I graduated from Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Fine Arts Ceramic Department in 2004. 2005-2006 educational spring terms i went to Slovakia VSVU with Socrates & Erasmus Student Exchange Program to Academy of Fine Arts. In 2007 I was given her MA degree on Ceramic by Dokuz Eylul University Fine Arts Institute. I finished PhD degree from Anadolu University Fine Arts Institute in 2012.
I have been working in Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts Ceramic Department as a Professor. I am also Vice of Dean since 2015 in Faculty of Fine Arts and head of Ceramic Department. I have 4 prizes in total including 2014 72th Official Painting Sculpture Ceramics Competition Prize. My works were exhibited in foreign countries such as Slovakia, Moldova, Korea, Germany, China and Kyrgyzstan. I attended many symposiums. I set up 7 solo and attended 110 group exhibitions.
For me, working with ceramics is not merely about shaping form; it is an intimate dialogue with existence, memory, and nature. When the resistance of stoneware and porcelain meets the determination of my hands, the most fragile and profound layers of my inner world are transformed into a three-dimensional language. This material both defines my boundaries and offers me freedom. Each shaping process signifies not only the transformation of clay but my own evolution alongside it. That’s why my relationship with the material is heartfelt, honest, and as sincere as possible.
In my art, I choose not to repeat, but to transform. While the darker sides of life already surround us at every turn, I avoid reproducing this darkness. Instead, I try to reveal the unseen and create spaces that offer the viewer a moment of inner stillness. Just as, when we rise above the earth, cities, people, and troubles become small and the world dazzles us with its blues and greens, I too wish to invite the viewer into this elevated state of mind—toward their own inner calm.
I draw inspiration from the raw existence of nature and stone, and from the impact that mountains create through absence as much as presence. Without over-intervening in form, I allow space for unknown textures and sensations to emerge naturally. Giacometti’s words, “the struggle to reach the reality in my mind,” deeply resonate with me. In line with this approach, I avoid imitation or replication, striving instead to present the inner and the outer together—through essence rather than likeness.
At times, I confront separation, memory, fragility, and solitude. The clouds embedded within the forms I use carry the emotional traces of the past, placing the viewer face to face with a shared dreamscape. These works, shaped by my own anxieties and longings, aim to create a collective experience—transforming the personal into something universal.
Art, for me, is both a release and a confrontation.
Both remembrance and rebirth.
Just as the material transforms me, I aim to offer the viewer a space where they might, even briefly, hear their own inner voice.
Both remembrance and rebirth.
Just as the material transforms me, I aim to offer the viewer a space where they might, even briefly, hear their own inner voice.