Canan Senol
{{Short description|Turkish-Kurdish visual artist (born 1970)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Canan Senol
| native_name = Canan Şenol
| birth_name = Canan Şahin
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1970}}
| birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey
| alma_mater = Marmara University
| occupation = Visual artist, activist
| website = {{URL|http://www.cananxcanan.com/}}
}}
Canan Senol ({{Langx|tr|Canan Şenol}}; née Canan Şahin; born 1970), also known by the mononym Canan, is a Turkish multidisciplinary visual artist and activist, of Kurdish ethnicity.{{Cite web |last=Acuner |first=Derya |title=Canan (Şenol) |url=https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/canan-senol/ |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Commandeur |first=Ingrid |date=April 1, 2010 |title=Canan Senol 'I am an activist, feminist artist' |url=https://www.metropolism.com/en/features/22387_canan_senol |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=Metropolis M |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Yackley |first=Ayla Jean |date=December 16, 2017 |title=Turkish feminist artist takes on Mount Qaf - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2017/12/turkeys-feminist-artist-defies-convention.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=al-monitor.com |language=en}} Her artwork addresses gender stereotypes, sexuality, and politics.{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2017 |title=Feminist sanatçı Canan: Kaf Dağı'na ulaşmak kendimizi anlamak demek |trans-title=Feminist artist Canan: Reaching Mount Kaf means understanding ourselves |url=https://www.cnnturk.com/kultur-sanat/canan-kaf-dagina-ulasmak-kendimize-ulasmak-demek |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=CNN TÜRK |language=tr}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NIrWAAAAMAAJ |title=Türkiye sanat yıllıği |date=2001 |publisher=Sanat-Bilgi-Belge |pages=164 |language=tr}} She utilizes a variety of mediums in her practice including craft and digital techniques.
Biography
Canan Şahin was born in 1970 in Turkey.{{Cite book |last=Reilly |first=Maura |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hB_qAAAAMAAJ |title=Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art |last2=Nochlin |first2=Linda |date=2007 |publisher=Merrell |isbn=978-0-87273-157-8 |pages=247 |language=en}} She grew up in a rural part of Turkey.{{Cite web |last=Torchia |first=Christopher |date=February 19, 2011 |title=Turkey walks a tightrope between East and West |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/2011/02/20/turkey-walks-tightrope-between-east/50189487007/ |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=New Bedford Standard-Times |language=en-US}} She studied at Marmara University, where she received a BA degree (1992) in business,{{Cite book |last=Neumayr |first=Agnes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZicKAQAAMAAJ |title=Politik der Gefühle: Susanne K. Langer und Hannah Arendt |date=2009 |publisher=IUP, Innsbruck University Press |isbn=978-3-902571-84-7 |pages=324 |language=de}} and later studied painting at the same university.
She was married to a man with the name Şenol, however they divorced in 2010 and as an act of rebellion she continued to use his last name professionally which goes against local laws (sometimes uses her mononym).{{Cite book |last=Gosling |first=Lucinda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgZ-DwAAQBAJ |title=The Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality, 1857–2017 |last2=Robinson |first2=Hilary |last3=Tobin |first3=Amy |date=2018-12-25 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=978-1-4521-7001-5 |pages=226 |language=en}}
Senol's artwork has been shown widely including, "Global Feminisms" (2007) group exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York.{{Cite journal |last=Muller |first=Dena |date=2008-01-01 |title=Global Feminisms curated by Maura Reilly and Linda NochlinGlobal Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art edited by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/521560 |journal=Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=471–474 |doi=10.1086/521560 |issn=0097-9740|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Ehrlich |first=Cheri Eileen |date=2011-12-22 |title=Adolescent girls' responses to feminist artworks in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=07360770&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA274699983&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |journal=Visual Arts Research |language=English |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=55–70 |url-access=limited}}{{Cite news |last=Shih |first=Evelyn |date=2007-03-30 |title=Women getting a place at museum table |pages=G26 |work=The Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115436755/women-getting-a-place-at-museum-table/ |access-date=2022-12-30}}
Her work is held in public museum collections, including the Centre Pompidou, the Pinakothek der Moderne, the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, and Istanbul Modern.{{Cite web |title=New Works, New Horizons |url=https://www.istanbulmodern.org/en/press/press-releases/new-works-new-horizons_744.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=İstanbul Modern}}{{Cite web |title=Canan Sahin, Exemplary, 2009 |url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/es/ressources/oeuvre/cEnXbzb |website=Centre Pompidou}}
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Category:Marmara University alumni
Category:Turkish Kurdish women
Category:Kurdish women artists
Category:21st-century Turkish women artists