SEBA UĞURTAN
SHE WAS BORN IN ISTANBUL IN 1956. SHE WORKED FOR STATE MUSEUM OF PAINTING SCULPTURE CAVİT ATMACA ATELIER IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, FOR ATELIERS OF SIGNIFICANT ARTISTS LIKE ŞEREF BİGALI,...
SEBA UĞURTAN
SHE WAS BORN IN ISTANBUL IN 1956. SHE WORKED FOR STATE MUSEUM OF PAINTING SCULPTURE CAVİT ATMACA ATELIER IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, FOR ATELIERS OF SIGNIFICANT ARTISTS LIKE ŞEREF BİGALI, FAHRİ SEVER, İBRAHİM BOZKUŞ IN HIS UNIVERSITY YEARS.
IN 1978, SHE GRADUATED FROM 9 EYLUL UNIVERSITY BUCA EDUCATION FACULTY PAINTING PRINCIPAL BRANCH OF ARTS, THEN SHE COMPLETED HER UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN THE SAME FACULTY. FOR 20 YEARS, SHE OPERATED THE OBJECT ARTS GALLERY SHE LAUNCHED BY HIMSELF ALONG WITH BEING A TEACHER OF PAINTING AND SHE MADE PAINTINGS INCESSANTLY. IN HER WORKS, SHE EMPLOYED ACTIVE AND PASSIONATE BRUSH STROKES COMPATIBLE WITH HER STATE OF SPIRIT. SHE CALLED FOR SENSITIVITY TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANS.
IN 1999, HE GAVE A NOVEL ART GALLERY TO IZMIR UNDER THE NAME OF SEBA ARTS GALLERY.
IN 2003, SHE SET UP SU GROUP WITH ARTISTS RAISED FROM HER ATELIER, THEN HELD 50 EXHIBITIONS BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND ABROAD UNTIL 2008, PARTICIPATIONS IN EXHIBITIONS TOOK PLACE WITH ABOUT 500 ARTISTS. THE ENTIRE REVENUE OBTAINED FROM EXHIBITIONS WAS LEFT OVER TO AID ORGANISATIONS. SHE GAVE 360 ORIGINAL WORKS AS GIFTS TO AGEAN UNIVERSITY AND STATE HOSPITAL, HIGHER TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, 9 EYLUL HOSPITAL IN IZMIR WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF SU GROUP AND THE PAINTERS SUPPORTING ITSELF EXTERNALLY.
SHE MADE HER FIRST CONCEPTUAL WORK STUDIES WITH SU GROUP, AND PROVIDED INVITATION OF 36 TURKISH ARTISTS FROM THE GROUP IN FLORENCE ART BIENNALE. 240 WORKS WERE EXHIBITED IN IZMIR STATE MUESUM OF PAINTING SCULPTURE IN JULY 2008.
THIS ARTIST OBTAINED WORLD 2.PLACE IN 2004 IN AN INTERNATIONAL PAINTING COMPETITION ARTICULATING BREAST CANCER HELD BY LILLY ONCOLOGY IN ENGLAND. HIS WORK BECAME THE COVER ON CATALOGUE OF THIS COMPETITION. THE EXHIBITION WENT AROUND THE WHOLE WORLD. THE ARTIST WHO WAS HIMSELF BREAST CANCER, TRIED TO EXPRESS THE CURING POWER OF ARTS WITH HIS WORKS TO THE WORLD.
SHE OBTAINED WORLD 5.-6. PLACE IN INTERNATIONAL CATERINA DE MEDICI PAINTING COMPETITION IN FLORENCE, ITALY. THIS ARTIST OPENED 40 INDIVIDIAL EXHIBITIONS WITHIN THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD AND TOOK PART IN A LARGE NUMBER OF MIXED EXHIBITIONS. SHE OBTAINED THE CERTIFICATE OF THANKS OF WORLD PEACE ASSOCIATION IN FLORENCE BIENNALE IN 2007. HE GAVE HIS WORKS AS A GIFT TO WORLD PEACE ASSOCIATION WITH ALL PERTINENT RIGHTS WITH THE PURPOSE OF CONTRIBUTING TO WORLD PEACE.
SHE MADE PAINTING WORKS IN OPEN AREAS WITH SU GROUP. SHE OPENED UP EXHIBITIONS WITH HER ORIGINAL WORKS. SHE LEAD STREET PAINTING WORKS IN TURKEY AND AROUND THE WORLD. SHE EMPLOYED THE UNIVERSAL STRENGTH OF ARTS. HE GAVE MESSAGES OF FRIENDSHIP TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RAISED IN HER ATELIER ARE WORKING AS LECTURERS AND TEACHERS IN UNIVERSITIES ABROAD AND WITHIN THE COUNTRY. UĞURTAN CURRENTLY CONTINUES HER WORKS IN SEBA UĞURTAN ATELIER WITHIN SEBA ARTS GALLERY BELONGING TO ITSELF IN IZMIR.