Artists › Hüseyin Öksüz
Born in Konya in 1944, Hüseyin Öksüz is a calligrapher working in hüsnühat (Islamic calligraphy). From 1968 onward Öksüz took thuluth-naskh lessons from Hamid Aytaç and ta'lik lessons from Mustafa Uğur Derman. Öksüz has won five awards, including a first prize, in IRCICA's international calligraphy competitions, and in 2012 received the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award. In 2001 Öksüz took part in founding the Faculty of Fine Arts at Selçuk University and headed its Department of Traditional Turkish Arts; since 2013 Öksüz has taught calligraphy at KTO Karatay University.
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