Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu

Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu is a Turkish painter, cartoonist, and illustrator born in 1954 in Mesudiye, Ordu, Türkiye. He graduated from the Department of Graphic Design at the Istanbul State Academy of Applied Fine Arts and later served as a faculty member at the same institution.

Throughout his career, he has produced significant works in painting, graphic design, cartooning, and illustration. His artworks have been exhibited internationally, and he has received numerous national and international awards. He is especially recognized for his cover illustrations, becoming one of the few Turkish artists whose covers were published by The New Yorker.

Known for his poetic visual language featuring cats, birds, and human figures, his distinctive style holds an important place in contemporary Turkish art. He has held many solo exhibitions, participated in group shows, and his works are included in private collections worldwide. He continues his artistic practice in Istanbul.

Gallery

The New Yorker magazine cover from January 1992 featuring an illustration of a cat inside a teacup.
The New Yorker magazine cover from January 1992 featuring an illustration of a cat inside a teacup.
The New Yorker magazine cover illustration of a tabby cat standing on its own long tail over a cliff edge.
The New Yorker magazine cover illustration of a tabby cat standing on its own long tail over a cliff edge.
The New Yorker magazine cover featuring a tabby cat with an extra-long tail spiraled around it and small mice.
The New Yorker magazine cover featuring a tabby cat with an extra-long tail spiraled around it and small mice.
Surreal illustration of a mouse walking across a cat's long tail bridging two high cliffs.
Surreal illustration of a mouse walking across a cat's long tail bridging two high cliffs.
The New Yorker magazine cover from 1993 featuring a cat with a giant yarn ball tail in New York City.
The New Yorker magazine cover from 1993 featuring a cat with a giant yarn ball tail in New York City.
A gray tabby cat wrapped in colorful ribbons sits on a roof overlooking a city skyline at sunset.
A gray tabby cat wrapped in colorful ribbons sits on a roof overlooking a city skyline at sunset.
Folk art illustration of a ginger and white spotted cat holding a green leafy branch in its mouth.
Folk art illustration of a ginger and white spotted cat holding a green leafy branch in its mouth.
Surreal illustration of a grey tabby cat with a bird forming its eye on a yellow background.
Surreal illustration of a grey tabby cat with a bird forming its eye on a yellow background.
Surrealist oil painting of a couple bound together by yarn from two giant blue and brown wool spheres.
Surrealist oil painting of a couple bound together by yarn from two giant blue and brown wool spheres.
Surreal illustration of a man standing on a pile of wooden ladders looking over a tall wall.
Surreal illustration of a man standing on a pile of wooden ladders looking over a tall wall.
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