About Us

Gonca-Karapınar-1

Gonca Karapınar was born in 1968 in Ankara.
In addition to her acrylic works on canvas, she develops her researches with different techniques in Vienna, Austria.
She participates in art events around the world and organizes art events based in Vienna.

School

1984-1987 Vocational High School Ankara / Graphic-Painting
1989-1993 Anadolu University Fine Arts / Graphics
2019 Art Therapy Association Member / SPD (Istanbul)
2020 Art Therapy Training (S.E.M Akademi / İzmir)
2020 IG Austrian Visual Artists Club Member
2020 International Artists Club member

Business

1994-2010 Advertising Agencies, Art Director, Creative Director and Artistic Project manager
2011-2020 Art Projects, Art Performance, Art Therapy

Exhibitions

25-30 September 2022 Egypt International Art Carnival || Hurghada
3-5 June 2022 Art Symposium and Exhibition Hacı Bektas-i Veli “Four doors - forty Stations” / Turkey
30 March "Expo Morocco+Turkey+Austria 2022"Organization and Curatorship
2022 Austria-Vienna “The digital world and our future” Digital Art Exhibition , organization and curation
March 8, 2022 / FBAE - MIRADAS - DÍA INTERNACIONAL DE LA MUJER/ FUNDACIÓN BELLAS ARTE ECUADOR / art project / exhibitions
March 8, 2022 / Virtual Exhibition "UNDER THE SIGN OF CREATION" Ukraine-Odess
15 February 2022 International Exhibition “What is change for you?” VIENNA Exhibition 2022 organization and curation
1-30 January 2022 UNESCO PANORAMA INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE FESTIVAL/Coordination
22 December 2021 UNESCO Year of the Exhibition Haci Bektas Veli / Turkey
27 November 2021 International Exhibition “ART FOR ART” Oyster Art Gallery
2021 Austria/Vienna, International Virtual Art Festival “Always stay with ART” Organization and curating
2021 Austria/Vienna, International Virtual Art Festival "No border in Art" Organization and curating
2021 The 48th ASROPA (since1995) International Art Online Exhibition in South Korea and Austria
2021 International Exhibition 15-30 July 2021 "For Tolerans & Peace "Turkey & China & İndia
2021 Artcom Expo International Association of Artists NORWAY "A tribute to the African continent"
2021 Artistic Collaboration for Peace and Tolerance International Online Exhibitions "Turkey, China, India, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Northern Cyprus"
2021 India CHITRANKAN 3 An international online art exhibition for female artists only
2021 Think Designer Arts India, "Connecting the Art World"
2021 Argentina Virtual Internacional "EsperanzARTE"
2021 USA "Curator's Creative Convention"
2021 PERU & HONDURAS "EL BICENTENARIO DE AMERICA" PERU & HONDURAS Biennale Representing Austria, American Continental Art Ambassador
2021 Venezuela International Exhibition "Abolición de la esclavitud en Venezuela"
2021 Austria/Vienna, International Virtual Art Festival "All the Colors of the World" organization and curating
2016-2021 Ankara, Istanbul, Turkey Balikesir / Art Project / Exhibitions
2015 Turkey / Ayvalık "Peace" International Art Symposium
2014 CUBA / SANDIAGO International Mural Biennial
2010, İSTANBUL / YEDITEPE University INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM INTERACTIVA MEDIA DESIGN 7. "A kiss from my heart" animated film.
2010, ISTANBUL European Capital events, "Istanbul 2010 Art Passengers" Exhibition.
2008, illustration / Zurich http://www.illustrative.de
2008, Vienna / Perchtoldsdorf / Schmid "We only experience every moment once" Exhibition
2007, WOMEN / Cosmos, International Women's Events Worldwide V-Day Campaign "Vagina Monologues" http://www.viennatheatreproject.at
2006, Vienna / Urania, Meeting point; Turkey and the EU
2005 Berlin, Trixiewiz Cultural Association International Women Artists Biennial / Identity, body and culture.
2004 Vienna, IODO ODO Art Culture Association http://www.iodo.at/ "Women's mythologies in Anatolia"
2000 Istanbul, 1999 Dia, Earthquake photography Exhibition
1992 Cappadocia / Avanos Photography Exhibition

Art Biennial and Symposium

25 - 30 September 2022 Egypt International Art Carnival || Hurghada
3-5 June 2022 Art Symposium and Exhibition Hacı Bektas-i Veli “Four doors - forty Stations” / Turkey
2015 Turkey / Ayvalık "Peace" International Art Symposium
2014 CUBA / SANDIAGO International Mural Biennial
2010, ISTANBUL / YEDITEPE University INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM INTERACTIVA MEDIA DESIGN 7. "What will I give my heart, and this kiss" animated film.
2007, WOMEN / Cosmos, Worldwide V-Day Campaign "Vagina Monologues"
2005 Berlin, Trixiewiz Cultural Association International Women Artists Biennial / Identity, Body and Culture.

Art Performance

2013 Turkey / Edremit / BALIKESIR "Stop Violence Against Women" Art Performance
2019 Vienna / Women's Meeting "Being a Woman" Art Performance
2019 Turkey / Edremit / BALIKESIR with children "Forest and Kazdaglari" Performance Art
2019 Turkey / Edremit / BALIKESIR with children "Animal Love" Art Performance
2020 Turkey / Edremit / BALIKESIR with Womens " Empathy Art Performance