Guliz Bektimur

A little about me...

I was born in Cyprus in 1960, a small and sincere island in the Mediterranean sea. I had lived in this lovely place until the age of 19, when I moved to Turkey for my career in Industrial Engineering. This new country became my new home as I met with the love of my life during my studies and got 2 amazing sons. In three words, I would summarize myself as caring, emphatic and determined.

A little about art...

I had always loved art, felt it inside me and channelled this feeling to everything that I had made throughout my life from the food that I cook to the interior design or accessory designs that I had made. My passion for art had eventually led me to take painting classes from the famous Impressionist Turkish Painter Erdogan Secil in 2005. Painting opened a whole new world to channel my feelings and passion to the canvas. I took classes actively until 2017 and became an independent artist, and continue to paint in my art Gallery in Ankara since today.



Impressionism style was like a love at first sight as I liked the possibilities to adding from myself to the perception of the reality itself and express it in a unique way. Especially the humble and sincere lifestyle and architecture of Anat...

1979 - 1983 - MSc in Industrial Engineering - Ankara Gazi University

205 - 2017 - Painting Lessons with famous Turkish artist Erdoğan Seçil

Exhibitions:

Armada Shopping Mall, Ankara (2007)

Ankara National Library, Ankara (2008)

Hikmet Çetinkaya İlke Art Gallery, Ankara (2010)

International Art Colony Pocitelj, Bosnia (2017)

The Turco-British Association Art Gallery, Ankara (2019)

Ankara Woman Painters Association, Ankara (2020)