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Who is Hakan Arıkan? (1980 – Malatya)

Hakan Arıkan was born in 1980 in the Hekimhan district of Malatya. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education here. He graduated from the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Süleyman Demirel University in 2004. He completed his master’s degree in the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Süleyman Demirel University, which he entered in 2008, in 2012. He completed his non-thesis master’s degree in the Educational Sciences Department of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Mimar Sinan University in 2012-2013. He completed his Proficiency in Arts (PhD) education at the Faculty of Art and Design at Eskişehir Osmangazi University between 2014-2018 with the title of “Political Image in the Context of the Relationship between Art and Politics in Contemporary Art”. He graduated from the Philosophy Department of Istanbul University between 2018-2022. Arıkan, who became an associate professor in 2022, continues his academic and artistic studies at the Painting Department of Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Fine Arts, and in his studio in Ankara.

Art Perspective:
Hakan Arıkan brings the masses together for different reasons while starting from the concept of power in his paintings. He starts from the basic human problems that progress to the point of increasing negative effects of today’s conditions on people, loneliness in crowds, fear caused by insecurity, homelessness, displacement and lack of solutions. He also tries to bring the external states of individuals who are sometimes a herd, sometimes unhappy and anxious, sometimes uncommunicative, introverted and sometimes responsible and victim of what is happening to his paintings.

Solo Exhibitions:
2024- “Persona” Valör Art Hause, Ankara
2022- “Metastaz” Valör Art Hause, Ankara
2019- “Rote-Tinte” “Red Ink”, Werkstatt 212, Germany
2018- “Extra-Large”, Valör Picture Gallery, Ankara
2017- “Göz-Et-İm”, Galeri İşlik, Istanbul
2016- “Domino”, Valör Picture Gallery, Ankara
2016- “Floor-2” Değ Art Lab, Eskişehir
2015- “Dip Dalgalar”, Niş Art Maçka Art Gallery, Istanbul
2014- “Rüzgâr”, Bindallı Art House Taksim, Istanbul

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024- “Untitled” Group Painting Sculpture Exhibition, Ütopya Art Project, Istanbul
2024- “Untitled” ART Nova Contemporary Art Fair, Valör Art Hause, Ankara
2024- “Untitled” ART Ankara International Contemporary Art Fair, Valör Art Hause, Ankara
2024- “Untitled” Mixed Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Valör Art Hause, Ankara
2024- “Untitled” Mixed Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Caresse Art, Bodrum
2022- “Untitled” Mixed Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Valör Art Hause, Ankara
2020- “Untitled” Great Meeting with Art-II, Gallery Valör, Ankara
2020- “Untitled” Great Efes Art Days, Gallery Valör, İzmir
2019- “Untitled” Great Meeting with Art Painting Exhibition, Gallery Valör, Ankara
2019- “Untitled” National Invited Painting Exhibition, Kırşehir
2018- “Untitled” October Passage, Bursa
2017- “Untitled” ART Ankara International Contemporary Art Fair, Alev Art Gallery, Ankara
2016- “Untitled”, 3. TÜSGAD, Ankara Art Meeting with Young People, Alev Art Gallery, Ankara.
2015- “Untitled”, October Pass, Bursa
2015- “Untitled”, Bulgaria-Poldiv Turkish Artists Group Exhibition, City Art Gallery, Plodiv/ Bulgaria
2014- “Alone” Mardin Museum Mixed Painting Exhibition, Mardin
2014- “Green Belt” October Pass, Bursa
2014- “Untitled” Ertuğrul Ateş Young and Young Remainers Painting Exhibition, Kaş Art Gallery, Istanbul.
2013- “Untitled” Turkish Artists Group Exhibition, Florence/Italy
2013- “Untitled”, Introduction Exhibition, Simla Art Gallery, Bursa
2012- “Untitled”, Devrim Erbil and Young Friends Painting Exhibition, Tüze Art Gallery, Istanbul
2011- “Untitled” Greece Democritus Festival Thessaloniki Group Painting Exhibition, Mylos Art Gallery, Greece
2010- “Untitled” 8 March World Working Women’s Day Painting Exhibition, Isparta.
2009- “Untitled” Simply Printmaking Exhibition, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta.