EDUCATION

2004 Finalizes PHD program at the Institute for Social Studies of the Mimar Sinan University. Name of thesis "On the Relation of Nature and Artistic Creation in the Plastic Arts after the1960's"

1980 Graduates from the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts .

1977 Painting department of the Polytechnic, Leeds, England. Transfers to the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts .

1973-1976 Department of Painting and Monumental Design , St Joost , Breda

ONE-WOMAN SHOWS

2008 Galeri Kent İst, Turkey

2004 7 Days Troyan, Troyan Art School Gallery, Troyan, Bulgaria
Her Zaman, Osman Hamdi Salon, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul

2002 Pjotr Gallery, Tilburg, Holland

1999 Nelli Sanat Evi
Natura Non Facit Saltus, Cemal Resit Rey Salon, Istanbul

GROUP SHOWS TURKEY

2008

5533, “Altın Günü”, İstanbul, Turkey

III ABA Mersin Üniversitesinin üçüncü Kadın Sanatçılar Sempozyumu, Mersin

ABDÜL Baki Paşa Kütüphanesi, kişisel sergi, Zeytinburnu, İstanbul

Dialogue/(Dialog (The Contemporary Printmaking and Ex Librises from Turkey/ Türkiye’den

Çağdaş Baskıresim ve Ekslibrisler, Het Stedelijk Museum, St Niklaas, Belgium

Su=Pırıltı!/Water= Bright! The 3rd International Contemporary Art Festival, the Dutch

Pavillion, Mustafapaşa, Cappadocia, Turkey

The Çanakkale Bienial, Çanakkale, Turkey

The 1st International Printmaking Bienial, Istanbul, Turkey

Je m’appelle Apel; Galeri Apel in The French Cultural Institute, Istanbul, Turkey

Multiple Connections, Galeri Kent, Istanbul, Turkey/ Vienna, Austria

Kartal- Terkos 2002-2008 - TÜYAP Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey

2007

ABBA 2nci KAdın sanatçı sempozyumu, Mersin Üniversitesi, Mersin, Turkey

44. Uluslar Arası Troia Festivali, Çanakkale, Turkey

Işık Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Sanat Eğitimcileri Sergisi, Işık University, Istanbul, Turkey

TÜYAP Sanat Fuarı, Istanbul, Turkey

2006

Tenses of the Tulip, The Imperial Mint / Zamanin Lale Hali, Darphane-i Amire, Istanbul

Naturmort, Galerist, İstanbul

artists residency program for the social transformation of this village

2005

Closing Exhibition to ABA, The First International Symposium of Women Artists, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey

66 kadin, 66 yapit kadin, Çekirdek Sanat Atölyesi, Istanbul

Nevruz, Diyarbakir Sanat Merkezi, Diyarbakir, Turkey

Komsu-Neighbour, Gallery Apel, Istanbul

Visions in Textiles, From Tradition to Textile Art. Tekstilde Yeni Vizyonlar/Yarinin Tasarimi. T.C: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanligi Izmir Devlet Resim ve Heykel Muzesi, Izmir, Turkey

2004

From Hills and Dales, Gallery Apel, Istanbul

Anatolian Impressions, Artists Prints from the studio of Master Tekcan, The Meridian Center, Washington, U.S.A.

2003

What's missing?, Karsi Sanat Çalismalari, Istanbul

3 rd International Eskisehir Terracota Symposium, Eskisehir ,Turkey

Videoist 2003 , Kargart, Istanbul,

Families Only, Karsi Sanat Calismalari, Istanbul

Aesop's Friends, Gallery Apel, Istanbul

2002

Earth and Fibre, Gallery Apel , Istanbul

Floreal 3, Nelli Sanat Evi , Istanbul

2001

Engraving in Turkey from the beginning till now, Karsi Sanat Çalismalari, Istanbul

Voices from the Nation, Karsi sanat Çalismalari, Istanbul

2000

Local produce, Elhamra Art Gallery, Istanbul

From Canvas to Earth, Bodrum Castle, Bodrum, Turkey

INTERNATIONAL GROUP SHOWS

2007

Overvloed, Het STOK-Kruithuis, s’Hertogenbosch, Holland,

Cyprus International Interdisciplinary art workshop

2005

Memento Mori: Artists Grapple with Issues of War and Peace, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Ohio, U.S.A.

Lulea Summer Biennial 2005, Lulea, Sweden

2002

Starting of the post-card project Temporary, The Human Nude, Dutch-art.nl Gallery, Rotterdam, Holland,

1999

The 12th German Intenational Exhibition of Graphic Art, Frechen, Germany ,
The premio Internazionale Biella per L’Incizione, Biella, Italy.

1998

The 5th International Biennial of Miniature Art Yugoslavia

Tokyo International Print triennial, Tokyo, Japan.

1997

Mini Print Biennial , Cluj, Romenia .

PRIZES

1997 Cluj, Romenia Mini Print Biennial Honourable mention .

1979 Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy Osman Hamdi
Stained Glass Competition First Prize.

COLLECTION

Grasso Machine factory 9m square mosaic wall panel (1980 ) .

Prints at National Museum of Art Cluj, Romenia,

Tama Art University Museum Tokyo Japan,

The Central Academy of Art Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia,

Marmara Fine Arts Academy.

Several private collections.