Canan Tolon (born 1955) is a Turkish-born artist who now lives and works in Emeryville, California. Tolon works in the mediums of

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drawing Drawing is a Visual arts, visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface, or a digital representation of such. Traditionally, the instruments used to make a drawing include pencils, crayons, and ink pens, some ...

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

, and installation. She has exhibited internationally in Ankara, Istanbul, Kiev, London, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland and San Francisco. In 2010, one of Tolon's paintings, "Glitch VI" (2008) was a highlight at Sotheby's auction in Turkey, and in 2012, ''Art + Auction'' named Tolon one of the 50 Next Most Collectible Artists. A ''

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'' review in 2014 noted that Tolon's paintings "highlight our tendency to look for recognizable forms" and "also perhaps a comment on the degraded quality of our image landscape."

Early life and education

Tolon was born in Istanbul in 1955 and spent her childhood in France. after graduating from the Ecole Française d’Istanbul (1975) She studied design and architecture at

Napier University Edinburgh Napier University () is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland. Napier Technical College, the predecessor of the university, was founded in 1964, taking its name from 16th-century Scottish mathematician and philosopher John Napie ...

in Edinburgh, Scotland (1976),

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, Trier, Germany (1979),

Middlesex University Middlesex University London (legally Middlesex University and abbreviated to MDX) is a public research university based in Hendon, northwest London, England. The university also has campuses in Dubai and Mauritius. The name of the university is ...

/Architectural Association, London, England (1980) and

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

, where she earned her master in architecture (1983). Tolon then worked as an architect in France and in San Francisco.

Collections

Tolon's work is held in the following public collections: *

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, London *

İstanbul Modern Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, colloquially referred to as Istanbul Modern (), is a contemporary art gallery located inside the Galataport complex in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. Inaugurated on December 11, 2004, Istanbul Modern was ...

, Istanbul IKSV (Istanbul Foundation for Culture and the Arts)

Awards and residencies

* 1989: San Francisco Focus Design Award, San Francisco, California * 1991: Artist in Residence, Bemis Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska * 1992: Artist in Residence, Bemis Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska * 1994: Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF)/NEA; Painting * 1995: Artist in Residence, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire * 1996: Artist in Residence, The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France * 1997: Gamblin Fellowship Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center * 1998: Berllanderi Sculpture Workshop, Wales * 1998: Arts Council of Wales * 1999: Center for Mediterranean Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. * 2000:

Cité internationale des arts The Cité internationale des arts is an artist-in-residence building complex which accommodates artists of all specialities and nationalities in Paris. It comprises two sites, one located in the Marais and the other in Montmartre. Approximately ...

, Paris, France * 2007: Emeryville Public Arts Award, Emeryville, California * 2012: The Kidder Residency in the Arts, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

References

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