Biography

Devabil Kara, who graduated from the Department of Painting at Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts in 1986, expanded his artistic practice into an international context by studying lithography at the Salzburg International Summer Academy in 1987. The artist completed his Proficiency in Art education in 1993 and deepened his visual language with diverse cultural and intellectual layers through his studies in the United States between 1996 and 1997.

To date, Kara has held 36 solo exhibitions, five of which were abroad, and participated in numerous group exhibitions. He has been honored with fifteen awards, including the State Painting Competition, the DYO Painting Competition, and the “Wallace Hartley Artist of the Year Award” presented within the scope of World Art Day. His academic publications include Ways of Seeing (2021), On the Formation and Problems of Visual Language in Art, and Perception and Art: Discussions and Evaluations on the Art of the Future (2024). The artist currently continues his work as a faculty member in the Department of Painting at Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts.

Kara’s artistic practice is shaped not by direct representation of the object, but by the traces, voids, and temporal sediments it leaves behind. This approach re-examines the ontological status of the image along the tension line between the visible and the erased. The artist treats the surface not merely as a field of representation, but also as a space of absence, loss, and remembrance.

In this context, Kara’s works propose a visual thinking practice that suspends the linear flow of time. The discontinuous continuity between past and future is re-established through images; the object gains existence not through its material presence, but through the trace it leaves. These traces, sometimes erased, sometimes intensified on surfaces, reveal the fragile structure of memory.

The artist’s production transcends representation, opening up a critical space that questions the limits of perception and the processes of visual language formation. Thus, Kara’s works can be read as a multi-layered field of thought oscillating between trace and absence, time and space, and remembrance and forgetting.

Academic Journey

Education Information

Master’s Degree
Marmara University, Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Turkey
1987–1989

Bachelor’s Degree
Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Turkey
1982–1986

Foreign Language

English: B1 Intermediate Level

Certificates, Courses, and Training

Professional Course:
New Developments and Applications in Lithography Printing Technique, TEM, 2016

Professional Training:
Government scholarship for International Summer Academy Painting Courses provided by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Universität Salzburg, 1989

Theses

Proficiency in Art:
Psychological Perception and Creation in the Artist’s Personality, 1993

Master’s Thesis:
Serigraphy, Printmaking, Painting, Marmara University Institute of Fine Arts, 1989

Academic and Administrative Experience

Head of Department
Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting
2017–Present

Deputy Head of Department
Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting
2002–2005

Courses Taught

Graduate

Visual Perception
2018–2019

Undergraduate

Plastic Arts
Mural Painting
Diploma Project
Analysis and Interpretations of Painting Art IV
Mural Painting IV
Painting Art
2018–2019

Academic Appointments

Professor
Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting
2024–Present

Assistant Professor / Dr. Faculty Member
Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting
1994–Present

Research Assistant
Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting
1988–1994

Academic Career

SOME OF THE THESES SUPERVISED
Prof. Devabil Kara has supervised numerous master’s and proficiency in art theses in fields such as plastic arts, contemporary art, visual culture, surface illusion, fractal geometry, body and art object, reflection of social events in art, mythology, the concept of death, and Turkish painting.

Some prominent thesis titles:

  • Randomness in plastic arts from the 19th century to the present
  • Imagistic indicators of the concept of death in art through socio-political events
  • Art object in event form
  • Use of fractal geometry in plastic arts
  • Creation of visual language in abstract art
  • Nudity in the formation of visual culture
  • The phenomenon of space and turning points in Contemporary Turkish Plastic Arts
  • Reduction of surface illusions to a zero point in terms of perception in plastic arts
  • Mystical symbols as pictorial elements in Ottoman culture and their reflections in contemporary art
  • Black and white vision practice in plastic arts
  • Popular culture and repeated images
  • Examination of Picasso’s “Guernica,” El Greco’s “The Opening of the Fifth Seal,” and Goya’s “The Third of May” in terms of social changes
  • Relationship between language, image, and concept in plastic arts
  • Symbolic representation of classical Greek mythology in painting art
Received throughout his artistic career

Awards

National Sovereignty Week ‘National Sovereignty’ Painting Competition, Commendation Award, Istanbul

