ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mehmet Akif Orcam was born in Kahramanmaraş, in 1977. He graduated from Ataturk University, Painting Department. Orcan held 10 solo exhibitions in addition to attending more than 60 group exhibitions. Mainly creating figurative paintings, he prefers to draw colorful figures on various geographical backgrounds. His painting has the energy of emptiness, created by tissue oriented effects. Orcan continues to practice art in his own atelier in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 “Bizim Eller”, Nfk Culture Center, Kahramanmaraş
2008 “Düşsel Bakışlar”, Sanko Art Gallery, Gaziantep
2009 Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Fine Arts
2009 “Ağaçlar Ve Yüzler” Suluboya Sergisi, Nfk Culture Center, Kahramanmaraş
2010 “Metafor” Sanko Art Gallery, Gaziantep
2013 Mithatpaşa Art Gallery, Ankara
2013 Atatürk Culture Center, Ankara
2014 75.Yıl Art Gallery, Adana
2016 “Türkoğlu’nda Yaşam”, Kahramanmaraş
2016 Primemall Art Gallery, Antakya
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 KSU 15. Anniversary Painting-Sculpture Exhibition, Kahramanmaraş
2008 “Dört Bakış” Nfk, Kahramanmaraş
2009 Bakırköy Art Cemter, İstanbul
2010 "Biz Atatürk Çocuklarıyız", Samsun
2010 "Bahar Sergisi" Nişantaşı, İstanbul
2008 “Türk Dünyası Sanatçıları” 2. Gaziantep Gathering
2009 Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce, Gaziantep
2011 "5 El Beş Renk", Doğanlar Art Gallery, Gaziantep
2011 "Tepki Siz" Sanko Art Gallery, Gaziantep
2012 Sanko Art Gallery, Gaziantep
2013 Sanko Art Gallery Artists from Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep
2013 43. BRHD Exhibition, Çankaya Municipality Art Gallery, Ankara
2013 “Republic and Atatürk”, Atılım University, Ankara
2013 Madalıon Art Gallery, Ankara
2013 Şehitkamil Culture Center, Gaziantep
2014 44. BRHD Exhibition, Ankara
2014 Gallery Soyut Exhibition, Ankara
2014 Terakki Foundation Art Gallery Exhibition, İstanbul
2015 45. BRHD Exhibition, Ankara
2015 Gallery Desen Exhibition, Ankara
2015 Güray Museum, Nevşehir
2015 Gallery Desen Dokunuşlar, Ankara
2016 Sanko Art Gallery, Gaziantep
2016 46. BRHD Exhibition, Ankara
2016 Gallery Desen "Dokunuşlar-2", Ankara
2016 Synergie Platform A & Armoni Art Gallery
2016 Synergie Hobi Art Gallery, İstanbul
2017 Ksü Art Gallery
2017 Gallery Desen, Ankara
2017 World Art Day, Gallery Mavist, İstanbul
2017 1. National Şanlıurfa Gathering
2018 Bindallı Art Gallery, İstanbul
