Ruzen Atakan (born 1966) is a Turkish-Cypriot painter and educator. Atakan was born in 1966 in Akincilar, she is the daughter of a school teacher Kemal Atakan.^{[citation needed]} She graduated from Gazi University Turkey, in 1988. She has had three solo shows and took part in mixed and group exhibitions in Cyprus as well as overseas.^[when?] She teaches at Fine Arts Secondary School, Nicosia, Cyprus.^[1]

Exhibitions

Ruzen participated in the following exhibitions:

• 1988 Group Exhibition in British Council, Ankara.^{[citation needed]}
• 1990 Group Exhibition at Fluxus Art Gallery, Nicosia.^{[citation needed]}
• 1991 1st Solo Exhibition at Fluxus Art Gallery, Nicosia.^{[citation needed]}
• 1991 Contemporary Turkish Cypriot Painting Exhibition, London.
• 1994 2nd Solo Exhibition at Atatürk Cultural Center, Nicosia.
• 1994 Namık Kemal Painting Prize, Famagusta.
• 1997 3rd Solo Exhibition Atatürk Cultural Center, Nicosia.^{[citation needed]}
• 1977 State Art and Sculpture Prize, Nicosia.
• 1999 Group Exhibition at Gotland University College, Gotland,
• 1999 Namık Kemal Painting Prize, Famagusta.
• 1999 Group Exhibition at Kunstmesse, Salzburg,
• 2001 Group Exhibition at IMKB, Istanbul.
• 2003 Bi-communal Exhibition at Hilton Hotel, Nicosia.
• 2003 Group Exhibition, İzmir International Fair, İzmir.
• 2004 4th Solo Exhibition, “April Exhibition” Iktisatbank Gallery, Nicosia^{[citation needed]}