DYO Painting Competition,
Award, Izmir

Gülhane Events ‘Art and Handicrafts Festival’ Original Print Painting Competition, Honorable Mention, Istanbul

1988 Meerschaum ‘White Gold’ Painting Competition, Award, Eskişehir

1989 23rd DYO Painting Competition, Honorable Mention, Izmir

1989 TR Ministry of Culture 50th State Painting Competition, 2nd Award, Ankara

1989 TR Ministry of Culture 50th State Original Print Painting Competition, 2nd Award, Ankara

1990 Turkish Jockey Club 2nd Painting Competition,Honorable Mention, Istanbul

1990 Contemporary Turkish Painting Competition, Honorable Mention, Istanbul

1993 Adana Çimento Sanayii 4th Painting Competition, Honorable Mention, Adana

1993 ESBANK 10th Yunus Emre Painting Competition, Award, Eskişehir

State Original Print Painting Competition, Award, Ankara

2001 5th Turkish Jockey Club Painting Competition, 2nd Award, Istanbul

March 28, 2007 New Year Concept Design Competition 1st Prize, United Brands Association, Istanbul

Scholarships

Scholarships Received

International Salzburg Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Lithography class scholarship, Salzburg/Austria

Artistic Activities

Prof. Devabil Kara has participated in numerous solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, biennials, triennials, workshops, and international art events from the 1990s to the present.

Selected solo exhibitions and events:

  • Traces of Mythic Memory on Ceramic Plates, Solo Exhibition, 2025
  • Intermediate State Synthesis II, Solo Exhibition, 2023
  • The Plasticity of Water Khora, Solo Exhibition, 2023
  • Intermediate State Synthesis I, Solo Exhibition, 2023
  • Reverse-Glass Painting Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, 2022
  • Who is He, Who is She?, Solo Exhibition, 2022
  • Intermediate State Synthesis, Solo Exhibition, 2019
  • Breath, Solo Exhibition, 2018
  • Mist, Solo Exhibition, 2018
  • Grey Zone, Solo Exhibition, 2018
  • Shadow Memory / Intermediate States, Solo Exhibition, 2016
  • Devabil Kara Painting Exhibition / Shadow Memory, Solo Exhibition, 2016
  • What Language Cannot Say, Solo Exhibition, 2012
  • What Language Cannot Say-25, Solo Exhibition, 2011
  • Journey – Trace – Memory, Solo Exhibition, 2010
  • Original Printmaking Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, 2009
  • 4th Layer, Solo Exhibition, 2008
  • Devabil Kara Painting Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, 2007
  • Devabil Kara 4th Layer, Solo Exhibition, 2006
  • Devabil Kara Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, 2002
  • Devabil Kara Painting Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, 2001
  • Recent Painting, Solo Exhibition, 1998
  • Traces and Shadows, Solo Exhibition, 1996
  • Mystery, Solo Exhibition, 1996
  • Devabil Kara Painting Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, 1994
  • Devabil Kara Solo Painting Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, 1994
  • Devabil Kara Painting Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, 1993
  • Devabil Kara Solo Painting Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, 1992
INTERNATIONAL

