Zuhal ARDA

Professor Dr. Zuhal Arda

She was born in 1953 in Samsun. She completed her primary, secondary and high school education in her hometown of Niğde. In 1989, she started studying at Anadolu University, Faculty of Education, Department of Painting Teaching. Later, she transferred to Selçuk University, Faculty of Education, Department of Painting Teaching and graduated in 1994. She worked as an art teacher at Yarma Town Primary School in Konya Province, Central İnkilap Primary School and Sare Özkaşıkçı Primary School between 1995-2000. In 1999, she completed master's thesis titled An Analytical Approach to Painting Lessons in the Second Stage in Primary Schools at the Institute of Social Sciences of Konya Selçuk University. In 2000, she was appointed as the founding Director of Anatolian Fine Arts High School in Konya. In 2005, she started to work as a lecturer at the Painting Department of Selçuk University. In 2007, she completed PhD thesis entitled An Aesthetic Approach to the Paintings of Aydın Ayan, Painter and Art Education Selçuk University Institute of Social Sciences. Together with 3 authors, she wrote “Aesthetic for Anadolu Fine Arts High School.

She became Assistant Professor in 2009 in Selçuk University, Associate Professor in 2012 and Professor in 2017. In 2019, she was appointed as the Dean of Gaziantep University Faculty of Fine Arts. She retired in 2020. The artist has 21 personal exhibitions, 16 articles in refereed journals, and participated in more than hundred group exhibitions and international workshops both in Turkey and abroad. Her works are exhibited in 3 museums in Turkey and abroad. The artist is currently member of GESAM, UPDS and BRHD artist communities.