Bio

Bayar received a BA in Communication and Photojournalism from the University of Ankara in Ankara, Turkey in 1994, and her MFA in Photography and Electronic Media from the University of Cincinnati in Ohio in 1999. She has had solo exhibitions at Missouri Western State College Gallery (St. Joseph, MO), the Warsaw Project Space (Cincinnati, OH), Artemisia Gallery (Chicago, IL), Middletown City Center (Middletown, OH), and the 840 Gallery at the University of Cincinnati. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including The 50/50 Show at the 825 Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), Sculpture for a Virtual World at the 18^th International Sculpture Conference (Houston, TX) and Naked City at Wolf Photographic Arts (Cincinnati, OH). Bayar has had residencies at Great River Arts Association (Little Falls, MN) and Jay Arts Council (Portland, IN). Currently she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Bucknell University. Tulu Bayar was an artist in resident at CPW in July 2002.