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Tijen Şikar graduated from the Painting Department at Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir in 1986. She continued her study and received a Master’s degree at the same university in 1990. Between 1987 and 1991, she served as a research assistant at her alma mater. She then moved to Istanbul and completed her doctorate with proficiency in arts at Mimar Sinan University in 1993. Şikar worked as an assistant director at the Beylerbeyi Art Center in 1994 -1997. She was one of the board members of AIAP International Plastic Arts Society between 1993 and 1996. In 2001-2002, she worked with the Plastic Art Society in Sydney. Since 1994, she has worked at her workshop in Istanbul. Şikar has had twelve solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. She is a member of UNESCO AIAP in Turkey, UNESCO AIAP in Australia, and NAVA Australia Visual Arts Association. Her paintings can be seen in UNICEF, Etibank Art Gallery in Istanbul, Yapı Kredi Bank Art Gallery in Istanbul, Dokuz Eylül University Painting Collection, Eğitim Gönüllüleri Vakfı in Istanbul, Toprak Bank Art Collection in Istanbul, Vakıf Bank Art Collection in Istanbul, Leonardo Art Gallery in Izmir and Ares Sanat Evi in Istanbul.
Solo Exhibitions:
1989, Denizli : Akbank Art Gallery
1990, Istanbul : Yapı Kredi Kazım Taşkent Art Gallery
1997, Istanbul : Taksim Art Gallery
1998, Istanbul : Taksim Art Gallery
1999, Istanbul : Toprakbank Art Gallery
1999, Ankara : Toprakbank Art Gallery
2000, Ankara : Nefertiti Art Gallery
2002, Istanbul : Vakıfbank Kemal Sunal Art Gallery
2004, Ankara : Vakıfbank Atakule Art Gallery
2004, İzmir : Leonardo Art Gallery
2008, Istanbul : Atatürk Culture Center
2009, Istanbul : Ares Sanat Evi
Group Exhibitions:
1987, Izmir : State Art and Sculpture Museum
1987, Izmir : Çetin Emeç Art Gallery
1989, Izmir / Ankara: 23. Dyo Painting Exhibition
1990, Ankara : Ilisulu Plastic Arts Information Bank Exhibition
1990, Izmir : Izmir Municipality Art Gallery
1991, Izmir : Young Artists Group Exhibition, Dokuz Eylül University
1992, Bandırma: Manyas Culture and Tourism Festival Exhibition
1992, Istanbul : Young Artists Group Exhibition, Etibank Art Gallery
1993, Istanbul : ATART, BM Art Center
1994, Istanbul : Etibank Art Gallery
1995, Istanbul : UNICEF / ‘Save the World’ Exhibition, Yıldız Palace 1996, Izmir : Contemporary Art Auction, the Hilton Hotel
1997, Roma : Karagöz Hacivat Painting Exhibition
1997, Istanbul : 8 Artist Painting Exhibition, State Fine Arts Gallery
1996, Chios : AIAP Turkish-Greek Painting Exhibition, Greece
2001, Sydney : Roseville Art Center, Australia
2003, Istanbul : ‘Save the nature’- TEMA, UPSD Exhibition, AKM
2003, Istanbul : Tijen Şikar Workshop Painting Exhibition, Istanbul Naval Museum Art Gallery
2004, Istanbul : Tijen Şikar Workshop Painting Exhibition, Harbiye Military Museum Gallery
2004, Istanbul : Nokta Art Gallery
2004, Ankara : International Rotary Club exhibition
2004, Istanbul : UPSD Design Exhibition, UPSD Art Center
2009, Istanbul : 19. Tüyap Art Fair, Artist 2009
2009, Istanbul : Deyim Art Gallery
2009, Istanbul : Art Show 2009 Meeting Galleries, MKM
Performances:
1992, Istanbul : 3. Istanbul Biennial
1992, Istanbul : Mimar Sinan Academy
TV programs:
Sanat 2000, TRT 2, October 1992
Istanbul Medeniyeti, Interstar Televizsion, October 1992
Gündemde Sanat Var, TRT 2, September 1996
Sabah Esintileri, Samanyolu TV, March 1998
Sanat Haberleri, Kent TV, March 1998
Sabah Esintileri, Samanyolu TV, February 1999
Sanat Günlüğü, TRT 2, August 2002
Haberler, TRT 1, March 2004
Ünebakan, Ege TV, March 2004
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