About Saim Bugay
Lived 1934 – 2008 (aged 73–74). Saim Bugay was a Turkish sculptor.
Saim Bugay (1934–2008) was a Turkish sculptor.
Life Early life and education He was born in 1934 in Mersin, Turkey. He attended the Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy from 1962 to 1967 and was educated in the studio of Şadi Çalık. In France on a state scholarship he had master classes on tree sculptures.
Teaching He taught at the Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy from 1975 till he retired in 2002.
Exhibitions He had 10 personal exhibitions. Seven were in France and three were in Turkey. He also participated in collaborative exhibitions.
Awards In 1969 he won the first place award in the sculpture division of State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition.
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Turkish painter and sculptor (1934–2008)
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Saim Bugay was born in 1934 in Mersin.
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Saim Bugay died in 2008 in Istanbul.
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Saim Bugay was a sculptor.
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Saim Bugay was Turkish.
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