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Elif Varol Ergen was born in Ankara in 1977. She graduated from the Department of Graphic Design in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Hacettepe University. She completed her master’s degree in 2003 and doctoral degree in 2009 at her alma mater. She pursued her doctoral research at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Hogeschool Gent, Belgium. She has participated in many national and international exhibitions. In 2010, she curated the exhibition “2nd Door” Container Art Exhibition at the Cer Modern in Ankara. She has received several prizes. Her illustrations and essays have been published in many books and magazines in Turkey and abroad. Currently, Ergen continues to teach at Hacettepe University.
Prizes:
2002, First Prize, Hacettepe 35th Anniversary Logo Design Competition
2002, First Prize, Middle East Technical University, Ethics Committee Children Books Illustration Competition
2004, Honorable Mention, First FISAE CGD International Exlibris Competition, Austria
2008, Third Prize, Third FISAE CGD International Exlibris Competition, Belgium
Selected group exhibitions:
2001, Ankara Exlibris Association, Gallery Akdeniz, Ankara
2002, International Beethoven Festival, Exlibris Exhibition, Germany
2003, “Het Geritsel van de Bosporus” Exlibris Exhibition, Herk de Stadt Cultur Centre, Germany
2003, Hacettepe University Graphic Design Department Graphic Design and Illustration Exhibition, Goethe Institute Ankara
2006, Fumihiko Enokido Fusion Art Institute 4th Calendar Design Exhibition, Shizuoka, Japan
2006, Hacettepe University Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition 16th Istanbul Art and Book Fair (TUYAP), Istanbul
2006, Hacettepe University Graphic Design Department, Teacher’s exhibition, Abdi İpekçi Exhibition Hall, Ereğli, Zonguldak
2007, Fumihiko Enokido Fusion Art Institute 5th Calendar Design Exhibition, Shizuoka, Japan
2007, Ankara Exlibris Society Exhibition, Stoa Cultural Centre of Eastern Helsinki, Finland
2007, Hacettepe University Graphic Design Department “Atatürk & Republic”, Poster Exhibition, Ankara – Istanbul
2007, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Hogeschool Gent (KASK) Graphic Design Exhibition, Gent, Belgium
2007, “Illustrated Poetry Poster Exhibition”, for Poet Yüksel Pazarkaya, Goethe Institute, Ankara-Frankfurt
2008, Fumihiko Enokido Fusion Art Institute 6th Calendar Design Exhibition, Shizuoka, Japan, Denmark and Turkey.
2008, Graphic Design Exhibition, Near East University, Fine Arts Faculty, Northern Cyprus.
2008, POOL "Doğa Ana" poster exhibition, Istanbul.
2009, Ankara Design Days Exhibition, Gazi University.
2010, Ankara Design Days Exhibition, Cer Modern.
Reference: elifergen.com, saatchionline.com, cda-projects.com
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