Selma Gürbüz

Selma Gürbüz was born in Istanbul in 1960. She studied at Exeter College of Art and Design, in England. She then graduated from the Painting Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University in 1984. She has had many solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. As of today, Gürbüz continues her work in Istanbul and Paris.

Solo Exhibitions:
1986, Urart Art Gallery, Istanbul.
1987, Urart Art Gallery, Ankara.
1989 ,Galeri BM, Istanbul.
1989, Mask Art Gallery, Izmir.
1990, “Le Café de ma favorite”, Galerie Lacourie Frelaut, Paris.
1991, “Meleklerin Düşü”, Galeri Nev, Ankara.
1991, Espace Merle-Portales, St-Germain-En-Laye, France.
1991, “Le Café de ma favorite II”, Bibliotheque Municipale, Yerres, France.
1992, “Meleklerin Cinsiyeti”, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul.
1992, “Jeux de mains”, Galerie Thorigny, Paris.
1993, “Les Trapezistes de I’infini”.Aldebaran-EspaceVigneron,Baillargues, Montpellier.
1993, “On Bentli Bir Şiir”, Tem Art Gallery, Lale Festival, Alay Köşkü, Istanbul.
1994, “La mille et troisieme nuit”, Galerie Thorigny, Paris.
1994, “Binüç Gece”, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul.
1995, “Londres revisite”, Espace Mira Phalaina Centre d’art Moderne, Montreuil.
1996, “Revisiting London”, French Culture Center, London.
1996, Derimod Art Center, Istanbul.
1996, Gallery B. B., Houston.
1996, “Magie Grise”, Institut Français, Prague.
1997, “Mundus Elementaris”, Alliances Françaises, Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Cordoba,
Bahia Blanca, Rosario, Santa Fe, Mardel Plata.
1998, “Zodiak’la Hayale Dalış”, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul.
1999, “Karaname”, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
1999, “Tüylü Masallar”, French Culture Center, Istanbul.
2000, “Yünname”, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
2002, “Başbaşa”, Marco del Re ile birlikte, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
2002, “Başbaşa”, Marco del Re ile birlikte, Garanti Art Gallery, Istanbul.
2003, “Cara a Cara”, Marco del Re ile birlikte, Galerie Maeght, Barcelona.
2003, “Cara a Cara”, Marco del Re ile birlikte, Galerie Maeght, Paris.
2004, “Cin ile Peri ”, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
2005, “Hayale Dalış”, Galeri Nev, Ankara.
2006, “Feline I”, Galeri Maeght, Paris.
2006, “Feline II”, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
2007, “Go To The East”, Beijing.
2007, solo exhibition as a guest artist for 3 months, Tokyo.
2008, solo exhibition, Galerie Maeght, Paris.
2008, “güneşli gölgeli”, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.

Selected Group Exhibitions:
1989, “Mediterranee”, Bari (Italy), curator: Beral Madra.
1989, International II. Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul.
1989, “Mon salon, mes haines”, Galerie I’Aire du Verseau, Paris.
1989, “Pangi”, Palais de la Civilisation Italienne, E.U.R., Roma
1990, Sotheby’s- KÜSAV, Contemporary Turkish Art, Alay Köşkü, Istanbul.
1990, “Heykel ve Desen”, Tem Art Gallery, Istanbul.
1990, “Büyük Sergi”, Santral Holding, the Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul.
1990-91, “Edebi Kahveler”, Galeri C. C. Palais des Congres, Graz; the Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul French Culture Center, Alexandria, Cairo, Damascus, Athens, Thessaloniki, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Amman, Bagdad.
1991, “Çekmeceler”, Galeri MD, Istanbul.
1991, “Çelebi’den Gürbüz’e Sanatın Hizmetinde Beş Yıl”, Tem Art Gallery, Atatürk Culture Center, Istanbul.
1991, “L’Europe des Cafes”, French Culture Center, Galerie Uluv, Paris.
1991, “Eros iconoclaste”, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris.
1991, “La-bas pres de la source”, Espace Merle-Portales, Uzes.
1991, “N’importe ou, hors du monde”, Librarie, Café litteraire Le Pave.St-Germain-en Laye.
1992, Istanbul, 2. Art Fair, Tem Art Gallery, TÜYAP Exhibition Center, Istanbul.
1992, FIAC, Galerie Thorigny, Paris.
1992, “Petits Formats”, Galerie Thorigny, Paris.
1992, “Vous avez dit Romain?”, Espace Merle-Portales, Uzes.
1993, Frankfurt Art Fair, Galerie Thorigny.
1993, “Cumhuriyet’ten Günümüze Kadın Sanatçılar”, Istanbul Archaeology Museum, Istanbul.
1993, “Cartes de voeux d’artistes”, Galeries XIII, Arles.
1993, Galerie Thorigny, FIAC, Paris.
1993, “Ex Libris”, Galerie Thorigny, Paris.
1994, “Paris Cosmopolite”, Galerie Stepanska 35, Prague.
1994, “Double Jeu”, French Culture Center, Barcelona.
1995, “Automatic Games”, Beyond the Borders, T. Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, Korea.
1995, “Ex-Libris”, French Culture Center, Barcelona.
1995, “Les apres-midi d’un faune”, Espace Merle-Portales, Uzes.
1995, “Tapis volants”, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris.
1996, “Le Cirque”, Athenee-Theatre Louis Jouvet, Paris; Espace Mira Phalaina, Montreuil; Hovomestka Radnice, Prague.
1996-97, “Ex Libris”, Alliance Française, Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Cordoba, Bahia
Blanca, Rosario, Santa Fe, Mar del Plata; the Institute of French Culture, Barcelona.
1997, “Le Cirque”, Les Silos, Maison du Livre et de L’affiche, Chaumont.
1997, “Le Zodiaque”, Galerie Mai Ollivier, Paris.
1997, “Les Cafes Litteraires”, Les Silos, Maison du Livre et de L’affiche, Chaumont.
1997, “Gorçon, de quoi ecrire!”, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen.
1998, “Los Cafes Literarios”, French Institute, Barcelona.
1998, “Damak”, Galerinin açılış sergisi, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
1999, “Gece”, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
2001, “Kağıt İşler”, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
2002, “İskemle +”, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
2003, “Metal İşler”, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
2003, “Bağ: Şairin Bahçesi”, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
2003, “Love Affairs”, curator: Rose Issa, London.
2004, “Hamam”, Stockholm.
2004, “Plastik Diyaloglar”, Grand Place, Hotel de Ville, Brussels.
2004, “More Wind–Four Contemporary Artists From Turkey”, Yokohama Portside Gallery, Curator: Nuran Terzioğlu, Japan.
2004, “Dereden Tepeden”, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
2005, “the Exhibition on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of UN”, Cenevre.
2006, “Zamanın Lale Hali”, Darphane-i Amire, Istanbul.
2006, “Ziyaret”, Contemporary Istanbul.
2007, “KAIR 2007”, Kamiyama (Japan).
2007, “güneşli gölgeli”, Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.
2008, “Benim adım apel”, Galeri Apel 10th exhibition, Galeri Apel, Istanbul.

Reference: galleryapel.com, rfi.fr, sanalmuze.org, selmagurbuz.net, turkishpaintings.com