About
Serife Bilgili Ercanturk was born in Kahramanmaraş in 1957. She finished her Bachelor’s in Marmara University in Business Administration. She started her career from early on in 1976, still as a student. From 1993 on she continued working in her family enterprise Hayat Tourism Inc.
In 2006 she took over the management of Bilgili Corporate Group, alongwith her siblings. As an executive board member responsible of construction management, she managed projects like; restorations of Ahmet Rasim Paşa Mansion, Akaretler Sıraevler, Gülhane Park Procession Kiosk, Atatürk’s House in Salonika and W Hotel Istanbul, Raddisson Blu Conference & Airport Hotel Istanbul, Soho House Istanbul and Galataport constructions. She also acts in boards of TTYD (Turkish Tourism Investors Association) and TIKAD (Turkish Businesswomen Association).
Since 2017, her production have been heavily grounded on sentiment and reflexion. As part of her production process she re-evaluates her life experiences over large canvases. With a mix of expressionist techniques and blurred subtle images, her works seek for the power of an independent inter relation with the audience.
In 2006 she took over the management of Bilgili Corporate Group, alongwith her siblings. As an executive board member responsible of construction management, she managed projects like; restorations of Ahmet Rasim Paşa Mansion, Akaretler Sıraevler, Gülhane Park Procession Kiosk, Atatürk’s House in Salonika and W Hotel Istanbul, Raddisson Blu Conference & Airport Hotel Istanbul, Soho House Istanbul and Galataport constructions. She also acts in boards of TTYD (Turkish Tourism Investors Association) and TIKAD (Turkish Businesswomen Association).
Since 2017, her production have been heavily grounded on sentiment and reflexion. As part of her production process she re-evaluates her life experiences over large canvases. With a mix of expressionist techniques and blurred subtle images, her works seek for the power of an independent inter relation with the audience.