Mukadder Özdemir Balakoğlu

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• Mukadder Özdemir Balakoğlu

  Who is Mukadder Özdemir Balakoğlu? (1960 – Biga) Graduated from Marmara University Atatürk Faculty of Education, Department of Painting in 1984. Then, he worked as an Institution Painter at the Boğaziçi Zoning Directorate until 1992, and worked as an Art and Crafts teacher at various secondary schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in Istanbul 1992-1995. Started working as a lecturer at Yüzüncü Yıl University, Department of Fine Arts Education in 1995, Van. Completed his Master’s Thesis on “Still Life in Contemporary Turkish Painting” at the same university in 2000, Van. Retired from the same university in 2007. Worked as a consultant at Moda Mimar Sinan Fine Arts High School, Department of Painting in 2008-2009. Between 2014-2022, he taught Art and Aesthetics and Visual Arts Education courses for eight years at the Department of Classroom Education at Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Education. He continues his work in his personal studio in Balat/Istanbul. He is a member of GESAM. Art Perspective; While using the dynamics of painting, the artist transforms the texture element of art into a symbol of resistance against the flowing time. Just as in his handling of an organic piece of nature, there is an invitation for the viewer to meet him in the emotional world in his analysis of thematic images. In the textures he intertwines, he investigates the possibilities of plastic and material possibilities. He does this with the accumulation and repetitions that transform the accumulations of nature into texture in objects, and in figurative tendencies, by transforming the residues of the past into the symbol of a multitude of emotions. The impact power of the textures and the colors handled with simplicity in the paintings intersect with the inner journey of the viewer and makes them witness his own contemplation. The artist expresses his perspective with the following words; in this individual age, where everything is complicated and devoid of a meta-narrative, everyone’s habit of seeing themselves as an artist on the floor of the work is becoming widespread. This situation increases the effort to be visible and screaming colors and attention-grabbing searches come to the fore. Therefore, being something else without being like everyone else seems more difficult and important than ever. My sensations affect my perspective and the simplicity of my colors creates an indispensable silent shelter for me and finds expression in my artistic journey.

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