Born in 1950 in Trabzon, Senol Yorozlu lives and works in Izmir. Yorozlu graduated with a Masters of Art from the Istanbul Fine Art Academy in 1978 and began drawing caricatures for various comic magazines shortly after. Yorozlu has widely exhibited since 1996 and has held numerous solo shows, most recently at Play Studio, Istanbul (2009); Tevfik İhtiyar Art Gallery (2007 & 2008). He is the recipient of a number of awards including an ‘Artist of the Year’ honour from the Ankara Art Institution (1985), the Grand Prize from the Istanbul Vakko Great Painting Competition (1983), and Gold Medal from the Vercelli International Caricaturist Competition, Italy (1975)