Exhibitions Participated

FROM GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Selections

1986 7th Istanbul Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Istanbul
DYO Painting Exhibition, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir
1987 8th Istanbul Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Istanbul
1987 24th DYO Painting Exhibition, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir
1988 4-person group exhibition organized by Fatih Rotary Club, Galeri Artug, Istanbul
1988 25th DYO Painting Exhibition, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir
State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Ankara
Meerschaum ‘White Gold’ Painting Competition Exhibition, Eskişehir
DYO Painting Exhibition, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir
State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Ankara
1990 Contemporary Turkish Painting Exhibition, Ramko Art Gallery, Istanbul
1990 BASKI’90, Original Printmaking Exhibition, Soyak Art Gallery, Istanbul
1990 “A Section from Our Original Printmaking Art”, Benadam Art Gallery, Istanbul
“A Section from Our Original Printmaking Art”, Temizocak Art Gallery, Izmir
1990 ESBANK 7 Yunus Emre Painting Competition Exhibition, Eskişehir
1990 Selçuk Yaşar Art Gallery Original Printmaking Exhibition, Izmir
State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Ankara
ITU Artists Hand in Hand Group Painting Exhibition, ITU/Taşkışla, Istanbul
1991 A Section from Our Original Printmaking and Painting Art Exhibition, Dam Art Gallery, Ankara
AKBANK Painting Collection Exhibition Yıldız University High Sabancı Art Center, Istanbul
Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Auction Exhibition, State Fine Arts Gallery, Istanbul
1991 Artist Faculty Members Exhibition, CRR Concert Hall Foyer, Istanbul
1991 Art Corporation Artists Group Painting Magazine, State Fine Arts Gallery, Istanbul
DYO Painting Exhibition, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir
1992 Young Artists Exhibition, Etibank Art Gallery, Istanbul
1992 “Special New Year Painting, Sculpture, Original Printmaking Exhibition, Kare Art Gallery, Istanbul
State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Ankara
Istanbul Art Fair, Etibank Art Gallery, Istanbul
Our Original Printmaking Art with Typical Examples, Capitol Art Gallery, Istanbul
1994 BASKI’93 Group Original Printmaking Exhibition, Pan Design Gallery, Istanbul
State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Ankara
1994 Nazım Hikmet Culture and Art Foundation Group Painting Exhibition, CRR, Istanbul
Anadolu University 10th Anniversary Event Painting Exhibition, Eskişehir
1995 Spring Exhibition, Karsu Tekstil Art Gallery, Istanbul
“Intolerance”, Group Exhibition, Yıldız Palace/Armory, Istanbul
1995 100 Artists 100 Works, Group Painting Exhibition, Istanbul
MSU Graphic Department 20th Anniversary Original Printmaking Exhibition, Vakko Art Galleries, Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir
“The Other” Habitat II, Painting Exhibition, Antrepo I, Istanbul
Türkiye İş Bankası 1997 Grand Art Prize Original Printmaking Exhibition, Ankara
“58th State Painting Original Printmaking Exhibition, Ankara
“50th Anniversary Akbank Painting Collection” Painting Exhibition, Akbank Art Gallery, Istanbul
“Second International Akademie Marmaris” Painting Exhibition, Toprakbank Art Gallery, Istanbul
“75th Anniversary Turkish Plastic Arts Exhibition” Bilim Art Gallery, Istanbul
“Exhibition Dreaming of Its Museum” Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition Hall, Istanbul
“From Us and Them 14” Original Art Prints, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul”61st State Painting Original Printmaking Exhibition, Ankara

