Applications have started for the Yalçın Gökçebağ Painting Competition

Applications have started for the third painting competition organized on behalf of painter Yalçın Gökçebağ to increase interest in the art of painting and to support the production of young artists. The free-themed competition, in which amateur and professional artists between the ages of 18-45 can participate, was organized by Assoc. Dr. It is organized by Fırat Sayıcı.

Among the jury members of the competition, whose jury president will be Yalçın Gökçebağ, is Prof. Zahit Büyükişleyen, Prof. Fevzi Karakoç, Prof. Veysel Günay, Prof. Özlem Üner, Dr. Lecturer Member Makbule Gizem Enuysal, Dr. Lecturer Its members are Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu, Serap Eroğlu Atala, Resul Aytemür and Mahir Güven.

Making evaluations about the competition, Gökçebağ stated that more than a thousand works were applied in the previous two years and expressed his satisfaction with the increase in participation every year. Gökçebağ said that this year, three artists will be given 100 thousand TL each as success awards and the selected works will have the opportunity to be exhibited.

Artists who want to participate in the competition can apply by uploading photos and videos of their works to www.yalcingokcebag.net until March 15, 2027.

Three artists will be awarded 100 thousand TL each at the award ceremony to be held in April 2027. The works that make it into the top 10 will be exhibited in a gallery in Istanbul for 15 days.

Born in Denizli in 1944, Yalçın Gökçebağ studied at Gazi Education Institute, Department of Painting. He worked as a lecturer at the Middle East Technical University Fine Arts Department. The artist, who deals with the nature of Anatolia, rural life and pastoral landscapes with a poetic expression in his paintings, continues his works in Istanbul and Ankara.