Çiğdem Menteşoğlu

Çiğdem Menteşoğlu was born in 1982 in Trabzon, Turkey. Currently lives and works in Istanbul.  

 Education

2007 - MA Degree with Thesis called Dissident Reverie, University of Hacettepe Fine Arts Faculty, Painting Department, Ankara (Turkey) 

2006 - Lithography/ Martin Raudensky, Conceptual Photography/ Pavel Banka Erasmus Grants (Czech Republic)  

2004 - Bachelor Degree, Hacettepe University Fine Arts Faculty Painting Department, Ankara (Turkey)

1995 - Fine Arts High School, Trabzon (Turkey )

  Group Exhibitions

 2011 - Pop Art Revolution, Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce (Italy); International Fabrikartgrup Contemporary Art Festival, Cappadocia (Turkey ); Up and Coming, Gallery Artium Modern, Istanbul ( Turkey );

2010 - Mixed Media, Auction Exhibition, Gallery Artium Modern, Istanbul (Turkey )

2009 - Chaos 9, KargaArt Gallery, Istanbul (Turkey ); ‘Good, Bad, Ugly’ Yaygara Contemporary art , Goethe institute, Ankara (Turkey) ; Borders and Orbits 5, Siemens Art, İstanbul(Turkey ); The Meeting of Young painters, Ayvalık ( Turkey); Convoi Exceptional Galeri La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille (France ); Urban Jeaoulsy Tehran First International Roaming Festival, Berlin (Germany );

2008 - Urban Jeaoulsy, Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul ( Turkey );

 2007 - LighthouseAnkara, Aşti Hatırası Projesi, Ankara Garı (Turkey );   

 2006 - Someone I know, İntes Sanat Galerisi, Ankara (Turkey );

2004 - Phantom in Portrait, Çekirdek Art, İstanbul (Turkey );

2004 - May 19 Youth Festival, Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Ankara (Turkey );

1997 - Dört Kafadar, Hüseyin Kazaz Cultural Center, Trabzon (Turkey ).

Solo Exhibitions

2010 - Made in Connotation, Syndicat Potentiel, Strasbourg (France); 

2009 - Monologue, METU (Middle technical University) Exhibition Hall, Ankara (Turkey );

2007 - Dissident Reverie, Galerie Artist Çukurcuma, Istanbul (Turkey );

2005 - Who is at the Window!? (Video and drawing) Arhitecture Branch of Ankara ( Turkey ).

Complete CV upon demand