The Artificer
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Ankara in 1980, she is a ceramic artist and art historian (BA, MA, Hacettepe University). While working in her art studio, Can opened seven personal exhibitions between 2006 and 2019. Between 2012 and 2017, she wrote for and worked as the editor of the culture and art section of Solfasol, a local newspaper based in Ankara. She organised several interdisciplinary public art events and exhibitions between 2014 and 2019 with the AsiKeçi Ankara Artists’ Initiative, of which she is a member and founder. She taught Curating and Exhibition Techniques at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology. She worked for the Rahmi M. Koc Museum in Ankara as a museum manager between 2020 and 2023. She is one of the founders of the namekân community of creative people that brings together creative individuals for dialogue and events on platforms that overcome spatial impossibilities.
Currently, she is an author and contributor at The Art Newspaper Turkey. She teaches Art History at Başkent University's Faculty of Fine Arts, Design, and Architecture. She continues her academic studies in the Hacettepe University Art History-Doctorate Programme, focusing on the fields of cultural policies, cultural heritage, adaptive reuse, museology, public art and urban aesthetics.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 "Activity Log" Ceramic Exhibition, Gallery Muaf, Tomtom Designhood, Istanbul, Turkey
2014 “Acropolis”, Ceramic Exhibition, GaleriM Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2010 “Daytime”, Ceramic Exhibition, Ataturk Library, Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 “Prose” Glass Art Exhibition, Arda Art Gallery, Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara, Turkey
2009 “City of Creatures” Ceramic Exhibition, Elele Art Gallery, Ankara
2008 “The Feast of Abraham” Ceramic Exhibition, Saraphane, Musander Art Gallery, Mugla, Turkey
2006 “Auspicious Irises, Sinister Senses” Ceramic Exhibition, Cengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
Articles
2023 Ceramic Murals Dating Back to the 1960s and 1970s in the Public Buildings in Ankara. Sepil Bağcı (Ed.). 16. International Congress of Turkish Arts October 3-5 2019 Proceedings 1 (Pages:323-337). Ankara: Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Culture And Tourism Publications
Proceeding
December 2023 "Comprehending the Ceramics of Gencay", HÜTKAM (Historical and Cultural Heritage Research Center) Cultural Memory Symposium, Ankara.
January 2022 "The Citizens’ Assembly of Ankara as a Platform for Aesthetic Deliberation", HÜTKAM (Historical and Cultural Heritage Research Center) Cultural Memory Symposium, Ankara.
December 2020 "Craftsmen Street in Çengelhan", HÜTKAM (Historical and Cultural Heritage Research Center) Cultural Memory Symposium, Ankara.
October 2019 "Ceramic Murals Dating Back to the 1960s and 1970s in the Public Buildings in Ankara",
16. International Congress of Turkish Arts (IV Turkish Art and Ankara. b. Capital of the Republic), Ankara.
November 2018 "Ceramic Wall Panels at Hacettepe University", HÜTKAM (Historical and Cultural Heritage Research Center) Cultural Memory Symposium, Ankara.
November 2017 "The Memory in the Glaze and the Gaze in the Memory: Thinking with the Ceramic Murals of Anafartalar Shopping Centre", HÜTKAM (Historical and Cultural Heritage Research Center) Cultural Memory Symposium, Ankara.
Panels, Conferences and Webinars
2023 "Street Art as an Aesthetic Initiative for Shaping Public Space in Ankara", 8th Urban Studies Congress, Thesis Panel: A New Way of Life in Public Space, Ankara Urbanism Biennial / Together in the Urban: Contemporary Investigations for Public Space, TEPAV, Ankara.
2023 “The Juxtaposition of Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Public Art in the Anafartalar Bazaar", Beıng Or Becomıng A Capıtal In 100 Years: Ankara, ANR SPACEPOL Hybrid Workshop, Ankara.
2022 "The Female Touch Amidst Male Art World" ASTAD Art History Webinars, Ankara.
2021 "Cultural and Artistic Dynamics in Big City Life", The Citizens’ Assembly of Ankara, ARTANKARA The 7th International Contemporary Art Fair, Ankara.
2021 "Museology in Ankara: Professional Women in Culture, Art, and Tourism", The Citizens’ Assembly of Ankara, Ankara.
2020 "Museum for All: Is Accessible and Inclusive Museum Practice Possible in Turkey?" Thursday Talks, Online Webinar Series, Department of Museology, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir.
2020 "Urban Aesthetics, Architecture, and Public Art: Ceramic Murals Dating Back to the 1960s and 1970s in the Public Buildings in Ankara", ASTAD Art History Webinars, Ankara.
2020 "Ceramic Murals Dating Back to the 1960s and 1970s in the Public Buildings in Ankara", Graduated Student Association, Collector's Club Webinars, METU, Ankara
2019 "Meaningful Location: Anafartalar Bazaar", In-situ History Lecture 3, TEDU MAUS & History Foundation, Ankara.
2019 "Glazed Walls of Ankara", VEKAM Conferences, Ankara.
2019 "Art in the Frosty Ankara: Notes on Urban Aesthetics and Public Art", Atılım University, Ankara.
2018 "The In-situ Museum: Anafartalar Bazaar", Ankara University, Ankara.
2018 "The In-situ Museum: Interdisciplinary Communication in Interior Design", Başkent University, Ankara.
2018 "Artistic Interventions", CAMMA Thursday Talks, Bilgi University, Istanbul.
2017 "Ceramic Wall Panels in Public Spaces in Ankara", VEKAM 2017 Research Programs, Ankara.
2017 "The Representation of the Image of Women in Late Ottoman Painting and the Places of Femininity", The Echo of the Difference TEDx, TED University.
2016 "Urban Aesthetics As an Experience of Placelessness", Placelessness Discussions Panel. Ankara Branch of The Chamber of Architects, Ankara.