Hatice Kumbaraci Gürsöz (born 1945) is a Turkish painter.

Early life and education

Hatice Kumbaraci was born in

Adana Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, wh ...

, Turkey. After finishing her primary and secondary education, she attended

Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University ( tr, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, or MSGSÜ) is a Turkish public university dedicated to higher education in the fine arts. It is located in the Fındıklı neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbu ...

in 1964. She was taught by Dinçer Erimez, and worked in the Studio of Neşet Günal. In 1969, she graduated from the Higher Painting Department. After graduation,y she was further educated in the field of

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by working in the Studio of Sadi Diren for two years.

Career

Already in the primary school, she received her first award in the field of drawing. After she graduated, she taught Painting and

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for six years in

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and

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. She lived for significant periods in the countries of Australia,

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and especially in

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, Switzerland, Syria and

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, which she studied the painting arts of. In

, she earned membership of the Federal Union of Artists (BBK).

Awards

In 1997, she was awarded the Abdi İpekçi Friendship and Peace Prize for her works in

. In an exhibition that she had in

, one work of art was done in collaboration with Turkmen artists, which earned her the Turkmen Friendship Award in 2003. Due to her organizing the Armada Art Festival, she received the Armada Art Award in 2004. In 2009, she received the MSU-DGSA Graduates Societies "40 Years Success in Art Award". In 2016, she received a "thank-you plaque" for her long-lasting efforts for the field of art.

Works

She has many works, which are part of several private and public collections. She has a connection with

Henri Rousseau Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (; 21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910)
at the

Exhibitions

She has held 40 personal exhibits in Turkey, Australia, Pakistan, Germany, Greece, Turkmenistan, Syria, Jordan and Switzerland and participated in over 150 collaborative exhibitions. Exhibitions titled "Bridges" of her in collaboration with the Greek painter Sophia Kalogeropoulou held in 2009 in Izmir and Ankara, featuring artwork of mutual culture from both sides of the

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, were devoted to the good relations between the two countries.

Personal Exhibitions

*2016 “Sınırsız Sevgi“, Galeri Çankaya, Ankara, *2009 “Köprüler”, State Art and Sculpture Museum, Ankara (In collaboration with Sofia Kalegeropulos), *2009 “Köprüler”, State Art and Sculpture Museum, İzmir (In collaboration with Sofia Kalegeropulos), *1969 Taksim Art Gallery, İstanbul

References

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