Canan Tolon


Canan Tolon is a Turkish-born artist who now lives and works in Emeryville, California. Tolon works in the mediums of printmaking, painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation.
She has exhibited internationally in Ankara, Istanbul, Kiev, London, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland and San Francisco. In 2010, one of Tolon's paintings, "Glitch VI" was a highlight at Sotheby's auction in Turkey, and in 2012, Art + Auction named Tolon one of the 50 Next Most Collectible Artists. A Los Angeles Times review in 2014 noted that Tolon's paintings "highlight our tendency to look for recognizable forms" and "also perhaps a comment on the degraded quality of our image landscape."

Early life and education

Tolon was born in Istanbul in 1955 and spent her childhood in France. after graduating from the Ecole Française d’Istanbul She studied design and architecture at Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland, Fachhochschule, Trier, Germany, Middlesex University/Architectural Association, London, England and University of California, Berkeley, where she earned her master in architecture. Tolon then worked as an architect in France and in San Francisco.

Collections

Tolon's work is held in the following public collections: