College Art Association 2012 Professional-Development Fellowships
February 17, 2012
Studio arts graduate student Selin Balci wins CAA Professional-Development Fellowship.
Studio arts graduate student Selin Balci wins CAA Professional-Development Fellowship.
UMD studio arts graduate student Selin Balci, was awarded a 2012 Professional-Development Fellowship from the College Art Association (CAA). She was among only five artists across the US and England to win a fellowship.
Balci is an installation and bioartist based in Washington, DC, received a bachelor of science degree from Istanbul University in Turkey and a BFA from West Virginia University in Morgantown. She is in her final semester at the University of Maryland in College Park, where she is pursuing an MFA degree in studio arts.
Balci applies her knowledge of scientific laboratory practices to create her process-based work. Focused on interactions and transformations, she is constantly discovering and combining nontraditional art media and materials, such as living organisms, in her work. She has received multiple awards, including the Anne Truitt MFA Scholarship, a Vermont Studio Residency Artist Award, and a Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant from the University of Maryland Graduate School. Most recently she was awarded a fellowship from the Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington, DC. Balci’s work has been exhibited at national and international venues, such as the Scope Art Fair in Miami, Florida,in 2010 and in the “Mind the Gap” project in Istanbul during ISEA 2011 Istanbul.