Prof. Hamdi Ünal

Prof. Hamdi Ünal was born in Yozgat, Akdağmadeni in 1954. He finished Pazarören Teacher’s School in 1969 and Istanbul Teacher’s School in 1972. He graduated from the Textile Department of the State College of Applied Fine Arts in Istanbul in 1976. Between 1976 and 1980, he studied at Sümerbank Hereke Institution. He then served as an assistant in the Faculty of Fine Art at Marmara University in 1982. Ünal completed his efficient doctorate in art at Marmara University in 1986. Between 1989 and 1990, he went to Germany to learn the German language at the Inlingua Sprachschule. After returning to Turkey, he became an assistant professor (1991), an associate professor (1991) and a professor in 2001. Prof. Ünal served as a Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Fine Art at Marmara University in 2005; as a Dean in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Okan University in 2006. Prof. Ünal has had many solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. His works can be seen in many official or private collections.