SELMA GURBUZ
Selma Gürbüz was born in Istanbul, Turkey. After having studied at Exeter College of Art and Design (U.K) between 1980-1982, she graduated from Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty in 1984. Her recent solo exhibitions include Mind’s Eye, Lawrie Sahbibi Gallery, Dubai (2011); Shadows of Myself, Rose Issa Projects at Leighton House Museum, London (2011); Archetypes, Warehouse (Antrepo) No: 3, Istanbul (2010), Sunny Shadows, Gallery Apel, Istanbul (2008) and Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Tokyo (2007); Feline I, Galerie Maeght, Paris (2006); Feline II, Gallery Apel, Istanbul (2006); The Fairy and the Genie, Gallery Apel, Istanbul (2004), Yünname, Gallery Apel, Istanbul (2000) and Karaname, Gallery Apel, Istanbul (1999).
Gürbüz has also participated in many national and international group exhibitions including From Traditional to Contemporary (2010), New Works, New Horizons (2009) and Modern Experiences (2008), Istanbul Modern, Istanbul; Cara a Cara (travelling show), with Marco Del Re, Galerie Maeght, Paris and Barcelona (2003); Fantaisies du Harem et les Nouvelles Shéhérazades (travelling show), Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona and Museum of Natural History, Lyon (2003); Le Cirque (travelling show), Gérard-Georges Lemaire, Editions Eric Koehler, Athenee-Theatre Louis Jouvet, Paris, Espace Mira Phalaina, Montreuil and Novomestka Radnice, Prague (1996).
Her other projects include Shadow theatre design for ‘More Wind’, Portside Gallery, Yokohama (2005) and Futurist Stage Curtain Design, Revues Parlées, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1996); Automatic Games, Kwangju Biennale, Korea (1995) and L’Orient des Cafés (traveling show), French Cultural Centre, Cairo, Alexandria, Athens, Thessaloniki, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv (1992). Selma Gürbüz lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey
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