Disaster series abstraction

Rasim Ozgur, Bulgaria

He was born in 1952 in the Kardzhali region of Bulgaria. He started his painting studies at Cebel Technical High School between 1968-1972. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Veliko Tarnovo University in 1981. He worked as a teacher between 1981-1984 and worked at the Cebel Artists Club, where he was the founder and director of the Painting Department. Between 1984-1986, he was arrested and exiled to Belene due to his opposition to the Bulgarian assimilation policy. Between 1986-1989, he worked in urban planning and recreation. He came to Turkey after being subjected to forced migration on 22 June 1989. In the same year, he was appointed as an “Instructor” to Izmir Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting Department. He became “Assistant Professor” in 1996, “Associate Professor” in 2012 and “Professor” in the same institution in 2017.