Who is Prof. Dr. Erol Murat Yıldız? (1973-Bolu)He was born in 1973 in the Mengen district of Bolu province. He graduated from the undergraduate program of Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education, Department of Art Education in 1994. He graduated from the graduate program of Gazi University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Art Education in 1998, and from the doctorate program of Gazi University, Institute of Education, Department of Art Education in 2011. He worked as a Visual Arts teacher in primary and secondary education institutions affiliated with the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Turkey between 1994-2011. He worked as a lecturer in the undergraduate program of Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education, Department of Art Education between 2011-2015. In 2015, he started working as a lecturer in the Department of Painting and Print Arts of Giresun University, Görele Faculty of Fine Arts. In 2019, he received the title of Associate Professor in the field of plastic arts. In 2020, he was appointed to the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Görele, Giresun University, and to the position of Prof. Dr. in 2025. The artist, who has participated in many personal and mixed artistic and scientific events such as exhibitions, symposiums, congresses, and panels at home and abroad, is currently working as a faculty member at the same university.Art Perspective;
The visual impressions of boats and rowboats that have been pushed into solitude and abandoned, which we often encounter on the shores of our country, have deeply affected my soul as a document of human disloyalty in return for all the time, service and sharing that has been lived. The objects that reach the appearance in my compositions that I create using engraving and screen printing techniques in order to contribute to the Turkish Art of Printmaking are metaphorical reflections of the impressions I receive from nature regarding the sea culture and its experiences. As an artist, each composition I handle is a surface projection where I adopt the principle of questioning the current within an aesthetic perspective and making references to the past and the future. The texture-form dilemmas that emerged in my arrangements, which I created with the concern of addressing the tragic aspects of social life without straying far from the concept of pattern, were supported by different plastic elements such as the use of spotted colors.Personal Exhibitions;“Experiences That Washed Up on the Shore” Original Printmaking Exhibition Aksaray/2018
“Those Who Couldn’t Fit in the Sea” Original Printmaking Exhibition Istanbul/2018
Erol Murat Yıldız “THOSE LEFT BEHIND” Personal Printmaking Exhibition September 14-19, 2024
Erol Murat Yıldız “RETROSPECTIVE” Personal Online Printmaking Exhibition June 3-20, 2024
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