Hasan Ocal

Artist Profile

Hasan Ocal
Self-taught Cypriot artist based in Paris
Hasan Ocal is a fine arts photo artist based in Paris. He was born in 1992 and was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. His passion is photography, video and digital art. He started photography in high school. In 2014, he studied fashion, design and photography at the University of Adnan Menders in Aydin, Turkey, and started to work as an editorial photographer, doing portraits and events’ documentation. He learned digital art online with UDEMY. Ocal's work is strongly influenced by art history in the digital age. In his portraiture, Ocal explores the concepts of fantasy and surrealism, as well as the human form and its connection to nature. Completely self-taught, he relies on his eye and natural instincts to create his work. His style is characterized by simple compositions framing more meaningful, universal themes.