We are visiting the studio of artist Nermin Er in our 492nd Art Meeting.

Nermin Er graduated from the Sculpture Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 1995. In addition to her professional career in animation, the artist has been holding regular solo exhibitions at Galeri Nev Istanbul since 2004. Her work titled “Tek Göz Oda” was exhibited at the opening of the Yanköşe platform that Kahve Dünyası launched in 2017. Her comprehensive exhibition “Siradaki Şarkı”, which includes works from the last 10 years of her production between January and April 2024, met with the audience at the Nilüfer Municipality Meteor / Balat Culture House. She also took part in the group exhibition titled “All Things Become Islands Before My Senses” organized by Perasma in Leros Island, Greece in the summer of 2024. The artist, who was invited by the NGBK / Depo Berlin Guest Artist Program in 2020 and spent 6 months at ZKU Berlin, has works in many institutional collections such as Mudo Collection, Polimeks, Evliyagil Museum, Ömer Koç Collection, Baksı Museum.

Nermin Er, who uses paper and ink as primary materials, searches for the boundaries and possibilities of the material in her works. Having worked in the animation world for many years, Er creates stories by combining the paper she uses with a minimal understanding with light and shadow in her works. In the cinematographic scenes constructed in silhouette form, elements such as people, cities, and nature in daily life are interpreted. Focusing on the concepts of pile/accumulation and visual and intellectual themes such as accumulation, dispersion, and collection, the artist creates micro spaces by adding-removing or stacking particles on surfaces. The artist's works from different series, in which she brings volume and dynamism together on the surface by creating dimensions, also create an integrative language of expression such as small sentences coming side by side. In addition to Er’s paper works, there are also animation works that can be described as a reflection of the process of studying the material. The artist lives and produces in Istanbul.

*Our art meetings are free for our members, 500 TL for guests, and 250 TL for children over the age of 12. We kindly ask that your guests make a donation to our association account before the trip.

Tuesday, February 4

12:00-13:00

Address: Muradiye Bayırı Sokak İsmet Apartmanı No:46/6 Teşvikiye