Füsun Eczacıbaşı
| Füsun Eczacıbaşı | |
|---|---|
| Born | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
Füsun Eczacıbaşı (born Füsun Alpsoy) is notable for supporting contemporary art, artists, curators and researchers in Turkey and collecting contemporary art with her husband Faruk Eczacıbaşı. She is the co-founder and chairman of the SAHA Association for the Arts and the founder and the major shareholder of Karınca Design.
Personal history
Füsun Eczacıbaşı attended Kadikoy Maarif College and the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts. She received her MSc in Architecture in 1986. Füsun Eczacıbaşı has been actively involved in many NGOs focusing on human rights, minority rights, nature preservation and education. She is married to Faruk Eczacıbaşı, vice chairman of Eczacıbaşı Holding, with whom she shares mutual enthusiasm for the arts. Their collection has been expanding since the late 1980s and focuses on contemporary art by emerging and established contemporary artists from Turkey and abroad. Füsun and Faruk Eczacıbaşı have two sons Sinan (born in 1991) and Murat (born in 1995).
Patron of the arts
Art organizations she has been supporting are; SAHA Association and Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts both in Istanbul. She is also a member of the Global Patrons Council of Art Basel, Basel; Art Basel Cities Advisory Board, Basel; International Friends of Documenta, Kassel; Tate International Council, UK; Tate Middle East Acquisition Committee, UK; New Museum International Leadership Council, USA and Friends of Castello di Rivoli, Italy.
External links
- Barbara Pollack “Füsun Eczacıbasi: Bringing Istanbul to the World”, Art News. 23 July 2014
- Gareth Harris “Turkey’s booming art scene” Financial Times. 27 February 2010
- Müge Akgün “Sanatçıyla hayırsever ilişkisi kurmak yanlış”, Radikal. 28 July 2012.
- Tate Report 2011–2012
- Salon: The Global Art World
- THINKING BEYOND YOUR WALLS
- Thinking Beyond the Walls