YUSUF DEMİRTAŞ

YUSUF DEMİRTAŞ (1951), eserleri Galeri Soyut arşivinde yer alan sanatçılardandır. Galeri Soyut sitesinde sanatçının 1 eseri ve 1 sergisi kayıtlı. Sitedeki eserlerinde en çok görülen teknikler: Gravür EA 1//7. Eserleri hakkında bilgi ve fiyat için galeriye danışabilirsiniz.

In 1964, he entered the Pazarören Primary Teachers' School. Following the discovery of his painting talent by his teachers, alongside his high grade point average, he passed the talent exam in 1967 to enter the painting seminar at Istanbul Ortaköy Primary Teachers' School. He became a student of art educators Selahattin Hüsnü Taran and Hamdi Dicle. After graduating from the Istanbul Primary Teachers' School Painting Seminar in 1970, he won the talent exam in 1970 and entered the Painting Department of Ankara Gazi Education Institute. Here, he took "Drawing" classes from Mustafa Ayaz. Receiving great support from Mürşide İçmeli and Nevzat Akoral in his Graphic classes, one of the artist's works was accepted into the State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition in 1973 while he was still a student.

In 1973, he graduated from the Gazi Education Institute, Department of Painting and Crafts. In 1986, he completed his undergraduate studies at Gazi University, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Painting and Crafts Education. In 1996, he earned his master's degree in the Fine Arts Education Department at Ankara University, Faculty of Educational Sciences, under the supervision of Professor İnci San, with his thesis titled "The Current Status of Basic Art Education in Anatolian Fine Arts High Schools". In 2002, his works in the Original Printmaking category were deemed worthy of awards at the 65th and 73rd State Painting and Sculpture Competitions. Alongside his group exhibitions, he has held 21 solo exhibitions, including the one he opened at Ankara Krişna Art Gallery in November 2014.

Having worked as an art educator for 35 uninterrupted years in secondary education institutions, the "Education Institutes" of the period, and Anatolian Fine Arts High Schools, the artist continues his work in his studio in Ankara together with Muhteber Demirtaş, who is an art educator and painter like himself.