She
was born in 1933 in Ankara, finished in 1948 the Sarar elementary school,
and concluded in 1952-1953 the girl's high school in Ankara. After she
visited the academy of the nice arts in Istanbul for one and a half years,
she returns to Ankara. In 1966 the artist went to Germany and visited a
course at the ceramic school in Karlsruhe. After she returned in the native
country, she took part in courses of the "Mineral Examine" institute and
started to work there. In 1970 Mrs. Tanay began within the scope of the
cultural exchange with Indonesia to take part in the courses of Mrs. Sefire,
worked in her "batik courses" and issued her art.
When she found out, that her American friend Vitray Sanatını was back, both
co-operated and open exhibits. In the house of the Turkish American
association they gave batik and Vitray courses. In five years 5,000 pupils
took part in the courses. The adolescent expert founded the "Rainbow" studio
with the pupils. Together they opened exhibits. Likewise they founded for
the first time in Ankara the school only existing of women the
"Vitrayer-women".
To
give a good school education to her children the artist moved in 1989 to
Pendik Istanbul. There she opened a branch as chairpersons of the "Turkish
women's union" and continued her cultural and training works. When she
turned back in 1998 to Ankara she opened in the same year the "association
for solidarity of women, culture and art".
To introduce the anatolische culture and to receive work it supported the
manual labours of the Turkish women.
On the 29th October 2007 the artist has become a fan of the nature and has
moved to Gökova "Akyaka".
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