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I am working with the uncontrolled expression and combination of internal imagery, abstractions freighted with feeling. I tend to paint medium to large canvases in primary acrylics.

It is a real challenge for me to use words about my work. Cultural influences of the eastern Mediterranean, clash of east and west, symbolic glyphs, tales of the Aegean diaspora, images of ancient myth, and Muslim constraint recur in my work ? on the surface and just beneath it.

My feeling varies in reflection of inner struggles, typified by forceful expressions of color. There is the constant battle to bridge external reality and the unconscious. Sometimes there is an internal leap beyond the threshold to dream and fantasy, an unexplainable odyssey into childhood fear and fulfillment.

The woman at the canvas ? child, daughter, woman, wife, mother, human, artist ? reaches into darkness and finds colorful nightmare visions in her. The woman in me ? extravert, unusual, pessimist, with a black and white window on life ? needs to fight to bring to light these visions as the past and the darkness reach out for me. Yet my conscious aesthetic remains excitement and sensitivity.

I was born and raised in Turkey. I received my BA degree in film and television production from Marmara University in Istanbul where I worked as a film editor and painter for many years. I came to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2001. My goal is to become more widely known in the American art world.

Education

1986 ? 1991
Marmara University Art Institute, Bachelors of Arts in Film and Television. Istanbul/Turkey

Awards

1998
Government of İzmir Fine Art Competition, İzmir, Turkey - `Success Award`
1998
8th Adana ?imento, Fine Art Competition, Adana, Turkey - `2nd Runner Up` (3rd Place)
1995
5th Adana ?imento, Fine Art Competition, Adana, Turkey - `Mention`

Solo Exhibitions

2007
CTX Mortgage, Santa Rosa, CA USA
2003
Sonoma National Bank, Sebastopol CA, USA
2003
Edward Jhones Financial, Sebastopol CA, USA
1999
Anka Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

Shows

2007
Aspect Gallery,San Francisco CA USA
2006
Youth in Arts, Italian Street Festival, San Rafael CA, USA
2006
Pro Art 2006 Box Art Benefit Auction, Oakland, CA USA
2006
Lennon Underground Art Expo 2006, San Francisco, CA USA
2006
Altered Esthetics Gallery ? "Art of Horror" , Minneapolis MA, USA
1999
9th Adana Cement Industry Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Turkey
1999
11th Take Traditional Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Turkey
1998
Turkcell Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Turkey
1998
3rd `Sea` Themed Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Organized by the Naval Turkish Forces, Turkey
1998
`The Bridge From Concrete to Abstract` Kunstlerhaus Fine Art Exhibition, Turkey
1997
`Nature and Color` Theme Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Organized by Marshall, Turkey
1996
Mimar Sinan University 2nd `Paper Works` Exhibition, Turkey
1996
1st Gul Derman Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Turkey
1996
1st `Sea` Themed Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Organized by the Naval Turkish Forces, Turkey
1995
Mimar Sinan University 1st `Paper Works` Exhibition, Turkey
1995
5th Adana Cement Industry Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Turkey
1995
56th Government Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Turkey
1994
Government of Izmit Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Turkey
1994
Accademia D`Abruzza 1. Concorso Internazionale Di Pittura Murale Pescara Exhibition, Italy

Murals

1999
TV series `Yuzlesme` 7meters wide by 2 meters high, Turkey
1998
Vipsas TV?Movie Enterprises Building, 4 meters wide by 2.5 meters high, Turkey

Scenery

1998
`Pinocchio`, Istanbul, Turkey

Work Experience

1999 ? 2001
Yagmur Agency Assistant director, post production, TV series ?Yilan Hikayesi?, Turkey, (130 episodes)
1999 ? 1997
Vipsas TV?Movie Enterprises Assistant director, post-production
1998 ? 1997
Umut Agency Assistant director, post production, TV series ?Bir Umut?, Turkey
1997 ? 1995
AR Agency Assistant stage manager, post production, TV series ?Sehnaz Tango?, Turkey, (50 episodes)
1995 ? 1994
A-TV, Announcer, live broadcast program, ?Sicak Takip?, Turkey,
1993 ? 1994
STAR-TV, Announcer, live broadcast program, ?Yakin Takip?, Turkey
1993 ? 1992
STAR-TV, News Editor

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