Bio | Gülfidan Özmen

Bio

Gülfidan Özmen works with glass since 1999. graduated from Mimar sinan Fine Arts University with a focus on glass. she has worked in several glass studios and been a part of multiple installation projects with national and international artists. She has participated in many group exhibition and had four solo shows. She has been a lecturer at Mimar Sinan university since 2008. her glass works incorporate contrasting colors, linear patterns and abstract effects. architectural themes, old city maps and photographic images can be seen in her recent glass art works. Please click for Artist Statement…

GÜLFİDAN ÖZMEN

Born in Istanbul in 1978
Lives and works in İstanbul

EDUCATION

2010 MFA, MSGSU, Ceramic and Glass Design Department, Istanbul, Turkey
Thesis Title: “Op Art and Contemporary Glass Art”
Thesis Advisor: Asistant Prof. Irfan Aydın

2000 BFA, MSGSU, Ceramic and Glass Design Department, Istanbul, Turkey

1995 Istanbul Fine Arts High School, Painting Department, Turkey

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 “Visual Memory II” Kiziltoprak Art Gallery, Istanbul

2011 “Visual Memory” Galatea Art Gallery, Istanbul

2010 “Silhouettes” Ormo Art Gallery, Istanbul

2009 “Optical Impressions” Enka Dr. Vickers Art Gallery, Istanbul

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 “Art in Museum” Armaggan Art and Design Gallery, Museum Hotel, Cappadocia

2015 “20th Years Exhibition” Kiziltoprak Art Gallery, Istanbul

2014 “States of Material 2” Armaggan Art and Design Gallery, Istanbul

2013 “Spectra: Glass Works”, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, USA

2013 “+1 Glass” Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA, USA

2013 “Themeless/Contactless 3” Gallery ilayda, Istanbul

2012 “Art 7/24” Armaggan Art and Design Gallery, Istanbul

2012 “Themeless/Contactless 2” Gallery ilayda karakoy, Istanbul

2012 “womenly-cases of women” Halikarnassos Cultural Center, Bodrum-Muğla

2012 “Themeless/Contactless” Gallery ilayda, Istanbul

2012 “armaggan, young output-one” Armaggan Art and Design Gallery, Istanbul

2011 “Invisible Cities” Floating World Projects, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, USA

2011 “Interception”, Bir Nokta Art Gallery, Istanbul

2011 “Enerji’k Bakıs” , Istanbul Modern Arts Gallery, Istanbul

2010 L’viv 8^th International Blown Glass Symposium Final Exhibition. L’viv National Museum, Ukraine

2010 “Liselim” Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul

2010 Museum of Glass, Red Hot Juried Auction, Tacoma Washington, USA

2010 The Anatolian Enlightenment of Art, Besiktas Contemporary Art Gallery, Istanbul.

2009 Ormo Art Gallery, “Başlangıç” Istanbul

2008 Eskişehir Contemporary Glass Art Museum Collection, Antalya

2008 Eskişehir Contemporary Glass Art Museum Collection, Izmir

2007 Eskişehir Contemporary Glass Art Museum, Eskisehir

2007 Contemporary Turkish Glass Artists, Anadolu University – Eskisehir

2005 Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Ceramic and Glass Department, 75. Students Exhibition, Istanbul

FAIRS

2013 Contemporary’13, International Art Fair, Armaggan Art & Design Gallery, Istanbul

2012 Contemporary’12, International Art Fair, Ilayda Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul

2012 Art Expo Arezzo, International Art Fair. Neo Art Gallery, Italy

2010 “Artist”, International Art Fair, with Enka Dr. Vickers Art Gallery, Istanbul

2009 Contemporary’09, International Art Fair, with Arda Art Gallery, Istanbul

AWARDS/ GRANTS/ SCHOLARSHIPS

2016 Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Travel Grant

2013 Turkish Cultural Foundation, 2013 Cultural Exchange Fellow

Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Travel Grant

2012 Rotary Art Prize, catalog selection

2010 Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Travel Grant

RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS

2016 “Open Studio Residency” Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, USA

2013 “GlassBoston” Glass Conference. Boston, MA, USA

2011 Floating World Projects, Workshop program; Boston, MA, USA

2010 L’viv 8th International Blown Glass Symposium. L’viv, Ukraine

2010 Floating World Projects, Istanbul, TR. Workshop program

2002 Glass Furnace, Istanbul. ‘Kiln Casting’, ‘Sand Casting’ workshop with Sallie Portnoy artist asistant

2002 Glass Furnace, Istanbul. “Mixed Media” workshop with Therman Statom

COMMISSIONED WORKS

2012 MP Construction, Renaissance Istanbul Bosphorus Hotel, Istanbul
Giclee Digital Prints and Glassworks

PUBLICATIONS

“Bir Atölye İki Kız Kardeş” 2014, Art’ı Mekan, 2014, :45, Page: 118, 119, 120

Hız, Dilhan. “Gülfidan Özmen’le camın ardındaki siluetler” Focus Jan – Feb 2011; 23, Page: 80, 81, 82.

