Mehmet Ali Doğan

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  Who is Mehmet Ali Doğan? (1970 – Elazığ) He was born in Elazığ in 1970. He studied at the Primary School, Middle School and Industrial Vocational High School Lathe Leveling Department in Karadeniz Ereğli. He opened his first personal exhibition at the Ereğli Community Center at the age of 19. The paintings in the exhibition consisted of reproduction works of famous painters who interested him the most and watercolor and oil paintings inspired by nature. He won the Painting Department of Hacettepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts in 1991. He graduated from Prof. M. Zahit Büyükişleyen workshop as the first in the workshop in 1995. He received training on printing techniques during his education at Prof. Hasan Pekmezci original printing workshop. He has opened 31 personal exhibitions in Turkey and abroad to date. He participated in many mixed events, competitive exhibitions, art fairs, jury membership in competitions and workshops. The artist, who received seven awards in national competitions, attaches particular importance to the application of original printing techniques and wall paintings. He applied 984 m2 of exterior wall painting in his own style at the Anadolu Show Center in Ankara, but the building was demolished due to disagreements with local governments. The artist, who started teaching children in 1993 at the Ankara State Fine Arts Gallery, later provided artistic education for Fine Arts Faculties and High Schools for years. He opened the T.C. M.E.B. Private Mehmet Ali Doğan Art House, which he founded in 2001, and continues to provide education to young people with dedication. To date, he has contributed to the start of academic education of over two thousand young people. In 2020, he completed his master’s degree in the Department of Art and Design at the Çankırı Karatekin University Fine Arts Institute due to his interest in the field of Textiles. The subject of his thesis is ”Application of Abstract Paintings Made with Lines and Geometric Forms to Textile Surfaces”. Mehmet Ali DOĞAN, who has constructed his entire life with Art, continues his work in his private workshop in Ankara. The artist, whose works are in public institutions and organizations, museums and private collections, is a member of U.P.S.D. member and after serving in the association management for 6 years in the United Painters and Sculptors Association (B.R.H.D.), he unanimously served as the association President for two terms between 2012-2016. He has realized many projects as the idea of ​​the ARTANKARA fair and the idea and implementer of the ARTMEYDAN project. While he is currently working as an Art Consultant of Halk Bank with his teacher Prof. Hasan PEKMEZCİ, he continues his artistic works in his studio as a freelance along with the restoration works.

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