1952

Cartoonist, designer, painter, poster artist

The artist was born in 1952 In Bydgoszcz (Poland). He studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. Besides doing graphic design, painting and poster drawings, he taught at The Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk between 1978 and 1989.
He won many awards for company logos, book illustrations and poster designs.
He is a well-known participant of group exhibitions, as well as a solo performer. He has been teaching graphics design and typography at The Bilkent University in Ankara.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:
1973 Festival of Fine Arts, Honorable Mention, Augustow, Poland 1975 Poster Competition, Third Prize, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland 1986 Poster Competition, Honorable Mention, Munch Opera Festival, Germany 1988 Poster Competition, Honorable Mention, Villa Streccius Art Gallery, Germany 1996 2. Asaf Kocak Cartoon Competition, Honorable Mention, Ankara, Turkey Pamukbank Cartoon Competition, Honorable Mention, Istanbul, Turkey International Cartoon Competition, Special Prize, Antalya, Turkey 14th Hurriet International Cartoon Contest, Honorable Mention, Istanbul, Turkey Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest, Excellent Prize, Tokyo, Japan Cartoon Contest, Third Prize, Izmir, Turkey 1997 Satyrykon, First Prize and Gold Medal, Legnica, Poland Postage Stamp Competition, Second Prize, Seoul, Korea Taejon International Cartoon Contest, Fifth Prize, Seoul, Korea 1998 Postage Stamp Design Contest, Merit Prize, Tokyo, Japan Postage Stamp Design Contest, Special Prize, Seoul, Korea Humorfest X Cartoon Contest, First Prize, Italy International Cartoon Contest, Special Prize of Excellence, Haifa, Israel 2004 SOKI International Illustration Competition, Gold Statue, Seoul, Korea

SOLO EXHIBITION:
1995 Sanatyapim Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 1996 Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey Dr, Fusun Kahveci Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 1997 Sark Sigorta Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Sanatyapim Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey Anatolia Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 1988 Cartoon Exhibition, Legnica, Poland Orkun&Ozan Art Gallery, Antalya, Turkey Anatolia Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 1999 Polonezkoy Kultur Evi, Polonezkoy, Turkey Teoman Unusan Gallery, Mersin, Turkey Sanatyapim Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 2000 Ziraat Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Vakifbank Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Anatolia Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk, Poland Orkun&Ozan Art Gallery, Antalya, Turkey 2001 Art Shop Art Gallery, Izmir, Turkey 2002 Sans Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey Doku Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 2003 Doku Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Orkun&Ozan Art Gallery, Antalya, Turkey Doku Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 2004 Doku Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Art Shop Art Gallery, Izmir, Turkey 2005 Doku Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey Orkun&Ozan Art Gallery, Antalya, Turkey 2006 Bilkent University Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey Doku Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2007 Sanatyapim Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey Doku Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Doku Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 2008 Sanatyapim Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey Doku Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Doku Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 2009 Sanatyapim Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey Doku Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Doku Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 2010 Sanatyapim Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey Doku Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Doku Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

Reference: BEC (the Big Encyclopedia of Caricature), 2010