Fanatic Painting

Selin Aktan - ) (Selin Melek Aktan) Artist painter sculptor writer,whose work can be found in public and private collections around the world. Selin Melek Aktan is an established artist and Apeiron artplus gallery owner from Istanbul- Turkey. .She graduated from medical school in Turkey and finished London College of Fashion in England.She followed her first passion, art,rather than medicine. Aktan has exhibited work in her hometown Istanbul and across the globe in NewYork, LosAngeles, Miami, Paris ,Vienna, Zurich, Greece,Bulgaria,Poland , Italy ,Denmark and Egypt.. She has a book of poetry published in 2008 and each of her poems is acompanied by a relevant painting. She composed the music and wrote songs and published her first music album which call'' I whisper to the winds''in 2010 and ''Everything is like joke'' in 2012 to support education projects for poor children in Turkey. She was curator and counselar for 2.International Tepecik culture and art fest to create art park . ,She open Apeiron Artplus Gallery in Istanbul december 2011. Of her artistic inspiration she says, “I am a very independent person and probably my paintings are too. I don’t paint because of the trend, or mode, I paint because something or somebody fascinates me. It could be nature, a face, a story, an event, colors (especially, I adore strong colors ), a song, an object, my feelings, my thoughts, my dreams: never ending possibilities of improbability. I definitely love beauty. I am trying to express my personal sense of beauty and truth in my paintings.So every painting is different. There is not only one style in which I like to work .I traveled to the four corners of the earth, and each place I visited added to my desire for unique artistic expression.Wherever I went, I found new influences directing my brush strokes or guiding my hands as I worked at my paintings or sculptures.’’ Living in Istanbul between Asia and Europe inspires me greatly.I have a chance to see and live both sides.I respect both tradition and modernty. She has been writing columns in several media companies.