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Melahat Altundağ (b. 1978, Bolu)
Altundağ completed a bachelor's degree in 2000, a master's degree in 2003, and a Proficiency in Art degree in 2008 in the Department of Ceramics, Faculty of Fine Arts, Hacettepe University. Until 2008, Altundağ worked as a research assistant in the same department. In 2008, Altundağ was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Ceramics, Faculty of Fine Arts, Abant İzzet Baysal University. Having received the title of associate professor in 2018, Altundağ continues artistic and academic work at the same university.
Altundağ has taken part in numerous group exhibitions and events in Türkiye and abroad, including in Lithuania, Croatia, Germany, Latvia, Argentina, Romania, Russia, South Korea, and Malaysia, and has held two solo exhibitions. Altundağ's work has received the Ceramics Achievement Award at the 62nd State Painting and Sculpture Competition (2001), the Achievement Award in the “Artistic Category” of Anadolu University's “Muammer Çakı 2002 Ceramics Competition” (2002), and Special Awards at the Altın Testi Ceramics Competition (2002 and 2006), and is held in museum and private collections. Altundağ is a member of the Art Educators Association (SEDER), the Turkish Ceramics Association (TSD), and the Ceramic Art Education and Exchange Association (SSEDD).
Selected solo exhibitions
2019 – “Kuş Bakışı,” Galeri Artsürem, Ankara
2017 – “Dünden Bugünden,” Bolu Municipality Painter Mehmet Yücetürk Art Center, Bolu
2017 – “Habitat,” Mod-Ada Atölye Galeri, Istanbul
2017 – “Habitat,” Mod-Ada Atölye Galeri, Istanbul
Selected group exhibitions
2019 – International Fantastic Macsabal Competition Exhibition, Ankara
2018 – Deus Ex Machina, Sezer-Ali AK Hard Hat Collection Exhibition, CerModern, Ankara
2018 – Artsürem International Women's Day Exhibition, Galeri Artsürem, Ankara
2018 – Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University and Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculties of Fine Arts Teaching Staff Exhibition, Exhibition Hall, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Cultural Center, Bolu
2018 – CERAmini Jury and Organizing Committee Group Ceramics Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu
2018 – Ondokuz Mayıs University and Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculties of Fine Arts Teaching Staff Exhibition, Exhibition Hall, Faculty of Fine Arts, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun
2018 – 29th International Bandırma Kuşcenneti Culture and Tourism Festival, “Sevgi Duvarı” Project Exhibition, Foyer, Bandırma Barış Manço Cultural Center, Balıkesir
2017 – “Memory Box,” Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2017 – 3rd Cluj Ceramics Biennial, Cluj-Napoca Art Museum, Romania
2017 – “White Noise,” 11th International Small Porcelain Forms Exhibition, Riga Porcelain Museum, Latvia
2017 – Adı Mavi, 4th Ceramic Art Education Conference, Faculty of Fine Arts, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir
2017 – Eşsürem Ceramics Exhibition, Artsürem Bilim Sanat, Ankara
2017 – Intercultural Art Project, Bolu Provincial Cultural Center Art Gallery, Bolu
2017 – SEDER Members' Exhibition, Atatürk Cultural Center, Lefkoşa, TRNC
2017 – “Yarın Bugünden Kurulur,” Hacettepe University Art Museum Collection Exhibition, Ankara
2017 – Yeni Aralık Exhibition, Galeri Soyut, Ankara
2017 – Bir Fincanda Aşk, D’Art Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul
2017 – Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Fine Arts Teaching Staff Group Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition Hall, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu
2017 – 4th Istanbul Ceramic Art Days, Taksim Cumhuriyet Art Gallery, Istanbul
2016 – International Miniature Art Biennial, Mansarda Gallery, Romania
2016 – 1st International Postal Biennial / Bir yastıkta, Faculty of Fine Arts, Trakya University, Edirne
