Proficiency in Arts - Department of Printmaking

General Information about the Department

The Printmaking Proficiency in Art Program aims to train academicians, artists and experts who are competent in terms of both theoretical and artistic practices in the field of contemporary and experimental printmaking, who can make their own artistic production, research, and interpretation, and contribute to the literature at a high level.

To have a grasp of the literature and to make contributions; having a high opinion of scientific methods and systematic perspective; to be able to look at the problems of the age in an innovative and experimental way and to make original interpretations to them; training artists and experts who have the potential to produce solutions with historical references to the problems they encounter are aspects that the program considers privileged and important.

Career Opportunities

Those who successfully graduated from this department have the opportunity to work as artists, art consultants, art educators, art directors, academic staff in research institutions, and lecturers in universities and colleges. In addition, they are able to create new opportunities for themselves in specific fields with the knowledge, experience and competence they have acquired in the field of contemporary printmaking. They can identify the lifecycle of projects by associating the knowledge, methods and techniques related to their field with other disciplines, take part in interdisciplinary projects, and create a privileged position in the art and culture environment.

Why international students should choose this department to study

They can develop their domain-specific knowledge and reshape it with the change of the age, transform their theoretical side, be in high-level art culture and aesthetic formations so that they can have strong equipment that will direct its own new structures and productions, and they can evaluate this knowledge and experience in different points in the field of art with an original and innovative perspective. They can make original productions in the field of Printmaking by using their experience gained in contemporary and technically equipped workshops and can make a place for themselves in the art world.