Orhan Özkaya was born 1931 in Muğla, where he also received his elementary school education. Since the seminars of the Istanbul Academy of Fine Art during the 1947-1948 years were closed, he returned home and received painting lessons from his former schoolteacher Kemalettin ALTAYLI.

He finished his professional education in the years 1949-1952 at the Istanbul Sağlık School and started his career as a state employee at the Health Ministry’s  Centre for Tuberculosis Eradication. After his retirement in 1978, he opened a business for four years. In all of this time he continued painting without interruption. Presently he works with oil paints in his own studio.

 EXHIBITIONS:

1948 - Muğla Halk Evi                                 1. Personal Exhibition

1992 – Muğla (Gökova-Akyaka)                   2. Personal Exhibition

1993 - Muğla (Gökova-Akyaka)                   3. Personal Exhibition

1993 - Ankara Vakıfbank Gene. Müd. Fuaye  4. Personal Exhibition

1996 - Ankara Vakıfbank Gene. Müd. Fuaye  5. Personal Exhibition

1998 - Muğla (Gökova-Akyaka)                   Group Exhibition

1999 - Ankara Vakıfbank Gene. Müd. Fuaye  6. Personal Exhibition

2002 - Muğla (Gökova-Akyaka)                   7. Personal Exhibition

2003 - Muğla Kültür Sanat Evi                      Group Exhibition

2004 - Ankara Vakıfbank Gene. Müd. Fuaye  8. Personal Exhibition