SELMA GÜRBÜZ 1960 Born in İstanbul / Turkey

SELMA GÜRBÜZ
1960
Born in İstanbul / Turkey
Lives and works in İstanbul / Turkey
Education
1982-1984
BA Painting, Marmara University of Fine Arts, İstanbul / Turkey
1980-1982
BA Art and Design, Exeter College, London / UK
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Long night. Faraway voyages., Rampa, İstanbul / Turkey
2011
Mind’s Eye, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai / UAE
Shadows of My Self, Rose Issa Projects at Leighton House Museum, London / UK
Red & Black, ALANistanbul, İstanbul / Turkey
2010
Archetypes, Warehouse (Antrepo) no:3, İstanbul / Turkey
2009
Uninvited, Akbank Culture Center, İstanbul / Turkey
2008
Sunny Shadows III, Gallery Apel, İstanbul / Turkey
Galerie Maeght, Paris / France
2007
Kamiyama Workshop, Kamiyama
Safa, MAC Art Gallery, İstanbul / Turkey
Sunny Shadows I, Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Tokyo / Japan
2006
Go East-Three Contemporary Artists: Selma Gürbüz, Aki Kuroda, Marco del Re, Galerie
Maeght, Beijing TSI1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing / China
Feline I, Galerie Maeght, Paris / France
Feline II, Gallery Apel, İstanbul / Turkey
Artist Residence Solo Show, Tokyo / Japan
2005
Daydream, Gallery Nev, Ankara / Turkey
2004
The Fairy and the Genie, Gallery Apel, İstanbul / Turkey
2003
Cara a Cara, travelling show: Selma Gürbüz with Arden Reed and Marco Del Re,
Galerie Maeght, Paris / France and Barcelona / Spain
2000
Yünname, Gallery Apel, İstanbul / Turkey
1999
Les Contes de la Peau, Centre Culturel Français, İstanbul / Turkey
Karaname, Gallery Apel, İstanbul / Turkey
1998
Dreaming with the Zodiac, Gallery TEM, İstanbul / Turkey
1997
Mundus Elementaris, travelling show: Alliances Françaises de Buenos Aires, Mendoza,
Cordoba, Bahia Blanca, Rosario, Santa Fe, Mar del Plata / Argentine
1996
Gallery BB, Houston, Texas / USA
Décor pour la Soirée Futuriste, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris / France
Derimod Art Center, İstanbul / Turkey
Magie Grise, Galerie Stepanska, Institut Français, Prague / Czech Republic
1995
Londres Revisité, travelling show: Espace Mira Phalaina, Montreuil and Centre Culturel
Français, London / UK
1994
La Mille et Troisième Nuit, Galerie Thorigny, Paris / France
1003 Nuits, Gallery TEM, İstanbul / Turkey
1993
Poème avec 10 Paragraphes, Gallery TEM, Alay Köşkü, İstanbul / Turkey
Les Trapézistes de l'Infini", Aldebaran-Espace Vigneron, Baillargues, Montpellier /
France
1992
Jeux de Mains, Galerie Thorigny, Paris / France
Le Sexe des Anges, Gallery TEM, İstanbul / Turkey
1991
Espace Merle-Portalès, St Germain en Laye / France
Le Rêve des Anges, Galerie Nev, Ankara / Turkey
Le Café de ma Favorite II, Bibliothèque Municipale, Yerres / France
1990
Le Café de ma Favorite, Galerie Lacourière-Frélaut, Paris / France
1989
Mask Art Gallery, İzmir / Turkey
1988
Calligraphie de l'Ombre, Gallery BM, İstanbul / Turkey
1987
Gallery Urart, Ankara / Turkey
1986
Gallery Urart, İstanbul / Turkey
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Dream and Reality, İstanbul Modern, İstanbul / Turkey
2010
From Traditional to Contemporary, Istanbul Modern, İstanbul / Turkey
2008
Modern Experiences, Istanbul Modern, İstanbul / Turkey
2007
Modern and Beyond, Santralistanbul, İstanbul / Turkey
2005
United Nations 60th Anniversary Exhibition, Genoa / Italy
Where is Istanbul?, IMSG, İstanbul / Turkey
2004
