In her work, Güvenal ponders on the tension between the contemporary chaos and her personal serenity. While giving character to distant colors, she emphasizes a fierce power of resistance and the energy to start anew.


Güvenal (1962) works in Istanbul and New York.


Master of Fine Arts, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey, 
High Honors with her thesis on the pioneering women of the Abstract Expressionist movement.

Art Workshops:

Art Students League of New York, New York, USA

International Center for Painting, Orvieto, Italy  (with Vincent Desiderio and Bernardo Siciliano)

Mustafa Özel Studio, Istanbul, Turkey

Maryam Salahi Studio, Istanbul, Turkey

Neriman Polat Studio, Istanbul Turkey

New York Academy of Arts Workshops, New York, USA


Master of Business Administration, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

BS in Industrial Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey


Istanbloom Studio

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