Ece Afacan

Ece Afacan was born in 1985 in Ankara. She took her first ceramic classes from Prof. Tugrul Emre Feyzoğlu at Atatürk Cultural Center when she was thirteen years old. At that age, she made pieces designed by herself. In 2004, she attended the entrance examination for Hacettepe University Fine Arts Faculty. She was one of the fifteen best students in the drawing exam. She entered the ceramic glass department as the first. In 2008, she graduated as the first in the department and as the third at the faculty. Her drawings are published in the book of Prof. İnci San with the title “Education and Museum Seminar’’. In 2012, she worked with Vladimir Klein who is a leading artist in cold glass sculpture. In 2013, she worked with Frantisek Janak and Chad Holliday who are leading artists in kiln casting and cold glass sculpture. She opened her first exhibition on February 29th at Ankara Kuğulu Ziraat Bank Art Gallery. Her one drawing and one ceramic glass sculpture are taken by Ziraat Bank Special Collection. Summer of 2016, she was selected as a young and talented artist and got a scholarship for working with Petr Stacho sculpturing. In 2017-2018, she received six international awards in Italy. She was invited to the Venice Biennial of Natio...

Hacettepe University Fine Arts Faculty, Ceramic and glass, Ankara, Turkey 2004-2008

Main Exhibitions:

Atatürk Cultural Center Group exhibitions 1998-2000
Başkent University second class group exhibition 2006
Nurol Art Gallery ceramic department student exhibition 2007
Hacettepe University Faculty of fine arts graduate exhibition 2008
Glass Furnace group exhibition 2012
Glass Furnace group exhibition 2013
Ankara Kuğulu Ziraat Bank Art Gallery (Solo exhibition) 2016
Glass Furnace group exhibition 2016
Venice Biennial of Nations 2018
Segnalati fifty best artists in Rome 2018
Minnesota State Fair group exhibition 2019
Carrousel du Louvre - Art Shopping, Paris, France 2022
European Museum of Modern Art, MEAM Barcelona, Spain 2022
Ankara Kuğulu Ziraat Bank Art Gallery (Solo exhibition) 2023
'Interconnecting Lines' at One Art Space Tribeca, New York 2023
'Interconnecting Lines' at One Art Space Tribeca, New York 2024
Art San Diego, San Diego 2024
Art Expo New York, New York 2025