Featured Artist: Erdem Kucukkoroglu
This article was published in July 2010, by artist Sand T Kalloch, the original link to the article © Copyright MAKING THE ART SEEN artSPACE@16 ONLINE Gallery Erdem Kucukkoroglu, the artist I ntroduction I was born in Istanbul, Turkey where I currently living and working. I have never seen my art making as a hobby, and have always considered myself a painter. I have been drawing since my childhood, imitating toys and cartoon film characters. I took some painting and drawing courses during my high school years. During that time, I kept drawing and painting peysages (landscapes) and naturmorte (still life) replicas from Turkish and European artists. I made my very first oil painting when I was 14. I don’t know why, but I never pursued art study at university level in those years. I was reading science magazines and interested in science at that time in my life. After I gained a bachelor of science in Mathematics from Istanbul University , I taught Mathemati...