Tiraje Dikmen

Tiraje Dikmen was born in Istanbul in 1923. After finishing at Işık High School in 1940, she graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University in 1946. She continued her study in the workshop of Leopold Levy at the State Academy of Fine Arts. In 1947, Dikmen went to Paris to pursue her doctoral degree in Economics at the Faculty of Law and Economics. She continued painting at Leopold Levy’s studio, and studied History of Art and Museology at the Ecole du Louvre. In 1956, she had her first solo exhibition at Galerie Edouard Loeb. In 1964, she was invited to “The Origins, History and Relationships of Surrealism” exhibition, viewed today as one of the most important exhibitions of the history of Surrealism.  Dikmen had her first solo exhibition in Turkey at the Gallery I in Istanbul in 1970. She has also participated in many group exhibitions in Paris and Ankara. In 2002, her book “Zamanların Hafızası” (Les Traces memoriales) was published by Norgunk Publications in Istanbul.

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