Taylan Mintaş is an artist, born in 1987 in Kars. After taking painting classes from Mehmet Güreli for one year, he entered the Department of Painting-Craft Education in Faculty of Fine Arts of Marmara University in 2008. Alongside his education in painting, he also works as art consultant for short movies and as a director of photography for short films and documentaries. He currently continues painting at his studio in İstanbul.