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Biography: Born in Istanbul 1968-93 Lived in Istanbul 1994-95 Lived in Germany 1996-02 Lived in Saudi Arabia 2002- Lives in USA Education and Courses: 1984-86 Bogazici university 1986-87 Costum Designing, Tasari,Istanbul 1987-88 Sculpture and drawing with Prof.Meric Hizal 1987-92 BFA,Painting,Mimar Sinan University 2003-04 PSDI Interior Designing ,USA 2004- Webster University,MA,USA Description of Art: Nilsen Turan-Kennedy's paintings are about humans and the contemporary world's problems. They are about using our resources to have better lives, peace and happiness. They have been created by the urge to find a better way to live in this world. She believes that we -humans should live on Earth as if we are creating great art works with great compositions. She wants to descent the borders, erase the borders between cultures, religions, languages, races and even between the countries. Nilsen Turan-Kennedy uses her paints and brushes as tools to express herself and in the twenty-first century, she still insists to paint surfaces with pigments. Here is a small passage from one of her writings: " I love the way the Earth look through the airplane window. It is so fascinating to me! When I'm up in the sky, everything looks so small and peacefull. I know,it is a dream, but I feel like we can control all that chaos by looking at the world globally. In this world, there should be no place for hatred, war, hunger, poverty, etc..." Country: USA Birthyear: April 05/1968 Galleries: 2004 Maryland Height Com.Center in Saint Louis Marbles Gallery in Saint Louis Galeria VirtuArt in Barcelona Webster University in Saint Louis Media: oil Style: other, Contemporary Figurative Abstractions Subjects: other, Country Maps, Portraits and Figures