Who is Fide Lale Durak? (1983-Zonguldak)Born in Zonguldak in 1983. Graduated from Gazi University, Department of Chemical Engineering in 2008. During her undergraduate studies, she trained in the studio of painter Hacı Demirci. In 2009, she was accepted as a special student to the Sculpture Department of Hacettepe University, where she studied sculpture for one year. In 2010, she attended the Master’s degree courses in Painting at Gazi University as a visiting student under Prof. Mehmet Yılmaz. She completed her Master’s degree in Painting at Hacettepe University in 2019 and her Proficiency in Art in 2025. Since 2019, she has worked with painter Mustafa Özel at various times. Since 2022, she has been writing weekly culture and art articles for an online news site and continues her work in her own studio in Şişli, Istanbul.Artistic Perspective:
In her works, the artist focuses on everyday life, its contradictions, harmony, and alienation, working primarily on figures and portraits.Selected Group Exhibitions:
• 2020 NHKM, Istanbul
• 2020 HGC Art, Bodrum
• 2022 Çankaya Municipality Zülfü Livaneli Cultural Center, Ankara
• 2022 Tilki, İzmir
• 2023 Tilki, İzmir
• 2023 Base, Istanbul
• 2024 Base Selected, Istanbul
• 2024 NHKM, Istanbul
• 2025 Beşiktaş Maritime Museum, Istanbul
• 2025 Monk Uniqart, İzmir
• 2025 Baseselcted, Istanbul
• 2026 Görüntü Art Gallery, Adana
• 2026 A Spring Day, İstiklal Art Gallery, Istanbul
• 2026, When Form Distorted, İzmir Painting and Sculpture MuseumSolo Exhibitions;
• 2025, Purgatory, Uniq Art, İzmirAwards:
2025 102nd Anniversary of the Republic Achievement Award - Mersin Municipality
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