Ruzen Atakan
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{{Short description|Turkish-Cypriot artist (born 1966)}}
Ruzen Atakan (born 1966) is a Turkish-Cypriot painter and educator. Atakan was born in 1966 in Akincilar, she is the daughter of a school teacher Kemal Atakan.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} She graduated from Gazi University Turkey, in 1988. She has had three solo shows and took part in mixed and group exhibitions in Cyprus as well as overseas.{{When|date=November 2023}} She teaches at Fine Arts Secondary School, Nicosia, Cyprus.{{cite web |title=Ruzen Atakan |url=http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/culture/mofa/painting/ruzen/index.html |website=Turkish-Cypriot Online Museum of Fine Arts |access-date=5 December 2021}}
Exhibitions
Ruzen participated in the following exhibitions:
- 1988 Group Exhibition in British Council, Ankara.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
- 1990 Group Exhibition at Fluxus Art Gallery, Nicosia.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
- 1991 1st Solo Exhibition at Fluxus Art Gallery, Nicosia.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
- 1991 Contemporary Turkish Cypriot Painting Exhibition, London.
- 1994 2nd Solo Exhibition at Atatürk Cultural Center, Nicosia.
- 1994 Namık Kemal Painting Prize, Famagusta.
- 1997 3rd Solo Exhibition Atatürk Cultural Center, Nicosia.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
- 1977 State Art and Sculpture Prize, Nicosia.
- 1999 Group Exhibition at Gotland University College, Gotland,
- 1999 Namık Kemal Painting Prize, Famagusta.
- 1999 Group Exhibition at Kunstmesse, Salzburg,
- 2001 Group Exhibition at IMKB, Istanbul.
- 2003 Bi-communal Exhibition at Hilton Hotel, Nicosia.
- 2003 Group Exhibition, İzmir International Fair, İzmir.
- 2004 4th Solo Exhibition, “April Exhibition” Iktisatbank Gallery, Nicosia{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
- 2011- Bedra du Romiu Group Exhibition, Laiki Bank Art Gallery and Various Group Exhibitions, Cyprus
- 2016 April Group Exhibition, Gallery Preporod, Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
- 2017 Exhibition entitled “BLENDED”, Stone House, Nicosia /Cyprus.
References
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External links
- [http://arifler.mycyprus.net/english/art/ratakan/ruzen.htm Brief biography]
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Category:Turkish Cypriot artists
Category:21st-century Cypriot artists
Category:20th-century Turkish women artists
Category:21st-century Turkish women artists
Category:People from North Nicosia