Erkut Terliksiz was born in 1978 in Adana, Turkey, and currently resides in Istanbul. He graduated in 2002 from the Graphic Design Department of Mimar Sinan University. After graduating, he started exhibiting his work around the world, including solo exhibitions in cities like Amsterdam and Milan. Terliksiz's art combines psychology and anatomy to capture the human condition. Through playful characters and fantastical worlds he constructs, he explores more negative themes such as the passage of time and death, transforming them into positive energy.