SIVAS - Painter Vildan Isik, a lecturer in Cumhuriyet University, won "Matchup Prize 2006" in a contest held in the United States on painting and sculpture.
Isik won the award with her painting "Tersinme" in the contest which was held in Dallas.
Isik told A.A that the contest is held once in a year by Matchup Art Gallery internationally to select contemporary creative artists as well as introduce and support them to international fora.
She added that she is the first ever artist who won this prize in Turkey.
Isik said that she opened her first personal exhibition abroad within the scope of Sausalito Art Festival in California last year.