Belgin Kaya Wedman

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about the artist

Belgin Kaya Wedman, aka Veda, was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. As a teen she went to The Netherlands to study art, then traveled and lived in Europe for several years. After moving to the U.S., she completed her formal education, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration from CSU Long Beach. She has continued her studies at UCLA and  Art Center College of Design.

While developing her talents, a trip to India left a lasting impression in her color pallet and style of painting.

After working in the advertising industry as a storyboard artist for several years, she explored sculpting, murals, oil paintings and has accepted commissioned works. Eventually she focused her attention on children’s books and illustrated several of them. Her latest picture book is “Elephant Prince” by Mandala Publishing.

Recently, Belgin decided she could not ignore the whisper in her ear prodding her to focus on fine art. In 2009, she started the Los Angeles Fine Artists Network (LA FAN), inspiring other visual artists to join her in pursuit of common goals and started to show her work in Los Angeles galleries.

Currently she divides her time between creating book art, advertising and painting fine art pieces.  She and her husband Marl live in Malibou Lake, Southern California.

Belgin Kaya Wedman is affiliated with the following organizations:

Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art

Malibu Art Association

Founder of LA FAN

Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

List of clients: Scholastic, Harcourt, New Creature, National Geographic, Hampton Brown, Mandala Publishing, SRA/McGraw-Hill, Mudpuddle Books, Holt Rinehart and Winston, Hay House, Educational Insights, Rourke Publishing, Music Circle, Hinduism Today,  Disney, Time Warner, SeaWorld, Mitsubishi, Legoland, Universal Studios, Fox, Acura, Lexus, US West, Bally's, Honda, Jergens, Glendale Federal, Novartis.