Prof. Dr. Türker ÖZDOĞAN

1944 İzmit doğumlu. İstanbul'da Güzel Sanatlar Yüksek Okulunu bitirdikten sonra Amerika'ya master için gelir. Master yaptığı George Washington Üniversitesi'nde halen Seramik Profesörü olarak hocalık yapmaktadır. Seramiklerini yaparken Kızılderili ritüellerinden ve sembollerinden esinleniyor. Aynı zamanda bir Jazz müzisyeni. Yaklaşık 37 senedir Amerika`da bulunan Türker Özdoğan, Kızılderililer ve Meluncanlar`ın Türk dünyası ile kaynaşması konusundaki kişisel çabası ile tanınıyor. Halen tatil dönemlerinde Bostancı'daki evine gelmektedir. Kitapçı Süleyman Mehmet sokağında oturmaktadır.

Professor of Ceramics at George Washington University, Türker Özdogan received his initial ceramics training and Master of Ceramics diploma at the Applied Fine Arts School, Istanbul, Turkey. He was awarded apprenticeship at Eczacibasi Ceramic Factory, Turkey and at Fürst Adolf Werkstatte Für Keramik Buckeburg, Germany. He continued his formal studies in the United States at the Corcoran School of Art and as a fellowship recipients, at George Washington University, where he received his M.F.A. degree. Subsequent to a three year faculty appointment at Federal City College he joined the faculty at George Washington University, establishing its Ceramics program. Reflecting his own ambitious and varied exploration of the ceramics medium, the program provides an exceptionally broad range of courses, encompassing functional, sculptural, architectural and industrial ceramics. As a practicing professional artist Özdogan has achieved national and international recognition through a variety of research grants and awards, juried expositions and one-person exhibitions. These have had varied venues including most notably, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, Meridian House, and the United Nations Plaza-Turkevi Gallery. Professor Özdogan's work has been widely collected and is contained in many public and private collections in the United States and abroad.