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Who is Cemal Toy? Painter Cemal Toy, who has held 17 group exhibitions and 11 personal exhibitions at home and abroad, reflecting the cultural texture of Istanbul from past to present in his works with a traditional and modern style, was born in Kütahya in 1969. He graduated from Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting in 1991. Cemal Toy participated in many group and personal exhibitions at home and abroad. In his paintings, a whole human adventure; It has continued to trace the reality indicated by the symbols of cultures that have disappeared or are about to disappear. He reflects the cultural texture of Istanbul from past to present in his paintings in a traditional and modern style. Cemal Toy stated that he always dreamed of himself painting in his childhood and said, "When I was young, I used to do all my friends' painting homework when I was staying at boarding schools. After graduating from Mimar Sinan (Fine Arts) University, I attended workshops at the İlhami Atalay Art Gallery from the first years of my student life and became a professional professional." "My art adventure began." says. Toy describes his later artistic adventure as follows: "Later, I opened my own workshop near Little Hagia Sophia. I have been here for nearly 24 years. Sultanahmet is the showcase of the world, a showcase in a geography where the most rare and beautiful works are located. Having a workshop here is a great advantage for an artist." "Because we have the opportunity to open up to the world and we work like a cultural ambassador. We are literally trying to represent the images that are about to disappear in our country and our civilization with our unique works of art. This is all our effort and our goal." GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1990 Mimar Sinan University Exhibition-Kassel-Germany 1995-1996 I. and II. Paper Products Exhibition, Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum 1996 Habitat II Cultural Activities 1997 Tekel Painting Competition Exhibition 1997 DYO Painting Exhibition 1999 Turkish Jockey Club 4th Painting Competition Exhibition 2007 Parallel Exhibition Panos Vardakas and Cemal Toy, Saint Benoît French High School Cemal Toy and Canan Aydoğan, Saint Benoît French High School within the scope of 2008 UNESCO Mevlana Year 2011 Artists' Spring Exhibition, Sainte Pulchérie French High School 2012 Artists' Spring Exhibition, Sainte Pulchérie French High School 2014 No2 Art Gallery, Izmir 2014 Three Colors of Istanbul Exhibition, Sandwich Lab Art Gallery 2016 Artists' Spring Exhibition, Sainte Pulchérie French High School. PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 1991 State Fine Arts Gallery 1993 Peyami Art Gallery 1996 Taksim Art Gallery 1998 Akbank Beylerbeyi Art Gallery 2000 Gelsenkirchen Alfred Schimid-Haus-Germany 2000 Hamm System Bildungszentrum-Germany 2005 Saint Benoît French High School 2014 Die Farben Istanbul, Berlin JAK Jugend Akademie Der Kunste-Germany 2014 Die Farben Istanbuls, Hamm Kulturnacht 2014-Germany 2014 Les Couleurs D'Istanbul, Paris Institut Nénuphar-France 2015 Istanbul Reflected on Canvas, Istanbul Commerce University.