Ali Koçak

Born in Tokat in 1954, Ali Koçak completed his primary and secondary education in Sivas. He studied in State School of Applied Fine Arts for three years before dropping out in 1976 and his art activities entering a hiatus. However, his passion for painting lost nothing of its vigor. He worked in the workshop of his elder brother Kasım Koçak for four years and later started to paint on his own starting from 1988. His works are an attempt to express his internal fantasies and dreams within an emotional context and in a figurative language, drawing from his past experiences.

The artist continues to work in his own workshop in Kızılağaç, a village close to Bodrum. So far he exhibited his works in a total of 25 solo and 15 group exhibitions. Koçak’s artworks also appear in numerous private collections both nationwide and around the globe including Germany, USA, France, Austria, Finland and England.