Selma Gürbüz (1960 – 22 April 2021) was a Turkish painter and sculptor.
Biography
Gürbüz was born in
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
in 1960.
She studied painting, photography and theatre at
Exeter College of Art and Design
Exeter College of Art and Design was an art college based in Exeter, Devon. Founded in 1854, it amalgamated with what would become Plymouth University in 1989.
The main building was located at Earl Richards Road North Exeter from the 1970s w ...
in England in 1978, and continued with her studies there in painting and sculpture from 1980 to 1982. She graduated from
Marmara University
Marmara University ( Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey.
The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of ''H ...
, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting in 1984, and held her first solo exhibition in Istanbul in 1986.
She was one of Turkey's leading contemporary artists and her works appear in the collections of the
British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...
in London, the
Fondation Maeght
The Maeght Foundation or Fondation Maeght () is a museum of modern art on the ''Colline des Gardettes'', a hill overlooking Saint-Paul de Vence in the southeast of France about from Nice. It was established by Marguerite and Aimé Maeght in 19 ...
in Paris,
SantralIstanbul
The SantralIstanbul ( tr, Santralİstanbul), opened in 2007, is an arts and cultural complex located at the upper end of Golden Horn in the Eyüp district of Istanbul, Turkey. The center, consisting of an energy museum, an amphitheater, concer ...
,
İstanbul Modern, Proje 4L and
Bilgi University in Istanbul, and in the
State Art and Sculpture Museum in
Ankara. She also held exhibitions in Paris, Rome, Barcelona and Buenos Aires.
Aside from her paintings, Gürbüz produced sculptures, weaving and engravings. She also worked as the artistic director of
Ömer Kavur's films
Akrebin Yolculuğu
''Akrebin Yolculuğu'' (English: Journey on a Clock Hand) is a 1997 Turkish romance film directed by Ömer Kavur. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Mehmet Aslantuğ as Kerem
* Sahika Teka ...
(The Scorpion's Journey, 1997) and
Karşılash (The Encounter, 2002).
Gürbüz ranked 425th in
Artprice's list of the top 500 best-selling contemporary artists in the world in 2016.
Having survived three years of treatment for cancer, Gürbüz died of
COVID-19 in Istanbul, on 22 April 2021, at the age of 61.
Sanatçı Selma Gürbüz hayatını kaybetti
Books about Gürbüz
Publications about the artist and her work include ''Selma Gürbüz: Shadows of My Self'', edited by Rose Issa and published in London, 2011; a guidebook named ''Three Writings for Selma Gürbüz'' written by Ferit Edgü and published in 2013;
References
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1960 births
2021 deaths
Artists from Istanbul
Turkish women painters
Turkish women sculptors
Marmara University alumni
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey