Prof. Dr. Sümer Saldıray

Prof. Dr. Sümer Saldıray became as assistant lecturer in the Textile Design Department of the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts. In 1970 he became an assistant Professor in Basic Art Education and obtained the title of full Professor in 1976. From 1964 to 1968 he was the Representative Lecturer on the Academy Senate and from 1970 to 1976 the Assistant Professors Representative on the Academy Senate. He was the Head of the Textile Department of the School for Further Education in the Applied Arts from 1977 to 1979. He also became Assistant Head of the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts from 1979 to 1982 and has also been Assistant Dean there. Prof. Saldıray was appointed Assistant Rector of Mimar Sinan University from 1987 to 1990. Until his retirement in 2005, he served on the University Board of Governors and was a member of the Faculty Governing Body. He published two books: “New Methods and New Approaches to Visual Problem Solving” and “Designs”. He has been a jury member at many competitions and exhibited his work both in Turkey and abroad as well as acting as a consultant. He has been called as an expert witness on Graphology and Freedom of Thought in legal cases. Currently he lectures on “Design 2D” in the Fashion and Textile Design Department at Işık University and Istanbul Ticaret University. Prof. Saldıray’s critiques and articles have been published in various journals and newspapers such as Architecture and Art Journals (published by the Academy Fine Art Faculty) and other journals such as Art Environment, Artist, Plastic Arts Journal and the newspapers, Yeni Ortam, Cumhuriyet and Milliyet. He participated in many symposiums and conferences. The paper he gave at a conference called “The Textile Industry in the Atatürk Period” was published in the Staff College History and Strategic Studies Headquarters Journal, (issue 24, 10 November 1991), as an Atatürk Week Award. He won the first prize in the State Awards and Medals Competition in 1958 and possesses three other medals.

(Reference: Yolu Işık′tan Geçenler: Işık Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Öğretim Üyelerinden Seçmeler, Istanbul 2007).