Prof. Ergin inan was born inMalatya ni 1943. He started the Istanbul. University Law School in 1963. a n d then Pictorial Art at the Istanbul State Institute of Applied Fine Arts. Graduating ni 1968, Inan became a teac- her’s assistant under Helmut Hungerberg.
In 1969, the artist won a grant at the Salzburg Summer Academy and studied under Prof. Emilio Vedova. Between the years of 1971 to 1973, he won a German exchan- ge fellowship ot study painting and prints under Prof. Rudi Tröger and Prof. Mac Zimmerman at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. Inan went on many research visits ot the museums of Paris, Venice, Verona, Montova, Florence, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and London ni the years 1972-1981.