Having spent his childhood and early youth in Stockholm, the artist continued his high school education at Galatasaray High School and graduated from Rochester East Ridge High School. He completed his university education at Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts in 1990 in Hüsamettin Koçan's studio. He then completed his master's degree at the same university in 1992. Alpay worked as a lecturer for a while, continued his research at the Salzburg Academy and held his first two exhibitions in the first half of the 90s at Galeri Zon in Ankara, curated by Döne Otyam. Since the mid-1990s, when the artist left her university position, she has been continuing her work in her studios in Istanbul and Ayvalık. After his 1995 solo exhibition at Galerie Les Mondes de l'Art in Paris, Alpay held solo exhibitions in 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2019, all at Galeri Nev in Istanbul and Ankara. During this period, his works were exhibited at the State Museum of Painting and Sculpture (1990),...
Having spent his childhood and early youth in Stockholm, the artist continued his high school education at Galatasaray High School and graduated from Rochester East Ridge High School. He completed his university education at Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts in 1990 in Hüsamettin Koçan's studio. He then completed his master's degree at the same university in 1992. Alpay worked as a lecturer for a while, continued his research at the Salzburg Academy and held his first two exhibitions in the first half of the 90s at Galeri Zon in Ankara, curated by Döne Otyam. Since the mid-1990s, when he left his position at the university, the artist has been continuing his work in his studios in Istanbul and Ayvalık.
After his 1995 solo exhibition at Galerie Les Mondes de l'Art in Paris, Alpay held numerous solo exhibitions in 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2019, all at Galeri Nev in Istanbul and Ankara. During this period, his works were exhibited at the State Painting and Sculpture Museum (1990), Arkeon Gallery-Istanbul (1992), Gallery BM-Istanbul (1993, 1996), Sotheby's London (1996), AKM-Istanbul (1996), C.A.M Gallery-Istanbul (2002), Galeri Nev (2016, 2022), Pera Museum (2018), AKS-Antalya (2019), Artweeks Akaretler (2022), Contemporary Istanbul (2022), Atelier Marvy (Izmir, 2022), Gagiad (Gaziantep, 2023) and group exhibitions in Paris, Cologne, London, Trieste, Düsseldorf, New York.
In 2006, he was awarded the Grand Prize at the Beijing Biennale and his works are included in the corporate and private collections of Fondation Cartier (Paris), Mitsubishi Foundation (Tokyo), OMM-Odunpazarı Modern Museum (Eskişehir), SwissHotel (İzmir) and QNB Finansbank, Alarko Holding, Arçelik, Koç, Akbank, TurkishBank, Yıldız Holding, Sabancı, Eczacıbaşı, Boyner, Mudo, PakMaya, ENKA, Peninsula Hotel in Istanbul.
