BIO
She was born in Ankara in 1976.
In 1999, she completed her undergraduate degree in Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Painting Department. In 2002 she completed her Master's degree and her PhD in 2006. She continues her academic career as an associate professor at Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts and teaches art, art theories and contemporary art courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Zuhal Baysar’s paintings contain images of different lives that perform independent actions in layers overlapped. The artist aims to bring new meaning to events and situations together in a timely manner. Each visual element of the human inner world, their state of mind, creates new dimensions of existence in transparent layers, including animal figures that remind some layers of human existence.
The sculptures of the artist are also based on simultaneous existence. Some sculptures have meaning, color and form trials that support fiction. Events such as the plot, the place, are now subject to the rules of the three-dimensional "real" place and mass and the "real" world. In addition, in the recent sculptures, clay figures 'left to the mercy' of a piece of nature inside terrariums slowly blend with living plants, dissolve, and transform into new life.
The artist has so far performed twelve personal exhibitions. The last exhibition titled “Terralapsus” was held in Ankara Belm'art Space in May 2026. The artist, whose works are mostly exhibited in Ankara and Istanbul, also participated in many exhibitions and art talks worldwide and attended conferences, talks and projects in her country. The works of the artist are included in many corporate and private collections, including the Hacettepe Art Museum.
Solo Exhibitions:
2026, “Terralapsus/ Yerkucak”, Belm’art Space, Ankara
2024, “Ana Mesele”, Baştüzel Sanat Galerisi, Ankara
2022, “Inner Nature/ İç Doğa”,
Cer Modern, Ankara
2020, “Hunting Season/Av Mevsimi”, Cer Modern, Ankara
2017, “Layers of Consciousness/ Bilinç Katmanları”, Galeri Soyut, Ankara
2015, “Touch My Soul / Ruhuma Dokun”, Galeri Soyut, Ankara
2013, “I See You / Seni Görüyorum…”, Galeri Soyut, Ankara
2010, “Deep / Derin…”, Galeri Soyut, Ankara
2010, “Water / Su…”, Galeri Soyut, Ankara
2008, “Mahrem Sergi”, Anadolu Ajansı Sanat Galerisi, Ankara
2008, “Düş - Gerçek”, AG Sanat Galerisi, Ankara
2006, “Kent”, Galeri Kavram, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024, NordArt 2024 , 01/06- 06/10 Büdelsdorf Germany.
2025, Loft Art, “Yaşam Şarkısını Söyler/ Life Sings its Song”, İstanbul
2023, “Beyaz Gürültü/ White Noise”, Çağdaş Sanatlar Merkezi, Ankara
2017, Hacettepe Art Museum New Collection Exhibition: “Yarın Bugünden Kurulur”, Cer Modern, Ankara
Reviews:
"Doğallık için Doğaya Ne Kadar Teslim Olmak Gerekir?/ To What Extent Must We Surrender to Nature for Naturalness?", Halil Yıldırır, Milliyet Sanat, May 2026
2021, Cebrail Ötgün, “İçgüdüsel İştah ya da Bölünmüş Ben’liğin Gelgitleri/ Instinctive Appetite or the Tides of the Divided Self”, Februrary 2021, t24.com.tr
2021, Ayşegül Tabak, “Bitmeyen Av Mevsimi/ The Unfinished Hunting Season”, Artfulliving, 7 Februrary 2021
2021, Halil Yıldırır, Zuhal Baysar, Söyleşi, “İnsanla Çehrelenmiş Bir Av Hikayesi/ ”A Hunting Story Shaped by the Human Face" Unlimitedrag, Februrary 2021
2016, “ Bilinç Katmanları; Çok Katmanlı Süreklilikler Üzerine Bir Tartışma Deneyimi / Layers of Consciousness; A Discussive Experience in Multi –
Dimensional Continuum, A discussion published in Artfulliving. com. Beyza
Boynudelik, Necla Ruzgar, Lutfi Ozden, Firat Engin, Zuhal Baysar December 23,2016
Curatorial Experience:
Curator: 2026, “Yolun Ortasında Yüzeyin Altında,”, 23 Februrary- 15 March 2026, Loft Art, İstanbul.
Curator: 2025, “Gideceğim Yere Denk Gelmeyi Bekliyorum”, 26 June – 23 July 2025, Kült Kavaklıdere, Ankara.
Curator: 2025, “Bana Güzel Yalanlar Söyle”, 14 June – 14 July 2024, Unite ,Ankara
Project Coordinator: 2018, “Shaken Image – Artworks From Hacettepe Fine Arts Faculty”, Pera Museum 6 th June – 26th August 2018, İstanbul
Exhibition Curator (with Dilek Şener) : 2017, Hacettepe Art Museum New Collection Exhibition /“Yarın Bugünden Kurulur: Hacettepe Sanat Müzesi Yeni Koleksiyon Sergisi”, 15th June – 30th July 2017, Cer Modern, Ankara
Conferences:
20th Congress of Medicine in the Human Sciences, "To Remember or to Forget? Memory in the Human Sciences" Panel, 10th April 2026, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
"Collective Memory in Contemporary Art", 5th May 2026, Hacettepe University Painting Dept. Conf. Hall
"Collective Memory and Contemporary Art", 14th May 2026, Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology.
