Mehmet Resul Kaçar

Mehmet Resul Kaçar was born in Dicle district of Diyarbakır in 1984. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Ergani district. In 2003, he won the Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts and Education, Department of Art Education with a special aptitude test. He graduated from the department of painting in 2007. He started to work under the Ministry of National Education in 2008. In 2009, he was interested in short films and made experimental shots. In 2018, he started his master's degree at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Basic Art and Design. The artist lives and works in Istanbul.

 

Having opened his first solo exhibition in 2006 at Eskişehir Anadolu University Faculty of Education in 2006, Mehmet Resul Kaçar held his second solo exhibition “Hebun (Being)” in Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality in 2015. In addition, he participated in various group exhibitions in Turkey between 2006-2019. In addition, his works were deemed worthy to be exhibited in painting competitions between 2005-2019 and he won various awards. The artist held his first solo exhibition in Istanbul, titled “Field of Roses” in 2021, and another one titled “The Dream is Over, Red Jacket” in 2023 at Galeri 77.

 

Mehmet Resul Kaçar, whose name art lovers will remember from the 2019 edition of Mamut Art Project, relays the negative change in the world from the past until today from the perspective of nature and animals. The most striking point of his is the fluidity of the roles and figures on a standard theme (a field of wheat) in the background. In a rugged landscape, in this violent-barren sphere, his paintings depicting human and animal conflict reminds the audience of figures in a struggle with rulership and sometimes in a position of rulership themselves.