Male Exposure Print

I am an artist born in Istanbul, in 1978 who decided to pursue a career in arts after training to be a dental technician. I studied Fine Arts and did my Masters in Art Education and then I am qualified to teach at all levels of high school and currently give private lessons to pupils in preparation for their portfolios for art school entry exams. For many years, I took art therapy workshops from professional art therapists such as Marcia Plevin, Rina Lerner Büberoğlu and Michael Franklin. Since 2018 I am the member of Art Pyschotherapy Association in Istanbul. Since June 2019 I belong to Art Therapy Workshops teaching group of Istanbul Sanatla Yaşam. I use these art therapy techniques in my teaching and I organize art workshops to groups besides giving private art lessons to primary school pupils. In my artworks I use various techniques and mediums which include oil/acrylic painting on canvas and paper; lino and mono printing. I make sculptures from recycled materials, wood, metal, resin and wire. And also I work on photo projects. The recurring theme in my art works are ‘relationships’. I love studying women figures; characteristics of a person, gestures, similarities, diversities and I reflect my own interpretation into my artworks using colors and various mediums. I am currently based in my home studio where is in Nişantaşı, Istanbul and where I’m working on my paintings, prints and pursuing to create my sculpture projects.