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 She was born in Istanbul from an artist family. Her father, mother and grandfather were all artists. She studied painting at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul between 1982 and 1987. While realizing the costumes and stage-settings for an amateur theater group, she started working in Metin Deniz atelier in 1987. Here she received training on practiced stage-settings and costumes, sculpture and art direction. Then she went on to work professionally in these fields. She was involved in the establishment and activity planning of the 1st Istanbul Biennial in 1989. She moved from Istanbul to Bodrum where she began tutoring and organizing workshops for children and adults in 1990. In 1994 she went to Germany to make costumes for the Karlsruhe Museum. Since 1999 she held 14 solo exhibitions in Istanbul, Bodrum and the USA. She also participated in many group exhibitions. Her two solo exhibitions in the USA were: in International Visions The Gallery, Washington DC, in 2002, and in The Gallery at The Marmara, Manhattan in 2006. In 2006, she initiated the founding of a contemporary art group by the name ”The Flying University” in Bodrum. She worked as a gallery director in 2007. While she continued her artistic activities, she also dealt with alternative therapies, healthy living and nutritional medicine, art therapy, and yoga.
She started to work in personal development group practices and workshops  in Istanbul 2002 and Bodrum . In 2002, she started to work in art therapy, in which she has been interested since 1985. She was working in art and at the same time she interests alternative therapies, yoga philosophy, how to live without illness, art  therapy. She participated in workshops about that.  She worked on art therapy at her personal atelier in Bodrum between 2004- 2010. Since 1994 she has been writing articles for various publications. Currently she is living and working in her atelier in Oosterbeek, The Netherlands since 2011.
The artist is listed in the database of Artprice also listed in the database RKD Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis ( Netherlands Institute of Arthistory ) 
She before known as Somnur Kurt 



 
in 1982-87  Istanbul -Mimar Sinan University , Faculty of Fine Arts, Dincer Erimez Atelier
1987-96  Decor & Costume for amateur theaters; training and professional work in
                      Metin Deniz Atelier (stage decor & costume, art direction, sculpture)
1990       Painting lessons and workshops for children and adults
1994       Costume design for Karlsruhe Museum, Germany
1994       Writing magazine articles about art, alternative therapies, personal
               developments, and animals in the following newspapers: Yarımada, Bodrum
               Postası, İskele Meydanı, Artist Modern, Womag Art, Bodrum Life.
1997-98    Wall paintings
1999        Paintings for Gallery Artist, Istanbul
2000       Hadigari Gallery, Bodrum, solo exhibition
2001        Halicarnassos Gallery, Bodrum, group exhibition
2001        Mask Gallery, Bodrum, solo exhibition
2001        Gallery Artist, Istanbul, solo exhibition
2002        International Visions, the Gallery, Washington D.C., U.S.A., solo exhibition
2002        Yaghane Gallery, Bodrum, solo exhibition
2003        Dam Art Gallery, Bilkent University, Ankara, group exhibition
2003        Atelier Orumcek, Istanbul, solo exhibition
2003        Atelier Orumcek, Istanbul, group exhibition
2003        Yedi Defne, Bodrum, group exhibition
2003        Gallery Artist, Istanbul, group exhibition
2003        Epsilon Art Gallery, Bodrum, group exhibition
2003        Eklisia, Bodrum, group exhibition
2003        Atatürk Cultural Center, Istanbul, solo exhibition
2003        Gallery Artist, Istanbul, solo exhibition
2003        Jazz Bar, Ciragan Palace, Istanbul, solo exhibition
2004        Gallery Artist-Defne, Bodrum, solo exhibition
2005        Works with ‘Flying University’ art group
2005        Halicarnassos Gallery, Bodrum, group exhibition
2005        The Marmara, Antalya, solo exhibition
2005        Art Therapy courses Bodrum
2006        ‘Flying University’-‘Exhibition Shop’ contemporary art activity, Bodrum
2006        Antiocha Contemporary Art Meeting, Antiocha 

2006        The Gallery at The Marmara Manhattan, N Y, U.S.A , solo exhibition
2007        Aldimo Art Gallery, Bodrum and Izmir , Gallery Director
2007        U.P.S.D. Contemporary art exhibition, Istanbul, group exhibition
2007        Art Ist, Istanbul, group exhibition
2008        Gallery Artist Cukurcuma, solo exhibition
2010         Gallery Idart  Bodrum, group exhibition   

2014         She is a member of NABK.nl
2014         Nurol Gallery Bodrum, solo exhibition 
2014         Sheli Art Project Istanbul, group exhibition  

2015         NowArtFair, Eindhoven, Holland. 18-19 April, group exhibition

                 The artist is listed in the database of Artprice​.com  and  database of Netherlands voor Kunstgeschiedenis R.K.D. 

                 Living in Nijmegen- Holland since 2011 and working paintings her atelier in Oosterbeek. 
                 She before known as Somnur Kurt 



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