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Selma Akgün was born in 1946 in Edremit, Balıkesir, where she finished primary, middle and high school education. She studied at the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University, but did not complete it. She graduated from the Department of French Language and Literature in the Faculty of Language, History and Geography at Ankara University. Akgün learned drawing and painting from her uncle Celal Yetkin. She has expressed her emotions with naive paintings. In 1998, 2000 and 2002, Akgün participated in the competition of “Female Artists in Turkey”, which were organized by Turkish Women Association Izmir Branch, and she received “Worth to be Exhibited” with an honorable certificate. She has had four solo exhibitions and has participated in many group exhibitions in Turkey. Her works can be seen in public and private collections in Turkey. Currently, Akgün continues to work at her own workshop in Edremit, Balıkesir.
Online Exhibitions:
2005, Selma Akgün - Studio Exhibition
2006, Selma Akgün "Naive" Paintings - Kultur University Art Gallery
2008, Selma Akgün - Studio Exhibition
2009, Selma Akgün - Studio Exhibition
2009, Selma Akgün - Studio Exhibition
2010, Selma Akgün - Studio Exhibition
2011, Selma Akgün - Studio Exhibition
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2001 Society Fine Arts Gallery, Balikesir
2003 Edremit Municipality Etnography Museum, Balıkesir
2006 Kültür University Ataköy Campus, Istanbul
2007 Edremit Municipality S.E. Etnography Museum, Balıkesir
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1998 Naifs 7-Destek Reasurans Art Gallery
1999 Naifs 8-Destek Reasurans Art Gallery
2000 Zeytinlik Culture and Art House
2000 A Segment from Naifs, Artium Art Gallery, Ankara
2000 Fahir Aksoy and Naifs, Art Shop, Izmir
2001 16 Naifs in a Room, Gallery Oda, Istanbul
2001 Naifs, Terakki Foundation Art Gallery, Istanbul
2007 "86 Women 86 Art Works", Çekirdek Art Workshop, Istanbul
Reference: selmaakgun.com, lebriz.com |
