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 |