Naile Akıncı
(1923-2014)

 
Style of Art : Artist / painter
Branch of Art : Painting
Art Profile :

Naile Akıncı was born in Van in 1923. She graduated from the Painting Department at the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts in 1952. While studying, she learned painting from Nurullah Berk, Bedri Rahmi, Şefik Bursalı and Leopold Levy.  She participated in many exhibitions of Turkish Painters Group (1953-1979) and state painting exhibitions (1954-1981). In 1964, she had his first solo exhibition at the Municipality Gallery in Istanbul. Akıncı held more than 43 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. She received many awards for her paintings. In 2005, she had her 43th solo exhibition at the Evin Art Gallery and received the Sedat Simavi Award. Her works can be seen in many national and international museum collections, including the collections of Kashiwazaki Turkish Culture Small Town Foundation Museum, State Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul Modern Art Museum, and of the Izmir State Museum of Painting and Sculpture; and in many private collections in Turkey, France, the US, Japan, Greece, Israel, Germany, England, Holland, and Switzerland. Akıncı passed away in Istanbul in 2014.

Awards:
1973, Mention award, Ankara Art Magazine, 50th year Republic of Turkey Painting Competition
1974, International grand award, UFACSI (Union Feminine Artistique Culturelle Salons Internationaux) 10th Vichy Biennial
1974, International grand award, UFACSI 10th Clermont-Ferrand Contemporary Art Exhibition
1976, Jury special award, UFACSI 11th Vichy Biennial
1976, City special award, UFACSI 11th Clermont-Ferrand Contemporary Art Exhibition
1979, Royal first mention award, 150th Anniversary of Belgium Royalty, International Charleroi Contemporary Art Exhibition
1979, Mention award, Akbank Historical and Touristic Turkey painting competition
1981, Honorary prize, Jury special prize, 13th Clermont-Ferrand Modern Arts exhibition
1983, Honorary Plaque, the Izmir State Museum of Painting and Sculpture
1983, Mention award, "Bolu and life in Boru" painting competition
1986, Third prize, Milano Modigliani Culture Center, 11th International Trofeo Raffaello with Competition Exhibition
1987, Honorary award, the Turkish Women Consolidation and Introduction Foundation, 
1988, Honorary state award, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
1993, Honorary plaque, the Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy Graduates Association, 41st Anniversary of her graduation the masters degree in Painting Department
1994, Service Honorary award of her 50th Year in Art, UNESCO International Committee Association of International Artists of Plastic (A.I.A.P.)
1999, Honorary Award of GESAM
2002, Honorary Plaque, 50th Anniversary of Her Graduation the Masters Degree from the Painting Department of Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts, by Rectorship of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
2003, Honorary award, ARTIST, TÜYAP 13th Istanbul Art Fair,
2003, Honorary plaque, Turkish Republic of the Same Age Artists
2003, Honorary award for the Most Senior Academy Alumni in Recognition of Their Efforts in Conveying the Spirit of the Academy to the Present and for Their Contributions to Turkish Art (with F. Başağa)
2005, Sedat Simavi Visual Arts Award on the occasion of her 41st. individual exhibition, Evin Art Gallery
2005, Honorary Award on behalf of the residents of Eyüp, the Eyüp Municipality

Online exhibitions:
2003, Naile Akıncı Paintings, Evin Art Gallery
2005, Naile Akıncı Paintings, Evin Art Gallery
2007, "Bebek Variations (1961-2007)", Evin Art Gallery
2009, Naile Akıncı Paintings, Evin Art Gallery

Selected solo exhibitions:
2000, Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul
2001-2002, Retrospective Exhibition, Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, Istanbul
2002, Arda Art Gallery, Ankara
2003, Helikon Art Gallery, Ankara
2003, 13th TUYAP ARTİST 2003 Istanbul Art Fair Honor Artist Division, Beylikdüzü, Istanbul
2003, Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul
2004, Yaşar Education and Culture Foundation, Selçuk Yaşar Painting Museum, Izmir
2005, Sevgi Art Gallery (Original Prints, together with Mustafa Aslıer), Ankara
2005, Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul
2007, Bebek Variations” (1961-2007), Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul
2012, "Hesaplaşmalarım", Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul

Reference: evin-art.com, turkishpaintings.com, kenthaber.com

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