Calligraphy (Adult)
Atalay AcresHe was born in Bingöl in 1980. He completed his primary and secondary education in Istanbul and his university education at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University. He started his calligraphy education with the classical method in 2001 with his teacher, Calligrapher Aydın Ergün. He practiced in Rika, Sülüs, Celi Sülüs, Divani, Celi Divani, Rika writing systems for 15 years. He is also currently taking lessons in Talik script from his teacher Mustafa Parıldar.
In order to complete his calligraphy education, he started working with painter and calligrapher Etem Çalışkan in 2002 and produced italic type productions consisting of processes that lasted 4 years. He also continues to work freely in Gothic, Çeltik and Copperplate scripts.
He also gives calligraphy lessons in various course notifications belonging to Ümraniye Municipality. In the field of calligraphy, he participates in gift, invitation, certificate writing, diploma writing, events, festivals, activities, domestic and international fairs, as well as commercial merchants, and continues his work in Istanbul.
He was entitled to receive an artist promotion card in the field of Calligraphy from the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture within the scope of intangible cultural heritage carriers in 2015, and an artist promotion card in the field of Calligraphy in 2023. He has been married for 18 years and has three children.