Artists › Yeşim Şengil
Based in Ankara, Yeşim Şengil studied architecture and restoration at the Faculty of Architecture of Middle East Technical University (METU). Alongside professional work, Şengil has always been interested in the visual arts.
Şengil began making art in 2004 by taking lessons in painting technique, and has worked in watercolor, soft pastel, and oil pastel. In the paintings, Şengil tries to express an admiration for nature through plant and animal figures; Şengil has also made hundreds of portraits.
From 2009 to 2011 Şengil attended ceramics classes at the Ministry of Culture’s H. Yazıcıoğlu Studio, and in 2010 took part in Prof. C. Terwiel’s studio workshops at the Department of Ceramics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts. In 2011 Şengil set up a personal ceramics studio in Ankara.
Şengil is a painting, sculpture, and ceramics artist recognized by the Ministry of Culture, and a member of the United Painters and Sculptors Association (BRHD). Şengil continues independent artistic work in the artist’s own studio.
Yeşim Şengil likes to express feelings and thoughts through colors and forms rather than words. The possibilities offered by different materials and the structural problems to be solved form the basis of Şengil’s work. Şengil believes that, in the sometimes stifling atmosphere of our daily lives, art and nature are islands of respite. Şengil thinks that artworks should awaken pleasant feelings in the viewer. Şengil has been recognized by the Ministry of Culture as a painting, sculpture, and ceramics artist. Şengil thinks that art is an aesthetic point of view and that the artist should stand outside such strict distinctions.
Using figures from nature, Şengil tries to express, with wit, an admiration for nature and feelings about daily life. Şengil constantly experiments with new themes and new materials.
Selected solo exhibitions
2007- “Olağan Mucizeler” painting exhibition – Startest Art Gallery, Nişantaşı, Istanbul
Selected group exhibitions
2019- “Yeniyıl Karma Sergisi,” T. Velidedeoğlu Art Gallery, Ankara
2019- “Dünya Kadınlar Günü,” group exhibition, T. Velidedeoğlu Art Gallery, Ankara
2018- “Kullanılabilir Sanat,” group exhibition, ArtSürem Bilim Sanat, Ankara
2018- “SERES 20182 Uluslararası Seramik Takı Sergisi,” Anadolu University, Eskişehir
2018- “Yaz Boyu Sanat,” group exhibition, PlatformA Art Gallery, Ankara
2018- BRHD 48th Anniversary Exhibition – group exhibition – Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara
2017- “Dört Kimlik-Dört Çizgi,” jewelry exhibition, Kent Art Gallery, Ankara
2016- “Yaz Boyu Sanat,” group exhibition, PlatformA Art Gallery, Ankara
2016- BRHD 46th Anniversary Exhibition – group exhibition – Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara
2015- “Yaz’lık,” group exhibition, PlatformA Art Gallery, Ankara
2015- BRHD 45th Anniversary Exhibition – group exhibition – Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara
2015- “Doğanın Geleceği,” group exhibition, DDY Art Gallery, Ankara
2014- “Karma Karışık,” group exhibition, PlatformA Art Gallery, Ankara
2014- “İlk Yaz,” group exhibition, PlatformA Art Gallery, Ankara
2014- “Toprak ve Gümüş,” ceramic jewelry exhibition, with G Point Jewelry Workshop, METU Culture and Convention Center, Ankara
2014- BRHD 44th Anniversary Exhibition – group exhibition – Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara
2013- “Özgürlük Kanatlarında 2” – group exhibition – METU Culture and Convention Center, Ankara
2013- BRHD 43rd Anniversary Exhibition – group exhibition – Contemporary Arts Center, Çankaya, Ankara
2012- Ressamlar Derneği – group exhibition – Ressamlar Derneği Art Gallery, Istanbul
2012- “Özgürlük Kanatlarında” ceramics exhibition with R. Şenlet – METU Culture and Convention Center, Ankara
2011- Hatice Yazıcıoğlu Studio ceramics exhibition – Gözübüyük Art Gallery, Ankara
2005- Esra Gökçen Studio painting exhibition – Göksu Hobievi, Anadolu Hisarı, Istanbul
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