Setenay ÃÂzbek (born 1961, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish-born artist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. ÃÂzbek is of Ubykh descent.
Biography
ÃÂzbek was born in 1961 in Istanbul, Turkey and she attended Erenköy Girls High School. In 1990, she graduated from Marmara University, within the Faculty of Fine Arts in the Department of Performing Arts.
From 1983 to 1986, ÃÂzbek studied art informally at the "Istasyon Fine Art Academy", under the tutelage of several artists, Sabri Berkel, Hülya Düzenli, Erkan ÃÂzdilek and Ergül ÃÂzkutan. Her abstract expressionist paintings are created in both acrylic and oil paint, they have a bold appearance due to the contrasting colours and shapes. Since 1986, ÃÂzbek went on to branch out into documentary filmmaking.
In 2009, she was awarded first prize for the Bakrac Art Gallery 30th Year Painting Competition. In 2009, Fifth Tashkent Biennale of Contemporary Art, "The 3rd Runner up".
She is a member of International PEN Association of Writers and International Association of Art (A.I.A.A) to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
In 2015, ÃÂzbek moved to the seaside town of Bodrum, Turkey and opened an art school for local children.
Filmography
Select art exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2019 "Selection", Gallery Binyñl - Hamam Arts Hub HAH, KuruçeÃ
Âme, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2017 "Performance Artist", International AtaÃ
Âehir Municipality Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2017 "Selection", Frankie Istanbul, Sofa Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2016 "Imaginary Transformation", Kent Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
- 2014 "Inner Reminiscences", Anna Laudel Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2014 - "Inner Reminiscences", Art 350 Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2012 - "Inner Reminiscences", Berze Collectibles, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2012 - "Without Borders", Art 350 Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2011 - Gallery Espas, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2010 â TIGGES, Rechtsanwälte, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2010 - Bakrac Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2009 - "Across Land And Time" International Art Studio "Radovan Trnavac Mica", Valjevo, Serbia
- 2009 - âÂÂCosmosâ Rep. of Turkey, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Suna ÃÂokgür Ilñcak Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
- 2008 - "Cosmos", Austria Consulate General Culture Office, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2008 - "Dedicated to the Moment" Gallery Binyil, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2007 - "Sincerity" Gallery Artist, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2007 â "Inner Reminiscences" Gallery-A, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2006 â 6. Ankara Fine Arts Fair, Gallery Binyil, Ankara, Turkey
- 2006 â ðÃ
 Bankasñ Art Gallery, Izmir, Turkey
- 2005 â Ankara Fine Arts Fair, Galeri X, Ankara, Turkey
- 2005 â Art Istanbul 2005, Istanbul, Turkey
Group exhibitions
- 2021 - Merqez Art Space, Bodrum Marina Yacht Club, Bodrum
- 2021 - Contemporary Istanbul (Fall), Gallery Binyñl Parallel Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2021 - Artcontact ðstanbul, Tabularasa Transnational Art, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2021 - Contemporary Istanbul (Spring), Gallery Binyñl, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2020 - Contemporary Istanbul, Gallery Binyñl, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2019 - Ramart Platform, Turkish and Islamic Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2019 - "Global Views Istanbul", NiÃ
ÂantaÃ
Âñ, Istanbul, Turkey https://globalviews.consulting/representing/#Setenay
- 2019 - 40 Artists, ðstinye Park, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2018 - "Blue and Green", 20 Artists Exhibition, Alta Sanat, Bodrum, Turkey
- 2018 - Merey Collection Exhibition, Tophane-i Amire, Tophane, ðstanbul, Turkey
- 2017 - Florence Biennale XI, Florence, Italy
- 2017 - Galleria Luz de la Vida, Malaga, Spain
- 2016 - In Honor of BarñÃ
 Manço, BeÃ
ÂiktaÃ
 Municipality Gallery, BeÃ
ÂiktaÃ
Â, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2014 - "War, Exile, Life" â KAFDAV, Gallery Uray, ÃÂankaya Municipality, Ankara, Turkey
- 2013 - "9 artist / 9 works", Delegation of Turkey to the EU, Brussel, Belgium
- 2013 - "Free and 90, Republic Exhibition", Embassy of the Republic of Turkey , Berlin, Germany
- 2011 - Citibank A.Ã
Â. and Gallery Espas, Citigold Select, Levent, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2011 - K.T.O. Konya Karatay University 1st International Art, Culture, Science Days, Konya, Turkey
- 2011 - Izmir 1st International Art Biennale, Izmir, Turkey
- 2011 - IROK Gallery, Horst, Netherlands
- 2010 - "Power of Dynamism", Gallery Binyñl, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2010 - WALL FOR PEACE â W - AFPIAAP, Sanski, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2010 - "FEED_BACK," group exhibition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles, California, United States, curated by: Roxanne Brousseau-Félio
- 2010 - "Comparison of Tomorrow in Turkey", BeÃ
ÂiktaÃ
 Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2010 - Fourth International Art Forum, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
- 2010 - Egypt Culture Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2009 - 5th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Uzbekistan
- 2008 - "October Passage VII", Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Maslak, Istanbul
- 2008 - 3rd International Art Festival, Dryanovo, Bulgaria
- 2007 - International Art Camp, group exhibition and art auction, Association Saint Henri, Toulouse, France
- 2007 - "Uchisar Group Exhibition", French Cultural Association, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2007 - Adana Caucasian Culture Association, Adana, Turkey
- 2007 - INTES Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
- 2007 â "Caucasian Art and Cultural Heritage", Belgian North Caucasian Association, MuHKa Museum, Belgium
- 2007 â International Art Symposium and Group Exhibition, in Uchisar and Istanbul, Turkey
- 2007 â Baglarbasi Caucasian Culture Association, Istanbul / Turkey
- 2006 â Adana Caucasian Culture Association "An Invitation For The Peace", Adana / Turkey
- 2006 â 238th Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England (shortlisted)
- 2005 â Mersin University "October Passage IV", Mersin / Turkey
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