2016 – SELSIUS 2016 / Düğün, State Visual Arts Center, Penang, Malaysia
2016 – KSDT International Design Trend 2016, South Korea
2016 – SEDER Members' Exhibition, Ankara University 70th Anniversary Events, Ankara
2016 – Black Sea Region Fine Arts, Art and Design, and Fine Arts Education Departments Group Exhibition, Ordu University, Ordu
2016 – Yüreğin Göçü Ceramics Exhibition, 3rd Ceramic Art Education Conference, Exhibition Hall, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Cultural Center, Bolu
2016 – 4th National Alternative Ceramic Firing Workshop Exhibition, Güray Museum, Nevşehir
2016 – Group Ceramics Exhibition / Oyun, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu
2016 – 3rd Istanbul Ceramic Art Days / İroni, Taksim Cumhuriyet Art Gallery (MAKSEM), Istanbul
2015 – International Design Exchange and Invitational Exhibition for The 20th Anniversary of KSDT, Korea Design Center, South Korea
2015 – The International Ceramic Exhibition SELSIUS-USM 2015, Penang State Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia
2015 – Ceramic Macsabal (Bowl) Exhibition, International Macsabal Museum, South Korea
2015 – Art Educators Association Members' Exhibition, İsmet Vehit Güney Exhibition Hall, Lefkoşa, TRNC
2015 – Sevgiye Aralık Tınılar / İsimsiz, D Art Galeri, Istanbul
2015 – Small Works Exhibition, Eskiz Tasarım Atölyesi, Izmir
2015 – 100. Yılında Çanakkale Ruhu – 253 Sanatçı 253 Eser, Akdeniz University, Antalya
2015 – Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Fine Arts Academic Staff Exhibition, Block 4 Foyer, Doğuş University, Istanbul
2015 – Ceramics Exhibition, Bodrum, Muğla
2015 – Art Educators Association Members' Exhibition, Foyer, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Ankara
2015 – ARTANKARA SEDER Members' Exhibition, ATO Congresium Convention and Exhibition Center, Ankara
2014 – Selsius-USM 5th International Ceramics Festival Group Exhibition, USM Tuanku Fauziah Museum and Gallery, Penang, Malaysia
2014 – 3rd International Ceramics and Glass Exhibition, SERES14, Eskişehir
2014 – 40x40x40 International Glass and Ceramics Exhibition, SERES14, Eskişehir
2014 – 1st International Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Bolu
2014 – 5th International Marsyas Culture, Art, and Music Festival, “Seramiğin Sesi,” Afyonkarahisar
2013 – “Heritage and Diversity,” Turkish-Korean Invitational Exhibition, Hanyang University Museum, South Korea
2013 – Hacettepe University Art Museum Macsabal Collection Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Ankara
2013 – BİRİKİM 3, Galeri Kara, Ankara
2011 – The One Year Long Tea Party, Russia
2011 – Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Fine Arts Teaching Staff Group Exhibition, Lavie-Reha, Königslutter, Germany
2011 – Buluşma 3, Anadolu University, Eskişehir
2011 – Kentle Buluşma III, Uşak
2011 – Büyük Buluşma 2011, Sakarya University, Sakarya
2011 – Knidos’un Sır’ı Ceramics, Glass, and Tile Festival and Open-Air Exhibition, UKKSA Datça, Yakaköy, Muğla
2010 – 5th International Small Porcelain Works Exhibition, Riga Porcelain Museum, Latvia
2010 – Enrajolem, El Vendrell Contemporary Ceramics Biennial, Spain
2010 – Gizem Frit Ceramics Competition Exhibition, Sakarya University, Sakarya
2010 – Abant İzzet Baysal University Teaching Staff Exhibition, Bolu Valiliği İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü Fine Arts Gallery, Bolu
2010 – Abant İzzet Baysal University Teaching Staff Exhibition, Abant İzzet Baysal University Cultural Center Gallery, Bolu
2010 – Büyük Buluşma 2010, Ankara
2010 – Barınma, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı
2010 – Western Black Sea Universities Teaching Staff Group Exhibition, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak
2010 – Ekim Geçidi 9, Faculty of Fine Arts, Sakarya University, Sakarya
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