Fine Arts Department
Metin Ertürk was born in 1989 in Eskişehir, Turkey. After completing his vocational high school and associate degree education in ceramics, he graduated from the Department of Ceramics at Uşak University Faculty of Fine Arts in 2015.
In 2013, he worked at the Michel François Porcelain Studio in England, where he received training in studio pottery. He has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions, workshops, symposiums, and competitions, receiving several awards. His works and artistic practice have been published in the United States, Thailand, and the United Kingdom.
In 2016, he held his first solo exhibition in Japan. He completed his master’s degree at Hacettepe University in 2019 with a thesis focused on Terra Sigillata. In 2023, he opened his first solo exhibition in Turkey at Pg Art Gallery.
He taught pottery courses at the Department of Ceramics at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University for six years. Currently working in his studio in Istanbul, Metin Ertürk explores themes such as the individual, psychology, and cultural values through forms shaped on the potter’s wheel.
