Gazan was born on 06-10-1971 in the Netherlands in Haarlem, grew up in Zandvoort aan Zee, now resident of Hallum since 2022.
In the early 1990-ties Gazan began a training course for the Art Academy, followed by three years Royal Academy of fine arts in the Hague, where he followed the directions Monumental design and Theatre development. After one and a half years to have been working in the graphical sector, he has finally opted for the full exercise of his art-making. He joined a group of artists on the isle Texel named Waantij in 2000 up to 2008, where he has collaborated and participated in various large and smaller projects whose partly drew nationwide attention. Since August 2012 he moved to Enkhuizen. Due to his illness M.S., he was forced to develop his photography more than his painting while his energy levels couldn't sustain his artwork on a daily basis anymore.
He has also been the writing a series of 9 poems based on his experiences with Transgenerational War Trauma. You can read them here: www.ongetiteld-verzet.webnode.nl
In 2022 he moved to Hallum, Friesland where he continued working on his photography. You can enjoy the various results at the Dimigaze - Online gallery for digital art
Most recent project is the reportage photography of the development of a comunity alotment where the social cohesian is key. You can view the photography here: photography/doarpstun-hallum/
Gazan is working in different disciplines such as painting with oil on canvas, (digital) photography and editing, producing photo albums, films, installations, objects, poems, singer-songwriting