Hasip Pektas

Hasip Pektas (born 1953 in Ermenek, Karaman Province, Turkey) is a Turkish ex-libris artist and academic of fine arts. He was the first artist to practise the ex-libris form in Turkey, and founded the Ankara Ex-libris Society. He is the former Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Hacettepe University.

Biography

Pektas was born in Ermenek - Karaman in 1953. He graduated from Gazi Teacher Training Institute in 1974 and until 1982, he worked as an Art Teacher in both Teacher Training Colleges and High Schools. Between 1982 and 1987, he worked in Department of Graphic Art Faculty of Education 19 Mayis University, Samsun. He worked as a Professor at Hacettepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Graphic Design in 1987-2007. He has also been working hard to make ex-libris well known in Turkey. He was Vice Dean of Faculty of Fine Arts Hacettepe University in 2001-2003. He was Dean of Faculty of Fine Arts Hacettepe University in 2003-2006. He was the Founding Director of Hacettep Art Museum in 2005-2007. He has been working as a Professor at I˛ik University, Faculty of Fine Arts in Istanbul. He is the Chair of Graphic Arts and Graphic Design Department.

He has written one book about "Ex-libris". His works published in "Graphia" and "Boekmerk" in Belgium, in "Bookplates in the News" in USA, in "Exlibriskunst und Graphic" in Germany, in "Bookplate Journal" in England and in "Exlibris Aboensis" in Finland. He has done twenty three solo exhibitions and has participated in some group exhibitions. He has run a lot of workshops about ex-libris. He has given some courses of lectures in Belgium, Gent Royal Akademy as an Erasmus Professor. He has made the intensive studies in art museums of Brussels, Brugge, Gent, Ostend, Liege, Sint-Niklaas, Paris, Maastrich, Amsterdam, Luksemburg, Köln, Bonn, Rome, Florence, Venice, Ortona, Lauzanne, Geneva, Nyon, Algeria, Nicosia, Sofia, Warsaw, Gliwice, Belgrade, Minsk, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Vienna, Wells, Salzburg, Prague, New York, Chicago, Edmonton, Helsinki, Beijing, Mexico City, San Miguel de Allende, Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Madrid, Londra, Porto, Lisbon, Ekaterinburg, Nizhny Tagil. He has organized 1st and 2nd International Ex-libris Competition in 2003-2007, 1st International Printmaking Biennial in 2008 and 33rd FISAE International Ex-libris Congress and Ex-libris Competition in 2010 in Istanbul. He is the President of Istanbul Ex-libris Society and Istanbul Ex-libris Museum.

Awards:
2009 - Yaroslavl International Ex-libris Competition-Russia, "Second Prize".
2008 - 32nd International Ex-libris Biennial-China, "Honorable Mention"
2006 - 4rt International Biennal of Graphic Art in Francavilla al Mare - Italy, "Honorable Mention".
1996 - 3rd Biennale Ex-libris Italy-Turkey, "First Prize".
1974 - Printmaking Competition for Art Students, "Seref Akdik Prize"

References

External links
Official web site
Istanbul Ex-libris Society
Istanbul Museum of Graphic Arts
Graphia

Category:Turkish educators
Category:Turkish illustrators
Category:Art educators
Category:Artist authors
Category:Hacettepe University faculty
Category:1953 births
Category:People from Karaman
Category:Living people
Category:Turkish cartoonists