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Keli Aylin Arslancan graduated with a bachelor′s degree in Studio Art and Near Eastern Cultures and History from the University of California in Los Angeles in 2013 after graduating from Boğaziçi University in 2011. Her interests lie in both contemporary art movements in Turkey and the historical backdrop of the Anatolian region. Since 2008, she has participated in many group exhibitions in California. In 2012, Arslancan held her solo exhibition "Pocket-work" at the Undergraduate Gallery in the Broad Art Center, Los Angeles. She has received many awards and scholarships. Arslancan was a recipient of 2007-2008 Turkish Coalition of America Scholarship. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
Awards and residencies:
2013, Babayan Culture House Residency, Cappadocia
2011, Foreign Language Area Studies Graduate Fellowship, UCLA Near Eastern Cultures Department
2011, Resnick Art Scholarship
2010, Undergraduate Research Award
2009, Hoyt Scholarship
2009, Martha Mattias Denny Scholarship
Selected group exhibitions:
2012, EMMEFFAY #5, New Wight Gallery - Broad Art Center, Los Angeles
2011, Here’s Your Hat—What’s Your Hurry?, New Wight Gallery - Broad Art Center, Los Angeles
2011, Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, curated by Clara Kim, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles
2011, Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition, New Wight Gallery - Broad Art Center, Los Angeles
2010, From the Window to the Wall, New Wight Gallery - Broad Art Center, Los Angeles
2009, Exit Strategy, curated by Claire Kohne, Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center, Los Angeles CA
2009, Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition, New Wight Gallery - Broad Art Center, Los Angeles
2009, Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, curated by Mark Allen, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles
2008, Roots, Regions, and Reasons, South Asian American Art Festival, Santa Monica
Reference: keliarslancan.com, kickstarter.com, tc-america.org |
