Berna Dolmacı

Berna Dolmacı was born in Akşehir in 1994. The artist completed her undergraduate education in the painting department of Dokuz Eylül University’s Fine Arts Faculty (DEU-GSF), and she now pursues her master’s degree in the same field at the same university’s Fine Arts Institute (DEU-GSE).
Sketchbook practice is at the heart of the works of the artist, who lives and produces in İzmir. Her approach to the sketchbook can be understood in the context of “visual diaries,” which documents the image of the moment she faces in both literary and visual ways. At the same time, she aims to document the objects that belong to “that moment” in wherever she is, like a leaf, sweet wrapper, sales slip, flower, a string of hair and paper. Her visual diary, which saves records of the moments,has gradually evolved into abstractions of unspoilt nature where she wants to go to, making use of the technique of collage. Starting with 2017, she has gone out of the notebook, and started creating large collages with waste paper, which she coloured with non-industrial organic materials. However, starting with 2018, her collages’ connections with the venues have gradually intensified and strengthened, and manifested themselves in process-oriented public realm...

Undergraduate education in the painting department of Dokuz Eylül University’s Fine Arts Faculty
Master's degree in the painting department of Dokuz Eylül University’s Fine Arts Institute

Solo exhibitions:
2020 ‘ İstila’, Enstalasyon, Balconnection, Solo Sergi, Alsancak, İzmir
2018 ‘Otonom’ Enstalasyon, Solo Sergi, Kendine Ait Bir Oda Projesi, İzmir

Award-winning exhibitions:
2018 BASE 2018 Sergisi, Galata Rum Okulu, İstanbul
2018 Rota Sanat Yarışması Sergisi, Ayvansaray Üniversitesi Galerisi-Plato Sanat, İstanbul
2018 ‘4.Genç Sanat’ Güncel Sanat Yarışması Sergisi, CerModern, Ankara
2018 ‘36.Günümüz Sanatçıları’ sergisi, Akbank Sanat, İstanbul

Group exhibitions:
2021 ‘Tepenin Sonundan Sonra’ Sergisi, Alsancak, İzmir
2021 ‘Mahal Aura’ Sergisi, Alsancak, İzmir
2021 ‘Atık-sız’ Sergisi, Halkbank Üreten Kadınlar Türkiye Zirvesi, Hilton Bomonti Otel, Şişli, İstanbul
2021 ‘Mesafe’ Sergisi, Globlokal Era, Alsancak, İzmir
2021 ‘Atığın ihtimali: Biçim ve Süreç’, Dijital Platform Sergisi
2020 ‘Mesafe’ Sergisi, Karma Sergi, Hatay, İzmir
2020 ‘ Tepe Dünya’, Globlokal Era, Alsancak, İzmir
2020 ' Evin-de Hali', Dijital Platform Sergisi
2020 ‘Görünür Muamma’, Galeri A, Alsancak, İzmir
2019 ‘Hikaye ve Bellek’ Kendine Ait Bir Oda Projesi, Barboros Köyü, İzmir
2018 ‘Darağaç Burada’ Sergisi, TÜYAP Sanat Fuarı, İstanbul
2018 ‘Darağaç III’ Sergisi, Umurbey, İzmir
2018 ‘Buluşma’ Baskı Sergisi, Kendine Ait Bir Oda ...