Can Göknil Exhibitions
About Can Göknil
| 1945 | Born in Ankara, Turkey |
| 1966 | Graduated from the American College for Girls (Robert College), Istanbul |
| 1968 | BA, Knox College, School of Fine Arts, Dept. of Painting, Galesburg, Illinois |
| 1969 | MA, The City College of the City University of New York, School of Fine Arts, Dept. of Painting, New York, NY, USA |
Personal Exhibitions
| 1971 | M.I.T.,Cambridge, MA, USA |
| 1972 | First National City Bank, New York, NY, USA |
| 1973 | Lynn Kottler Galleries, New York, NY, USA |
| 1974 | Melda Kaptana , Istanbul |
| 1975 | American Cultural Center, Istanbul |
| 1975 | Baraz , Istanbul |
| 1977 | Artisan, Ankara |
| 1982 | Lebriz, Istanbul |
| 1983 | Urart , Istanbul |
| 1986 | Urart , Istanbul |
| 1988 | Kile , Istanbul |
| 1990 | Turkish-American Association, Izmir |
| 1991 | Urart , Ankara |
| 1994 | Garanti , Istanbul |
| 1994 | Urart , Ankara |
| 1997 | Yapi Kredi Kazım Taskent , Istanbul |
| 1997 | Yapi Kredi Izmir , Izmir |
| 1997 | Yapi Kredi Kemal Satir , Adana |
| 1999 | Milli Reasürans , Istanbul |
| 2000 | Selvin, Ankara |
| 2001 | House of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria |
| 2001 | PG ,Istanbul |
| 2001 | Solo exhibition during the 15th InternationalBienial of Gabrovo as the golden Aesop winner of the previous event |
| 2002 | Yapi Kredi Kazim Taskent ,Istanbul |
| 2003 | Selvin, Ankara |
| 2003 | Chihiro Museum, Tokyo |
| 2004 | Milli Reassurans, Istanbul |
| 2006 | Selvin, Istanbul |
| 2010 | ‘Bookhouse’, Apel, Istanbul |
| 2011 | Gallery Siyah Beyaz, Ankara |
| 2012 | Inauguration exhibition of the Paper and Book Arts Museum, Ege University, Izmir |
| 2014 | Songs and Lyrics, Apel Istanbul |
| 2015 | “Songs and Lyrics”, Gallery Apel Ist. |
| 2015 | Gallery Apel, Istanbul (Her exhibition’s Title: “singing her own tune”) |
| 2017 | Nurol Art Gallery, Ankara |
| 2017 | Artist’s 50th Aniversary, Nurol Ankara |
| 2018 | Retrospective Exhibit, Bozlu Art Istanbul |
| 2022 | Art during the pandemic, Bozlu Art Istanbul |
The Artists Work in Permanent Collections
| 1973 | Museo d’Arte Moderna, San Marino |
| 1977 | Turkish House, New York, NY, USA |
| 1985 | House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria |
| 1991 | Women’s Library and Information Center, Istanbul |
| 1995 | House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria |
| 1998 | Schenectady Museum, Albany, NY, USA |
| 1999 | House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria |
| 1999 | Chihiro Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2005 | Victoria & Albert Museum, The National Art Library, London |
| 2012 | Paper and Book Arts Museum, Ege University, Izmir |
Joint Exhibitions
| 1967 | “Bender Exhibit”, Galesburg, IL, USA (2nd prize) |
| 1972 | Total Media Galleries, New York, NY, USA |
| 1973 | “Hadassah Annual”, Westfield, NJ, USA |
| 1974 | 8th DYO Painting Competition, Izmir, Ankara (jury’s honor award) |
| 1975 | 36th State Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, Ankara, Istanbul |
| 1975 | Istanbul Archeological Museums, Istanbul |
| 1977 | Baraz, Istanbul |
| 1977 | Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art, PA, USA |
| 1977 | Turkish House, New York, NY, USA |
| 1978 | Contemporary Istanbul Art, Devlet Guzel Sanatlar, Ankara |
| 1984 | “Today’s Artists “, 5th Istanbul Exhibition, Istanbul (jury’s honor award) |
| 1985 | 7th Gabrovo Biennial, Gabrovo, Bulgaria |
| 1985 | 19th DYO Painting Competition, Izmir, Bursa, Ankara, Istanbul (honorable mention) |
| 1991 | “Today’s Artists”, 12th Istanbul Exhibition, Istanbul (guest artist) |
| 1995 | 12th Gabrovo Biennial, Gabrovo, Bulgaria |
| 1996 | “Diaries” Enersis, Ankara |
| 1996 | “The Other”, Habitat II, Antrepo, Istanbul |
| 1997 | Prints Exhibition, Is Bank, Ankara |
| 1998 | 20th National Print Exhibition, Schenectady Museum, Albany, NY, USA |
| 1999 | 14th Gabrovo Biennial, Gabrovo, Bulgaria (Grandprix) |
| 2002-2006 | “Colours of the Sacred”, Padova, Italy |
| 2003 | “Golden Smiles”(Grand Prix winners) Gabrovo, Bulgaria |
| 2004 | Book Art Exhibition, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. |
| 2007 | “The Reading Room-Artist Books”, Gallery Apel, Frankfurt Book Fair |
| 2007 | “The Reading Room-Artist Books”, Gallery Apel, Siena Book Fair |
| 2007 | ‘Pages’, Apel, Istanbul |
| 2008 | “The Reading Room-Artist Books”, Gallery Apel, Frankfurt Book Fair |
| 2008 | “Lunar Attraction”, Gallery Selvin, Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair |
| 2008 | “Lunar Attraction”, Gallery Selvin, 2nd Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair |
| 2008 | ‘Je m’appelle Apel’ , Apel, Istanbul |
| 2009 | ‘Reading Corner’, Apel-Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg |
| 2010 | ‘Fountains’, Apel, Istanbul |
| 2010 | ‘Masks’, Bir Nokta, Istanbul |
| 2011 | ‘Display Window’, Apel, Istanbul |
| 2011 | Guest Artist’ at the First International Bienial, Izmir |
| 2012 | 7th Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair with Gallery Selvin |
| 2013 | Gallery Apel’s 15th aniversary exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2013 | Chihiro Art Museum Collection: Artists’ Ateliers, Azumino, Japan |
| 2013 | 4th edition of Sheffield Bookartprize, UK An international biaual artists’ books exhibition |
| 2014 | Art Of Imagination Exhibition: “Peace”, Moniker GalleryToronto |
| 2015 | 6th EgeArt, Izmir, (Honorary plaque presented to artist Can Göknil by the President of Ege University) |
| 2015 | “mines & ores”, Gallery Apel, Istanbul |
| 2015 | Shizioka City Museum of Art in Japan |
| 2015 | International Ege Art Festival of Ege University, Izmir |
| 2015 | 2015 VI Ege Art Festival (Honorary Artist) |
| 2016 | 2016 Artists and their books for children Ege University Izmir Can Goknil currated this exhibition of donated originals as an annex to the Paper and Book Arts Museum at Ege University, Izmir |