The quiet life of paper, pigment and form.
Hakan Pehlivan is an Ankara-based artist and curator. For three decades his work has moved between fluid pigment paintings and sculptural objects made of paper.
I work where the made meets the found — pigment that pools of its own will, paper folded into forms that remember the hand.
Recent & notable.
Ankara, paper, and a long practice.
Hakan Pehlivan lives and works in Ankara as an artist, curator and director of the Paper Artists Association (KSD). Trained in art education at Gazi University, in Newcastle upon Tyne and at Hacettepe University, he has shown across Turkey and Europe.
His practice spans installation, paper objects, drawing, painting, digital print and video — held together by a fascination with how humble materials carry weight and memory.
Read the full biography →“Paper is the most honest material I know — it remembers every fold, every pressure of the hand.”
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Works are available for collectors, galleries and institutions. Reach out for the current availability list, exhibition history or studio visits.
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