ABOUT THE ARTIST

Bio & Statement:

I am a self-taught painter, born in 1978 in Istanbul and currently living in the U.S. Ever since I had started painting, it has become one of the priorities in my life.

My art is about experimenting with shapes and colors. I see art as an expression of feelings but more importantly as a domain for freedom. Painting has given me the flexibility to expand in all directions: expanding along the surface of the canvas vertically and horizontally and then going deep into the painting, which completes the idea of space and movement in that space. It's vast.

Exhibitions:

Cape Cod Fine Arts Festival, Hyannis, MA. August 28-19, 2010.

New York International Art Expo, New York City. March 25-28, 2010.

Paradise City Arts Festival, Northampton, MA. May 22-25, 2009.

Lewiston Art Festival, New York. August 9-10, 2008.

Art for Autism, Pittsburgh, PA. May 31-June 1, 2008.

New York Art Expo, New York City. February 28- March 3 2008.

New York Art Expo, New York City. March 1-5, 2007.

Bella-Arte Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. December 2006.

Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL. October 2005.

Gallery Gora. Montreal, Canada. August 2005.

Other venues my art has been shown:

Lance Armstrong Foundation (Livestrong) fundraising gala, Austin, TX.

Chez-Zee Gallery, Austin, TX.

Art-pic, Hollywood, CA.

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA.

Benjamin Art Gallery, Hagerstown, MA.

Photographs:

Me and "the Kiss"

Paintings kids did, inspired by my work

Istanbul