Biography
DAMLA CAN KOÇ
She was born in Ankara in 1985. She completed her elementary and secondary education at TED Ankara College. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree, her Master’s Degree, and her Doctorate at the Department of Fine Arts Education of Gazi University in 2006, 2013, and 2017, respectively. Her Master’s Degree focused on ‘The Reflections of Cultural Characteristics on Paintings and Education in Children (aged 9 to 12) Attending Pakistan Embassy International Study Group’. Her doctoral dissertation was on ‘A Review on the Works of Art of Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, Nuri Iyem, Neset Günal, Mehmet Pesen, Nedret Sekban in Terms of Structure Categories and their Contributions to Arts Education’. In addition, she delivered a Seminar on ‘The Effects of Popular Culture on Arts Education’ at the Department of Fine Arts Education of Gazi University. In 2013, she illustrated ‘Nova’s Adventure: Crossing the Ocean’, a children’s book authored by Dee Lount. She taught IGCSE (400) and A-Level (9704) Arts and Design at Pakistan Embassy International Student Group between 2006 and 2016. In addition, she worked as an art teacher at various private arts education organizations. She attended Artist Adnan Turani’s workshop between 2009 and 2015. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Fine Arts of Osmaniye Korkut Ata University and continues with her artistic endeavours at her own workshop.
Exhibitions :
‘Applied Arts Education Exhibition’ organised by Serap Buyurgan, Gazi Exhibition Hall, Ankara-2005
‘Trends’ Group Exhibition, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Arts Gallery, Ankara-2006
Group Exhibition for the 49th Pocitelj International Art Colony, Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-2013
8th International Turkic Culture, Arts, and Preservation of Cultural Heritage Symposium/Arts Event, Konya-2014
Gesam, ‘Exhibitions of Turkey’ Group Exhibition, Ardahan-2018
Gesam, ‘Exhibitions of Turkey’ Group Exhibition, Kilis-2018
Gesam, ‘Exhibitions of Turkey’ Group Exhibition, Osmaniye-2018
Gesam, ‘Exhibitions of Turkey’ Group Exhibition, Düzce-2018
Gesam, ‘International Exhibition of Turkish Artists in Ukraine’, Kiev, Ukraine-2018
1st SADA International Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium Exhibition, Ankara-2018
Gesam, ‘International Exhibition of Turkish Artists in Lebanon’, Beirut, Lebanon-2019
‘Meeting the Masters’ International Online Exhibition organised by the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Fine Arts of Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye-June 2020
1st Solo Exhibition, Fırça Art Gallery, Ankara-16th November to 3rd December 2020
‘1st International Peer-Reviewed Online Group Exhibition’ under the 1st National Peer-Reviewed Bozok Art Events at Yozgat Bozok University, 2020
International ‘Cosmic Motion Revealed’ Group Exhibition at Boris Georgiev di Varna City Art Gallery, 6th-8th November 2020
2nd Solo Exhibition, Çankaya Art Gallery, 7th-14th January 2021
Research Studies:
1st SADA International Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium, Ankara-2018
https://issuu.com/artsurem/docs/i.sada_bildiri_kitabi
1st Paper: An Analysis of an Artist in Their Plastic Evolution: Robert Delaunay, p. 73
2nd Paper: A Source of Interaction in Plastic Convergence: Robert Delaunay, p. 97
3rd Paper: On the Depictions of Women in Ottoman Miniature and Matisse’s Odalisque Exhibition, p. 117
‘A Review on the Works of Art of Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, Nuri Iyem, Neset Günal, Mehmet Pesen, Nedret Sekban in Terms of Structure Categories and their Contributions to Arts Education’ published on (International, Peer-Reviewed) Idil Journal of Arts and Language, Summer (23) 2016, vol. 5, pp. 831-864
‘An Artist with a Review of Their Patterns: Adnan Tepecik’ published on (International, Peer-Reviewed) Idil Journal of Arts and Language, January 9(65) 2020, pp. 433-448
‘Under the Impact of Acculturation: Abelardo Hernandez Alfonso’s Portraits of Women’ published on (International, Peer-Reviewed) Idil Journal of Arts and Language, June 9(70) 2020, pp. 1027-1040
‘A Review of Adnan Turani’s Series of Mothers and Children in Painting’ published on (International, Peer-Reviewed) International Journal of Social Sciences, August 4(20) 2016, pp. 124-148
‘A Wave of Dreams: Paintings Inspired by Dreams in Plastic Arts’ published on (International, Peer-Reviewed) Ulakbilge Journal of Social Sciences, August (5) 2020, vol. 8, pp. 943-962