Nilgün Tüzüntürk.

Nilgün Tüzüntürk was born in Adana in 1954. She completed her primary and secondary education in Adana and later graduated from Erenköy Girls’ High School in Istanbul. From 1970 to 1974, she studied at the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts, graduating from the studios of Adnan Çoker and Özdemir Altan. Tüzüntürk retired in 2001 from her position at the Istanbul Directorate of Tekel. Her works are held in private collections in Türkiye and abroad. She is a member of the International Association of Art (UPSD) and continues her artistic practice in her own studio in İstanbul.

Throughout a career spanning more than fifty years, she has placed a broad visual world, from nature and the human figure to animals, mythology, and mystical narratives, at the center of her painting. These elements are translated onto canvas through a figurative expressionist approach.

• Adana, 1954
• Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts, 1970–74
• Member of UPSD

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“Art acquires its true meaning when it encounters its audience and becomes part of collective life.”