Ali Toy

Hattat

Birth Date H. 1379-1380
M. 1960

Birth Place Kütahya

Photos

About Artist

Ali Toy was born in 1960, in Kütahya. He
graduated from the Faculty of Architecture,
Technical University of Istanbul and
completed his graduate studies in the
Department of Restoration at Yildiz
Technical University. He studied taliq,
diwani and riqa with Prof. Dr. Ali Alparslan
from whom he obtained his certificate. He
has held 30 solo exhibitions both in Turkey
and abroad. His works in taliq and diwani
styles are distinctive and the geometrical
lines and forms in his modern works
reflect his relation to architecture. He is
currently teaching at the Faculty of Fine
Arts, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University
in Istanbul. He was awarded the 2017
Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Prize
in the field of traditional arts.