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Bio

I'm from

 

        Istanbul, Turkey. 

 

After having my MFA in Photography

                       

                                           at Academy of Art University

                 in San Francisco 

                                                    and after living in

                           California for

   several

                     years, I 

      moved back

                                             to Istanbul.   

 

            I    love              to           

                                              create   

 conceptual photography

 

                                                 where 

 

    I can

                     

           express my inner,

                                           imaginative

                                                                      world.

 

I'm interested in

              ideas,

 

           magical                                                       elements in life and

 

                expressing them in my work 

                                                                with a dreamy feeling. 

 

My work's  been exhibited 

                                                  at galleries throughout

                  San Francisco,

                                                          Istanbul and Mugla 

as well as

 

                        publications and magazines. 

Here  is

                                      my   e-mail adress

 

         Write me  

          

                                  whenever you

 

                want:  

                               melismanav@gmail.com

Prizes

6th Fine Art Photography Awards 2020,

Nominee Award in Fine Art Manipulation


5th Fine Art Photography Awards 2019,

Nominee Award in Fine Art Manipulation


Neutral Density Photography Awards 2018 –

Honorable Mention in Fine Art


Tokyo International Foto Awards 2017 -

Honorable Mention in Fine Art


Neutral Density Photography Awards 2017 -

Second Place in Fine Art
 

Neutral Density Photography Awards 2016 –

Honorable Mention in Fine Art


Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2016 –

Honorable Mention in Fine Art


Neutral Density Photography Awards 2014 –

Honorable Mention in Fine Art

Exhibitions & Publications

​Visual Art Journal, 2025 
 

https://www.dokuzeylul.com/roportaj/fotografa-hayal-dunyasini-katiyor-h185977.html

No Middleman Art Gallery, Edge of Humanity Magazine, 2020

PhotoPlace Gallery, ‘Water 201'9’ online exhibition, 2019

Solo Exhibition , Dibeklihan Kultur ve Sanat Koyu, 2019


http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/haberleri/melis-manav


https://www.arti49.com/ruyalarimin-otesinde-isimli-sergi-
dibeklihanda-aciliyor-1639994h.htm


http://www.bodrumtime.net/2019/05/17/10-yilinda-uc-sergiyle-sezon-aciliyor/


https://www.istanbulhaber.com.tr/ruyalarimin-otesinde-isimli-sergi-dibeklihanda-aciliyor-haber-1228967.htm


https://kenttv.net/ruyalarindan-ilham-aldi

https://www.mynet.com/ruyalarimin-otesinde-isimli-sergi-dibeklihanda-aciliyor-180104485125

http://anterhaber.com/ruyalarinda-gorduklerini-fotograf-ile-gerceklestirdi/1730/


https://bodrumolay.com/dibeklihan-sezonu-3-sergiyle-acti/


http://www.nereyegidilir.com/events.php?bolum=3664


https://www.haberturk.com/mugla-haberleri/69108904-ruyalarimin-otesinde-isimli-sergi-dibeklihanda-aciliyor


http://www.dokuzeylulgazetesi.com/haber/ruyalarimin-otesinde-dibeklihanda-43343.html


https://www.karar.com/mugla/ruyalarimin-otesinde-isimli-sergi-dibeklihanda-aciliyor-1212759#


https://muglahaber.com/etiket/melis-manav


https://egedesonnokta.com/ruyalarimin-otesinde-dibeklihanda/


Magic of Self Portraiture, 2019

Edge of Humanity Magazine, 2018

Same 5 Different Exhibition, 2018

Self Portrait Society, 2018

Art Frankly, 2018

Difuzyonart, 2018

The Lookbook Magazine, 2017

Blur Magazine , 2017

Art Upon, 2017

The Looking Gallery, AAU, 2016

Gallery del Grotto, Group Exhibition, 2016

740 Taylor Gallery, 2016

Kunt Magazine, 2016

625 Sutter Gallery, AAU, 2015

C-41 Magazine, 2015

F-Stop Magazine, 2015

Book & Job Gallery, Group Exhibition 2015

Academy of Art University 2015 Spring Show

Agapornis Magazine, 2015

Published in book cover of Arabada Kim Var, 2010

Milliyet Newspaper, 2008

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