ÖZKAN KAYA

He was born in Samsun. Following his graduation from the Business Administration Department of the Black Sea Technical University, he started his business life in insurance sector. He had served for long years as a manager. In addition to his artistic activities, he is an active insurance consultant and educator. His first poetry and painting experimentations were made in 1980s. He took part in the poetry and folklore groups during his university years. Love and affection themes are the main subjects in his poetry. Between 2010-2018 he took oil painting courses in Samsun and Istanbul. He continuous his painting works in his own atelier he set up in 2019 in Istanbul. Sea, sky and space are readily noticed on his canvases where he always uses the blue color in his original paintings.