Canan Senol

Canan Senol
Canan Şenol
Born
Canan Şahin

1970 (age 53–54)
Istanbul, Turkey
Alma materMarmara University
Occupation(s)Visual artist, activist
Websitewww.cananxcanan.com

Canan Senol (Turkish: Canan Şenol; née Canan Şahin; born 1970), also known by the mononym Canan, is a Turkish multidisciplinary visual artist and activist, of Kurdish ethnicity.[1][2][3] Her artwork addresses gender stereotypes, sexuality, and politics.[3][4][5] She utilizes a variety of mediums in her practice including craft and digital techniques.[1]

Biography

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Canan Şahin was born in 1970 in Turkey.[6] She grew up in a rural part of Turkey.[7] She studied at Marmara University, where she received a BA degree (1992) in business,[8] and later studied painting at the same university.

She was married to a man with the name Şenol, however they divorced in 2010 and as an act of rebellion she continued to use his last name professionally which goes against local laws (sometimes uses her mononym).[3][9]

Senol's artwork has been shown widely including, "Global Feminisms" (2007) group exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York.[10][11][12]

Her work is held in public museum collections, including the Centre Pompidou, the Pinakothek der Moderne, the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, and Istanbul Modern.[1][13][14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Acuner, Derya. "Canan (Şenol)". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  2. ^ Commandeur, Ingrid (April 1, 2010). "Canan Senol 'I am an activist, feminist artist'". Metropolis M. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  3. ^ a b c Yackley, Ayla Jean (December 16, 2017). "Turkish feminist artist takes on Mount Qaf - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  4. ^ "Feminist sanatçı Canan: Kaf Dağı'na ulaşmak kendimizi anlamak demek" [Feminist artist Canan: Reaching Mount Kaf means understanding ourselves]. CNN TÜRK (in Turkish). November 16, 2017. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  5. ^ Türkiye sanat yıllıği (in Turkish). Sanat-Bilgi-Belge. 2001. p. 164.
  6. ^ Reilly, Maura; Nochlin, Linda (2007). Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art. Merrell. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-87273-157-8.
  7. ^ Torchia, Christopher (February 19, 2011). "Turkey walks a tightrope between East and West". New Bedford Standard-Times. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  8. ^ Neumayr, Agnes (2009). Politik der Gefühle: Susanne K. Langer und Hannah Arendt (in German). IUP, Innsbruck University Press. p. 324. ISBN 978-3-902571-84-7.
  9. ^ Gosling, Lucinda; Robinson, Hilary; Tobin, Amy (2018-12-25). The Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality, 1857–2017. Chronicle Books. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-4521-7001-5.
  10. ^ Muller, Dena (2008-01-01). "Global Feminisms curated by Maura Reilly and Linda NochlinGlobal Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art edited by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 33 (2): 471–474. doi:10.1086/521560. ISSN 0097-9740.
  11. ^ Ehrlich, Cheri Eileen (2011-12-22). "Adolescent girls' responses to feminist artworks in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum". Visual Arts Research. 37 (2): 55–70.
  12. ^ Shih, Evelyn (2007-03-30). "Women getting a place at museum table". The Record. pp. G26. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  13. ^ "New Works, New Horizons". İstanbul Modern. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  14. ^ "Canan Sahin, Exemplary, 2009". Centre Pompidou.
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