Sukriye Dikmen studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Istanbul in 1948 before enrolling at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris and completed a degree in Art History in 1953. She practiced painting for three years in Fernand Léger's studio and studied with Singier and Roger Chastel for two years at the Academie Ranson in Paris.

Her landscapes from 1970s and early 1980s usually display a stylization bordering on abstraction. She is known for her use of tonality and the synthesis of her still lifes and Cézanne-inspired Cubist landscapes, with planes of color adding depth and structure to the composition. Preferring to use plywood and board instead of canvas, she typically allowed the color and grain of the board to add texture ...