Draft:Desen Halıçınarlı

Desen Halıçınarlı (born in 1983 in Izmir / TURKEY) is a female painter.

Biography
In 2001, she graduated from Izmir Işılay Saygın Anadolu Fine Arts High School, and in 2006, she graduated with honors from the Painting Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Faculty of Fine Arts. In the same year, she joined the MSGSÜ Painting master's program. During her education, in addition to painting, she received training in engraving and fresco application workshops. In 2009, she graduated with her thesis titled "The Use of Urban Imagery in Painting Art".



Between 2011-2022, she taught Engraving-Printmaking courses at the ITU Department of Fine Arts and Basic Design courses at the ITU Faculty of Architecture.

In 2022, her mural project related to the 13th goal of the UNDP's 17 global goals, Climate Action, which she participated in an open call in Denmark, was accepted and implemented in Timring, Jutland.

Her artistic practice is shaped by the urban patterns distinguished by architectural features and the stories that unfold around them. Series such as City of Privacy, Hide and Seek, Umbilical Cord, Urban Waste, Green Spaces, Crows, the Expelled, the Exiled, Spirits Suspended in the Air, Heterotopia Series, Where is My Home, and Dodecahedron Surfaces explore the "city" experience from various interdisciplinary perspectives.

Desen, a prominent female contemporary artist with works in numerous national and international exhibitions and private collections, continues her multidisciplinary works in drawing, painting, engraving, paper works, found objects, and murals independently in her studio in Kadıköy, Istanbul.

Projects / Activities
2022 The Global Goal Gables Project, Denmark In this project 17 artists will create 17 works of art on gables in 17 Danish towns. The Global Goal Gables in the Central Denmark Region involve 17 gables, 17 art form, 17 collaboratice partners, 17 artists, 17 weeks and 17 global UN goals.

2023 Brande Bienale Open Call

2023 Quick ARt Space WorkShop, Workshop Instructor

2022 Müze Gazhane, 9. Gazhane Festival, Workshop Instructor

Exhibitions
2024, The Printmaking Issue, Belm’art Space, Ankara

2024, Preview Room, Art Crowed Istanbul Gallery, İstanbul

2023, Composition / Space, Museum Gazhane, İstanbul

2022, Hands Free Vol.1, İstanbul Concept Gallery, İstanbul

2020, Art Sunday, PG Art Gallery - TOG, İstanbul

2020, Walkın My Shoes, 42Maslak, İstanbul

2020, Printed Re-visited, Mixer Arts, Online Exhibition

2020, Hands Free, Sanat365, Online Exhibition

2020, Bazaart Sanatçıdan Sanatçıya, Büyükdere35 Gallery, İstanbul

2019, Art Weeks Akaretler, Mixer Arts, İstanbul

2019, Gravurist, Cyprus Modern Art Museum, Collection Exhibition, KKTC

2019, Step İstanbul Art Fair, Mixer Arts, İstanbul

2019, New Year Group Exhibition, İstanbul Concept Gallery, İstanbul

2019, Mini Print Exhibition, AKM, İzmir

2019, İzdüşüm Illustration Exhibition, AKM, İzmir

2019, Deep Line, Gravurist Exhibition, Çanakkale

2019, Gravurist, TUYAP İstanbul Art Fair, İstanbul

2019, 16.İstanbul Bienalle Parallel Activity, Kursunlu Han-Karaköy, İstanbul

2019, Metamorphose, 16.İstanbul Bıenalle Parallel Activity, Itu Taskisla, İstanbul

