Artists › Hülya Sözer
Born in Istanbul in 1986, Hülya Sözer graduated from the Department of Ceramics, Faculty of Fine Arts, Anadolu University, in 2010 and opened a first solo exhibition the same year. Sözer has since taken part in many group exhibitions, fairs, and international symposiums, as well as art seminars, workshops, and street festivals. In 2014 and 2015, Sözer received two honorable mentions in the artistic category of the Gizem Frit Ceramics Competition. Sözer continues to work in a studio in Beyoğlu and teaches ceramics at the TKHV Caferağa Madrasa and in the same studio.
Today, when everything is perceived as a commodity, people have begun to withdraw into their shells in their social lives; they have become passive, alienated from themselves and their surroundings, and have turned into the desired human types of our time. In contrast to all this, I create figures who are devoted to their own selves and their surroundings, who see that their circumstances must change, who are not afraid of losing what they have, and who can even claim to the very end what they stand to gain. Behind a strong stance blended with aesthetic concern, the female figures I depict seek to evoke in the viewer feelings such as finding oneself and self-confidence.
I aim to achieve this by stepping slightly outside traditional ceramic art and synthesizing it with contemporary figurative art, distancing the figures from the form standardized by social rules.
Selected group exhibitions
Selected exhibitions
05/2019: Yedi Figür, Courpus Galeri, Istanbul
03/2019: Vernice Art Fair, Euro Expo Art, Forli, Italy
02/2019: Renkler ceramics exhibition, Akademililer Art Center, Istanbul
01/2019: Cemal Süreya’yı Sevmek, Galeri Mod, Istanbul
11/2018: Artist 2018, Artifex, TÜYAP, Istanbul
10/2018: Seçki, Portakal Çiçeği Sanat, Beşiktaş Contemporary Arts Gallery, Istanbul
10/2018: Barut Hotel Contemporary Young Artists Meeting exhibition, Plus Galeri, Antalya
05/2018: Tasarım Tomtom Sokakta, Tomtom Kırmızı, Istanbul
04/2018: Galeri Bu, Bir Kelime Bin Mesele, Istanbul
03/2018: ODTÜ Sanat 19, Yeni Bir Dünya, Ankara
02/2018: Derinlikler Art Center, “Harmonie,” Istanbul
01/2018: Adress Istanbul Home Decoration Center, “Oyun Zamanı,” Istanbul
12/2017: Ayn Art Galeri, group exhibition, Istanbul
09/2017: Akademililer Art Center, “İdeal Bir Sanatçı Olmanın 21 Yolu,” Istanbul
08/2017: Çankaya Municipality Contemporary Arts Center, “Boşluk,” Ankara
06/2017: Ervart Galeri, “Gerçek Ne?” Istanbul
03/2017: Congresium Ankara, Kav Art Gallery, Ankara
02/2017: Beşiktaş Contemporary Art Gallery, Hep Birlikte group exhibition, Istanbul
11/2016: TÜYAP Art Fair, Akademililer Art Center, Istanbul
08/2016: Galeri İşlik, Otuz Metre Kare, solo exhibition, Istanbul
08/2016: Galeri Eksen, Alamet-i Farika group exhibition, Istanbul
06/2016: Kav Genç Sanat, 4th Summer Group Exhibition, Ankara
06/2016: 20th International Art Suites Workshop Exhibition, Bodrum
06/2016: 7th International Marsyas Festival, Seramiğin Sesi 3, Afyon
04/2016: Galeri Bu Galata, Special Politic, Istanbul
04/2016: Kav Genç Sanat, Genç Etki 23, Ankara
04/2016: Bamboo Park, Mevsim Yaz 3 exhibition, Bursa
04/2016: Ada Sanat, Değiş Tokuş exhibition, Istanbul
04/2016: Armaggan Art Design Gallery, İlhamın Geometrisi group sculpture exhibition, Istanbul
