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, [cite news |title=Labelled with Love |url=http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/archives.php?id=1146 |work=Turkish Daily News |date=1996-10-04 |accessdate=2008-05-17 ] and founded the Ankara Ex-libris Society. [cite news |title=A most successful event: First International Exlibris Competition |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-24679214_ITM |work=Turkish Daily News |date=2003-10-12 |accessdate=2008-05-17 ] He is the former Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Hacettepe University. [cite news |title=The story of two ceramics ovens at Hacettepe University |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21775125_ITM |work=Turkish Probe |date=2004-06-27 |accessdate=2008-05-17 ]

Biograpy

'Hasip 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 President of Hacettepe Art Museum in 2005-2007.He has been working as a Professor at Işik University, Faculty of Fine Arts in Istanbul

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 gave some courses of lecture in Belgium, Gent Royal Academy as an Erasmus Professor. He has made the intensive studies in art museums of Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Algeria, Bulgaria, Poland, Serbia, Belarus, Austria, Czech Republic, ABD, Canada and Finland. He won Artist Seref Akdik special prize in the printmaking field in 1974. He won first prize of the Third Biennale Ex-libris Italy - Turkey in Ortona in 1996 and mention Fourd International Biennal of Graphic Art in Francavilla al Mare - Italy in 2006. He won mention in the 32nd International Exlibris Biennial in China, in 2008. He has organized 1st and 2nd International Ex-libris Competition in Ankara in 2003 and in 2007. He is the President of Istanbul Ex-libris Society and Istanbul Ex-libris Museum.

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External links

* [http://www.hasippektas.com/english.html Official web site]
* [http://www.aed.org.tr/english.html Istanbul Ex-libris Society]
* [http://www.imoga.org/v1/home.aspx?lang=ENG Istanbul Museum of Graphic Arts]
* [http://www.graphia-boekmerk.be/index.php/site/ Graphia]