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Hülya Topaktaş

Who is Hülya Topaktaş? (1966-Çorum)

She was born in 1966 in Çorum. Due to her interest in art, she opened her own studio in 2004. She is a member of Antalya Artists Association and Antalya Fine Arts Association. She graduated from Akdeniz University Fine Arts Faculty Painting Department as the second and fourth in the faculty in 2018. H. Topaktaş, who completed her master’s degree in 2025, continues her work in her own studio (Abstract Art Painting Studio).
The artist, who opened ten personal exhibitions (Antalya, Istanbul, Adana), took part in over 200 mixed exhibitions. She won the 2nd prize in the charcoal pencil “Museum Themed” painting competition opened by Antalya Museum (2006), the first prize in the Konya Altı Municipality Antalya “Resist Woman” Themed painting competition (2014) in the 2015/2016 academic year “Kahraman Maraş Sütçü İmam University 13.” His painting was deemed worthy of being exhibited in the “Traditional Painting Competition”.

Art Perspective;

The artist takes his subject from the dialectic of “life and death”. He defines his works as the adventure of existence in the face of the reality of human finitude. Art is also a tool in this struggle. Inspired by traumatic events (earthquakes, wars and social problems etc.), Topaktaş sees his works not only as an aesthetic production but also as a resistance that bears witness to his era. Due to his interest in art and nature, he questions and interprets human existential concerns from a philosophical perspective.

By creating an intellectual language about the body in his works, Topaktaş questions the intellectuality, vitality and secrets of not the body but also the subject that owns the body. He increases the emotional intensity by using texture in his paintings. By creating a melancholic and disturbing atmosphere due to his existential concerns with an expressionist attitude, he tries to tell the audience the importance of life and that everything is temporary.

Selected Exhibitions;
Ansan Art Gallery Personal Exhibition 2007
Bakırköylü Artists Association Art Gallery Istanbul Personal Exhibition 2009
Altın Koza Cultural Center Adana Personal Exhibition 2009
Antalya Artists Association Art Gallery 2011
Art Park Gallery Antalya Personal Exhibition 2013
Ankara Contemporary Art Fair 2011
Goya Art Center Antalya “Life And Death” Personal Exhibition 2018
Mall Of Antalya Art Gallery Personal Retrospective Exhibition 2019
Artsy Mana Galeria Online Personal Exhibition 2020
Lebriz com. Online Personal Exhibition 2017- 2020- 2021
T Gallery Antalya” Dialectics of Life and Death” Personal Exhibition 24 May 2025

Selections from Group Exhibitions;
Lebriz com We Are Expelling the Virus Online Exhibition 2020
Korea A. War 60.AnniversaryInternational Exhibition of Turkey 2010
Fine Arts Association Traditional Mixed Painting Exhibition 2011 2013, ..2018
Dore more “Comments” Mixed Painting Exhibition Deniz Museum Seri Hall 2011
ANTÇEV Mixed Painting Exhibition 2008/2016
Pentur Interactions Group Painting Exhibition Kent Sanat İstanbul 2015
Isparta State Fine Arts Mixed R. Exhibition 2017
Art Surem “Emptiness and Beginning” Mixed Exhibition Ankara 2018
Akdeniz University Nevruz Events Mixed R. Exhibition Antalya 2018
Dokuma Park Modern Arts Museum Gallery Republic Exhibition Antalya 2018
Azerbaijan Republic 100th Year Events International Antalya AKM. Art Gallery 2018
Antalya Kaleiçi Art Workshop Exhibition Bülent Ecevit Culture Center Antalya 2018
Ataya Respect Mixed Painting Exhibition and Traditional Fine Arts Association Mixed Exhibition 2018
Group Exhibition T Gallery / Antalya 30 October 2018
Istanbul Gelişim University Art Workshop and Exhibition Alanya / Antalya 2018
Art Show İstanbul Hilton Hotel / Nişart Gallery 14/16 December 2018
Sound Of New Years İstanbul Mixed Exhibition 21/29 December 2018
International Mediterranean Cities Culture and Art Meeting Events 2019
Hadrianus Hotel Kaleiçi International Art Workshop and Exhibition Antalya 2019
Small Works Mixed Exhibition / Mall Of Antalya Art Gallery / 03 March 2020
EMPATY / Alpek Architecture Art Gallery Group Exhibition / 13 March / 21 December 2020
Today Tomorrow International Group Exhibition Gallery Georgi Baev Bulgaria 01-04 April 2021
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University Fine Arts Faculty Juried “International Mediterranean Friendship Online Exhibition ‘2021
Akdeniz University GSF Academic Staff Group Exhibition Ergin Karlıbel Art Center ! 0-30 June 2023
“Süliet” Karl&Ein ART Gallery Istanbul Group Exhibition 25 January - 4 February 2022
“Old Town” Kale İçi Seninle Fine Art Workshop 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
Modern and Classical Works Private Auction Luna Art Gallery Istanbul 1 September 2022
Antalya Contemporary Art Fair, Güney Art Gallery Stand 18-21 January 2024
Akdeniz University Olbia Exhibition Hall “Woman” Themed Mixed Exhibition April 17, 2024
Khan Art Gallery Invitation to Art Group Exhibition April 19, May 20, 2024
Zafer Genç Aydın Memory Mixed Exhibition T Gallery Antalya August 10, October 10, 2024
Istanbul Antique and Art Fair Lütfü Kırdar Congress Center Gi Art Project
Stand No; L1 C November 13-17, 2024
Bahçe Şehir College Lara Campus Art Gallery Antalya Mixed Exhibition May 30, 2025
T Gallery Antalya Summer Mixed Exhibition June 21, 2025

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