He was born in 1977 in Yozgat. He graduated from Ankara Anatolian Fine Arts High School in 1995. He graduated from Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty Painting Department in 1999. In 2000, she started her master's degree at Mimar Sinan University, Institute of Social Sciences, Painting Department. In the same year, he started to work as a research assistant at Yeditepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Plastic Arts. He completed the Proficiency in Art Program at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2006 and was appointed as Assistant Professor at Yeditepe University Fine Arts Faculty Plastic Arts Department in the same year. continues its duties. The artist has had 21 personal exhibitions so far, and his works are included in many group exhibitions at home and abroad, and in various museums and private collections. Second place in the poster competition organized by the Ankara Representative of the United Nations Population Fund in 1995, honorable mention in the painting competition organized by the Anıtkabir Association in 1996, second prize in the painting competition organized with the cooperation of DSİ – TRT GAP TV in 1997, the 'Young Artist of the Year' award in the TÜYAP Young Artist Painting Competition in 2000 and The artist, who won the Tekel Painting Competition Second Prize in 2001, also participated in work-shops organized by Summart in Moldova in August 2004, in New York in 2005, and in Toronto in Canada in 2014 with the participation of 15 Turkish and 15 Moldovan artists. He participated in research and studies in many important museums, especially in England, Germany, Italy and France.

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Inspirational Stories

We talked to Gülveli Kaya about his figurative paintings, his choice of subjects and materials, his perspective on art and the story of his creation.