Meray Akmut

Meray Akmut was born in Ankara in 1968. She graduated from the Graphic Department (1990) and the Department of Literature (1992) at Mimar Sinan University ın 1990, an. She has been acclaimed as one of the leading artists of her generation. Since 1998, she has held solo exhibitions and participated in some group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. Her original, expressive, figurative understanding paintings now hang in private collections both in and outside Turkey. After her first solo exhibition at the Turkish Consulate in New York in 2006, Akmut was invited to the First Molecular Medice Congress. She exhibited at the EKAV under her concept titled “DNA.” Following her exhibition at the Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair in 2006, her work was displayed at the Contemporary Istanbul 2007, with the cooperation of Casa Dell′ Arte Gallery. Akmut currently works as a painting teacher at several private institutions including her own workshop.

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