1955 Born in Tunceli (Eastern Anatolia)
1971 Entered Germany, lived as a "guest worker"
1976-1978 Trained as a machinist
1979-1984 Distance learning course in fine arts at the Paris Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg
1982-1983 Close contact with Prof. Fred Thieler and Prof. Gerd Jedermann, Berlin
1984 Trip to Turkey - Arrest and travel ban
1984-1989 Worked as a freelance artist, founding member of the Turkish Human Rights Association
1989 Flee from Turkey 1990 Received by Willy Brandt to present the activities of the
Turkish Human Rights Association
1990 Initiator and founding chairman of the IK (Association of International Visual Artists e.V.
Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Bielefeld)
1991-1993 Employed as a cultural manager for public relations in the environmental sector of the
City of Bielefeld
Since 1984 Various solo and group exhibitions of paintings, photography, sculptures, and installations in Germany, Turkey, Luxembourg, and Belgium
From 1989 Work as a freelance artist, focusing on painting
1989-2002 Life and work in Bielefeld
2002 Moved to Berlin
2011-2014 Work as an art instructor at a German high school.
Ibrahim Coskun currently works as a freelance artist in Berlin, Istanbul, and Bodrum