Biography
Zühtü Müridoğlu was born in Istanbul in 1906. In 1924, he graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts, having studied first in the studios of Hikmet Onat and then İhsan Özsoy. In 1928, he won a European scholarship and went to Paris; between 1928 and 1932, he studied for a year in Marcel Gimond's studio at the private Colarossi Academy. After returning from Paris, he participated in the founding of the D Group. In 1947, he joined the teaching staff of the Sculpture Department of the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts and served as department head for three terms. In 1983, he began printmaking at Süleyman Saim Tekcan's Söğütlüçeşme Studio; after the studio moved to the Çamlıca Art House, he continued his work there. He passed away in Istanbul in 1992.
Exhibitions he participated in, as seen in the Orkun Ozan (Himmet ÖCAL) Art Gallery archive: #33 | Artess Çamlıca Gallery & Studio 25th Anniversary Original Print Exhibition; #151 | İMOGA Istanbul Graphic Arts Museum.