2001“Engraving in Turkey from Beginning to Present, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul
“Group Exhibition” Istanbul Chamber of Industry Art Gallery, Istanbul
2001“Exlibris Exhibition” Galeri Akdeniz, Ankara
2001
“IAM group painting exhibition” Marmaris
“ODTU Art Festival” Ankara
2001 “From Us and Them 16” Original Art Prints, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul
2003 “From Us and Them 16” Original Art Prints, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul
2004 “From Us and Them 17” Original Art Prints, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul
2004 “ Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Faculty Members Exhibition”, Istanbul
2005 ‘’ 5 Traces’’ Exhibition, Galeri Binyıl, Istanbul,
2005 ’’ From Us, From Them Original Printmaking Exhibition’’ Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul
2006 ’’ ODTÜ 8th Art Festival, Ankara
2006 ’’ Academy 70 Generation and Surroundings Painting Exhibition“ Uludağ University, Bursa
2006 ’’International Culture Festival Maltepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Istanbul
2006 ’’ Hacettepe Art Museum Collection Exhibition“, Ankara
2006 ’’ Original Artistic Prints“, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul
2006 ’’ Original Print Exhibition“ CKM Art Gallery, Istanbul
2006 “Hüma and Nahit Kabakçı Collection Exhibition“, Art Istanbul Fair, Istanbul
2006 “ Academy 70 Generation and Surroundings Painting Exhibition” , Bursa,
2007 “Distant-Close Encounters” Exhibition, Istanbul
2007 30/30 Group (Complex) Exhibition, Marmara Pera Gallery, Art and Life, Istanbul
2007 “Tunnel” Exhibition, Beylerbeyi Palace, Istanbul
2007 “A Proposition Seven Suggestions” exhibition, PG Art Gallery, Bebek, Istanbul,
2007 “Encounter exhibition, Mahfel Art Gallery Bursa
2007 International Turkish-Korean Exhibition, M.U.F.F.A. Exhibition Hall,
2007 International Turkish-Korean Exhibition, Yıldız Palace Museum Cultural Center, Istanbul
2007 “Black-White” Exhibition, CKM Cultural Center, Istanbul
2007 “Sketch” Exhibition, CKM Art Gallery, Istanbul
2007 “Awakening” Exhibition, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul
2007 “Contemporary Turkish Art Meeting in Kocatepe” Exhibition, Afyon
2007 Middle East Technical University “9th Art Festival” Exhibition, Ankara,
2007 “Intersection” CKM Exhibition Hall, Istanbul
2007 “Encounter”, Mahvel Art Gallery, Bursa
2008 “Red (Anatomy of a Color) Exhibition, CKM Cultural Center, Istanbul
2008 “Approximation” Samsun 19 Mayıs University, Samsun
2008 “New International Silk Road Exhibition, Turkey-Azerbaijan-Korea
2009 “Sintesi” Art Events, Atatürk University, Erzurum
2009 “ODTÜ Art Festival”, Ankara
2009 “ Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Faculty Members Exhibition, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı
2009 “Approximation” Art Events 2, Erzurum
2010 “88 years 88 artists 88 works Turkish Art Meeting in Kocatepe-IV”, Afyon
2010 “Four by Four”, “Summart” Black-White Art Gallery, Ankara
2010 “Axiom” Od’A-Ouvroir d’Art, Istanbul
2010 “Volume 1” Espas Art Gallery, Istanbul
2012 ‘Artist Weavings’ Exhibition, AKM Art Gallery, Izmir
2013 ‘From Us, From Them’ Original Print Exhibition, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul
2013 ‘Three Generations of Contemporary Turkish Painting’ UPS Art Gallery, Istanbul
2013 ‘From Contemporary Masters’ Painting Exhibition, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul
2013 ‘Wedding’ Poetry, Painting, Sculpture Exhibition, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul
2014 ‘Give a Chance to Life, Donate’ Exhibition, UPS Art Gallery, Istanbul
2014 ‘Mercy’ Exhibition, AKM Library Art Gallery, Izmir
2014 ‘Meeting’ Exhibition, Görsav Art Event, Beşiktaş Municipality Art Gallery, Istanbul
2014 ‘Gift to Nazım’ Exhibition, Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center, Istanbul

International Exhibition Participations

Biennials-Triennials

International Salzburg Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Lithography class exhibition, Salzburg/Austria
International Print Biennial, Taiwan
1992 1992 Federation of Turkish-American Associations, Turkish Painters Exhibition, New York/USA
International Graphic Arts Biennial, Ljubljana / Slovenia
1993 Federation of Turkish-American Associations, Turkish Painters Exhibition, New York/USA
1993 International 2nd Kochi Print Triennial, Japan,
1993 International Maastricht 1st Graphic Biennial, Netherlands
Mini Graphic Biennial, Sint Niklaas / Belgium
1995 Contemporary Turkish Art Exhibition, Houston Art Festival, Houston / USA
2000 Biennale Internazionale di Grafica /Italy
2004 3rd Biennal Internacional d’Art Graphic 2004, Italy (Invited artist)
2005 ‘’Secret-Time ‘’ Art from Turkey and Korea, Ankara
2005 ’’ Painter CampusII“ SUMMART, Moldova

2006 ’’ 4th International Graphic Biennial invited artist, Italy
2006 ’’ Five of Six“ Parish Gallery 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Washington D.C, USA
2006 Middle East Technical University 8th Art Festival Exhibition, Ankara,
2006 4th International Graphic Arts Biennial, France,
2007 “Korean and Turkish Artists Exhibition”, Baku, Azerbaijan
2009 ‘Sintesi’ exhibition, Rome
2010 “Huma Kabakcı Art Collection” Osthaus Museum, Hagen
2010 Erzurum Atatürk University International Painting Symposium, Erzurum
2010 Aspat International Painting – Sculpture Symposium, Bodrum
2012 ArteXpo Arezzo Art Fair, Rome
2013 ‘Printed Here’ , Limerick School of Art And Design Gallery , U.S.A

