Born  in Istanbul, Ali took a fine arts degree at Marmara University and went on to teach at Mimar Sinan University for two years.  Conceiving an ambition to master the art of printmaking he won a Turkish government overseas study scholarship and secured a place at the RCA where he gained an MA with Distinction (his talent being singled out by Peter Blake) and returned to lecture at Mimar Sinan University.  He moved to the UK in 1996 and has since been teaching at KCC and elsewhere and exhibiting widely.

CV  
   
1963 Born in Istanbul. Turkey
1980 - 84 Marama University. BA Fine Arts
1985 - 87 Lecturer at Mimar Sinan University. Istanbul.
1988 - 90 Royal College of Art. MA Printmaking. Distinction.
1993 - 95 Lecturer at Mimar Sinan University. Istanbul
1996 Artist in residence. Kensington & Chelsea College.
1997 - 10 Teaching at Kensington & Chelsea College. London
2004 - 08 Teaching at Oswald's School of Drawing. London



EXHIBITIONS  
2009

Childwickbury Arts Fair.  St Albans

Art in Action.  Oxford

Brighton Art Fair.  Brighton

2008 The Claremont Hotel. Brighton
Windsor Contemporary Art Fair
Brighton Art Fair
Art in Action. Oxford
Childwickbury Arts Fair. St Albans

2007 Art in Action. Oxford
Childwickbury Arts Fair. St Albans
Orme Square Exhibition. London

2006 Art in Action. Oxford
Orme Square Exhibition. London

2005 Art in Action. Oxford
Orme Square Exhibition. London

2004 Orme Square Exhibition. London
Royal Society of British Artist. Mall Galleries. London

2003 Art in Action. Oxford
2002 Art in Action. Oxford
Orme Square Exhibition. London

2001 Orme Square Exhibition. London
1999 Milne & Moller Gallery. London
1992 Contemporary Turkish Graphic Arts Exhibition. Belgium
1991 National Student Exhibition. Sunderland
1990 Bankside Open Print Show. London
1989 II Irish Mini Print Exhibition. Dublin "We Frame It"
London Group. RCA. London




AWARDS  
   
1999 Portobello Galleries Magazine Award. London
1992 BP Young Turkish-Azeri Artist. Istanbul 1st prize
1990 Christies Contemporary Arts Award. RCA London
John Purcell Paper Company Award RCA London

1989 "We Frame It" 1st Prize. Irish Mini Print Exhibition. Dublin