The first guest of Passersby is Assc. Prof. Ebru Nalân Sülün

The first guest of the Passersby Program was Associate Professor Dr. Ebru Nalân Sülün, an academic, art historian, and curator. On Sunday, May 25, at StudioMAHAL, she held an engaging conversation about the current dynamics of the art market and collecting.

StudioMAHAL’s new program, Passersby, is designed for artists, academics, and culture professionals traveling along the North Aegean route who pass through Çanakkale. Guests who make a short stop in Çanakkale will share their work and experiences with the city’s cultural ecosystem.

Associate Professor Dr. Ebru Nalân Sülün, the first Passerby, completed her undergraduate degree in Art History and her master’s degree in Painting at Hacettepe University. She received her PhD in Art History with a dissertation titled “Contemporary Art Collecting in Turkey (1990–2010)”. She is currently a faculty member at the Department of Basic Art Education, Faculty of Fine Arts, Marmara University, where she teaches courses on Western art, contemporary art, and current art dynamics.

Sülün has curated numerous exhibitions; worked as a coordinator, art director, and organizer at art festivals and events; participated in national and international symposiums; and authored critiques for various art publications. She has published three books (“Habip Aydoğdu – KIRMIZI,” “The Cultural and Artistic Scene of the Early Republican Era in Antalya,” and “Contemporary Art Collecting in Turkey”), and has prepared many other art books for publication. She is a member of UNESCO-AICA Turkey (International Association of Art Critics).