Our conversation with Öykü starts like this; I excitedly ask her, "It's amazing how that one hashtag changed your life. Could you imagine this?". She answers calmly, "Actually what changed my life is me posting that photo that exact moment.". Much discussed term "new gen" starts from there. We are facing a group of people…
As Mamut Art Project is counting down for its new exhibit which will include more than 500 pieces from 50 different independent talent whom got selected from 1350 applications in its 7th year, our paths are crossed with director of the project Seren Kohen after her Portfolio Days in İstanbul, Diyarbakır, Mardin and Canakkale while…
‘Magic’ is the word Manolya Urkan use to decribe drawing. Art is a place where you can be yourself through the world of image. She explains her process with drawing as ‘It is feeding my passion’ For her drawing is not just about art but yet building a new wide world. And this new world…
Dreaming to be an aspiring abstract artist Prince Jyasi shows his creative power on Iphone photograhing through the past four years. Putting his fears aside he shows his journey through a small lense adding so much contrast between colours and the real world. He is a person who will push himself throughout his work untill…
Beauty is represented with grace and elegance... Using lights in an interesting way, which makes Gleeson Paulino able to create highly expressive atmospheres that emanate a great sense of freedom. He creates a visionary world within his photography. A complex relationship with light and freedom. The idea of expressing emotions within his work is the key that…
We are together with Bey Karaköy for its most ‘Irish’ collection ever. The collaboration, The Irish Spirit x Bey including 8 ‘must-have’ pieces designed by the creatives behind Bey, Nil Ozan and Bulut… The starting point of the collection is ‘The heritage gifted by the nature’. With each touch we can feel the independent spirit…
Acting... is one of the fields where you can feel the difference in between dreaming of a profession and actually experiencing it. As Engin Öztürk, changing his direction loud and clear, his calm and self- confident attitude helps him to walk with his dreams side by side instead of leaving them behind. As we were…
First engine runs then wind starts to blow. You have left the home. An infitnity in front of you, and there is a father at the wheel when you look at your back. You understand what is to be apart, what is moving away. A group of seagulls or a shadow of a cloud shows…
Setting off on a journey to leave his fingerprint on earth, Selman Hoşgör meets the world of illustration at the age of 22. Since then, the colorful world of drawing has been his passion. Stating that he began his adventure with research and observation and that practice makes us perfect, Selman advocates seeing life through…
We’re living in a society which prefer to criticize instead of creating something. “One of the biggest reasons for this is the disrespect for the work, the artist and the illustrator,” says Görkem Ekşiler. When she decided to take a brave step by dropping Engineering education and continuing to Faculty of Fine Arts, she had…