Who is Nurettin Şahin? (1952 – Konya)
For over 40 years, he has been working in different techniques such as oil painting, watercolor, lavi, high printing, mainly landscape, still life and figure. His art is inspired by nature, art and craft in particular. In his paintings, he tries to present sections from nature and life with the aim of leaving a long-lasting impact on the mind of the viewer. The artist has opened 29 personal exhibitions since 1993 and has taken part in over 100 mixed and group exhibitions since 1973.
Şahin, who was an academician at Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education, Department of Painting and Crafts between 1994 and 2019, also continues his artistic work in his personal workshop that he founded in Ankara in 1992.
He was born in Konya in 1952. He completed his secondary education at Akşehir Boys’ Primary Teachers School in 1970. He graduated from Gazi Institute of Education, Department of Painting and Crafts in 1973. He worked at various levels of the Ministry of National Education Secondary Education Institutions until 1982. In 1982, he was appointed as an assistant to the Gazi Higher Teachers’ School. After completing his undergraduate education at the Gazi University Gazi Faculty of Education, Department of Painting and Crafts in 1985, he received his Proficiency in Art from the Gazi University Social Sciences Institute in 1987.
Highlights;
In 1993, one of his works began to be used as a greeting card in the UNICEF collection.
His works are in the collections of various national and international institutions and organizations, especially in the Presidential Art Collection, Vakıflar Bankası Art Collection, Gazi University Painting and Sculpture Museum, İzmir State Painting and Sculpture Museum, Çorum Municipality Museum and Gallery, Çankaya Municipality Art Collection, Dumlupınar University, Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Art Collection, Uşak Municipality, Adana Metropolitan Municipality Art Collection and in museums.
He has been a member of the United Painters and Sculptors Association (BRDR) since 1986 and a member of the Watercolor Painters Group since 1995.
Şahin has book chapters on painting and art, and has participated and contributed to mainstream and social media programs.
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