He was born in 1940, in Beşikdüzü, Trabzon. He finished Gazi Primary School in Erzurum, where his father had been posted. In 1952, he was accepted at the Erzurum Pulur Village Institute after taking an examination. In 1956, he became a student at the painting seminar of the Çapa Teacher's School in Istanbul. He graduated from this school in 1959, and became the teacher of the Istanbul – Çatalca Bahşayiş village school. The same year, he won second place in the Ankara Gazi Educational Institute Arts and Crafts Department. In 1962, he was appointed arts and crafts teacher to the Urfa Girls Teacher's Institute. He was transferred to the Trabzon Co-educational Middle School in 1965. Because he loved his job, he didn't stay long there, and transferred to Ordu Perşembe Teacher's School as arts and crafts teacher six months later. He opened his first personal exhibition in this city in 1971. In 1973, he was appointed as art teacher to Çapa Teacher's School in Istanbul, where the spark in him had first kindled. After teaching in this school for five years, he was transferred to Istanbul Atatürk Educational Institute. The year was 1978. After working as a professor at the same institute (Marmara University, Atatürk Educational Institute, Fine Arts Educational Department, as it is now called) for long years. he retired at his own request in 2006. As Ali Candaş is an art educator who loves his job very much, he devoted a 20 year long slice of time to his students. He started working for his art in 1982. He has participated in around 170 joint or group exhibitions while opening 66 personal exhibitions.Ali Candaş who joined abroad art activities like Austria-Wien-Graz,Moldavia-Chisinev,Algeria has continued in his studio where is in İstanbul-Kadikoy-Ziverbey

AWARDS

1983 Award winner at-9.International Art and Culture Festival,Painting Contest AWARD
1987 Mansion winner-Painting Contest on the subject of"National sovereignty and Peace"under the patronage of Grand National Assembly of Turkey MANSİON
1987 4.Yunus Emre "Let us love and be loved" competition Award Winner - AWARD
1987 21.DYO Painting Competition Mansion winner - MANSİON
1988 Grand National Assembly,painting competition with the theme of"National Sovereignty"award winner. AWARD
1988 Achievement Plaque at the International Bandırma Birds Paradise Culture and Art Festivale Achievement Plaque

PUBLICATIONS

1987 Ramko Art Center catalogue
1992 Emlakbank Art Exhibition catalogue - ANKARA
1993 Alcent Actuel Art Gallery exhibition Catalogue
1994 Karsu Textıl Art Gallery Booklet
2000 Garanti Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogue
2002 Alkent Actuel" Art-Book(200pages)
2004 Art Exhibition booklet of"Atatürk Cultural Centre
2009 Picture basic(Candaş Pattern) book 516 Page
2012 Seyif life ( Memories )464 Page

MUSEUMS

Museum of Painting and sculpture - ANKARA
Museum of Painting and Sculpture - BOLU
Ministry of Culture,General Directorate of Fine Arts - ANKARA
Museum of Painting and Sculpture - ERZURUM
State Fİne Arts Gallery - ÇANAKKALE
General Directorate of Fine Arts - ANKARA
General Directorate of Fine Arts - ANKARA
Anatolian Universty,Museum of Contemporary Arts - ESKİŞEHİR
University of Thrace,Museum of Contemporary Sculpture and Paintings - EDİRNE
Balıkesir Museum of Devrim Erbil - BALIKESİR
Gazi University,Museum of Contemporary Sculpture and Paintings - ANKARA
Hacettepe University,Museum of Contemporary Sculpture and Paintings - ANKARA