Taner Yılmaz Turkish, b. 1981

Taner Yılmaz (1981) was born in Frankfurt and later moved to Bursa, Turkey. Yilmaz's paintings are a result of him conveying his feelings from his subconscious. As a passionate artist, he has the ambition of observing all historical facets as well as feelings and attitudes. 

Taner is a portrait artist who utilizes a variety of techniques to elicit and encourage deep interpretations from his audience. These reactions, although stemming from a concrete visual medium, are ephemeral and emotional. Through his utilization of cubist and impressionistic techniques, Yilmaz evokes a hypnotic realm within the mind of the viewer. Asking, “What does it mean to be hypnotized?” Stemming from the visual cortex, this hypnosis works its way through the mind into the other senses. As a viewer you are able to touch, taste, smell and hear the scene as though you were there yourself.

The sensual interpretations experienced create a trans-dimensional bridge from the mind of the artist, through the painting and through the eyes and mind of the viewer to ultimately end up as a physical response that will imbue itself in perpetuity within the body