Hakan Yoney

General information about my direction studies:

I decided to go outside the traditional pattern concept from the second year of university and turned to distort the truth in my studies with the guidance of Prof. Dr. Fahri Sumer to move forward on a more original path.

Over the years, in addition to academic education, I decided that it was necessary to be interested in philosophy, poetry, sociology, literature, etc. in art and started to examine the works given in this direction.

By adopting an expressionist perspective in my paintings, I try to transform what I see not as it is, but in my own intellectual world and transfer it to canvases following my philosophy of life. From this point of view, my work naturally differed over time.

The inspiration for my work comes from a wide range of fields. I take advantage of the people, events, and feelings I encounter in daily life as well as the cult works that are transferred from the past to the present. Besides, I work on the unique subjects that my imagination offers me, without breaking away from reality.

When I set out with the idea that all living and inanimate beings in the life weave, although they seem to be uninterred, are actually intertwined at any moment; I th...

Born in Corum in 1973

In 1996, he graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Buca Faculty of Education, Department of Painting and Business Teaching.

Between 1998-99, he taught painting at Izmir Çakabey College.

In 1999, he decided to quit his teaching profession and decide to make art.

He opened his first workshop in Denizli and started painting studies.

In 2012, he moved to Beyoglu, Istanbul, and opened his second workshop.

In 2019, he completed his master's program by giving the Thesis on Ekrem Kahraman's Place in Contemporary Turkish Art from Pamukkale University Department of Painting teaching.

In 2020, he moved his workshop to Mecidiyeköy, Istanbul. He continues his art studies here.

His paintings are in private collections.