SEMA BOYANCI

48 Born in Mengen, Bolu in 1954. Completed the Bolu Elementary Teachers school. Completed Ataturk Teaching Institute in 1974. In 1992, completed her Graduate degree at the Training Faculty of G.Ü.M. Settled in Datça in 2002. Continues to work in her studio in Datça presently. AWARDS I 1990 DYO Art Competition (Honorable Mention), 1990 National Original Printmaking Competition (Honorable Mention), 1991 National Original Printmaking Competition (Honorable Mention), 1993 State Original Printmaking Competition (Second Place), 1996 State Original Printmaking Competition (Achievement Award), 1997 İş Bankası Original Printmaking Competition (Grand Prize). PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS I 1983 Sabancı Cultural Center, Adana. 1984 National Fine Arts Gallery, Mersin. 1986 Yapı Kredi Art Gallery, Mersin. 1987 National Fine Arts Gallery, Konya. 1989 Yapı Kredi Art Gallery Mersin. 1990 Metropol Art Gallery, Mersin. 1992 Armoni Art Gallery, Ankara. 1992 Aurec-St. Etienne Chateau Des Moines Sacristains, France. 1993 Kibele Art Gallery, İzmir. 1994 Teoman Ünüsan Art Gallery, Mersin. 1996 Armoni Art Gallery, İstanbul. 1997 Armoni Art Gallery, Ankara. 1998 Chamber of Architects Art Gallery, Antalya. 1999 Art-Home Gallery, Mersin. 1999 Tourlaville- Cherbourg, France. 1999 Armoni Art Gallery, Ankara. 2001 Karsu Textile Art Gallery, İstanbul. 2002 Halkbank Art Gallery, Ankara. 2002 Altamira Art Gallery, Mersin. 2004 Armoni Art Gallery, Ankara. 2004 Pitura Art Gallery, Mersin. 2005 Orkun-Ozan Art Gallery, Antalya. 2005 Yaşar Educational and Cultural Foundation Art Gallery, İzmir. 2006 Armoni Art Gallery, Ankara. 2008 Bilkent Art Gallery, Ankara. 2009 IMOGA, İstanbul Museum of Graphic Arts, İstanbul. 2010 Modern Graphic Arts Museum, İstanbul. 2011 Acropol Art Gallery, Alanya. 2012 Çankaya Modern Art Cultural Center, Ankara. 2012 Ortaköy Afife Jale Cultural Center, İstanbul. VARIOUS GROUP EXHIBITIONS I 1989 DYO Competitive Group Painting Exhibition Ankara. 1991 National Printmaking Competitive Exhibition, Ankara. 1997 Turkish Printmaking Artists Exhibition, Bonn/ Germany. 1998 75th Year Plastic Arts Exhibition, İstanbul/Ankara/ İzmir. 1999 “I Want My Museum” Group Art Exhibition, İstanbul. 2000 “Dünden Bugüne/From Yesterday to Today” Printmaking Exhibition, İstanbul. 2001 PSD Group Art Exhibition, İstanbul/Ankara. 2012 Anadolu University “Türkiye’de Baskıresime Bakmak/Looking at Printmaking in Turkey” Group Art Exhibition, Eskişehir/İstanbul.