Yukselle Hassan
Acrylic
Yükselle Hassan’s work is an exploration of Realism in Fantasy; the style and colour of her work is her signature. She has a strong passion for recreating nature uniquely on canvas.
Yükselle’s paintings depict the moods and colours of the Great Lakes, the beautiful Sweet Water Sea-Huron and Georgian Bay, and the romance of the lakes district of Muskoka region.
Yükselle’s paintings sell internationally; she is a member of Southampton Arts Centre.
Her latest solo exhibition was between January and April 2025 at the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre.
She studied at The Academy of Fine Arts—University of Mimar Sinan in Istanbul, Türkiye.
She lived in Toronto, Canada between 1971-2009 and worked for Scholastic Canada Ltd. in Toronto between 1979 and 2009, first as a graphic designer and later as Art Director. She has been living with her husband and painting full-time in Southampton, Ontario since 2009.
