ARTIST INFORMATION:
Name: Taner Mert
Artistic field: Painting
Location: Bulgaria
BRIEF CREATIVE BIOGRAPHY
Taner Mert was born on 31.07.1972 in the town of Balchik. He is a contemporary artist living and working in Bulgaria. He develops a consistent independent artistic practice in the field of painting. In his work, he builds a clearly recognizable author's style, based on a specific working method and a highly individual visual language.
CREATIVE CHARACTERISTICS / AUTHOR'S TECHNIQUE
Taner Mert works mainly with acrylic on canvas. His distinctive artistic method consists of painting with the tip of an artistic spatula. Through this method, the author builds a fine relief and a dense textured surface in which every gesture remains visible. The relief is not decorative, but a carrier of the image and content. Light interacts with texture and gives additional depth and spatial impact to the painted surface.
This approach clearly distinguishes Taner Mert from traditional painting practices and establishes his work as recognizable and original.
THEMATIC AND ARTISTIC ORIENTATION
In his work, the artist explores inner states, psychological tensions and emotional processes. His pictorial language balances between figurativeness and abstraction, with forms often implied and partially dissolved in texture.
EXHIBITIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Tanner Mert has held solo exhibitions: 3 solo exhibitions in the town of Samokov, in the town of Dupnitsa, in the city of Balchik Art Gallery, in the Palace Cultural Complex - Balchik, in the city of Burgas - 'Bogoridi' Gallery, in the city of Blagoevgrad - 'Eme' Gallery, in RIM - Vratsa, in the city of Sofia - 'Nirvana' Gallery and 'RE Club' Gallery, in the city of Interpret shopping center, in the Coco cafe - Lozenets, in the city of Sliven - 'May' Gallery, at the invitation of the Union of Bulgarian Artists Sliven, and joint exhibitions in various cities in Bulgaria.
Taner Mert is the organizer of the 'Painting Festival' in the town of Samokov at the city art gallery 'Vasil Zahariev', where he has organized joint exhibitions, and he also had a joint exhibition in the city library, at 'Saravska Kashta'.
In Sofia: Nikola Tesla Academy, Hilton Hotel, National Palace of Culture, Heritage, Lyulin Cultural Center, Astri Gallery, Sredets Gallery, ENAKOR Auction House, Gourmet Art Spring Festival - Central Park Hotel Roslin, Exhibition Styles - UNWE Sofia, Gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists Shipka 6
ROM - Ruse, 2 participations in the House of Arts Bansko, ROM - Blagoevgrad, City Art Gallery Peshtera, Savov Art Gallery, participation in an art competition in the Historical Park with a prize on the theme of the Bulgarian alphabet, Taurus Biennial - Montana, participation in the international art exhibition 2025 in Istanbul.
Plein airs: 2 participations in Tsarevo, plein air - with .Banya, Bansko,
His works have been presented in gallery spaces and art events throughout the country.
COLLECTIONS
Works by Taner Mert are part of private collections in Bulgaria and abroad. His paintings have been sold and are in private collections in various countries around the world: Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary, Turkey, Greece, the USA, Qatar.
Taner Mert is a contemporary Bulgarian artist, born in 1972 in Balchik. He lives and works in Bulgaria. His painting is distinguished by a clearly recognizable author's style, based on working with acrylic on canvas, executed entirely with an artistic spatula.
His artistic path began after studying interior design, where he initially realized interior and commissioned projects. A decisive moment in his development was his early success - his very first painting was sold, which directed his creative energy entirely towards painting.
Taner Mert developed his own interpretation of pointillism, in which the classical principles of the movement were rethought through contemporary sensitivity and expressive plastic language. Inspired by artists such as Georges Seurat and Alfred Sisley, he builds on their ideas through dense texture, saturated color and strong emotional impact.
Characteristic of his work is the author's technique, in which the canvas is built from countless small, concentrated gestures applied with the tip of the spatula. The refusal to use a brush turns the relief into the main carrier of the image. Light plays an active role, interacting with the texture and changing the visual perception according to the position of the viewer.
Each work of Taner Mert is the result of a long, disciplined and physically engaging process, in which time, effort and matter remain visible. His painting combines classical tradition and contemporary expression, creating paintings with depth, dynamics and strong presence.
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