Mikail Akar

Mikail Akar (9 October 2012) is a German painter. He became publicly known in 2017 at the age of 4. Since, he has held various art exhibitions in several major cities, making him internationally known. Akar's painting style is usually described as Abstract Expressionism. He is fluent in English, Turkish, and German.

Akar started to paint at the age of four, at that time, his family had no connection to the art world. His father posted a picture of his first painting on Facebook, which led to several offers to buy it and requests for interviews.

Work Akar paints with undiluted acrylic paints, and his paintings often contain geometric ornamentation. Akar himself describes his painting style as action painting in the style of Jackson Pollock and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and works with the association Kunst hilft geben, which sells works of art and donates the proceeds to charitable causes. He has collaborated with artists, public figures and companies, including Peter Maffay and Manuel Neuer.

Exhibitions

In 2017, Akar began showing his paintings at exhibitions. Initially, these took place in his home Cologne. In 2018, he held his first national exhibition in Großkarlbach, Rhineland-Palatinate. His work King of New York was auctioned at the Guggenheim Museum, New York in 2022 for US$16,000, and he donated the revenue to an art project for children.

In 2024, Akar presented his largest artwork to date at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel as part of Berlin Art Week: a 50-metre-long spray-painted poster that took him four months to complete. The same year, he presented the exhibition No Doubt, first at Art Cologne and later in New York City.

In April 2025, he exhibited at Gerhardt Braun Gallery in Palma de Mallorca, followed by another exhibition at Bensberg Castle in July. In September 2025, he presented the exhibition Evolution at the Galerie Kulturraum in Speyer.