Prof. Dr. Gündüz Gölönü

Prof. Dr. Gündüz Gölönü was born in Çanakkale in 1937. He graduated from the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts in 1961 and started to work as an assistant at the same school. In 1969 he received a state scholarship to go to Studio 17 in Paris, where he worked on viscosity with Stanley William Hayter. He learnt the technique of color painting. In 1970 he became an assistant professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts. He spent a year as a guest artist at St. Paul Hamline University in United States in 1973. In 1974 he worked again as a guest artist for a summer course at San Diego State University. Prof. Gölönü became a full Professor at the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts in 1975. In 1979 he spent a year as a guest artist at Saint Catherine’s College, Saint Paul. He became a member of the Kala Art Print Institute and taught the techniques of viscosity printing there. In 2005, he returned to Turkey and is currently full time Professor at Yeditepe University. He participated in the 5th Youth Exhibition (1967) in France and in San Paulo, and in the Istanbul International Print Exhibition organized in England (1968), the Prints Biennial in Alexandria (1971), and the Cabo Frio International Print Biennale in Buenos Aires (1976). Furthermore, he participated in the exhibition of 500 contemporary Engravers (1969), the Golden Palm Competition of International Artists (1971), and the Ibiza Graphics Exhibition (1972). Among the awards, Gölönü has received are: the Golden Istanbul Festival (1970), the First Prize at the  Monte Carlo Istanbul Festival (1975), the Minneapolis College of Art and Design Medal of Excellence (1980) and guest artist award from the California Art Council in 1985, 1986 and 1987.

(Reference: Yolu Işık′tan Geçenler: Işık Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Öğretim Üyelerinden Seçmeler, Istanbul 2007).