Location: Turkey
Sonia Serpil ASLAN
1984 Üsküdar / Istanbul.
Works and lives in Istanbul, Turkey.
Website/blog link: www.serpilaslan.com
Mail: 6serpilaslan@gmail.com
Education :
The artist, who has graduated in 2008 with success from Undergraduate Program of Department of Combined Arts of Faculty of Art and Design of Yildiz Technical University, has also graduated in 2011 with a degree from Graphic Design Master Degree Program with Thesis of Social Sciences Institute of Halic University and is studying at the moment in Painting Department of Social Sciences Institute of Faculty of Fine Arts of Marmara University, which she was enrolled in 2012.
The artist also possesses Certificates of Merit also in fields of Graphic and Web Design who had been granted various achievement awards in competitions in the field of Painting and Sculptures.
She has also practiced exterior painting and sculpture applications by attending numerous sculpture and painting exhibitions and by attending festivals and symposiums since 2005 and 2006.
She is continuing with her graphic, painting, sculpture and installation works at the moment in her workshop in Istanbul with the name of ‘atolyemsanat.’
Solo Exhibitions:
2014 “ Amigdala / Amygdala ”, Maçka Art Gallery, Istanbul,
Turkey
Selected Combined Exhibitions:
2015 “ The Sence of Human ”, FISAD, Primo Festival
Internazionale delle Scuole d’Arte e Design,Torino, Italy
2014 “ Do you play with me? ”, Make-A-Wish® Association,
?stanbul, Turkey
2013 “ Connecting the Dots ”, 6. International Student
Triennial, Cumhuriyet Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
“ Boundaries / Orbits 13 - 14 ”, Siemens Art Gallery,
Istanbul, Turkey
“ Unique Steps ”, M.Ü.G.S.F. Painting Department Main
Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 “ Footprints of Anatolian Civlizations ”, Abbaye De
Münster, Luxemburg
2011 “ Women exist ”, Istanbul Kultur University, Istanbul,
Turkey
“ December ”, Portakal cicegi Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
“ Young Combined ”, International Art Center / Tunca Art
Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
“ Art in Akmerkez 7 / Mixed Young ”, Akmerkez Art
Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 “ VIII. Eurasische Wirtschaftsgipfel Sculpture Exhibition”,
Lütfü K?rdar Exhibition and Congress Palaces,
Istanbul, Turkey
“ 5 Sculptor Sculpture Exhibition ”, Kocaeli University
Faculty of Fine Arts, Baki Komsuoglu Art Gallery, ?zmit,
Turkey
2009 “ Summer Combined ”, Cihangir Art Gallery, Istanbul,
Turkey
“ World on the Canvases of the Women ”, Trabzon Art
Gallery / Mora Hotel, Trabzon, Turkey
“ 66 Artists 66 Works ”, Çekirdek Art Gallery, Istanbul,
Turkey
“ Breezes from 2008 ”, Gallery Biny?l, Istanbul, Turkey
“ I. Modern Breaths ”, Gallery 5, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 “ Dream and Reality ”, Abra Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 “ Operating Space ”, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Concepts such as spiritualism, subconscious, dream, identity, sexuality, social judgments and
establishment and hierarchy between woman – man constitute the point of origin of my sculptures.
My sculptures appearing black – white (neutral), with the effect of the color used, reveal themselves
much more striking and sometimes by forcing perception. The “eerie” (insecure) circumstance, arising
especially with the effect of the red color used on every one of my recent sculptures, “irritates” the
viewers. In my works I am showing tragic events, injustice, rebellion and despair, buried deep within
the subconscious, from the eyes of a child,by using symbols which will make us remember these.
Thus, sadness, anxiety and fear comes up automatically and humanely when an innocent child is
standing there before us wretchedly. At this point I am trying to confront the viewer with our feelings
and past that we are all exposed to but ignore, do not embrace, cannot define and leave in the dark
because we can not bring to light.
Size: 105 H x 40 W x 30 cm
Sculpture: Clay, Environmental, Fiberglass, Found Objects and Latex
The artist emphasises the Amygdala of human beings through sculptures of children that she has created one-to-one by focusing on the human fact over mystic icons and over child psyche in herpersonal exhibition with the name of “Amigdala/Amygdala.”
Keywords: sculptures, soniaserpilaslan, conteptualart, humanperseption, visialperseption, modernart, artist, figurativeart, kids, contemporaryart, modernism
Size: 105 H x 40 W x 30 cm
Sculpture: Clay, Environmental, Fiberglass, Found Objects and Latex
The artist emphasises the Amygdala of human beings through sculptures of children that she has created one-to-one by focusing on the human fact over mystic icons and over child psyche in herpersonal exhibition with the name of “Amigdala/Amygdala.”
Keywords: sculptures, soniaserpilaslan, conteptualart, humanperseption, visialperseption, modernart, artist, figurativeart, kids, contemporaryart, modernism
““Welcome to My World”, 2014”
““Welcome to My World”, 2014”
““Welcome to My World”, 2014”
“"My Guardian Angel", 2014”
“"My Guardian Angel", 2014”
“"My Guardian Angel", 2014”
“Big Bang!, 2014”
“Big Bang!, 2014”
