The More It Receives, The More It Gives

Hanefi Yeter was born in Bayburt in 1947. He began his education in 1967 at the State Academy of Fine Arts, in the Workshop of Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, and also studied in Eyüboğlu’s private workshop during this period. In 1970, he earned the right to pursue art training at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris; however, due to personal reasons, he was unable to complete this program and returned to Istanbul. He graduated from the Academy in 1972. In 1973, he passed the State Scholarship Examination and began his postgraduate studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Berlin, completing his degree in 1978. Since then, he has held more than 90 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows in Turkey and abroad, including Vienna, Paris, Brussels, Manchester, and several cities in Germany. He became the first Turkish-born artist to open a solo exhibition in East Germany, where his catalogue was published with special permissions. Yeter’s works are held in both national and international museums as well as private collections. He has also carried out significant public works: five murals, two ceramic façades, two mosaic panels, and one sculpture in Berlin, as well as three murals in the city of Darmstadt. Between 2006 and 2012, he produced nearly 100 sculptures and reliefs for shopping malls.