Tomur Atagök
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Tomur Atagök (born 1939) is a Turkish painter, musicologist, author and professor.
Early life and education
Atagök was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1939 and in 1959, she graduated from the
Artwork
Atagök's first solo exhibition was held in 1966, at the İstanbul Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Gallery. She had numerous personal and collective exhibitions all over the world, including England, France, Egypt, Algeria and the US. Some of her works are included in the Elgiz Collection and displayed at the
Academic career
Atagök began to work at MSU Sculpture and Painting Museum (Resim Heykel muzesi) as Director Assistant in 1980. In 1984, she became the Culture, Press and Foreign Relations Director at Yıldız Technical University. She became a professor in 1993.[3] She founded the first Museology department in Turkey in Yıldız Technical University. She is currently the dean of the Art and Design Faculty in Yıldız Technical University, and the tutor of Museums and Museology course in the same department.
She has also attended to artistic activities in Romania and Greece as a representative of Turkey and curated many exhibitions for the
She has written about the situation of Turkish women artists, her essay titled, "Contemporary Turkish Women Artists" was published in the
References
- ^ a b "who's who : tomur atagok". Turkishculture.org. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
- ^ "Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Artvarium". Frugalfun.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ^ "International Conference on the Inclusive Museum". Z08.cgpublisher.com. 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ^ "CMES Home | Council On Middle East Studies". Yale.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- OCLC 1043617260.