About Us
Gonca Karapınar was born in 1968 in Ankara.
In addition to her Acrylic artworks on canvas, she also makes Digital Art works live in Austria - Vienna.
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
- 2022 University of Applied Arts Vienna/Digital Art
Business
- 1994-2010 Advertising Agencies, Art Director, Creative Director and Artistic Project manager
- 2011-2020 Art Projects, Art Performance, Art Therapy
- 2020-2022 Digital Art
Exhibitions
4-11 August 2023 Macedonia | Kumanovo Art Symposium
6-9 July 2023 Turkey | Burhaniye | Balıkesir Aroma Therapy Festival |
23-02 June 2023 Turkey | Izmir | Şahmaran Festival | Adnan Saygun Culture and Art Centre
- 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