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Who is Nermin Alpar? (1961-Ankara) She was born in Ankara in 1961. She completed her primary, secondary and high school education in Ankara. She graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture in 1982. She continued her professional career as an agricultural engineer in the Ministry of Agriculture. After retiring in 2005, she began her artistic journey by receiving art training from painter Gül Dalkıran. After this first experience, which was the discovery of her artistic talent; she continued with a 3-year workshop training with Georgian painter David Ugralidze. Her works were exhibited in countries such as China, Serbia, India, Cyprus, Bosnia, Egypt, Montenegro and Greece. The artist, whose works are in national and international collections, continues her artistic life in her own studio in Ankara. Art Perspective; “Proud, intelligent and questioning female figures that contain sadness and melancholy under their smiles inspire me. My works are colorist, figurative and naive. Picasso, Modigliani and Klimt have been my sources of inspiration; especially Amedeo Modigliani. While my figurative works were initially detailed, I later made superficial abstractions and fragmentations. I turned from colored painting to a colorist and abstractionist understanding of color. While I was making landscapes in the years I first started painting, I later moved on to figures. Currently, I occasionally include abstract landscapes behind female figures.” Selections from Personal Exhibitions; 2010 Çagsav, Ankart Fair, Ankara 2011 Çagsav, Ankart Fair, Ankara 2012 Çagsav, Ankart Fair, Ankara 2013 2nd İzmir Biennial, İzmir 2013 International Patras Painting Symposium, Greece 2014 Solo Exhibition, Gallery N, Ankara 2014 1st Istanbul University Art Colony Painting Workshop, Istanbul 2014 1st International Bodrum Biennial, Muğla 2014 International Ostraka Painting Workshop, Sharm El Sheyk, Egypt 2015 Artankara International Art Fair, Rc Gallery, Ankara 2015 2nd International Mehmet Nuri Göçen Art Workshop 2015 Solo Exhibition, Carre D’artistes Art Gallery 2015 International Art Colony, Pociteli, Sarajevo 2015 Solo Exhibition, Ayışığı Art Gallery, Ankara 2021-2022-2023- 2024 Gallery Kambur Istanbul. 2024 Nurol Gallery Ankara