Tansa Mermerci Ekşioğlu | Changing Art in Turkey
Tansa Mermerci Ekşioğlu is changing the art scene in Turkey. Her organization, SPOT Contemporary Art Education and Production is creating new dialogue around art in Turkey and enabling young artists to step into their power and potential.
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Tansa Mermerci Ekşioğlu
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Co-founder and manager director of SPOT Contemporary Art Education and Production Projects
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Tansa Mermerci Ekşioğlu is the co-founder and manager director of SPOT Contemporary Art Education and Production Projects. Ekşioğlu is an art collector and patron. As a patron, Tansa has contributed to the production of works by national and international artists. In 1997, Tansa graduated from Brown University. Upon graduation, she started to work as a Board Member and Business development Manager in her family’s denim-manufacturing textile company, Akfil Holding A.S.. During her years at Akfil Holding, between 1997 and 2008, Tansa designed costume jewelry as a side business. Tansa is on the board of Era Turkey, and the Chairman of Adile Mermerci Foundation. She lives and works in Istanbul.