Artists › Ali Toy
Born in Kütahya in 1960, Ali Toy is a calligrapher. Ali Toy studied architecture at Istanbul Technical University and did postgraduate studies in architectural survey and restoration at Yıldız University. In 1985 Toy began taking ta'lik lessons from Prof. Dr. Ali Alparslan and in 1988 received an icazet (calligraphy license) in this script; Toy has also worked in diwani, jali diwani, and riq'a. Toy has won six awards in IRCICA's calligraphy competitions and in 2017 received the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award in Traditional Arts. Ali Toy has held 28 solo exhibitions in Türkiye and abroad.
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