Biography
Saim Dursun was born in Elazığ in 1959. He graduated from Artvin Teacher Training High School in 1976 and Mardin Education Institute in 1979. To date, he has held 38 solo exhibitions both in Turkey and abroad. With the strong interest and support of French art historian Vacher Didier, whom he met at the Beyoğlu Municipality Art Gallery in 1989, he conducted workshops in Istanbul and France between 1989 and 2003.
Exhibitions he participated in, as recorded in the Orkun Ozan (Himmet ÖCAL) Art Gallery archive: #9 | Summer Group Exhibition; #20 | Saim DURSUN Painting Exhibition; #32 | Saim DURSUN Painting Exhibition; #46 | 6th Summer Group Exhibition; #48 | Saim DURSUN Painting Exhibition; #54 | Traditional Summer Group Exhibition; #60 | Saim DURSUN Painting Exhibition; #64 | Traditional Summer Group Exhibition; #72 | Traditional Summer Exhibition; #83 | Group Collection Exhibition; #88 | Saim DURSUN Painting Exhibition; #90 | Traditional Summer Group Exhibition; #102 | Traditional Summer Group Exhibition “Masters' Gathering”; #108 | Traditional Summer Group Exhibition; #120 | Saim DURSUN Painting Exhibition; #134 | Summer Group Exhibition; #135 | “Living the Moment” Medila Paintings Collection Exhibition.
