Imren Iyem

My work is about freedom and peaceful possibility. My personality and ethnic background plays a part in the process of developing new ideas and finding inspiration to create authentic and uplifting pieces. My paintings are inspired by many facets of ancient civilizations of East Turkey where I was born. A blend of personal dream fragments, childhood memories, and some fantasy invite the viewer to discover that nature has such richness and variety in cultural and natural resources. My paintings are abstract transforming memories into moments of tranquil introspection. Although abstract art movement has lots of female practitioners, this is less so in the country I am living. My style interacts with the subconscious when I paint a canvas that translates the spiritual and emotional state of that moment as if listening to music. I desire for the viewer looking at my artwork two-degrees of separation become one-degree, and then zero-degrees and thus connect art lovers, especially women in pursuit of natural beauty and transcendent inspiration.

I am a Turkish native who now lives and creates in Ankara. Graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Education, Department of Painting with a degree. I am a member of the United Painters and Sculptors Association BRHD - established 1970. My work is part of the collection of various museums and galleries in Turkey.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002-TESK Art Gallery / Ankara

2005-Metropolitan Art Gallery / Diyarbakir

2007-Nail Cakirhan and Halet Cambel Art and Culture House / Gokova, Mugla

2010-TUYAP Women Enterpreneurs Expo (Paint Exhibition) / Diyarbakir

2010-TUYAP Book Expo (Drawing Exhibition) / Diyarbakir

2011-Gallery Enlil / Hamburg

2015-Ismail Altinok Art Center / Ankara

2015-Mor Art Gallery / Bodrum, Mugla

2016-Gozde Art Gallery / Ankara

2017-State Museum of Painting and Sculpture Kulturpark Art Gallery / Izmir

2017-3rd ARTANKARA International Contemporary Art Expo / Doku Art Gallery

2018-4th ARTANKARA International Contemporary Art Expo / Firca Art Gallery

2018-Firca Art Gallery / Ankara

2019-5th ARTANKARA International Contemporary Art Expo / Firca Art Gallery

2019-Sanliurfa Gobeklitepe Culture and Tourism Expo / Sanliurfa

2021-Zulfu Livaneli Culture Center / Ankara

2021-7th ARTANKARA International Contemporary Art Expo / Ankara

2021 - Ankara Zafer Çarşısı Sanat Galerisi
Victory of the Republic

2021 - Çankaya Belediyesi Doğan Taşdelen Çağdaş Sanatlar Merkezi
BRHD 51. Anniversary Grand Exhibition