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Filiz Adiguzel Toprak was born in Salihli, Turkey in 1974. She received her BA from Dokuz Eylül University, Fine Arts Faculty, Department of Traditional Turkish Arts, Major of Manuscript Illumination in 1997 and her Master of Arts degree with honors from the same faculty by conducting a research on illuminated Islamic manuscripts held by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2000. While conducting her research in London, she completed the post graduate course “Arts Management” at Middlesex University. In 2004, she received her “Diploma in Asian Arts” from the Asia Department at the British Museum in affiliation with Royal Hollway College. In 2007, she received her Proficiency in Arts on Ottoman Miniature Paintings from Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Fİne Arts. She has participated at the “Persian and Indian Miniature Painting Workshop” at The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts held in February 2010. She has presented several academic papers in and outside Turkey. She has participated in many traditional arts exhibitions and opened a solo miniature painting exhibition. She is recently studying on the application techniques of natural elements in Ottoman miniatures of the 16th century period. She is currently working as Assistant Professor at Dokuz Eylül University, Fine Arts Faculty, Department of Traditional Arts in Izmir, Turkey.

Gul Guney was born in Seferihisar /İzmir, Turkey in 1973. She completed her BA at Dokuz Eylül University, Fine Arts Faculty, Department of Traditional Turkish Arts in Izmir, in 1995. She received her Master of Arts degree with honors from the same faculty by writing “ The six Specialized Mosques’s Ornaments Belonging to the Beylik Period in West Anatolia” thesis in 1998. She completed her Proficiency in Arts by named “Iconography of The Mythologic Creatures Miniature Painting of The Manuscript With The İnventury Number Of 3109 Held By The Manisa Public Library” thesis at Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Fine Arts in 2006. She has presented several academic papers in and outside Turkey, and participated in many exhibitions. She hold an solo exhibition about miniatures. She has been studying about İllumunating manuscripts and miniature painting. She is currently working as Assistant Professor at Dokuz Eylül University, Fine Arts Faculty, Department of Traditional Arts.

Miniature Paintings by Filiz Adiguzel Toprak

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Manuscript Illuminations by Gul Guney

Spring 2012

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