ÖZLEM HALİİILOGLU
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
ÖZLEM HALİİILOGLU
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
She was born in the Ksanthi town of the Thrace region of Greece in 1963.She completed her primary education and middle education in the private minority schools.In 1981,she completed her education in the Private Minority High School of Kshanti.She is graduated from the business faculty of Istanbul University.After taking four years of education in painting in Greece in her high school years,she took painting courses in Istanbul as well.In her paintings,she usually works on portrait and figure compositions.For the aim to show that the art can meld with the public responsibility and to lead to many on behalf of,she chooses to paint hopeless,tired and orphan people.The fact that the people who live in the village that she was born,especially a village which is located in there, still claim their culture and use their local clothing deeply affect the artist and she chose the people of this village as a theme.The reflection of emotions and ideas on face is the biggest factor in her work of portrait.Painting is a desire,a way of life.The artist is always in the pursuit of existing in the art and creating art works.While continuing to travel in the search of her own art,she works as the painting teacher in the Culture Center of Zeytinburnu.She is married and is the mother of two children.