2019, Ar(T)chıve 2019, Istanbul Concept Gallery

2019, Sanat Kule II., Lecturer Exhibitions, Taşkışla, İstanbul

2019, 10x10, Istanbul Concept Gallery, İstanbul

2019, You are The Hero, The Marmara Pera, İstanbul

2019, Love Fest, 360 Restaurant, Mısır Apartments, İstanbul

2018, Bazaart Sanatçıdan Sanatçıya, Büyükdere35, İstanbul

2018, Derin Çizgi, Gravurist Exhibition, 11.Uluslararası Farkındalık, Çanakkale

2018, Gravurist, Anlatım, Vurgu, Deney, Bulgu, Artist TUYAP Art Fair, İstanbul

2018, Sanat Kule I., Lecturers Exhibition, İtü Taşkışla, İstanbul

2018, Exhiport International Paper Works, Paris, France

2018, Printed 18, Mixer Arts İstanbul

2017, Su Başında Durmuşuz, Gravurist, TUYAP Art Fair, İstanbul

2017, Bodrum Bienalle, Bodrum, Muğla

2017, Nimet Han Open Studio Days, Karaköy, İstanbul

2016, Young Effect (Triple Exhibition), KAV Sanat, Ankara

2016, Umulmadık Olanın Toprakları, Gravurist, TUYAP Art Fair, İstanbul

2016, Maddenin Halleri-4 ,Morgans Original Hotel by Armaggan Art Gallery, İstanbul

2016, Batum International Print Festival, Batumi/Tiblisi, Georgia

2016, Open Studio Days, Istanbul

2016, Doğal Boyalarla “Doğanın Renkleri” Armaggan Art Gallery, İstanbul

2016, Summer Group Exhibition, KAV Sanat, Ankara

2016, “Ağaç” Desen Exhibition, CKM, İstanbul

2015, Open Studio Days, Istanbul

2015, Türkiye Gravürü Sergisi, Gravürist, CKM, İstanbul

2015 Genç Kuşak IV (New Gen IV), KAV Sanat, Ankara

2015, Küçük işler, (Little Works) Kav Sanat, Ankara

2014 ITU GSB Lecturers Exhibitions, İtü Taşkışla, İstanbul

2014 CityScape, İstanbul art Space Gallery, The Marmara Pera, İstanbul

2014 Maddenin Halleri 2, Armaggan Art Gallery, İstanbul

2013 Turkish Wind in Rome, Doruk Art Roma, Italy

2012-13 SOLO Exhibition, City of Privacy, Doruk Art Gallery, İstanbul

2011 Artist TUYAP Art Fair, İstanbul

2011 Itu Group Exhibition, İTÜ Taşkışla, İstanbul

2011 Confrontation with Istanbul, 100 Istanbul engravings Exhibition. & Book, YTU Art Gallery İstanbul

2010 SOLO Exhibition, City of the First Sin, ENKA Art Gallery, İstanbul

2010 Confrontation with Istanbul, 100 Istanbul engravings Exhibition. & Book, Galatea Art Gallery, İst.

2010 Sanatın Anadolu Aydınlanması Project, Tophane-i Amire, İstanbul

2010 From Woman Eyes, VeSanat Galerisi, İstanbul

2010 5.Marmaris Art Festival Print Exhibition., Marmaris- Muğla

2009 SOLO Exhibition, A City Exhibition, Hillside City Club Trio, İstanbul

2009 Ekim Geçidi 8,, Cemal Reşit Rey SS., İstanbul

2009 2 Terms, galeriBLANC, İstanbul

2009 TEGV, International Women’s Day Exhibition, Akmerkez Gallery, Istanbul

2008 İmoga International Print Bienalle, Istanbul

2008 "21 +", Doruk Art Gallery, İstanbul

2007 BEFSANAT İzmir Bienalle, İzmir

2007 TUYAP ART-İST Art Fair, Group Exhibition, İstanbul

2006 Constantine Art Gallery, İstanbul

2006 MSGSU Alumni Exhibition, Istanbul

2006 Çukurova University Art Competition Exhibition, Adana

2006 Türk Kalp Vakfı Art Competition Exhibition, İstanbul

2006 "35 Sanatçı 70 Eser", Çekirdek Art Gallery, İstanbul

2004 65. State Painting and Sculpture Museum, Art Competition Exhibition, Ankara & Istanbul

2004 TUYap, Art Fair, MSGSU Students, Istanbul

2003 İpek - Ahmet Merey Private Art Competition Exhibition, İstanbul

Awards
2006 Sakıp Sabancı Art Awards

2006 Çukurova University Printmaking Competition Honorable Mention