BIOGRAPHY
Gamze is a self-taught Turkish-American artist living in Seattle.
Born in Turkey in 1969, Gamze moved to the US as a Fulbright Scholar and completed her PhD in Computer Engineering in Arizona. She spent more than 30 years working in the technology industry. While working full time and raising two kids, she found calm and peace in playing with colors.
Gamze’s art is heavily impacted by her dysfunctional childhood, where struggles around her father’s mental illness were part of daily life. Her chronic depression has shaped who she is as an artist, mainly a modern figurative expressionist trying to capture universal thoughts and feelings in her simple portraits.
Gamze’s works have been exhibited so far in Seattle, New York, Paris, Madrid, Monaco, Milan and Istanbul.
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Joint Exhibits
• 2025 “Architales” Monat Gallery, Madrid, Spain
• 2024 “Monaco Art Fair” Monat Gallery, Monaco
• 2024 “Rhythms of Spring” Yuan Ru Gallery, WA
• 2024 “Art Expo New York” Galeria Azur, New York
• 2023 “Seattle Art Fair” Studio 103, WA
• 2023 “(Un)-expected Art Fair” Monat Gallery, Milan, Italy
• 2023 “Beginnings” Monat Gallery, Madrid, Spain
• 2022 “For the Voices of Women” Studio 103, WA
• 2022 “Paris Art3f” Monat Gallery, Paris, France
• 2022 “Around the Square” Studio 103, WA
• 2022 “Key of Dreams” Van Der Plas Gallery, New York
• 2021 “Spektrum” Luna Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkiye
• 2016 “Faraway Lands” with Z. Banu Alev, Studio 103, WA
Solo Exhibits
• 2025 “Blend In-Stand Out” Solo Show Studio 103, Seattle, WA
Mentions
• 2025 Artists Up Close Interview
• 2024 March, Featured Artist at Saatchi Art
Digital Publications
• 2025 Album Cover for Polydendron “Down Again”
• 2022 Digital Print for “Lay It Out” Magazine Issue 5
Education and Memberships
• 2025-2024 Resident Artist at Studio 103, Tashiro Kaplan Seattle, WA
• 2024 Seattle Pratt Fine Art Academy, Various Painting Classes, WA
• 2000 Fulbright PhD in Computer Engineering, ASU Arizona
