SUNDAY BY EMRE KARAOGLU Wins Merit Award at New Orleans Art Association (NOAA) 2024

I am deeply honored to get an Award at the New Orleans Art Association (NOAA) 2024 Juried National Art Show

Merit Award: "Sunday" by Emre Karaoglu, 50x50 in, Oil on Canvas

Emre Karaoglu

@hekaraoglu

My name is Emre Karaoğlu. I am an observer and an archivist of modern-day culture. A contemporary, figurative artist and teacher from Istanbul, Türkiye, now based in New Orleans. I use oil, pastel & charcoal portraits to capture the profound layers of human experience within everyday life. My oil paintings have expressive brush marks, thick paint layers, and vibrant colors, all meant to connect the viewer to the work. I aim to infuse my paintings with emotion, feeling, and culture as a way to express the changing states of the human experience.

I currently teach at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, one of New Orleans’s leading art institutes. I host weekly life model drawing sessions in my art studio, as well as at the Academy. I am a member of two art collectives: Contemporary Figurative Artists in New Orleans and Second Story Gallery, and am Vice-President of the non-profit New Orleans Photo Alliance.

I have participated in over 60 national and international exhibitions at museums, art galleries, and universities in the United States, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom. I was honored to show one of my portraits at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition in London in 2024. Additionally, my art was selected for the New Orleans Art Association National Show in 2023 and 2024, winning the Merit Award in 2024. Lastly, I am proud to have my art as a part of the permanent art collection of the City of New Orleans. I am honored to my painting WON AWARD & 3rd Place in this wonderful art show in R.W. Norton Art Gallery Museum, Shreveport, LA