At our 550th Art Gathering, we are visiting the studio of artist Özer Toraman.

Toraman, based in Istanbul and Berlin, addresses themes of urban life, the body, human identity, and gender through figurative paintings.

His new works, inspired by urban life, are constructed through personal avatars, pairings, and everyday social interactions. These works reveal the limitless possibilities of representing imagined situations, memories, desires, and emotions. Toraman also describes his oil paintings, depicting figures positioned in nature in diverse locations such as Berlin, Istanbul, Lisbon, Thailand, and New Mexico, as "reimagined landscapes." His bold simplicity and intensified use of color position the viewer on a threshold between reality and fantasy.

Born in Van in 1989, Özer Toraman lives and works in Istanbul and Berlin. Between 2022 and 2024, the artist participated in the Pure Joy of Nature (Noh Art Contemporary, 2022) and Ateliers Höherweg artist residency programs in Naples and Düsseldorf; in the same year, she continued her production in an international context with her solo exhibition titled The Ocean in My Heart (Gallery 39+, 2024) in Singapore.

Selected exhibitions the artist has participated in both domestically and internationally include Silent Dialogue (Pi Artworks, 2026) in Istanbul, The Ocean in My Heart (Gallery 39+, 2024) in Singapore, Spring (Ateliers Höherweg, 2024) in Düsseldorf, Garden of the Mind (Pi Artworks, 2023) in Istanbul, Friends and Family (Pi Artworks London, 2022) in London, The World Continues to Turn (Pi Artworks, 2021) in Istanbul, The Ballery (The Ballery Gallery, 2019) and Passengers of Kaleidoscopic Journey (2018) in Berlin, Anatomy of Passion (Pg Art Gallery, 2018), The First Dream (Bozlu Art Project, 2017), Borders Orbits 17 (Siemens Art, 2015), You Lived Gently in My World (Artnivo, 2018) in Istanbul. The exhibition includes Mamut Art Project (2014) and (2015).

Wednesday, April 1st

12:00-13:00

Address: Piyalepaşa, 32B Piyalepaşa Boulevard, Istanbul

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