Competition 3rd Prize
• 2023 Istanbul Şişli “Eartquake” International Cartoon Exhibition
• 2023 Iran “Apartment Culture” Cartoon Competition/Artwork selected for Exhibition and Album.
• 2023 Iran “Eartquake” International Cartoon Exhibition
• 2023 Turkey / Adana Kozan “Barış Manço” Cartoon Competition/Finalized work
• 2023 Iraq 4th International Cartoon Competition Honorary Award
• 2023 Serbia 30th International Golden Helmet Cartoon Competition/Work selected for Exhibition and Album.
• 2023 Algeria International Cartoon Competition/Finalized work selected for Exhibition and Album.
• 2023 India Society For Prabal Pramanik Art Academy Mixed Exhibition/Mixed Technique on Canvas
• 2023 Turkey / İstanbul Büyükçekmece 2nd Cartoon Competition/Work exhibited and selected for Album
• 2023 Turkey / İzmir Ünal Gürel Stage Mixed Exhibition
• 2023 Romania Bucovina International Cartoon Competition/Work selected for Exhibition and Album.
• 2023 Croatia Oscar Fest Cartoon Competition/Artwork selected for Exhibition and Album.
• 2023 India Occamina International Group Painting Exhibition
• 2023 Indonesia 5th International “Metamorfosart” Art and Architecture Exhibition/Artwork selected for Exhibition and Album.
• 2023 Turkey / Sinop Ayancık 1st International Cartoon Competition Honorary Award
• 2023 Romania 32nd Gura Humarului International Cartoon Competition Honorary Award.
• 2023 India Kochi Durmar Hall Art Gallery Cartoon Exhibition
• 2023 Peru Arequipa International Cartoon Exhibition
• 2023 Unisef International Cartoon Competition/Finalized Exhibition and Album selected work
• 2023 Poland Satyrykon International Cartoon Competition/Finalized Exhibition and Album selected work
• 2023 Turkey / Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University International Painting Workshop
• 2023 Indonesia International Cartoon Competition/Exhibition and Album selected work.
• 2023 Kosovo Prizen International Cartoon Competition 3rd Prize
• 2023 Spain “Peace Win” International Cartoon Competition/Exhibition and Album selected work.
• 2023 Turkey / Samsun “Eight Colors in a Line” Cartoon Exhibition
• 2023 Belgium 35th Olense International Cartoon Competition/Exhibition and Album selected work.
• Work selected for the 2023 Russia 14th International Cartoon Festival exhibition and album.
• Work selected for the 2023 Croatia International Cartoon Festival exhibition and album
• Work selected for the 2023 Turkey/Sinop University “War and Child” themed International Cartoon Exhibition…
• First Prize in the 2023 Turkey/Izmir 7th Eflatun Nurik Cartoon Contest..
• Work selected for the 2023 Iraq Cartoon House and the Al-Nahrain Youth and Sustainable Development Foundation and the Iraqi Artists Union International Masjid Al-Aqsa Exhibition.
• Work selected for the 2023 Spain 7th International Cartoon Festival exhibition and album.
• Work selected for the 2024 Philippines 4th Cebu Lampoon International Cartoon Festival exhibition and album.
• Honorary Award in the 2024 Italy 51st Umoristi a Marostica International Cartoon Contest.
• Work selected for the 2024 Greece International Graphic Humor Exhibition and Album.
• 2024 Turkey / Izmir Ege University Faculty of Fine Arts Design and Architecture Cartoon Exhibition.
• 2024 Turkey / Sinop “Gaza Scream” International Cartoon Exhibition. • 2024 Turkey / Sinop International “Aşık Veysel” Portraits Exhibition. • 2024 Portugal "Luis d'Oliveira Guimaraes" 9th Humor Biennial • Work selected for the International Cartoon Festival Exhibition and Album. • 2024 Spain "Alcala" 2024, 31st International Humor Arts Exhibition and Album.
• 2024 Turkey / Sinop Ayancık 2nd International Cartoon Competition Success Award
• 2024 Serbia 25th INTERNATIONAL ART SUMMIT 1st prize
• 2024 Cyprus 13 INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION "SPECIAL AWARD"
• 2024 Chile “Humor Sapiens” International Cartoon Competition, Finalist Exhibition and Album selected work.
• 2024 Turkey / Ankara ArtNouva International Art Fair
• 2024 Croatia 16th OSCARFEST INTERNATIONAL cartoon exhibition and album selected work.
• 2024 Turkey / Zonguldak 101st Year of the Republic Mixed Plastic Arts Exhibition.
• 2024 Turkey / Bursa Thirteen Colors in a Line Cartoon Exhibition.
• 2024 Turgut Pura Foundation 41st Year Painting Exhibition.
• 2025 Hatay Mustafa Kemal University "FOR HATAY" International Painting Exhibition.
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