Bedri Baykam

Bedri Baykam was born in Ankara in 1957. He started painting when he was only two years old, and has been exhibiting since the age of six in many cities, including Bern, Geneva, New York, Washington DC, London, Rome, Munich and Stockholm. He studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris from 1975 to 1980 where he received an MBA degree. He also studied drama at L′Actorat, Paris. Baykam lived in California between 1980 and 1987, and studied painting and film-making at the California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland. He had several shows in New York, California and Paris during this time. He returned to Turkey in 1987 and now lives in Istanbul. Baykam had 97 private shows in various countries in addition to participating in numerous group shows. He is also the author of 20 books.