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Sabahattin ŞEN
Chronological Biography
1947 He was born in "<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Kuruyer</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Village</st1:placetype></st1:place>", Antakya-Turkey
1960 He graduated from elementary school in Reyhanli - Hatay
1960-1963 He attained the Elementary level Teachers' Training
School in Duzici - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Adana</st1:city></st1:place>.
1963-1966 He started his art-training at the Art-Seminar of Teacher's
Training School in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:city></st1:place>.
1966-1969 He worked as an elementary-school teacher.
1969-1972 He continued his art training at the Art Department of Teacher's
Training <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:placename></st1:place>.
1972-1978 He worked as an art teacher secondary and high schools.
1978-1980 He worked as an instructor at the Art Department of Ataturk Educational Instutute
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:city></st1:place>.
1980 He went to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place> to maintain his art releted activities.
1983-1989 He kept on and advanced his activities in graphic-art and impression techniques at the Polytechnic College of Cologne. He has been residing in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Cologne</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place> since 1980; and maintaining his artistic activities.
Some of his personal exhibitions
1978 Fine Arts Gallery of Islanbul-Turkey
1986 "Sohle 1" Gallery, Bergkamen-Germany
1989 Gerda Turke Gallery, Dortmund-Germany
1989 Altes Schloss Gallery, Grevenbioich-Germany
1991 Gorbon Ads Gallery, Istanbul-Turkey
1992 Gallery Ruchti, Cologne-Germany.
1993 Gallery Gerda Turke, Dortmund-Germany
1994 Gallery Sohle 1, Bergkamen-Germany
1994 Gallery Gerdo Turke, Dortmund-Germany
1994 Gallery OPSIS, Oosduinkerke-Belgium
1995 Gallery Kunst und Buhne, Eupen-Belgium
1995 Gallery Kunsthauschen, Hilden-Germany.
1995 Gallery Sanat Yapim, Ankara -Turkey
1996 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Karsu</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Art</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Gallery</st1:placename></st1:place> Istanbul-Turkey
1999 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Kodikoy</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Art</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Center</st1:placename></st1:place>, Istanbul-Turkey
1999 <st1:placename w:st="on">Halk</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Bank</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Art</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Gallery</st1:placename>, <st1:city w:st="on">Ankara</st1:city> -<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place>
2001 Gallery Sanat Yapim Ankara-Turkey
2002 Gallery Anadolu Ajansi, <st1:city w:st="on">Ankara</st1:city> - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place>
2003 Gallery Ayda, <st1:city w:st="on">Ankara</st1:city> - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place>
2004 Gallery Doku Sanat, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place>
2005 Gallery Aladogan Sanat, <st1:city w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:city> – <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place>
2005 Gallery DDY, <st1:city w:st="on">Izmir</st1:city> – <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place>
2007 Gallery Atatürk Kültür Merkezi <st1:city w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:city> – <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place>
2007-12-04 Gallery Bashimi – <st1:city w:st="on">Salzburg</st1:city> - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Austria</st1:country-region></st1:place>
On the occasion of 10 years old the Anniversary of the partnership between cities between <st1:city w:st="on">Cologne</st1:city> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:city></st1:place>.
Some of his contributions to exhibitions
1974 State Fine Art <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Gallery</st1:state></st1:place>, Ankara-Turkey
1989 The exhibition and catalog with the subject "Work World" sponsored by the Germany Association of Care for Work and Worker, Dortmund-Germany
1992 Landesmuseum, Mannheim-Germany
1993 Arbeitsmuseum, Norrkoping-Sweden
1993 Goch Stadtisches Museum (City Museum), Germany
1993 Gummersbach-Germany
1993 Friedershof Kunstspeicher, Frankfurt-Germany
1993 Kunstforum, Bonn-Germany
1993 Selective touring exhibition with the subject "Story of Pain" <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>
1993 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Langen</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Frankfurt-Germany.
1994 Gallery Gerda Turke, Dortmund-Germany
1995 Rautenstrauch-joest Museum, Cologne-Germany
1997 Gallery Arbeiter Fotografie, (together vvith Ibrahim Demirel), Cologne-Germany
1999 Cultural center Torhaus, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Aalen</st1:city></st1:place>: With sculptor Abdulkadir Öztürk
1999 Gallery Dürer ( Galerie from Goethe Institut) <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:city></st1:place>, with Maria Rigoutsou
1999 IG Metal Gallery <st1:place w:st="on">Frankfurt</st1:place> : Competition – WITH ONE ANOTHER LIVES AND WORK
with Katalog
2000 City hall gallery, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Aalen</st1:city></st1:place>
2000 Staatli art exhibition in Ankara – Türkei
2004 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Aladogan</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Art</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Gallery</st1:placename></st1:place>,– İstanbul-Türkei
2007 Atatürk Kültür Merkezi <st1:city w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:city> – <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place>
On the occasion of 10 years old the Anniversary of the partnership between cities between <st1:city w:st="on">Cologne</st1:city> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:city></st1:place>. Participant: 4 artists from <st1:city w:st="on">Cologne</st1:city> and 4 artists from <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:place></st1:city>.
Other artistic activities
He has performed five woll-pointing in the cities On, <st1:city w:st="on">Dusseldorf</st1:city> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Solingen</st1:city></st1:place> from 1981 to1997
1990 The <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> Association of Care for Work and Worker bought three of his paintings
for their museum in <st1:city w:st="on">Dortmund</st1:city> - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
1993 He was introduced as one of the Young Art Representatives of <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> in the bi-lingually published international ad magazine NIKE
1994 The Cultural Directorate of Cologne bought his paintings
Sabahattin ŞEN