“Constructing a Reality:
The Intellectual Dimension of Art"
Çankırı Karatekin University Faculty of Fine Arts Conference Hall, 10th May 2017
“About Art Education”, 18th December 2014, Department of Medical Education and Informatics Educational Meetings Hacettepe University Sıhhiye Campus, Ankara
“Abstraction and Reality in Art”, 5th December 2013, -Turco British Association Cultural Studies, Ankara
“Conceptiual Formations in Art”, 15th January 2006,Sanat Kurumu, Ulus Gençlik Parkı, Ankara.
“Society, Transparency and Art”, 5th March 2006, Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Painting Dept. Conference Hall, Beytepe, Ankara.
Art Talks:
"Terralapsus/ Yerkucak" Artist Talk, 09. 05. 2026, Belm'art Space, Ankara.
Talk about the Exhibition "Terralapsus", May 22, 2026, Sertaç Darcan, Zuhal Baysar, Channel B, "Günce" Program.
Curatorial Talk of the Exhibition "Yolun Ortasında Yüzeyin Altında", Februrary 27 2024, Loft Art Project, İstanbul.
"Ana Mesele" Artist Talk, Prof. Cebrail Ötgün, Zuhal Baysar, 21 March 2025, Ankara.
"Inner Nature", Artist Talk, 24 April 2022, Cer Modern, Ankara.
"The Common Language of the Creative Act in Music and Visual Arts: Performance, Improvisation, Simultaneity", Şenay Ocak, Zuhal Baysar, Söyleşi Tosca Art Design, 7 Mayıs 2023, Ankara
"The Creative Women of Jazz Music and Visual Arts from the 20th Century to the Present Day" Zuhal Baysar - Şenay Ocak, Gökyay Vakfı Chess Museum, 6 Mayıs 2023
TV Program "Bizim Resmimiz" Ep20.TRT Channel 2 , Prof. Gülveli Kaya, Doç. Zuhal Baysar Boerescu, 2020
BASE Talks, 20- 24 th December 2017, Galata Greek Elementary School, İstanbul
Symposium:
Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts 8th. National Art Symposium,
“Conceptual Formations in Art and Painting” , 18-20th October 2006, M. Akif Ersoy Salonu, Beytepe, Ankara.
Essays in Peer Reviewed Journals:
“Art Education in the Light of Today’s New Dynamics / Günümüzün Yeni
Dinamikleri Işığında Sanat Eğitimi”, H.U. Faculty of Fine Arts Journal , 2019 May,
No:40, Ankara
Abstraction in Art According To The Perception Theories and The Concept of
“Reality” in Contemporary Art /Algı Kuramlarına Göre Sanatta Soyutlama ve
Günümüz Sanatında “Gerçek” Kavramı, H.U. Faculty of Fine Arts Journal, 2014,
No:28, Ankara
Composing Human Landscapes by using Short Stories; The Plastic Analysis of
the Movie “Clouds of May” /“Küçük Hikâyelerle Büyük İnsan Manzaraları
Kurgulamak: ‘Mayıs Sıkıntısı’ Filminin Biçimsel Analizi, H.U. Faculty of Fine Arts
Journal, 2012, No:24, Ankara.
Success of Bauhaus/“Bauhaus’un Başarısı”, H.U. Faculty of Fine Arts Journal,
2009, No:18, Ankara.
Society Transparency and Art /“Toplum, Şeffaflık ve Sanat”, H.U. Faculty of Fine
Arts Journal, December 2006, No:15, Ankara. (Created from the Doctorate
Thesis.)
Other Essays:
Documenta Archive in Ankara and an “Inward” Exhibition / “Ankara’da
Documenta Arşivi ve Bir İç Sergi”, Rh Sanart, no:50, April 2008
Conteporary Art Talks in Ankara Train Station and Changing Dynamics“Ankara
Garı’nda Güncel Sanat Konuşmaları; Değişen Dinamikler”, Hurriyet Gosteri Art
Journal, July 2006, No: 1.
“Anywhere But Here”.. Apart From the Art Space / “Buradan Çok Uzakta: Sanat
Mekânının Dışına Doğru”, Abitus Gazete, No 1, 2006.
“Anywhere But Here” a Public Space Project / “Buradan Çok Uzakta: Bir Kamusal
Alan Projesi”, Sanat Dünyamız Journal, Summer 2006, No: 99.
“Art in Virtual Environment” a Discussion with Genco Gulan About the Internet
Art / “Sanal Ortamda Sanat: Genco Gülan ile İnternet Sanatı Üzerine Bir Söyleşi”,
rh+ art journal, July August 2006, No: 31.
Peripheric Landscapes from Turkey / “Türkiye’den Periferik Manzaralar”, Milliyet
Sanat, November 2003, No:536.