Ruzen Atakan
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Ruzen Atakan (born 1966) in Akincilar, Nicosia is a Turkish-Cypriot painter and the daughter of the famous Cypriot painter Ali Atakan. She graduated from Gazi University Turkey, in 1988. She has had 3 solo shows and took part in many mixed and group exhibitions in Cyprus as well as overseas. Presently she is teaching at Fine Arts Secondary School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
[edit] Exhibitions
Ruzen participated in the following exhibitions:
- 1988 Group Exhibition in British Council, Ankara.
- 1990 Group Exhibition at Fluxus Art Gallery, Nicosia.
- 1991 1st Solo Exhibition at Fluxus Art Gallery, Nicosia.
- 1991 Contemporary Turkish Cypriot Painting Exhibition, London.
- 1994 2nd Solo Exhibition at Atatürk Cultural Center, Nicosia.
- 1994 Namık Kemal Painting Prize, Famagusta.
- 1997 3rd Solo Exhibition Atatürk Cultural Center, Nicosia.
- 1977 State Art and Sculpture Prize, Nicosia.
- 1999 Group Exhibition at Gotland University College, Gotland,
- 1999 Namık Kemal Painting Prize, Famagusta.
- 1999 Group Exhibition at Kunstmesse, Salzburg,
- 2001 Group Exhibition at IMKB, Istanbul.
- 2003 Bi-communal Exhibition at Hilton Hotel, Nicosia.
- 2003 Group Exhibition, İzmir International Fair, İzmir.
- 2004 4th Solo Exhibition, “April Exhibition” Iktisatbank Gallery, Nicosia
