Dear Art-lovers,
As being an artist, a diplomat, as well as a linguist, teacher, social scientist and explorer, I have gained the competence and ability to see the world from different perspectives. All have made very valuable contributions to me and opened up ways that I could not even think of. I am pleased to welcome you to my online page, where I say I exist, with my versatile synthesis that I have built with my talent by making mortar with all my academic knowledge I have acquired, my academic contribution to Turkish Art Literature with my verbal expressions and my oil paintings reflecting my nonverbal expressions. Welcome to the adventure of the artistdiplomat, let’s see what we will experience together….
More than one thing motivated me to start the ‘artist diplomat’ project of my life. Many of those who know me well have always said that I have the qualities that dare to cope with and meet the complexity of today’s world, diplomacy, art and their interaction between individual, social and international relations. Even though you know very well ‘who you are, what you are, what you can do, what you will do’, you still want to hear from those who tell you what to be and what to do. What a dilemma! Maybe it’s just waiting for something to trigger you to set up the trip!
While I was dreaming My Journey had already begun, I didn’t know yet… Let me tell my story from the beginning, it may take days, days but I chose to start this Thursday… What a coincidence! I was born on Thursday and so is my blog 😉 Do you believe in coincidences? I do not believe! Our choices shape our lives. Life sets the perfect time and place to bring you what you choose. This is the balance of life. I think I made some great choices that brought me today.
So what was my favorite thing? Being or doing the best or better! Graduation from high school with the first place in school, Bachelor of English Linguistics at Hacettepe University, Erasmus at Uppsala University in Sweden, Bachelor of International Relations at Anadolu University, MA in Human and Social Sciences at Yıldız Technical University, University of Warwick, England. I am here with you today thanks to the choices I made by attending the doctorate level summer school in the Department of Sociology and giving a seminar, being a Diplomat, and many more. What’s next, what I choose for now, with your witness; being a famous painter, holding exhibitions around the world, explaining and promoting my nation and country in the best way possible to the diplomats I brought together with the exhibitions I held in international platforms and the people of the countries I’ve been to, and more…
Thank you for your precious time. I am really eager to both learn, teach and contribute to the world as much as I can, especially in the field of art and diplomacy, with my paintings that reflect a synthesis of all these versatile knowledge and multifunctional skills. I can’t wait to be inspired and inspired!
I look forward to your point of views, would be really interesting.
To be continued…
Sincerely,
Gülşen İPİÇÜRÜK