As the fifth guest of the Hacettepe University Institute of Fine Arts Seminar Series, Prof. Dr. Ayhan Özer will offer a critical perspective on the re-evaluation of completed postgraduate theses in the field of fine arts through artificial intelligence, based on academic criteria and data.
Prof. Dr. Ayhan Özer was born in Gaziantep in 1977. He completed his undergraduate degree in Art Education at Mustafa Kemal University in 2001 and earned his master's degree in Fine Arts Education from the same university in 2004. In 2011, he received his PhD from the Fine Arts Education Program at Ankara University Graduate School of Educational Sciences with a dissertation focusing on Turkish painting after 1980.
Özer began his academic career in 2001. In 2013, he became the founding chair of the Department of Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Gaziantep University. He was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 2018 and Professor in 2024. His research focuses on art education, art criticism, and visual culture. His books include Paintings Reflecting on Modern Man’s Loneliness in the Spiral of Artificial Intelligence (Yapay Zekâ Sarmalında Modern İnsanın Yalnızlığı Üzerine Düşünen Resimler) and Dictionary of Internet Characters (İnternet Karakterleri Sözlüğü). He has also contributed chapters to various scholarly books and served as an editor.
He has participated in national and international biennials, workshops, and group exhibitions, and has held eighteen solo exhibitions featuring works that explore portraiture, the human figure, identity, and questions of truth. Continuing to pursue his artistic practice alongside his academic work, Özer currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Gaziantep University.
Online Seminar Date: October 22, 2026 – 2:00 p.m. (Türkiye time)
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/95793181428
Meeting ID: 957 9318 1428