• He was born in 1950, in Trabzon, Turkey. After graduating from Karadeniz Technical University, he pursued an academic career and obtained a Ph.D. from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, France. For a period of ten years, he taught in Ege University (İzmir, Turkey) and H.Boumedienne university in Algeria as an assistant and associate professor. He had become interested in painting in the 1970’s, during his university years in Paris. In 1987, he left his academic career and devoted all of his time to painting. In the meantime, he had opened his first solo exhibition in 1985, in Algiers.
Özlü is a self-educated painter and has lived and worked in several countries. Besides his 28 solo exhibitions taking place in Algiers, Ankara, Brussels, İstanbul, İzmir and Paris, he has also participated in many international artistic events. His works are in public and private collections around Europe and in Turkey. Özlü is a member of UNESCO’s Plastic Artists Committee in Turkey |
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