WHERE HIS WORKS ARE LOCATED

Collections

Ankara State Painting and Sculpture Museum Painting and Printmaking Collection
Izmir DYO Museum Painting Collection
Başak Sigorta Painting Collection
Akbank Painting Collection
İş Bankası Painting Collection
Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts Collection
Adana Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş Painting Collection
Sint Niklaas Ex Libris Museum, Belgium
Istanbul Graphic Arts Museum
Hacettepe University Collection
Erzurum University Collection,
Ex-Libris Museum Collection
Ankara University Collection
Devrim Erbil Museum Collection
International Museums of Graphic Art, Francavilla al Mare, Italy

The artist’s works are also found in national and international private collections.

Jury Memberships

JURY MEMBERSHIPS

Prof. Kara has served as a jury member in academic staff appointments, professorship and associate professorship evaluations, art competitions, and award processes.

Some of his duties:

  • Assistant Professorship Appointment Committee, Marmara University, 2025
  • Appointment to Professorship, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, 2025
  • Fresh Ankara Award, Marmara University, 2025
  • Appointment to Associate Professorship, Yalova University, 2025
  • Antakya 5 Young Talent Competition, 2025
  • Süreyya Ağaoğlu Art Awards, 2025
  • International Pınar Children’s Painting Competition
  • Little Painters Drew the Sun Competition
  • Children and Cities Competition
  • International Earthquake Symposium Kocaeli Painting Competition

Symposiums, Art Talks, and Workshops

1999 “The Gates of Istanbul” Workshop, E.S.A.D. Amiens, France
“Classification and Semiotics of Original Printmaking” Art talk, Çukurova University, Adana
2001 “Analyzing, Explaining, and Evaluating Painting” Art talk, Altamira Art Gallery, Mersin
“Interdisciplinary Art in Art Education” Conference, Erzurum Painting and Sculpture Museum
2001 “A Transformation Study with Used Objects Collected from Around Erzurum” Erzurum Painting and Sculpture Museum, Erzurum
2002 “Art Colony 2002” in the Culture House “I.A.Smok” in Tetovo, Macedonia
2003 “Futurism of the Electronic Age and Electronic Values of the Age” “Art and Design in Virtual Environment” Symposium. Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts
2006 “International Painting and Printmaking Workshop” Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Fine Arts
02-03-04 2006 Devabil Kara Workshop “Distant-Close Encounters” Project Workshop and Seminar, Afyon Kocatepe University
2006, Panel on “Common Relations of Caricature with Other Art Fields”, Cartoonists Association, Istanbul
March 21-22-23, 2007 “Approximations” Workshop within the scope of M.U.F.F.A. project at Kocaeli University Faculty of Fine Arts Ramazan Akkuş Conference Hall, and seminar on “Elements and Acts of Creativity in Art”
October 24 – 30, 2007, Bodrum Open Air Painting Workshop and Exhibition, (Invited), Muğla University Faculty of Fine Arts Painting Department, Bodrum,
2007 July 10 -29 “Distant-Close Encounters” Exhibition, Exhibition Commissioner and participation, CKM Art Gallery, Istanbul,
2007 Kocaeli University Faculty of Fine Arts “Visual Perception and Composition”
2007 “Muğla University Faculty of Fine Arts” Bodrum Open Air Painting Workshop Halikarnas Fisherman” Bodrum
2008 Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Education “Composition Methods in Painting Art”
2008 “Ankara University 3rd International Painting and Sculpture Symposium”, Ankara
2010 “Erzurum International Art Symposium” Erzurum
2010 “International Aspat Art Symposium”, Bodrum

Articles, Books, and Book Chapters

Prof. Devabil Kara has numerous articles published in peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed journals.