Yanık, Figen. “Camlara Yansıyan Şehir Manzarası”, Sabah Daily Newspaper, 26th December 2010

İstanbul’un Yüzleri – 16. İstanbul’un 100 Cam Sanatçısı. Gültekin Çizgen. Page 34.

Best of Worldwide Glass Artists Vol.1. Kennedy Publishing. Page 112.

Creativ, 2009, 22, Page: 8-9. (Review)

Tasarım, Review of Architecture Interior Design and Visual Arts, 2009, :191, Page: 46.

Kohler, Lucartha Women Working In Glass Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2003:186.

Turkish Ceramic Society VI. International Ceramic Congress, Sakarya

PATE DE VERRE AND VITROMASS IN GLASS FORMING Page:23 2006: 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460.

TEACHING

2015 In Studio, “Silk Screen Printing on Paper” workshop

2015 Pera Museum, “Silk Screen Printing on Wood” workshops

2014 Pera Museum, “Silk Screen Printing on Wood” workshops

2014 Pera Museum, “Warhol Totes” screen printing workshops

2014 Pera Museum, “Glass Within Glass” mixed media glass workshops

2013 Pera Museum, “One in Three” screen printing workshops

2013 Pera Museum, “Ole! Pop Art” screen printing workshops

2008-2014 Lecturer in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Ceramic and Glass Department

2008 Workshop, “glass and kiln formed techniques”, Akdeniz University, Ceramic Department

2006 Seminar, “kiln formed techniques and Vitromass”, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Ceramic and Glass Department

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2011 – 2015 Art advisor in Ferer – pigments and colors company

2008 – 2014 Lecturer in MSGSU, Ceramic and Glass Design Department about ‘Contemporary Glass Art’

2004 – 2012 Vitra Tiles, Glass Tile Department; full time positions as Product Development Specialist, Chief of Production and Product Development Advisor

2003 Therman Statom Studio, Escondido – San Diego, USA. Artist Assistant
Glass Museum Gernheim, Germany – Stories from the Wesser instalation.
Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, USA – Reflexiones en el Agua instalation.
Pilchuck Glass School, USA – artist asistant in kids workshop.
Penland School of Crafts, USA – artist asistant.

2003 Cenan Uyanusta Studio, Istanbul. Artist Assistant

2002 Cam Mühendislik Ltd. Istanbul. Designer. Glass Furnace, Istanbul. (Fusing Studio, hot shop)

2001 Schott Desag AG, Grunenplan, Germany. Residency in factory studio.

2000 Füzyon Teknik Ltd., Istanbul. Fusing glass design and application.

1999 Gioela Suardi ceramic art studio; Bergamo, Italy

1998 Şişecam Paşabahçe Hot shop, Istanbul. Aprenticeship with glass master Yusuf Görmüş

Residencies-Workshops

Haystack_2016 Open Studio Residency

Elements in Space, 16x48x13 cm, carved driftwood and brass, 20161 Elements in Space, 16x48x13 cm, carved driftwood and brass, 20162 detail of Elements in Space, 16x48x13 cm, carved driftwood and brass, 20163 On the Edge, 18x18x8 cm, carved driftwood and copper, 20164 On the Edge, 18x18x8 cm, carved driftwood and copper, 20165 Untitled, 16x20x9.5 cm, carved driftwood and copper, 20166 Lovers' Leap (Stairs to Nowhere), 17x72x18 cm, Carved and partly painted drift wood and copper, 20167 Detail from Lovers' Leap (Stairs to Nowhere), 17x72x18 cm, Carved and partly painted drift wood and copper, 20168 Detail from Lovers' Leap (Stairs to Nowhere), 17x72x18 cm, Carved and partly painted drift wood and copper, 20169

Haystack’s Open Studio Residency provides two weeks of studio time and an opportunity to work in a supportive community of makers. The program accommodates approximately 50 participants—from the craft field and other creative disciplines—who will have uninterrupted time to work in six studios studios (ceramics, fiber, graphics, iron, jewelry, and wood) to develop ideas and experiment in various media.

My inspiration themes for the residency are architecture, costructional studies, mixed media, geometry, constructed memories, mental space, organic methodology, geometric formation of elements in space.

Floating World Projects – Invisible Cities

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Floating World Projects’ current project examines cross-cultural collaboration between Turkish and American artists working in a broad range of mediums. Over the past four years, we have forged relationships with visual artists and musicians in Istanbul with the goal of producing a project based on international artistic partnership. The aim of the project is to explore the many aspects of cross-cultural identity through visual and audio collaboration. The Project consists of four components: collaborative visual artwork, a video component, a series of audio recordings and a multi-media exhibition.
In the summer of 2011, glass artists Ayse Balyemez, Hande Buyukatli and Gulfidan Ozmen traveled to Boston to participate in a residency at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. With Leo, James and Oben Abright they visited New York City for inspiration, later developing silkscreened glass pieces that combine imagery from the city as well as references to Istanbul.
For more information on FWP and upcoming projects, please visit: FWP

L’viv 8th International Blown Glass Symposium

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