DIFOART
Curated Art. Bespoke Solutions.
Art strategy, fine art production and curation — from a studio built on decades of photographic tradition.
DIFOART is an Istanbul-based fine art studio and curatorial platform founded by photographer, curator and poet Coşar Kulaksız and master photographer A. Halim Kulaksız. Since 2004, we have been serving artists, galleries, museums, hotels and institutional spaces with fine art printing, framing and art consultancy.
We curate, produce and install artworks providing a complete, end-to-end service. As a Hahnemühle Certified Studio Gold (since 2013), every print we produce meets the highest international archival standards. We offer fine art printing, C-print, pigment printing, museum-grade framing and institutional art consultancy.
Our work is rooted in a unique combination: the archival mastery of a fine art laboratory and the creative intelligence of artists. From Çırağan Kempinski to Pera Museum, Borusan Contemporary to international hotel collections in London and Amsterdam — our clients trust us to bring the right art to the right space.
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A. Halim Kulaksız
Coşar Kulaksız
A. Halim Kulaksız (b. 1944, Gümüşhane) is a master photographer and founder of Refo Color — Turkey's first colour photography laboratory, established in Ankara in 1969. A graduate of the New York Institute of Photography, he was appointed lecturer at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 1978, where he played a founding role in establishing the university's photography department. In 1979, he was invited to Japan by Sakura to research photographic technology. He holds the AFIAP title from the International Federation of Photography, has served on the juries of Fujifilm Press Awards and numerous international competitions, and has presented more than ten solo exhibitions across Turkey. He continues to explore new technologies in photographic art.
Coşar Kulaksız is a photographer, curator, poet and co-founder of DIFOART. A multiple award-winner in national and international competitions, he was in 2017 the first and only Turkish artist invited to curate the Turkish section of the Dali International Photography Biennial in China — one of the world's largest photography biennials. His solo exhibitions include 'ARADA' at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University's Tophane-i Amire Cultural Centre (2023), with curatorial concept by Bülent Erkmen. He is a portfolio reviewer at major international photography festivals and holds the Hahnemühle Certified Studio Gold certification since 2013. Sİnce 2017 he has been a member of AICA, International Association of Art Critiques.