50 artists, 50 works, İMGS, İstanbul / Turkey
More Wind! Four Contemporary Artists from Turkey, Yokohama Portside Gallery /
Japan
2003
Fantaisies du Harem et les Nouvelles Shéhérazades, travelling show: Museum of
Contemporary Art, Barcelona / Spain and Museum of Natural History, Lyon / France
Hamam, Swedish Cultural Institute, Stockholm / Sweden
Love Affairs, curated by Rose Issa, (touring exhibition), Stuttgart, Bonn and Berlin /
Germany
2000
Garçon, de quoi écrire!, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen / France
1999
Hic Liber est Meus, Mairie du Sixième Arrondissement, Paris / France
1998
Les Cafés Littéraires, Institut Français, Barcelona / Spain
1997
Le Cirque, travelling show: Espace Mira Phalaina, Montreuil / France; Athénée Théâtre
Louis Jouvet, Paris / France; Novomestka Radnice, Prague / Czech Republic
Ex-Libris, Institut Culturel Français, Barcelona / Spain
Le Cirque, Les Silos, Maison du Livre et de l'Affiche, Chaumont / France
Le Zodiaque, Galerie Mai Olivier, Paris / France
Les Cafés Litteraires, Les Silos, Maison du Livre et de L'Affiche, Chaumont / France
Garçon, de quoi ecrire!, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen / France
1996
Ex-Libris, travelling show: Alliance Française Buenos Aires /Argentina
Le Cirque, travelling show: Gérard-Georges Lemaire, Editions Eric Koehler, AtheneeTheatre Louis Jouvet in Paris / France; Espace Mira Phalaina, Montreuil / France; and
Novomestka Radnice, Prague / Czech Republic
1995
Tapis Volants, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris / France
Ex-Libris, Institut Culturel Français, Barcelona / Spain
Automatic Games, Biennale de Kwangju / Korea
L'après-midi d'un faune, Espace Merle-Portalès, Uzès / France
Tapis Volants, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris / France
1994
Paris est une Fête, Galerie Stepanska, Prague / Czech Republic
Double Jeu, Centre Culturel Français, Barcelona / Spain
1993
Republic to the Present - Women Artists, Istanbul Archaeological Museums, İstanbul /
Turkey
Cartes de Vœux d'Artistes, Galeries XIII, Arles / France
Galerie Thorigny, FIAC, Paris / France
1992
Parigi, Palais de la Civilisation Italienne, Rome / Italy
Vous avez dit Romain?, Espace Merle-Portalès, Uzès / France
Petits Formats, Galerie Thorigny, Paris / France
L'Orient des Cafés, travelling show: French Cultural Centre Cairo, Alexandria, / Egypt;
Athens, Thessaloniki / Greece; Jerusalem, Tel Aviv / Israel
1991
L'ennemi, Petit Foyer, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris / France
Eros Iconoclaste, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris / France
Là-bas près de la source, Espace Merle-Portalès, Uzès / France
N'importe où, Hors du Monde, Librairie Café Littéraire Le Pavé, St Germain en Laye /
France
Mon Salon, mes Haines, Galerie l'Aire du Verseau, Paris / France
Les Cafés Littéraires, travelling show, Galerie CC, Palace of Congress, Graz / Austria;
Institut Français Culturel: Istanbul / Turkey, Alexandria, Cairo / Egypt, Damascus /
Syria, Athens, Thessaloniki / Greece, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem / Israel, Amman / Jordan,
Baghdad / Iraq
1990
Sculpture and Drawing, Gallery TEM, İstanbul / Turkey
Big Exhibition, Santral Holding, Museum of Painting and Sculpture, İstanbul / Turkey
1989
Méditerranée, Bari / Italy
Second International Biennial of Istanbul, İstanbul / Turkey
Mon Salon, Mes Haines, Galerie I'Aire du Verseau, Paris / France