The Artist
İlknur Gürcan
From Engineering to Painting
Born in Isparta in 1972, İlknur Gürcan studied at Ankara Science High School and graduated in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University. She went on to work for many years as an engineer at ASELSAN and at TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM.
The passion for painting she had pursued on her own since childhood gradually took shape under the guidance of the artists Mehmet Yılmaz, Nusret Dökmeci and Oktay Bingöl.
In 2011 she founded the Sardunya Painting Studio, which became both a home for her own work and a space where painting courses are held.
Her Painting
İlknur Gürcan paints the daily social life of the contemporary city dweller. Her canvases focus on cafés, streets and the human figure.
To carry fleeting light, the feeling of a moment and the quiet poetry of the street onto canvas... This is the impulse behind every one of her works.
Education
Ankara Science High School
Bilkent University - Industrial Engineering
Studio
Sardunya Painting Studio
Ankara · since 2011
Medium
Oil on canvas
Exhibitions
5 solo · numerous group shows
Studied With
Her Mentors
Mehmet Yılmaz
Nusret Dökmeci
Oktay Bingöl
İlknur Gürcan has taken part in many group exhibitions since 2008 and has held five solo exhibitions.
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