CURRICULUM VITAE | Belgin Yucelen

CURRICULUM VITAE

BELGIN YUCELEN

Belgin Yucelen is a sculptor, an installation artist and a printmaker. She studied sculpture at the Florence Accademia D’Arte in Florence, University of Colorado Boulder, Art Students League of Denver and Scottsdale Art School. Her work has been represented in private collections and exhibitions.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2020 Clothes from the Past at the Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN, Nov 2019-Jan 2020

2019 Shifts in Time at the BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, May-June

2018 Clothes from the Past at the Helena Davis Gallery, Artspace, Richmond, VA, July–Aug

2017 Sole Purpose: The Shoe at the Arts/Harmony Hall, Fort Washington, MD, Oct-Dec

7th Solo Art Series Art Competition at the Light Space & Time Art Gallery, Oct–Nov

Installation: For Children who will Never be Able to Fly a Kite, fundraiser for the famine in Africa, June, 2017

Clothes from the Past: Installation at the Lakeside Legacy Foundation (LLF), Dole Mansion, IL, March

Ethereal Shoes: Installation at the LLF, Dole Mansion, IL, March

Floating Children: Installatin in collaboration with photojournalist Brian Rutter at the LLF, IL, March

Words: Installation and Audio Show at the Lakeside Legacy Foundation, Dole Mansion, IL, March

2016 Journey of a Thousand Years at the Memorial Hall Galleries, Chadron, NE, February – March

2015 Journey of a Thousand Years at the CACE Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Morgan, CO, Oct-Nov

2014 A Journey in Bronze at the Smith Klein Gallery, Boulder, CO, March-April

2012 Solo Show at the Consortium816 Gallery, Denver, CO, Aug

2004 Denver Performance Arts Complex, Denver, CO

Swallow Hill Art Gallery, Denver, CO

2002 Quiet Memories of Life at UC Denver, CO

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018 Identity Spectrum at Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, May – August

Edge of Excess II, Foundry Art Center, Saint Charles, MO, May – June

Artivism at Pollak Gallery, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, April – May

2017 INTERSTATE exhibition at the Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, WA, Nov

Metamorphosis Show by the Women’s Caucus for Art at the Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, Oct–Nov

6th Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art at the Irving Arts Center, TX, Oct-Nov

Paradox Show at the Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Aug-Sept

BARED Exhibit at the Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN, Aug

Artful Fashion National Exhibition at the Allegany Arts Council, May

2016 83 Annual Awards Exhibition at Brookgreen Gardens, SC, Aug-Oct

Off the Wall at the Maryland Federation of Art Summer Annex, Annapolis, MD, June-July

State of Unions at the Core Annex Gallery, Denver, CO, May-June

Art 7/24 at Armaggan Galeries, Istanbul, Turkey, January – March

2015 Through Her Eyes at the Lacuna Galleries, Santa Fe, NM, May

8th Annual Human Form in Art Show at the Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO, April-May

Creativity Inside the Box at the Loveland Public Library Galleria, Loveland, CO, April-June

The Crow Show at The Studio Door, San Diego, CA, Feb

The 14th Annual Art Inter/National at Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Jan-March

2014 Open Studios, Boulder, Oct

2013 American Art Today: Figures at the Bunzl Gallery, Highlands, NC, September – Jan

Show at the Bell Studio Gallery, Denver, CO, Jan

Sculpture in the Park Show, Loveland, CO

2012 Sculpture in the Park Show, Loveland, CO, Aug

Women’s Works at Woodstock, IL, March

Expo 33 at the B.J. at the Spoke Gallery, New York, April

Istanbul Breeze, Turkish Contemporary Art at the Hilton-Asmus Gallery, Chicago, IL, Nov-Jan

Own an Original Art Competition at the Littleton Museum, CO, Nov-Jan

Boulder Art Resource Exhibition at the Boulder Public Library, CO, Jan-Feb

Topeka Competition, Topeka, KS, Jan

Body and Soul Exhibition at the Hilton-Asmus Gallery, Chicago, IL, Dec

SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL, Nov

Show at the Elinoff Gallery, Telluride CO

Sculpture in the Park Show, Loveland, CO

2011 Sculpture in the Park Show, Loveland, CO

Art at the River Market, Little Rock, AR

Voices VI: Perspectives of the Artistic Soul at the Rembrandt Yard Gallery, Boulder, CO, Jan

2010 Loveland Invitational Sculpture Show, Loveland, CO

The Great Frame Up Artists Gallery, Longmont, CO

Open Studios Fall Artist Tour, World Art Showcase, Boulder, CO

Art at the River Market, Little Rock, AR

2009 Colorado Artists Guild Juried Exhibition at the Event Gallery, Denver, CO

Loveland Invitational Sculpture Show, Loveland, CO

2008 Summer Art Market Sculpture Show, ASLD, Denver, CO

2007 Summer Art Market Sculpture Show, ASLD, Denver, CO

2006 Russian Art Gallery, Santa Fe, Group Exhibition, Denver, CO

2005 Summer Art Market Sculpture Show, ASLD, Denver, CO

2004 Power and Politics at the Art Students League of Denver, CO

Art in Public Places at the Louisville Art Association, Louisville, CO

2003 Downtown Boulder Art Fair, Boulder, CO

Group Exhibition: Colorado Arts Festival Curated Show, Denver, CO

5th Annual Colorado Arts Festival, Denver, CO

Group Exhibition: Art Association of Harrisburg Galleries, PA

Group Exhibition: 5th Annual Colorado Arts Festival, Denver, CO

Annual Juried Show at the Spark Gallery, Denver, CO

2002 Group Exhibition: Gallery Sovereign, Boulder, CO

Galleries

BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Smith-Klein Gallery, Boulder
Terzian Galleries, Park City, Utah
Hilton-Asmus Contemporary, Chicago
Armaggan Gallery, Istanbul
Elinoff Gallery, Telluride

Museums

Virtual Shoe Museum, The Hague, Netherlands

Public Art
2010 Art on the Street 2010 Gallery, Lafayette, CO

2010 Art Advocacy Project, Loveland, CO

Awards

Moon and Stars Project Grant by the American Turkish Society
2018 Executive Level Fellow by the Clark Hulings Fund for the Business Accelerator Program
2017 Fellow by the Clark Hulings Fund for the Business Accelerator Program
Tending Space Fellowship for Artists by Hemera Foundation, 2017
Winner of the Expo 33 Competition 2014, New York
Gallery Choice Award, Women’s Works 2014, Woodstock, IL
1^st Place Award for Sculpture, 2009, Colorado Artists Guild Juried Exhibition, Event Gallery, Denver

Publications, Reviews and Lectures