Biography

Biography

DEFNE ORCAN

EDUCATION AND ACADEMİC QUALIFICATION

HISAR High School, Istanbul, Turkey

Sep 2022 – June 2026: Turkish High School diploma

Cumulative GPA:  84.26/ 100

AP Coursework: AP Drawing (3/5)AP Art History (3/5)

July 2025, IELTS: Overall 7.0 (Listening: 7; Reading: 6.5; Writing: 7; Speaking: 6.5)

Academic Honors Certificate, Grades 9 -11: awarded to students with GPA between 80 and 90/100. 

Adobe Certified Professional Exam, 2004 Graphic Design & Illustration using Adobe Illustrator

SUMMER PROGRAMS

Arts University Bournemouth, Aug 2025, 5hrs/wks, 2wks/yr

  • Enrolled in Games Art and Character Design 

Arts University Bournemouth, Aug 2024  5hrs/wks, 2wks/yr

  • Animation 

La Salle University, Barcelona, Spain, Jul 2023  5hrs/wks, 2wks/yr

  • Architecture and Construction 

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS

Lösev İnci helped raising money for kids who has cancer (11th grade)

Bellek ve Şehir: Went to Mardin and took photos that captured modernity and history. Photos were in an exhibition (10th)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Art Project Lab, Istanbul, Turkey learned how 3D modeling, animation, evolved technical skills in drawing, painting (10-12th grade) 12hrs/wks, 36wks/yr

School Podcast/ Hisarkolik worked in the school podcast and created their Instagram posts. (11th grade) 1hrs/wks, 28wks/yr

School’s Art Newspaper/ Sanatın İzinden (Following the Footsteps of Art) edited student’s writings for the school’s art newspaper (11th grade) 1hrs/wks, 28wks/yr

Writing Center Consultant helped other students about improving their essays and creative writings (11th grade) 2hrs/wks, 36wks/yr

Exlibris Competition worked voluntarily in an exlibris competition that Hisar School organized. Helped the participants and taught them how to print making (11th grade) 5hrs/wks, 

School Exhibition/ Doğanın İzinden Dört Elementle Sanat (Art with the Four Elements Following Nature) helped the younger students making artworks, helped the artist who came to set up the exhibition and guide the students (11th grade) 5hrs/wks, 

Hisar School student writers book with Columbia Student Press/ Artificial created an artwork that is animated (10th grade) 2hrs/wks, 5wks/yr

School Exhibition/ Bugünden Geleceğe Sanatla(From Today to Future with Art) Artworks are exhibited (10th grade) 2hrs/wks, 7wks/yr

Hisar School student writers book with Columbia Student Press/ 5 Senses wrote a poem for the book (9th grade) 

Hisar School student writers book with Columbia Student Press/ 5 Senses wrote a short story for the book (9th grade)

School Magazine/ Cam Kenarında created artworks for the magazine (9th grade)

SKILLS &  INTERESTS 

language : Native Turkish, Fluent English

Computer Programs: Blender, Adobe Illustrator, Unity, Prusa Slicer, Photoshop

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