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1956 yilinda Istanbul’da dogdu. Lise yillarinda Izmir Devlet Resim Heykel Müzesi Cavit Atmaca Atölyesi’nde, üniversite yillarinda Seref Bigali, Fahri Sever, Ibrahim Bozkus gibi önemli sanatçilarin atölyelerinde çalisti. 1978’de Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Buca Egitim Fakültesi Resim Ana Sanat Dali’ndan mezun oldu ve daha sonra ayni fakültede lisans egitimini tamamladi. Yirmi yil resim ögretmenligi yapti.
1995’te Obje Sanat Galerisi’ni açti ve galerisinde çok sayida serginin açilmasina öncülük etti. Galeride bulunan atölyesinde ürettigi eserlerinde ruh hali ile uyumlu hareketli ve coskulu firça darbeleri kullandi. Çevreye ve insana duyarliliga çagrida bulundugu bu çalismalari ile T.C. Çevre Bakanligi tarafindan çevre berati ve madalyasina layik görüldü.
1999’da Seba Sanat Galerisi adiyla yeni bir sanat galerisini Izmir’e kazandirdi. 2003 yilinda atölyesinden yetisen sanatçilarla birlikte Su Grubu’nu kurdu. Su Grubu ile 500’e yakin sanatçinin katilimiyla yurtiçi ve yurtdisinda 50’nin üzerinde sergi düzenledi ve etkinliklerden elde edilen tüm gelir yardim derneklerine birakildi. Izmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü, Ege Üniversitesi Hastanesi, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hastanesi ve Izmir Atatürk egitim ve arastirma hastanesine Su Grubu ve disaridan kendisini destekleyen ressamlarin katilimiyla özgün 500 eser hediye edilmesini sagladi.
2002’deki Caterina de’ Medici uluslararasi resim yarismasinda dünya 5ve dünya6nciligini aldi. 2004’te Ingiltere’deki Lilly Oncology tarafindan, gögüs kanserini anlatan eserlerin yer aldigi uluslararasi resim yarismasinda dünya ikinciligini aldi. Yarismanin kataloguna kapak olan eserler, Londra Royal Academy of Arts içerisinde sergilendi ve daha sonra da çesitli sergilerle tüm dünyayi dolasti. Sanatçi eserleriyle sanatin tedavi edici gücünü dünyaya anlatmaya çalisti.
2007’de katildigi Floransa Bianeli’nde Dünya Baris Dernegi’nden tesekkür belgesi aldi. Eserlerini dünya barisinda katkida bulunmak amaciyla tüm haklari ile Dünya Baris Dernegi’ne hediye etti. Su Grubu’nda yer alan sanatçilara ilk enstelasyon eser çalismalarini yaptirarak, bu gruptan 2007’de 10, 2009’da ise 36 Türk sanatçisinin Floransa Bienali’ne davetini sagladi. 2009 yilinda ise yedincisi düzenlenen Floransa Bienali’nin Bilimsel Komitesi’ne seçildi. 2011 yilinda komite üyeligine devam etti.
Su Grubu ile birlikte birçok sehirde açik alanlarda resim çalismalarina katildi ve özgün eserlerden olusan çok sayida sergi açti. Türkiye’de ve dünyada sokak resim çalismalarina önderlik etti. Mardin’deki Darülzeferan Manastiri’nin özel bir bölümünün duvar resim çalismalarini yapti. Sehirlerin tarihi yönlerini anlatan, altin varaklarla hazirlanmis resimlerden olusan Altin Sehirlerimiz adli bir projeyi baslatti. Bu proje ile sehirleri birbirine tanitti ve topluma dostluk mesajlari verdi.2011 yilinda 1 uluslararasi izmir sanat bienalini 47 ülkeden 555 sanatçinin katilimi ile gerçeklestirdi. Bienalin çalismalarina devam ediyor Atölyesinden yetisen çok sayida ögrencisi yurtiçi ve yurtdisindaki üniversitelerde ögretim üyesi ve ögretmen olarak çalisan sanatçi, su ana kadar yurtiçinde ve yurtdisinda 40 kisisel sergi açti ve çok sayida karma sergiye katildi. Seba Ugurtan, çalismalarini kendisine ait olan Izmir’deki Seba Sanat Galerisi’nde sürdürmektedir.



Biography EnglishBiography
Seba Ugurtan was born in Istanbul in 1956. During her high-school years she worked at the State Museum of Art and Sculpture at Cavit Atmaca’s studio, and during her university education, she worked at the studios of significant artists like Seref Bigali, Fahri Sever and Ibrahim Bozkus. Certificated through her education at the Painting Principal Branch of Arts of Buca Education Faculty at Dokuz Eylül University in 1978, she completed her undergraduate courses at the same faculty. She worked as a painting teacher for 20 years. Opening Object Art Gallery in 1995, she has leaded the mounting of many shows. She put her dynamic and vivacious brush strokes compatible with her state of spirit into action in the works she has produced at her studio in the gallery. For her works calling for being sensitive towards human beings and the environment, she was awarded an environment certificate and medal by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment. In 1999, she brought a novel art gallery to Izmir - Seba Art Gallery.
In 2003, together with the artists raised at her studio, she set up the Su Group (Water Group) and held over 50 exhibitions with about 500 participant artists both in and outside the country until 2008. The entire revenue obtained from the exhibitions was given over to charity institutions. She provided that 500 original artworks produced by the Su Group and the supporting artists were presented as gifts to the Izmir Institute of High Technologies, Ege University Hospital, Dokuz Eylül University Hospital and Izmir Atatürk Education and Research Hospital. She won the 5th and 6th prizes at the international event Caterina de’ Medici in 2002. In 2004, she got the 2nd prize for her works about breast cancer at the competition held by Lilly Oncology in England. Her works were put at the cover of the catalogue, were exhibited at the London Academy of Arts and travelled over the world for various exhibitions. With these works, the artist wanted to tell about the curing power of art to the world.
At the Florence Biennial she has participated in 2007, she got a certificate of gratitude. In order to contribute to the world peace, she has presented some of her works with all rights as a gift to the World Peace Association. Leading for their first installations, she provided that 10 artists of her "Water Group" were invited to the Florence Biennial in 2007, and 36 Turkish artists were invited in 2009. In 2009, she was nominated as a chairperson for the Scientific Committee of the Florence Biennial.
She has joined many painting studies held outdoors and exhibitions with her original works of art. She has been a leading figure in painting studies held on the streets both in Turkey and worldwide. She has executed the wall painting of a particular area of Darülzeferan Monastry in Mardin. She has initiated a project called "Our Cities of Gold", which consists of paintings telling about the historical aspects of cities and putting golden leaves to work. With this project she had the intention to introduce cities one another and give the society a message of friendship. She organized the 1st International Izmir Art Biennial in 2011. Now she is praparing for the 2nd Art Biennal Izmir, 2013, on which will participate more than 600 artists again.
The artist, many students of whose work as tutors and teachers in schools and universities in and outside Turkey, has opened around 40 individual exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions both in and outside Turkey. Seba Ugurtan continues her work at her own Seba Art Gallery in Izmir.

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