Atilla Atar

Who is Atilla Atar? (1944-Trabzon)

Originally from Bergama, Izmir, the artist was born in 1944 in Vakfıkebir. He graduated from Edirne Boys Primary School in 1962 and from the Painting-Work Department of Gazi Education Institute in Ankara in 1965. He worked as an art teacher in secondary schools (Malatya, Bergama, Düzce). He received specialized training in Printmaking at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris. He received his Proficiency in Arts degree from Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul in 1986. He worked at Buca Education Institute, Anadolu University, Yaşar University and Ayvansaray (Topkapı) University in Istanbul. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Director of the Institute of Fine Arts and Director of the Museum of Contemporary Arts at Anadolu University. He founded the first Printmaking Department in our country. Between 1991-1993, he was the General Coordinator of Anadolu University Open Ö atilla-atar-turkish-painting-teaching Faculty Art Teaching Undergraduate Completion Program. Within this scope, 7 textbooks were published and lessons were given on TV. His books “From the Beginning to the Present Lithography” and “Lithography” were published. He opened 34 personal exhibitions, one of which was abroad, and received 19 awards. He was a jury member in national and international competitions. The artist, who participated in many national and international artistic events, has works in collections and museums in Turkey and abroad. The artist continues his artistic works in his studio in Eskişehir.

Art Perspective;

A retrospective selection of Atilla Atar, one of the leading names in Turkish printmaking and also an important figure in the field of art education, from his lithographs and recent paintings.
The human being who does not leave nature alone; Atilla Atar, who particularly emphasizes that he continues his rudeness despite knowing that he is faced with the destruction he has caused consciously or unconsciously and that he will leave a bad legacy to future generations, realizes his works that are products of thought with plastic elements such as color, line, texture, void, fullness, dark-light, balance, and space in rational processes such as image, perception, memory, and imagination. Atilla Atar’s recent works include geometric elements, abstract nature and city images without figures, that refer to the destruction of nature, the impossibility of turning back time, the unplanned urbanization that is becoming concrete, and the gradual destruction of natural life and our environment.