Gönül Nuhoğlu

Dark Descent

2020

Gonul Nuhoglu was born in 1961 in Istanbul. She graduated 1983 from the Department of Management at Boğaziçi University; 1998 from Marmara University, Department of English. She has been working as an executive manager 1996 – 2018 Painting and Scupture Museums Association ,RHMD,Vice Peredisent,1999 – İstanbul Art Foundation,Founder member, 2002 – 2003 Istanbul Plastic Arts Association,General Secretary 2011 -2018 – İstanbul Art Foundation, President. Between 1995-2018, she held solo exhibitions both in Turkey and abroad, participated in international exhibitions and fairs, group exhibitions and international workshops. Selected exhibitions: 1996 ,Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Achievement Award, 1998, “No Way Out’’, Hagia Irene, Istanbul, 2000,2011,2016 “Process – Space” Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria, 2001, ‘’No Boundaries’’, International Workshop, North Carolina, USA, 2002, “Dust and Shadow”, Basilica Cistern, Istanbul, 2007, “Fuorigioco”, Primo Piano Gallery, Italy, 2008, Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey 2009, “Idleness Will Save the World. It Will All Start One Day by Not Going to Work”, Sirkeci Train Station, Istanbul . 2010,“Five Masters Five Studios” Contemporary Photograph Exhibition, Istanbul 2010, Contemporary Art Fair “CAR”, Essen, Germany, 2010, E Mr.E’s adventures “, Cologne, Germany, 2011 – “Violence to Women”, UPSD, Istanbul, 2012“ Bang ”, Pasajist, Istanbul, 2014, ” 251060” Solo exhibition, Trezzo sull adda, Italy, 2015, Arte Laguna Award 14, Special Award, Venice , 2015, OPEN 18, Venice, 2018, Lago Maggiore Festival Of Light, Lesa, Italy. Awards: 1995 – 16th Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Painting and Sculpture Museums, Istanbul, Achievement Award, 2008 – Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum Collection,Istanbul, 2015 – Arte Laguna Prize 14, Special Prize, Italy, 2015 – OPEN 18, PDG Arte Communications, Venice, Italy, 2015 – Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Collection, China , 2015- Polimeks Collection, Odunpazarı modern Museum (OMM), 2017- KVK Collection. Her works are owned by private collections and museums such as: Polimeks Collection, Odunpazari Modern Museum (Omm) 2019, Yinchuan Museum Of Contemporary Art ( Moca), Istanbul Painting And Sculpture Museum, Ali – Nevbahar Koç Collection, Kvk Collection etc.