Canan Bayraktar

1983 graduatad from METU (Middle East Technical University) Faculty of Education in Turkey.
1983-2007 she worked as a science teacher at the Ankara College (TED) ..
She considers her art as a mean to stand against the destruction of the nature and of the beauty of human relationships. She believes that art can provide love, equality and freedom. She defines art as the intersection point of emotions, reason and human values and must be '' irregular with rules''
She uses acrylic, watercolor and her own developed acrylic paint on wire technique.
.She is living and working in Ankara in Turkey.

ARTIST STATEMENT
In my paintings, I use watercolor and acrylic techniques and a new technique which I developed.
''Acrylic paint on wire''
.. I like to form color marks and lines freely and spontaneously. It is the figurative abstract which subjects women.
The women in my paintings are nurtured with music, art, love invating the sharing of beauty, recovering the world.
They may be sad but strong and independent women...
Women who live with the healing power of art...
I think I tell my dreams, my longings, my love, my passion for art, wanting to sing songs and also the diffuculties in life through these women.
And the c...

She graduated from METU ( Middle East Technical University) Faculty of Education.
Her passion for painting began in the childhood and continued in the high school/ university years with charcoal portraid. 1995 continuous education in figurative drawing at AKM( Atatürk Culture Center) then with Turkish painters Nüzhet İslimyeli,Sabri Akça, Orhan Gürel and Cezmi Orhan workshops. After many years in all painting techniques, she focused extensively on watercolor techniques.
She likes experimental working.

Personal Exhibitions
1998- Emrali Art Gallery-Ankara Turkey
2001- Denta Form Art Gallery -Ankara Turkey
2002-Abdullah Efendi Konağı-Altınoluk/Balıkesir Turkey
2003- TED Mezunlar Derneği Art Gallery-Ankara Turkey
2004- Atakule Vakıfbank Art Gallery-Ankara Turkey
2008- Contemporary Art Center-Ankara Turkey
2010- Batıbirlik Art Gallery- Ankara Turkey
2013- Mustafa Ayaz Museum-Ankara Turkey
2015- Fun and Art Gallery- Ankara Turkey
2015- Next Level Art Center- Ankara Turkey
2016- İsmail Altınok Art Center- Ankara Turkey
2018- Orhan Peker Sanat Galerisi Ayvalık/ Balıkesir Turkey
2021- Orhan Peker Sanat Galerisi Ayvalık/ Balıkesir Turkey

She participated in so many group and mixed exhibitions.