
Who is Nilgün Köseoğlu? (1959 – Akşehir)
Born in 1959, graduated from Gazi Institute of Education in Ankara, in 1979. She retired in 2003. She is a member of the Associations of, UPSD, Euro Asian Worldwide, California Watercolour Printers Association and Breaktrough Group, Sesan, International Izartist Association. She works prints and watercolours. She continues her printing works in her ateliers called “İzmir Print Painting Artists”.
Her works are colorful, fluent, expressive figurative and are in the archive of the various cultural centers and collections in France, in China (Guanlan, Guangzhou, Beijing), in Japan (Kıwa, Kochi), in Serbia, in Brasil, in Bulgaria (Varna), in Spain, in İran (Tehran), in Austria (Vienna), in Czechoslovakia (Praque), in Taiwan, in Romania (Prahova), in Spain (Granada), in Rusia (Ekaterinburg, Moskow), in Japan (Tokyo), in Kazakhstan (Almaty) and in Turkiye. In 2021, one of her works was accepted into the Painting and Sculpture Museum of the Gazi Education Institute.
Participated in 19 solo, 200 mixed and 70 competitive exhibitions. 2011, 2022, 1. and 6th Izmir Art Biennial, 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th. (2024) International Egeart Art Days, 2020 Artankara 6th Contemporary Art Fair, 2022-19 th Asian Biennale Banglades. Won 8 awards; 1st National Watercolor Competition (1st Mention), 2009 Çanakkale Wars Competition (Conservation Society Special Award), 2010 Balkan Women Painting Competition (Cavit Atmaca Special Award), 29th Turgut Pura Foundation painting and sculpture competition (Halim-Yıldız Şima award) 2021 First Place PonART Graphic Arts Competition (2nd place) and 2022 Uşak International Ex-libris Competition (3rd place), 2023 76. State Painting and Sculpture Competition, Achievement Award. 7th International İzmir Bienal of Arts, she won the Achievement Award in the 2024,
68.- 69.-70.-73.-76. State Painting and Sculpture Competition - Turkiye
8.-10.- 11.- 13.-14.Şefik Bursalı Foundation Painting Competition - Turkiye
27.- 28.- Turgut Pura Foundation Competition - Turkiye
29.Turgut Pura Foundation Competition “ Halim – Yıldız Şima Prize” - Turkiye
2008 - Imoga 1. International Printmaking Biennial Competition - Turkiye
2008 - 1. National Watercolor Competition “1.Mention” - Turkiye
2008 - Ignic / Foc – 54 Biennal International Dart Grafic – Spain
33.- 35. DYO Painting Competition - Turkiye
2009 - 3. Çanakkale Wars İzmir Devlet Resim ve Heykel Müzesi “Jury Prize” - Turkiye
2009 - The 15. International Print Biennial, Varna – Bulgarian
2010 - 2. Balkan Women Meeting “Cavit Atmaca Prize” - Turkiye
2010 - 6. KIWA Woodcut Competition- Japan
2011 - X. Graphic Art Biennial Dry Point, Uzice – Serbia
2011 - 4. International Association of Museums Printmaking Competition – Istanbul- Turkiye
2012 - Nazım Hikmet Painting Competition– İzmir - Turkiye
2012 - Imprima – Mostra International de Gravura Sobral – Ceara ‘ Brasil
2013 - 4th Guanlan International Print Biennial–China
2014 - The 9th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints – Japan
2015 - The 18. International Print Biennnial -Varna – Bulgaria
2016 - The 7th ExhibitonThe Kyoto International Woodprint Association (KIWA) – Japan
2016 - Guangzhou International Exlibrisand Mini –Prints Biennial – China
2017 – 2023 6th, 8th Guanlan International Print Biennial – China
2017 – 2023 The 19. - 22 International Print Biennial – Varna – Bulgaria
2018 - 1. International Miniprint Competition – Trakya University – Turkiye
2018 – OCC Asian of The 37. Fisqe Congress in Praque Czesheslovakia
2019 – 2022 - 8. 9. International Art Beijing Biennial – China
2020 – VIII International Bienal Print Exhibit; 2020 R.O.C.-Taiwan
2020 – ArtAnkara 6 th Art Fair-Ankara – Turkiye
2020 – International Virtual Engravist Printmaking Bienal – Turkiye
2020 – Artantakya Online Contemporary Art Fair – Turkiye
2021 – 2023 The “Iosif Iser” International Contemporary Engraving Biennial Exhibition Prahova - Romania
2022 – Uşak International Ex-libris Competition (3rd place) – Turkiye
2022 – 19 th Asian Biennale Bangladesh
2023 – 76. State Painting and Sculpture Competition – Achievement Award - Turkiye
2023 – “Year of the Rabbit Panda Global” International Commemorative Ex-Libris Design Competition- China
2023 – International Competition “Ex-Libris – Ekaterinburg - Rusia
2024 – III Certamen International de Ex Libris de Granada - Spain
2024 - The International Ex-Libris Competition “Everything Breathes Pushkin Here” - Moskow - Rusia
2024 – International Small Printmaking Exhibition Bangkok - Tailand
2024 – She won the Achievement Award in the 7th International İzmir Bienal of Arts.- Turkiye
2024 – 8th. Grafic Art Biennial of Szeklerland - Romania
2024 – Sound of Turkish Printmaking Desing Festa Gallery Shibaya – Tokyo -Japan
2024 – Impression of Turkish Printmaking – Almaty- Kazakhstan
2024 – X. International Bienal Print Exhibit; 2024 R.O.C.-Taiwan