Dilek Deveci Bilgili who has born in İstanbul in 1972; graduated from the undergraduate program in the Department of Mathematics in İstanbul University and postgraduate program in the Department of Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Kadir Has University. She completed the postgraduate program on traditional miniature with her thesis titled “ "Deli" Figures Depiction Analysis in Ottoman Miniatures” in Traditional Turkish Arts Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University in 2016. The artist has participated in several festivals and exhibitions in homeland and abroad; her miniature and watercolor paintings are included in domestic and foreign collections. The artist has published articles on art history and culturel heritage. She received her PhD qualificiation in field of cultural history and is continuing her thesis.
Selections from Exhibitions and Awards…
2022 İstanbul Yeditepe Bienal “Çerçeve İçi/ Çerçeve Dışı”, In/Out Frame”
2021,2019,2018, 2017 Fabriano in Watercolour Festival, İtaly
2019 “So Art Project”, “Timeless İstanbul”, Hünkar Kasrı, İstanbul
2018 Urbino in Watercolour Festival 2018, İtaly
2018 İstanbul Yeditepe Bienal, “Kabusu Azat”/ “Release the Nigtmare”
2016 Made By Artist2016 ( I. International Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Festival-Greece)
2016 Facing in Miniature, Pendik, İstanbul
2015 and 2013 18th and 17th National Turkish Decoration Arts Competition Exhibitions
2016 UNESCO 40th Conference “İstanbul and Cultural Heritage ” Art-design Competition First Award