Tayyar Özkan
I DO NOT DRAW FOR LIVING, I LIVE FOR THE DRAWING! -
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After my over 40 years of art career these are my latest acrylic paintings I'm working on. Main concept [...]
After my over 40 years of art career these are my latest acrylic paintings I'm working on.
Main concept here is displaying the conflict between AI & nature. I would love to show the reflection of science on my art work. I believe science and art influence and feed each other.
Main concept here is displaying the conflict between AI & nature. I would love to show the reflection of science on my art work. I believe science and art influence and feed each other.
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These are the work I've done by computer. But some are drawn by hand on the paper and colored dıgıtally, [...]
These are the work I've done by computer. But some are drawn by hand on the paper and colored dıgıtally, some are totally done by computer. Caveman drawings are from my well known comic strip character called "CAVEMAN". I've started my career as a comic book artist and illustrator but nowadays I'm working on acrylic paintings on canvas as you can see them in my other gallery.
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Biography
Tayyar Özkan was born in Turkey in 1962 and graduated from Ankara Gazi University’s Faculty of Fine Arts in 1983. He began publishing his early works between 1976 and 1989. In 1989, Özkan moved to the United States, where he embarked on a successful career in graphic and textile design, working with high-profile brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Polo Ralph Lauren, Christian Dior, Joe Boxer, Tiffany, and Mavi Jeans, among others, from 1989 to 2018.
Simultaneously, Özkan pursued his passion for comics. His long-running comic strip Caveman debuted in Heavy Metal magazine in 1993 and continues to be published to this day. His first Caveman book was released by NBM in 1997. In 1994, Özkan collaborated with writer Joel Rose and filmmaker Amos Poe to create the mystery graphic novel La Pacifica (282 pages) for Paradox/DC Comics. He also inked four issues of The Dreaming for Vertigo/DC and contributed to Paradox's The Big Book Of... collections.
Özkan self-published four Caveman comic books and released a hardcover graphic novel through French publisher 2L Productions, which was recognized as "Book of the Month" by FNAC in France. Caveman was later published in several countries, including Spain, the Netherlands, and the UK. A full-color Caveman novel was released in Turkey in 2011.
Beyond his comic work, Özkan has directed animation films, created characters, and designed storyboards for TV commercials, films, and animated movies. He also taught a course on Sequential Art, How Comics Rule, at the School of Visual Arts in New York. His Caveman strips were featured in Guangzhou Daily newspaper in China between 2005 and 2006, and his comic strip The Age appeared in Heavy Metal in the USA in 2012-2013. Özkan continues to work as a freelancer in the same fields and, more recently, has started creating acrylic paintings on canvas,
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UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1962
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- Groups: Contemporary American Artists
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1979 - 1983
Gazi University- Fine Art Faculty
Ankara,
Ankara,
Türkiye
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Presented by 3 Art Galleries or Groups
Flagmanart
(Art gallery, Russia)
Galería MOM-CHILE
(Art gallery, Chile)
A53 Secret Gallery
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