Gülname Eslek

Gülname Eslek was born in 1974 in Trabzon, Turkey. She completed her primary and secondary education in Samsun and her high school education in the İnegöl district of Bursa. In 1992, she ranked first in the Department of Art Teaching, Technical Department of the Faculty of Education at Uludağ University in Bursa. She graduated in 1996. In the same year, she earned her master's degree from the Department of Visual and Environmental Arts at İstanbul Technical University.

The artist worked for years in Tokat and Mardin, contributing to the wall decorations of various foundations. She got married in 1999 and has an 18-year-old son. Currently, she works as a teacher in the Çankaya district of Ankara.

Having held three solo exhibitions so far, the artist has also participated in various group exhibitions both in Turkey and abroad. In 2019, she published a poetry book titled How to Describe the Moonlight to the Eyes That Do Not See in her own painting workshop in Çankaya, Ankara. Her poems have also been published in three festival books. The artist continues her work.

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Uludağ University, Faculty of Education, Department of Art Teaching (Undergraduate)
İstanbul Technical University, Department of Visual and Environmental Arts (Master's Degree)

Solo Exhibitions:
12–16 June 2000 – Superficial Portrait, themed oil painting exhibition, İstanbul Technical University Exhibition Hall
20–26 May 2006 – Work City Mardin, themed oil painting exhibition, Artuklu Kervansarayı
27–31 February 2020 – Enthusiasm of Colours, themed oil painting exhibition, Ion Ionescu-Quintus The County Art Museum, Prahova, Ploiești, Romania

Group Exhibitions:
06–12 May 1994 – Ahmet Vefik Paşa Cultural Centre Exhibition Hall, Bursa
24–30 May 1995 – Tayyare Culture Centre Art Gallery, Bursa
02–09 June 1996 – Radio S Art Gallery, Bursa
24–31 December 2016 – Dar Cephe Art Gallery, Kadıköy, İstanbul
10–17 June 2017 – International Group Exhibition, Boris Georgiev City Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
23–30 December 2017 – Dar Cephe Art Gallery, Kadıköy, İstanbul
02–08 January 2018 – Beşiktaş Cultural Centre, Levent, İstanbul
10–17 January 2018 – Dar Cephe Art Gallery, Kadıköy, İstanbul
15–18 March 2018 – ARTANKARA 4th Contemporary Art Fair, Ankara
03–08 April 2018 – International Paper Works Exhibition 50, Tokyo, Japan
19–22 April 2018 – Open on Science, Art & Culture Escap 18, Antalya
23 April – 08 May 2018 – İstanbul Story Group Exhibition, Bahariye Art Gallery, Kadıköy, İstanbul
21–30 June 2018 – Freedom themed G...