Fatih Karakaş

Born in Adıyaman in 1975, Fatih Karakaş graduated in 2002 from the studio of Neşe Erdok, Nedret Sekban, and Ahmet Umur Deniz in the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Mimar Sinan University, and also trained in lithography while a student. Karakaş opened a first solo exhibition in Adıyaman in 2004. Later exhibitions were held in Ankara: at Kuğulu Art Gallery, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Suna Çokgür Ilıcak Art Gallery, and, from 2011 to 2017, at Galeri Soyut (“İzlenimler,” “Gerçeğin Kıyısında,” “Melankolik İzler,” “Gerçeğe Dokunmak”). Karakaş works with portraiture, landscape, and the figure in a realist idiom. In 2010, Karakaş received an award at the 34th DYO Painting Competition.