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Reyhan Gurses was born in Istanbul in 1961. She studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Marmara University, Istanbul from 1987 to 1990. She was an instructor at the Ceramic department of Anadolu University between 1987 and 1989. In 1990, she continued her master’s studies at the Ceramic Department of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Eskişehir Anadolu University. Between 1996 and 1990, she was an instructor at the Ceramic Department of Istanbul University. In 1998, she started her Ph.D. at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ceramic Department, Marmara University. Since 1996, she has been an art studio supervisor at the Eczacıbaşı Vitra Ceramic Art Studio. She is the member of: UNESCO, IAA/Turkey, TSD, Turkish Ceramic Society and GORSAV Visual Arts Foundation.
Artistic Activities:
1999: TROYA Festival, Archaeology Museum, Çanakkale; SERAMITEK’99 Turkish Ceramic Society Members Exhibition, TUYAP Beylikdüzü, Istanbul; “Personal Traces 2”, MSU, Painting and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul; 42nd Year Ceramic Symposium, Çanakkale. 2000: 3rd Turkish-Greek Symposium, Rafina. 2001: 4th Turkish-Greek Symposium, Istanbul; Art-Ceramica Symposium; Troyan. 2002: IAC Meeting, Balkan Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Athens; 2nd International Terra-Cotta Symposium, Eskisehir; “6th Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics 2002”, Cairo; SESAV- Ceramic Exhibition, Maltepe Art Gallery, Istanbul; “Personal Traces 5” Ataturk Cultural Centre, Istanbul. 2003: “Absolutely Emotional” Tolga Eti Gallery, Istanbul; “No Empathy”, Gallery X., Beyoğlu, Istanbul; “Inter/action”, Turkish-Japan Contemporary Sculpture and Ceramic Exhibition, Kyoto &Tokyo. 2004: “6th Art Festival”, Fine Arts Exhibition, MEDU, Ankara; “Paycheck”, Gallery X., Beyoğlu Istanbul. 2005: “The Bells”, Ömer Sunar Art Gallery, Ankara; “La Divina Commedia”, Mix exhibition”, Çekirdek Art Gallery, Istanbul; Mix Exhibition, Sarnıç Art Gallery, Bodrum; “7th Art Festival”, Fine Arts Exhibition, MEDU, Ankara; Galeri MYRA Collection Exhibition, Selamiçeşme, Istanbul; ART-ist, Art Fear, Lütfü Kırdar Congress Centre, Istanbul. 2006: 52th Anniversary General Assembly of International Ceramic Academy, Riga; Nazım Hikmet Association “Friendship Exhibition”, Cuba; “8th Art Festival”, Fine Arts Exhibition, MEDU, Ankara. 2007: “50th Anniversary Artists and Designers Exhibition 1, Marmara University, Fine Arts Faculty, Istanbul; “Turkish Ceramics Art/ Selected Pieces of Turkish Ceramic Art From 1930’s” Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul; “9th Art Festival”, Fine Arts Exhibition, MEDU, Ankara; Turkish Contemporary Art Exhibition ,Latvijas Makslinieku Savienibas Galerija, Riga. |
