Sibel Kocabasi
Born in 1962,Turkey. Lives and works in Palm Beach County, Florida.


Education
2005  Masters of Fine Arts in Painting, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL USA
1996  Bachelor of Fine Arts in Traditional Turkish Arts- Rug and Kilim, Marmara University of Fine Arts Faculty, Istanbul,Turkiye

Awards and Residencies
2010    Recipient of the 2010 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for 
           Visual and Media Artist for Palm Beach County.
2010    1st Place, Contempo, juried by Nelson Hallonquist of the Gavlak Gallery, 
           Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Jupiter, FL
2009    Award of Merit in the Armory Art Center Faculty Exhibition, Juried by 
           Cheryl Brutvan, WPB, FL
2006    Hector Ubartelli Award, Palm Beach County
2005    Armory Art Center, Artist-inResidence, West Palm Beach,FL

Curatorial Exhibitions
2012  Outside The Box, second in a series of open air installation exhibition at the Whitespace, The Mordes Collection.
2011  MidSummer Pop Up exhibition, 18 emerging artists exhibited in a pop up alternative gallery space at PGA, FL
2009 
Open Air Exhibition, 22 emerging artists exhibited mixed media installations in Lake Worth FL
2008
  Ceyiz Makal, Turkish Eyes, Photography Exhibition, Present Global Art Gallery,WPB
2007  Undertow, A Survey of South Florida Contemporary Art at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012  Art Palm Beach, Presented by JF Gallery

         Palm Beach Cultural Council, Lake Worth, FL

2011   Frost Museum, Miami, FL.  A series of pieces in the Museum collection.

            JF Gallery, WPB

2010  New Art, Armory Art Center, Juried by Fredric Snitzer, WPB, FL
         A Terrible Beauty, Artformz, Sibel Kocabasi&Alette Simmons, Miami, FL
         Twice Upon A Time, PBSC Eissey Campus Gallery, PBG, FL
         SST, Mary Woerner Fine Art, WPB, FL
         Contempo, Juried by Nelson Hallonquist of the Gavlak Gallery,
         Lighthouse Art Center, Jupiter, FL      
2009  Visual Conceits: Fantasy or Realty, Juried by Bernice Steinbaum,  
         Armory Art Center, WPB, FL
         Artformz, Money Makes Art, Miami, FL
         Artformz, Hotter Than a Match Head, Summer Show, Miami, FL
         Artformz, Welcome, Miami, FL
         EroticaXdeux, Gallery 1608, WPB, FL
         New Works, PBCC Faculty Exhibition, Eissey Campus PGA. FL
         Dilettantes, Dandies and Divas, Portrait Exhibition, Sarah Gavlak Gallery 
2008  Second Palm Beach Biennale, Sarah Gavlak Gallery, WPB  FL
         Summer Group Exhibition, Mucci Gallery, Northwood  FL
         Armory Art Centers Annual Faculty Exhibition, Present Global Art Gallery 
2007  Undertow, 29 South Florida Artist Exhibition, Mimar Sinan University of        
         Fine Arts, Istanbul Turkey
         Foreign Intrigue, Mucci Gallery  Northwood  FL
2006  Mix Works, Lake Park  FL
         10th International Cairo Biennale, Cairo  Egypt
         Faculty Exhibition, Armory Art center  WPB  FL
         Faculty Exhibition, PBCC  Lake Worth
         Tastes & Tongues, Food Cultural Museum, Miami
         First Palm Beach Biennale, Sarah Gavlak
         From Private Walls, Lighthouse Art Center, Jupiter 
         Miami Draws For You, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo Japan
2005  Faculty Exhibition, Armory Art Center WPB  FL
         Process/Progression, Armory Art Center  WPB FL
         MFA Graduate Exhibition, Schmidt Gallery FAU Boca Raton
2004  Trucks for Truth, Miami Art Basel, Miami
         The Living Room Gallery, Miami
2003  Abstract Expressionism3, Jeannette hare Art Gallery, Northwood University
         Downsize, A Brief Exhibition of Diminutive Art Work, Curated by Kara Tome, Lake Worth FL
         Art ensemle, Graduate Painting Studios, FAU Boca Raton 
         Love, Lost, Excess and Indulgence, FAU Boca Raton
2002  S&M Sculpture Arts Society, Alternative Space, Boca Raton  FL
         City Link Best of gallery Show, Art Serve Gallery, Foth Lauderdale  FL
         New Beginnings, Jeannette Hare Art Gallery, Northwood University

Selected One Person Exhibitions
2007  Governers Club,WPB, FL
2006  Florida Atlantic University Jupiter Campus Library Gallery 
         1001 Night Tales, Greenfield Gallery, Armory Art center
2004  Recent Paintings, Schmidt Center Galleries, Public Space, FAU, Boca Raton












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