Bushra Collage

ARTIST'S STATEMENT :: As Virginia Woolf once stated: "As a woman, I have no country. As a woman, I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world." This feeling of "˜belonging nowhere but everywhere' is the essence of my life and art. Hence every work is a new journey that I anticipate with unspeakable joy and without worrying about the destination. My works combine elements of collage and digital photo-manipulation and digital illustration to produce dreamy images that reflect a different type of reality: My own. To me, art is breathing, taking a break from unbearable facts of the world. So that, I can transform the sorrow into a new energy form. By deconstructing, changing and combining the found images and my own photography, I aim to create a fictional imagery. This dreamy world reflects my own reactions to the facts that I personally experience, or pass by, or just observe from a distance. I describe this whole process as "˜consolation through the colors of dreams'. /// BIO- Kajal started her artistic life with drama. After leaving from the Istanbul Conservatory's Drama department, she moved to Izmir to study in college and act at the State Theater. There, she attended 9 Eylul University's Business Administration & Marketing Dept. Following a 3-year work experience at the Izmir State Theater and graduating from college, she decided to pursue her dream of being an illustrator. Firstly, she attended San Francisco University's summer art program on 'experimental drawing'. Later, she moved to New York to concentrate on her real endeavor: Digital Art and Illustration. After completing her studies in Digital Art Department at New York's Parsons School of Design, she worked as a designer for graphic design studios and textile design companies. Simultaneously, she worked on her artworks. Kajal moved back to Istanbul in 2007 and to Alacatı in 2011. Since then, she has been living and working there as a freelance artist and designer, and writing her books. Her first published book is 'Light Girl Ida'. Her second book, 'Flower That Doesn't Know Its Name' is published by Soyer Culture and Art Factory. Exhibitions: Solo Exhibition Soyer Kültür ve Sanat Fabrikası -İzmir Art in Mind: 'Steam Punk' 2013 The Brick Lane Gallery London. Seasonal Exhibition: Ipekce Alacati Showroom 2014. Seasonal Exhibition: Ipekce Alacati Showroom 2013. Seasonal Exhibition: Ipekce Alacati Showroom 2012.