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
Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby, United Kingdom
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
