At our 560th Art Gathering, we are visiting the studio of artist Fulya Çetin.
Fulya Çetin (1970, Istanbul), after graduating from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, had the opportunity to work with nearly 160 artists, initiatives, and civil society organizations between 2007-2009 in Hafriyat Karaköy, a space that describes itself as a "Various Arts World."
Fulya Çetin chooses and focuses on any location, creating images that best convey the emotion she wants to evoke and draw the viewer into her world. She sometimes uses oil paint on canvas, sometimes ink on gauze, sometimes paper, and sometimes photography and video techniques through a viewfinder. In each exhibition, she brings together different mediums, inviting the viewer into her world with words, sounds, and images. In this world, objects are seen through the eyes of a woman demanding conscience and justice; images that evoke the times we witness in our society, and various disguised forms of domination are present.
Among her images are playgrounds, tranquil beaches, and abandoned objects, which exist in our world through their functions; while the sadness evoked in our minds by an empty coat rack or abandoned shoes focuses on the past and memory. The nature of her inner voice, oscillating between meaning and the transcendental, transforms into dualities between abstraction and reality, hope and despair, joy and fear in her paintings. This state is also reflected in her technique, creating a space for a dialogue that oscillates between dominating the surface and surrendering to it.
Some of the artist's works and exhibitions include: daily drawings for the "Excavation Workers" column of Birgün Newspaper and participation in "Istanbul Tax Collectors." Between 2013 and 2015, she prepared drawings and visuals for Kaos GL magazine. Since 2006, she has participated in numerous Hafriyat exhibitions, starting with "Local Paradise" at the Diyarbakır Art Center. Some of the notable group exhibitions she has participated in include "Where the Fire Fell," "Destruction," "We Are Here, Ahparig," "Terror of Reality," all held at the Tobacco Warehouse, and "Spring Cleaning," held at Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları. Abroad, she has participated in "All Your Women Things" at the Manchester Paper Gallery and "Rose Garden" at the Frankfurt Opelvillen Gallery. In 2017, she presented the exhibition "After the Night" with Çağla Köseoğulları at FAİL publications. Some of Fulya Çetin's solo exhibitions include "Plastic Doll" (2009), realized within the scope of Vahit Tuna's Masa project; "River Under River" (2013) at artSümer; "Mixing into the Air" (2015) at Tütün Deposu; and "Darker Than Night" (2016) at Sanatorium. In 2019, she also held a solo exhibition titled "The Day the Mountains and Stones Wept" as part of the Atonal 9 solo exhibition at Emin Barın Han.
Furthermore, her uniquely designed notebooks were exhibited at the British Museum's "Poetry to Politics - Artists Making Books" exhibition; and recently, she participated in a solo exhibition titled "Growing with the Wind" at Galeri Nev and a group exhibition at Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat. Through all these works, Fulya Çetin has presented her pieces to audiences in numerous exhibitions both in Turkey and abroad.
Wednesday, June 17
12:00-13:00
Address: Kozyatağı Mahallesi, Şanlıer Sokak, Demir Apartmanı Apartment: 1, Kadıköy
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