The Young Turkish Printmaker Who Likes Girls

Biography
1977 Born in izmir -TURKEY
1996 Entered the Academy of Fine Art'sin the University of Dokuz Eylül. Stili a student in the academy Artistic activitiees- training:
1996 izmir Archaelogy Museum
1997 izmir Painting and sculpture Museum
1998 Dokuz Eylül Üniversity, Fine Arts Faculty murals training

Personal & Collective exhibitions
1998-2000. Turgut Pura Painting Competition Exhibition (juried). izmir Painting and Sculptur Museum. izmir
1999. Collective Exhibition, Turkish American Cultural Center Art Gallery, izmir
1999. Bursa Uludag üniversity Collective Exhibition. Bursa
2000. 61, Culturel Ministry Printmaking Compelition (juried). National Painting and Sculplure Museum. Ankara.
2000. Turkcell Painting Competition Exhibition .Kazim Taskent Art Gallery(juried).istanbul.
2000. Çekirdek Sanat. Collective Exhibition(juried). D. M. Istanbul.
2000. Collective Exhibition, EGS Park Art Gallery.lzmir.
2001. Collective Exhibition. Painting and Sculpture Museum .izmir
2001. Solo Exhibition.The French Cultural Center . Izmir 2001. 1. TRT Painting Competition Exhibition (juried),Ankara,lstanbul,lzmir 2001. 62. Culturel Ministry Printmaking Competition Exhibition (juried). National Painting and Sculplure Museum. Ankara.
2001. "Young Artists" Collective Exhibition-Iletisim Art Gallery-Izmir
2001. 11. International Pirint Biennial Varna -Bulgaria- Varna Graphic Arts Museum
2001. Solo Exhibition.Gallery Artist.Istanbul.
2001. "paper works" Collective Exhibition-Pi Artworks-Istanbul Award:
2001. Special award of international jury-11. International Pirint Biennial Varna -Bulgaria

Artist's Statement
I am a Turkish printmaker living on the coast of the Aegean Sea. My art deals with the sensitivity introduced through the image of the female body juxtaposed against the aloof mechanical lifestyle we live in the 21st century. I associate digitally-manipulated photographic images with traditional printmaking techniques. This leads me to convey a unique visual language on the surface of the paper.

I usually work on one woodblock to attain a colored print. I use a subtractive system of carving. I use the organic grains of the woodblock to associate the natural with the digital. In my pictures with a single woman figure I try to avoid storytelling. I rather use the formal elements of art to express my ideas like color, space and form. I try to bury intense eroticism and emotional atmosphere in a mechanical division of space. I almost hide the female figure for the viewer to discover. In my imagery there are twelve to seventeen color layers. I let the ink dry at least for 24 hours. I complete a print in approximately five weeks. To increase my creativity and productivity I usually work on five different pieces at the same time.

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