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Hicran Akaalp was born in Mardin, Turkey in 1980. She is a self-taught photographer, focusing on cultural superstitions, still life and surreal photography. Mostly she works on long term photo-based projects. She also interested in video art and short movie. At 2019, she directed short movie called ‘Harmony’. Her work explores community and the interactions within it. She loves creating images that make the viewer not only feel as if they are stepping into the real but also into the dream.

Akaalp graduated from Ege University with an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Engineer, and she has been doing her PhD.

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Awards-Screening

2020 “Harmony”Finalist.   6th Marmaris International Short Film Festival

2020 “Harmony”Online Screening- Louisiana LGBT+ Film Fesival

2019 “Harmony” The struggle against discrimination short movie competition 3rd prize

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Selected Artworks

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2021 The Dreamer- LoosenArt Mag/Gallery Rome-Italy

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Solo Exhibitions

​2017 'Forty' Mardin Museum Art Gallery Mardin

2018 'Forty' Hamza Rustem Museum of Photography Art Gallery İzmir

 

Group Exhibitions

2019 “ Workshop 238 Final Exhibition” Çetin Emeç Art Gallery/ İzmir

​2018 'Flea Market'( Kurtuluş kapısı )- Tepekule Congress and Exhibition Centre/ İzmir

2018 “ Forty” International Photography Festival/ Bursa

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