It is seen that the art of painting, which presents its tradition and contemporaneity in the form of an ageless classical pattern, constantly renews its vision with the results shaped in the highest details of understanding and personalization, first with ages, then with periods, then with movements and towards the present day. While being the most contact point of human and art, it has also attracted attention as the dynamics of artistic interaction and sharing. It has constantly questioned and questioned its visual methodology that combines tradition and contemporary on the plane of representation, design and consensus. In this respect, the aim of focusing on the reasons for the resistance and continuity of the art of painting and then creating futuristic perspectives with new visualization and presentation possibilities of the art of painting should be brought to the fore. Otherwise, it will surrender to the classical stance.
The "0 (zero)" point reached by the theses of "the end of art" and "the end of painting", which have been widely discussed in the last quarter of the twentieth century, symbolizes a new beginning as well as an end. From now on, the art of painting should renew and reiterate itself within a contemporary technological and dynamic platform, taking into account the mass orientations belonging to the directions of expression, representation and consensus.
Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Fine Arts Painting Department aims to create its own organizational climate and contemporary equipment for the past, present and future of contemporary painting. In parallel with the effort to perpetuate its identity and mission within the infinite possibilities of art, the Department of Painting will strive to provide social interaction as well as pedagogical motivation in art and design. The Department of Painting considers contemporary and futuristic curricula and orientations important to provide the young people of our region and our country with the mental and experiential environments of art, design, aesthetics, creativity and artistic personality formation. For this purpose, it wishes to exhibit the aim of making the theoretical and practical processes of art homogeneous and making it felt in artistic creations.
Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting education process consists of eight (8) semesters. In the first and second semester, students take basic design courses and common theoretical courses. From the second semester to the eighth semester, a total of six semesters of painting workshop courses are given predominantly. In addition, the art of painting is supported by workshop courses on other material, technical and technological contents. In the second and third year, elective theoretical and practical courses are given in addition to the theoretical courses. In the final year, the student focuses on exhibitions and especially graduation project studies as performances of artistic maturation. It is also ensured that graduates of the Department of Painting gain skills such as art history awareness, general culture and field knowledge, social and communication skills, self-confidence, critical approach to works of art and the ability to exhibit works of art, and the ability to have national and international representation skills. In addition, domestic education, examination and research trips are organized to support the artistic development of students.