Gülseren Çakır Kılıçaslan

She completed her primary, secondary and high school education in various Anatolian cities and then worked at the Kütahya Porcelain Factory for a while and studied tile design. She then stayed in Germany for some three years. She graduated from Hacettepe University Fine Arts Academy in 1990, having entered it in 1983 (coming second in the Painting Department and third in the faculty as a whole). She came second in the 9th Atatürk Painting Competition in 1990, held by the TPAO, although the first prize was shared. That same year she entered the Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts master class. While she was still on her postgraduate course she worked for the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) as a cartoon animator in the Artistic Services Department. Passing the State Ballet and Opera competitive exam, she started working as a stage decorator in 1992. She completed her masters with a thesis on “The object, image and subconscious”.

She istill works for the State Ballet and Opera and still produces paintings. She is a member of “International Plastic Arts Association.”

Joint exhibitions she has participated in;

• 1989, Turkish Petroleum Co.’s competition exhibition, State Fine Arts Gallery- Ankara

• 1990, Turkish Petroleum Co.’s competition exhibition, Akbank Kızılay Art Gallery, Ankara

• 1991, Prof. Thomas Grochowiak’s Workshop Joint Painting Exhibition,German Culture Centre – Ankara

• 1999, Painters from Kütahya Exhibition, State Fine Arts Gallery, Kütahya

• 1999, Koru Kent, Mesa Plaza- Ankara

• 2000, Painters from Kütahya Exhibition, Harbiye Military Museum- İstanbul

• 2000, Milo Art Gallery- Ankara

• 2001, International Plastic Arts Association Joint Painting Exhibition- Ankara

Individual exhibitions;

• 1993, State Painting and Sculpture Museum (Exhibition of postgraduate work) - Ankara
 
• 1996, Akbank, Çankaya Art Gallery- Ankara

• 1997, Art Institution, Ankara Art Festival Exhibition, Ankara

• 1997, Milli Piyango Talih Kuşu Art Gallery- Ankara

• 1999, State Fine Arts Gallery- Kütahya

• 1999, Türkiye İş Bank Art Gallery, Ankara

• 2001, TOBAV Art Gallery- Ankara

• 2001, ANSAN Art Gallery- Antalya

• Examples of Gülseren Çakır Kılıçaslan's Works