Selected articles:

  1. Marmara University Journal of Art and Design
    Marmara University Journal of Art and Design, 2023
  2. The Metaphorical Interaction Between Poetry and Painting
    ISOREJ, 2023
  3. Original Printmaking and Its Classification
    Ankara Bilim University Social and Educational Sciences, 2022
  4. Experience of Void and Cosmos in Plastic Arts
    ASOS Journal, 2018
  5. Perception of the Visual World and Visual Space: Three-Dimensional Space and Painting Space
    İdil Journal of Art and Language, 2018
  6. Futurism of the Electronic Age, Virtual Reality, and the Values of the Virtual Environment
    Sanat Tasarım Journal, 2017
  7. The Formation Process of an Artwork
    Art-e Sanat Journal, 2011
  8. Anatomy of a Color: Red
    Yapı Mimarlık Tasarım Kültür Sanat, 2008
  9. The Problem of Creativity in Contemporary Art
    Yapı Mimarlık Tasarım Kültür Sanat, 2008
  10. Reflection of Social Events in Art
    Yapı Mimarlık Tasarım Kültür Sanat, 2007
  11. Analyzing, Interpreting, and Evaluating Painting
    Yapı Mimarlık Kültür ve Sanat Journal, 2002
  12. Devabil Kara: Traces and Shadows
    Yapı Mimarlık Tasarım Kültür Sanat, 1996

Books and Book Chapters

  1. On the Formation and Problems of Visual Language in Art
    Duyap Medya Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2023
  2. Questions
    In the book Art Intent: Being an Artist, Hayalperest Yayınları, Istanbul, 2023
  3. Classification of Original Printmaking
    15th International Congress of Scientific Research Full Text Proceedings Book, 2022
  4. Ways of Seeing
    Atatürk University Open Education Faculty Publications, Erzurum, 2021
  5. All Coincidences Appear to Us Under the Control of Consciousness
    In Contemporary Art Talks 2, Anima Yayınları, Istanbul, 2021
  6. Values of the Global World, Its Impact on Art and Artists
    In Academic Perspective on Art and Art Education, Paradigma Akademi, 2021
  7. Devabil Kara
    In Contemporary Art Talks, Anima Yayınları, Istanbul, 2020
  8. Devabil Kara
    Devabilkara Yayınları, Istanbul, 2003

Scientific Works

Papers Presented at Scientific Meetings

Selected papers:

  • The Metaphorical Interplay of Poetry and Painting
    8th International Battalgazi Scientific Studies Congress, Malatya, 2023
  • Original Printmaking and Its Classification
    UBAK 15th International Congress of Scientific Research, Ankara, 2022
  • The Physical Manifestation of Air: The Transformation of the Three-Dimensional World into an Intermediate World: Mist
    4th International Symposium on Art and Aesthetics, Elazığ, 2021
  • Art Creations Redefined in the Digital Age
    IGU International Workshop and Art Exhibition, Antalya/Alanya, 2018
  • Art Education and Art Production
    Panel, Afyonkarahisar, 2017
  • The Problem of Creativity in Contemporary Art
    Republic Art Days, Sivas, 2017
  • New Strategies in Art, Biennials, and New Platforms
    Conference, Erzurum, 2015
  • Contemporary Art and Plastic Arts Departments
    Talk, Istanbul, 2013
  • Traces and References – The Uncommunicables
    AIAS 2011, Wroclaw, Poland, 2011
  • Classification and Numbering of Printmaking
    Seminar, Kocaeli, 2007
  • Art Education and Its Problems: The Importance of Art Education in Primary School
    Panel, Istanbul, 2005
  • Futurism of the Electronic Age and the Values of the Virtual Environment
    Art and Design in Virtual Environment, 2003

Scientific Journal Activities

Leonardo
Review Board Member, 2025

Scientific Consultancies

Prof. Kara has undertaken scientific consultancy roles at Pamukkale University, Okan University, Yeditepe University, Afyon Kocatepe University, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, and various international communication/art journals and congresses.

Metrics

Number of Publications: 43

Congress and Symposium Activities

ARTFACTOR EVENT 6S
Invited Speaker, Istanbul, 2025

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