01/2016: Armaggan Art Design Gallery, La Petite Maison, Feel The Art, Istanbul
12/2015: Kav Genç Sanat, Küçük İşler 4, Ankara
12/2015: Armaggan Art Design Gallery, Borusan Oto group exhibition, Istanbul
10/2015: Kav Genç Sanat, Genç Kuşak 4, Ankara
09/2015: Armaggan Art Design Gallery, Yaşam İçin Enerji, Istanbul
06/2015: Armaggan Art Design Gallery, Maddenin Halleri 3, Istanbul
06/2015: Art Galerim Bebek, Ucubeler, Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay, Bodrum
06/2015: Kav Genç Sanat, 3rd Summer Group Exhibition, Ankara
05/2015: Kav Genç Sanat, Genç Etki 18, Ankara
02/2015: WWF Turkey, Zorlu Center PSM, Doğa Seni Çağırıyor, Istanbul
01/2015: Armaggan Art Design Gallery, Sanat 7/24 Vol.3, Istanbul
12/2014: Akademililer Art Center, Kağıt İşler 2, Istanbul
11/2014: 5th Gizem Frit Ceramics Competition Exhibition, Sakarya
10/2014: Kav Genç Sanat, Genç Kuşak 3, Ankara
06/2014: Egnatia Alexandroupolis Egnatia Park, Parmak İzi group exhibition, Greece
01/2014: Armaggan Art Design Gallery, Maddenin Halleri 2, Istanbul
01/2014: E-lab, Şeli Sanat, İmgeler ve İnsanlar group exhibition, Istanbul
12/2013: Akademililer Art Center, Kağıt İşler group exhibition, Istanbul
09/2013: Akademililer Art Center, Abluka group exhibition, Istanbul
06/2013: Akademililer Art Center, İnsanlık Halleri group exhibition, Istanbul
03/2013: Armaggan Art Design Gallery, Doğaya Saygı sculpture exhibition, Istanbul
01/2013: Vehbi Koç Foundation Art Gallery, group exhibition, Kocaeli
12/2012: Portakal Çiçeği Art Colony exhibition, Ankara
11/2012: Armaggan Art Design Gallery, Sanat 7/24 group exhibition, Istanbul
10/2012: TÜYAP Art Fair, Akademililer Art Center, Istanbul
10/2012: TÜYAP Art Fair, Portakal Çiçeği Art Colony, Istanbul
06/2012: “Buluşma Noktası” group exhibition, Akademililer Art Center, Istanbul
03/2012: “İç Deniz - 40 Kadın, 40 Yaşam, 40 Öykü” group exhibition, Sefaköy Culture and Art Center, Istanbul
01/2012: “Döngüsel Yansımalar” group exhibition, Akademililer Art Center, Istanbul
11/2010: Young Artists Auction, Alif Art, Istanbul
04/2010: Unicera 2010, 22nd International Ceramics and Bathroom Fair (tile design exhibited), Istanbul
04/2010: Yaşar University group exhibition, Izmir
05/2010: “Marmelat” solo exhibition, Eskişehir
06/2010: Uşak University 1st International Young Ceramicists Tile Competition Exhibition, Uşak
2009: Artforum 5th Art Fair exhibition, Ankara
2008: 7th Muammer Çakı Ceramics Competition Exhibition, Eskişehir
2008: Yerler, Yerleştirmeler, Yer değiştirmeler project, organized on behalf of Anadolu University, Eskişehir
Events
10/2018: Barut Hotel Contemporary Young Artists Meeting, Antalya
06/2013: Art Suites 20th International Workshop, Bodrum
09/2013: Art Suites Bodrum Workshop, Bodrum
04/2013: The Walt Disney Company Türkiye and Bir Dilek Tut Foundation event, Istanbul
06/2012: Portakal Çiçeği Art Colony event, Sapanca
05/2010: Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts 6th Art and Design Festival, Eskişehir
05/2010: Anadolu University Faculty of Communication Sciences 3rd Street Festival, Eskişehir
2009: International Overglaze Painting Symposium, Eskişehir
2009: International İMECE Symposium, Eskişehir
2009: 7th Ceramics, Glass, Enamel, Glaze and Paint Seminar with International Participation, SERES, Eskişehir
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