Education

• Ebru art training at Ebristan Ebru Evi, 2004-2010, Istanbul- Turkey from the ebru master Hikmet Barutcugil

• Ebru art training at Caferaga Medresesi, 2003-2004, Istanbul-Turkey from the Ebru master Ayle Makas

• Master of Arts, Social Psychology, Bogazici University, Istanbul-Turkey 1995-1998

• Psychology, BA, Bogazici University, Istanbul-Turkey 1991-1994

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Selected Art Shows & Festivals

• Turkish Festival,  Freedom Plaza, Washington DC - USA, 2022

• Turkish Festival at Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC- USA, 2018

• Turkish Embassy Culture Day, Washington DC- USA, 2018

• Ebru Show at Washington Turkish House (TASC) at Dupont Circle, Washington DC- USA, 2018

• Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt- Germany, 2009

• St. Sophia Museum, Istanbul- Turkey, 2008

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University Shows

• Bay Atlantic University – Washington, DC – USA, 2019

• The George Washington University- The Textile Museum, Washington DC- USA, 2018

• Montgomery College, Rockville, MD- USA, 2017

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Workshops & Classes

• Turkish House, TASC Ebru Workshops, Washington DC, 2019

• Diyanet Center of America, MD- USA, 2018, Ebru classes

• Marvels of Marbling Studio, Herndon, VA – the USA, 2018 Ebru classes

• World Refugee Day event, Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSS/NCA), Hyattsville, MD - USA, 2018

• Yunus Emre Institute, Thomas Circle Washington DC – USA, 2017, Workshop

• Turkish Coffee Lady, Mclean, VA-USA, 2017 & 2018, Workshop

• Navy Elementary School, Herndon, VA- USA 2017 Workshop

• Mclean High School, Mclean, VA – USA, 2015, Workshop

• Hummingbird elementary school, Reston, VA - USA 2013, Workshop

• Hasan Tan, Orphanage, Istanbul- Turkey 2011-2012, Classes

• Casa Bosset, Mérida, Venezuela, 2010, Workshop

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Exhibitions

• 6th International Ebru Congress Exhibition, Istanbul Turkey, 2016

• “Stand by You” Ebru exhibition, Bahcelievler Culture, and Art Center, Istanbul - Turkey, 2009

• “Blooms of Ebristan” Ebru exhibition, Beylerbeyi Place Tunnel Art Gallery, Istanbul- Turkey, 2007

• “Sail Away” Ebru exhibition, Taksim Art Gallery, Istanbul-Turkey, 2007

• Caferaga Medresesi 2003 Ebru class exhibition, Istanbul- Turkey, 2003