Biography
He was born in Istanbul in 1940. He graduated from the Vocational High School of Construction in 1956. In 1961, he studied at the Decorative Painting Department of the Istanbul State Applied Fine Arts High School (now Marmara University). In 1963, he won a Federal German (DAAD) art scholarship and conducted research on mural painting and techniques in the architecture workshop within the Stuttgart Academy. In 1960, he joined the teaching staff of the Istanbul State Applied Fine Arts High School. He completed his Proficiency in Art education at the Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts. In 1965, he worked as a lecturer at the Marmara University Atatürk Faculty of Education. In 1985, he became a professor at the Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts and started his duties as the Head of the Painting Department in the same year. From 1985 to 1996, he did original printmaking work at the Çamlıca Art House. In 1970, he worked on printmaking techniques at the Salzburg Summer Academy, to which he was invited. He then created original prints at the Istanbul Graphic Arts Museum in 2004, 2009, and 2015. Pilevneli's works have been exhibited in Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United States, as well as at the Oslo Biennial. He lives and works in Istanbul. Selections from his exhibitions: December 17, 2004 - January 5, 2005 Mustafa PİLEVNELİ Exhibition, Altamira Art Gallery (Mersin); February 17, 2007 Meeting 1 - Group Painting Exhibition, Tatbiki Art Gallery (Istanbul); May 24 - June 20, 2008 Mustafa PİLEVNELİ Painting Exhibition, Kızıltoprak Art Gallery.
