Adnan Coker ( Turkish: Adnan Çoker; 20 October 1927 – 22 August 2022) was a Turkish abstract artist. [1] [2] [3]
Coker was born in Süleymaniye in Istanbul, Turkey on 20 October 1927. [4] [5] [6] He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul in 1951 [1] and won the European Concourt Prize in 1955. [7] He went on to study in Paris on a scholarship from the Turkish state. In Paris, he worked at the studios of André Lhote, Henri Goetz, [1] and Hayter, as well as at the Emilio Vedova Studio at the International Salzburg Summer Academy. [7]
Coker died on 22 August 2022, at the age of 94. [8]
Coker was an instructor at the İstasyon Academy of Fine Arts from 1960 to 1995. He performed demonstrations of painting with music from 1961 to 1966. [9] He has had more than 20 solo exhibitions, over 20 group exhibitions, and has been the recipient of eight national and two international awards. [7]