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Bengisu Bayrak was born in Herford, West Germany in 1978. She graduated from the Painting Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University in 2001. In 2000, she participated in the Second Turkcell Painting Competition and won third award. In the next year, she participated in the Third Contemporary Artist Exhibition and received an Achievement Award. Bayrak completed her master’s degree at the Department of Film and TV in the Institute of Social Sciences of Istanbul Bilgi University in 2005; doctoral degree, proficiency in art at the Painting Department in the Institute of Fine Arts of Marmara University in 2008. In the same year, she attended the Festival of Tulip in Istanbul, which was organized by the Istanbul Governorship. In the festival, 75 artists were asked to design giant tulip sculptures and they were placed all over the city. In 2009, she participated in the “My Moleskine 2.0 Competition” and won a Top Prize. As of today, Bayrak continues her art work and is pursuing MBA in marketing at the University of Wales.
Selected group exhibitions:
2000, 2nd Turkcell Painting Contest, Istanbul
2001, New Suggestions-New Propositions 6, Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul
2001, 21st Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Ataturk Culture Centre, Istanbul (Curator: Beral Madra)
2002, Identitäten, Löwenpalais and DGB Haus, Berlin, Germany (Curator: Azade Köker)
2004, 23rd Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul (Curators: Eyal Danon, Anton Lederer, and Başak Şenova).
2004, What I See Today Has Little to Do with Me: Exhibitions among European Universities (University of Dundee, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braun schweig, Burg Giebichenstein Hochschule für Kunst und Design Halle, School of Art and Design, University of Ulster, Institut für Elementares Formen, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul)
2005, 1000 Lies of Identity, Siemens Art Gallery, Istanbul (Curator: Marcus Graf)
2005, Short Documentary, Student Films and Independent Films: City and Architecture, Tarık Zafer Tunaya Culture Centre, Istanbul
2005, City Trailer: Exhibitions among European Universities
2006, Rejection Episodes / Tepki Nöbetleri, Vooruit Kunstencentrum, Gent, Belgium, (Curator: Başak Şenova)
2006, 25th Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul (Curator: Hasan Bülent Kahraman)
2006, Marmara University, 3rd International Student Triennial, Istanbul
2007, 10th Istanbul Biennial, Night Comers: Video Screenings, Istanbul
2008, Coffee with Sugar Episode 3 Turkey: Video Screenings, Seoul
2008, Festival of Tulip, Istanbul
2009, My Moleskine 2.0 Competition Exhibition, Hong Kong
Reference: bengisubayrak.com, lebriz.com
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