ABOUT THE ARTIST
Murat Bakir was born in Diyarbakir / Turkey, in 1981. He finished his secondary education at Antalya College, Science High School. In 2002, he graduated from Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Mechanical Engineering Department. He participated in several International artistic projects held in Antalya and Istanbul.
He has been professionally approaching artistic activities since 2012 which has been his biggest passion since childhood. Attending several workshops led by famous Turkish master artists, Bakir won the National Category first prize award at watercolor painting competition (2014) held by IWS (International Watercolor Society). Same year, he participated in his first International group exhibition at IWS Watercolor Biennial and in 2015, he attended group painting exhibition held by Fabriano Paper in Italy.
Murat Bakir continues to practice art in his own atelier in Istanbul.