SAIM CAGLAYAN

Saim Caglayan was born in Istanbul, Turkiye and came to the United States in 1968 to study architecture. After three years his interest changed and he went on to complete his BA in Sculpture from California State University, Long Beach. For over twenty years he taught art at various California Community Colleges.

His love of landscape painting in 1996 motivated him to create Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. His goal was to revive the tradition of the early California painters who lived and painted in and near Laguna Beach. Today LPAPA, a non profit, has become a well respected art organization throughout the country.

After nearly three decades in California, Saim and his wife Maggie, a psychologist, decided to move to Kaua’i in 2001 and immersed themselves in the beauty of the island life and art.

MUSEUM AND ART EXHIBITIONS

Laguna Art Museum California Open

Laguna Art Museum LPAPA invitational

San Bernardino County Art Museum California

Orange County Museum of Art

Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach

La Quinta Arts Festival

La Quinta Arts Foundation Desert Air

Curator, San Bernardino County Art Museum,

Women Sculptors of Southern CA Exhibit

Juror, Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach

Juror, San Bernardino County Art Museum

Juror, Golden West College Exhibit

Juror, Seal Beach Art Association

Juror, San Clemente Art Association

PUBLIC SCULPTURE & PAINTING COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS

King Kaumuali‘i, Pua‘ula‘ula State Park, Waimea, Kaua‘i

Kahala Resort, Oahu, Hawaii

Shell Oil Company, LaJolla, CA

Aitoku, Konan, Japan

Crafton Hills College Learning Center, CA

Festival of Arts Office, Laguna Beach, CA

La Farge Plaza Fountain, Redlands, CA

St. Joseph’s Hospital of Orange, CA

Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, CA

Memorial to the Sisters of St. Joseph, CA

Toastmasters International

Anitkabir Mausoleum of Ataturk, Turkey

His Majesty, Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia

Mr. & Mrs. Pierce Brosnan

Mr. & Mrs. Charlton Heston

Mrs. Nancy Sinatra

Mrs. Joan Irvine Smith

Mr. Tommy Tune

Diane Disney Miller

Anne Getty Earhart

Robert Trent Jones Jr.

AFFILIATIONS

LPAPA- Laguna Plein Air Painters Association- Chairman/Signature Member- www.lpapa.org

KOPA- Kauai Outdoor Painters Association- Founding Member/President- www.kopahawaii.com

BORREGO SPRINGS PLEIN AIR INVITATIONAL- Founding Member

LAGUNA ART MUSEUM- Member

MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO- Member

SAN DIEGO MUSEUM of ART- Member

DEYOUNG MUSEUM- Member

CONTACT

PHONE > (808) 634-6941