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Ayşe Nurgül Kabasakal was born in Istanbul in 1982. She finished at Eyüp Anadolu İmam Hatip High School. In 2000, she started learning illumination (Tezhip) art from Mine Orhan at the Birlik Foundation. Between 2005 and 2007, Kabasakal learned miniature and flower painting from Orhan Dağlı at ISMEK Applied Turkish-Islamic Arts Library. She obtained her professional license in flower painting in 2007, and in illumination art in 2010. In 2008, Kabasakal received second prize in the category of miniature in a competition, which was held by ISMEK on the occasion of the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture. She has illuminated calligraphy works of Fuat Başar, Erol Dönmez, Mehmet Özçay, Orhan Dağlı, Nurullah Özdem and Macit Ayral. Kabasakal has participated in many group exhibitions in Istanbul. Currently, she continues to work and teach at her workshop in Istanbul.
Group exhibitions:
2003, Birlik Foundation, calligraphy, illumination and painting group exhibition, Istanbul
2004, Birlik Foundation, calligraphy, illumination and painting group exhibition, Istanbul
2004, CRR - Fuat Başar calligraphy and marbling (Ebru) exhibition
2005, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Art Center, illumination art, Pendik, Istanbul
2006, Taksim Metro, ISMEK group exhibition
2006, Taksim Art Gallery, illumination, miniature and marbling exhibition, Istanbul
2006, "UTİSK-Efe Hazretleri′nin 50.Vuslat Yıldönümü" exhibition, CRR, Istanbul
2005-2007, ISMEK group exhibition, Feshane, Istanbul
2007, UTİSK certification exhibition, CRR, Istanbul
2008, "Düş Bahçeleri 1: miniature and painting exhibition", Altunizade Culture Center, Istanbul
2009, "Düş Bahçeleri 2: miniature and painting exhibition", Taksim Metro, Istanbul
Reference: klasikturksanatlarivakfi.com, istanbulunustalari.com, İstanbul’un Ustaları (Istanbul: İstanbul 2010 Avrupa Kültür Başkenti, 2010), p. 167.
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