Esra Kizir Gocken

Visual Artist

Studio: MSS 8

Has an expressive and colorful artistic language, using symbols with bold colors and spontaneous washes with determined details in lines. Comparing the modern city life with the basic living in nature; looking closely at the similarities of natural textures and the human behavior patterns, considering how and why they change and evolve in social life.

BIOGRAPHY

  • Born in 1971 Istanbul, Turkey. Graduated as a graphic designer in 1993. Worked as a graphic designer and illustrator.
  • Went on her studies on pedagogy – teaching in 2000. Took extra courses on printmaking.
  • Opened her studio in 2005 and started holding art workshops for adults and children.
  • Concentrated on oil painting, acrylics and watercolour in different periods. Recently using acrylic and collage while going on printmaking technics.
  • Worked in the organization teams of art festivals, corporate art workshops, volunteer art workshops for children, curated art exhibitions, ran art projects for over 10 years in Istanbul.
  • Held 5 solo exhibitions in Istanbul, Ankara and Amsterdam. Attended more than 50 group exhibitions internationally.
  • Nominated in many juried exhibitions internationally.
  • Located in Make Space Studios, London, Waterloo from 2017.

 

Biennials

  • 2015 3rd International Brest Print Triennial, Brest, Belarus
  • 2015 25th Malbork Exlibris Biennial, Malbork Castle, Poland
  • 2014 3rd Guangzhou International Exlibris and Mini-prints Biennial, Guangzhou, China

 

Award & Publishing

  • 2014 Modern Women Bookplate Designers Book / Published 2014 in Portugal / Pages135-144
  • 2012 Turkish Illustration Catalogue / Alternatif Publishing / Istanbul, Turkey / Pages 492 – 495
  • 2011 San Min Cup International Exlibris Competition Shanghai, China / The Excellent Prize

 

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