Sabriye Şeker

Sabriye

Ĺžeker

Progetto editoriale

Neo Art Gallery e Tangram Gallery - Roma a cura di

Giorgio Bertozzi - Roma Ferdan Yusufi - Istanbul Coordinamento grafico editoriale

Stefano Ferracci - Roma

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Eyüp Şeker

© 2014 Sabriye Seker sabriyeseker@gmail.com © 2014 NAG Edizioni

nag.edizioni@gmail.com Ai sensi della Legge 22 aprile 1941 n. 633, nessuna parte di questo volume può essere riprodotta senza il consenso scritto dell’autore e dell’editore.

Marbling’s cover by Hikmet Barutçugil

Sergimi sanat yolculuğunda hep yanımda olan ağabeyim, Eyüp Şeker 'e ithaf ediyorum.

I dedicate this exhibition to my dear brother Eyüp Şeker who was with me throughout al my jouiney within art

Progetto editoriale

Neo Art Gallery e Tangram Gallery - Roma a cura di

Giorgio Bertozzi - Roma Ferdan Yusufi - Istanbul

Coordinamento grafico editoriale

Stefano Ferracci - Roma

tangram.studiografico@fastwebnet.it

Foto

Eyüp Şeker

© 2014 Sabriye Seker sabriyeseker@gmail.com © 2014 NAG Edizioni

nag.edizioni@gmail.com Ai sensi della Legge 22 aprile 1941 n. 633, nessuna parte di questo volume può essere riprodotta senza il consenso scritto dell’autore e dell’editore.

Sabriye

Ĺžeker

a cura di Giorgio Bertozzi e Ferdan Yusufi coordinamento grafico-editoriale Stefano Ferracci

I found the opportunity to cooperate with Sabriye Şeker at the ‘Usul-İ Kadım’ and ‘Akliyye’ projects.

She has impressed me not only through her artistic sensitivity, naivety and elegance but also her creativity, patience, will and her keeping on tradition and even her search for novelty. There also is an eternal movement area within the rules of our ‘Kadım’ art. I wish that Sabriye Şeker will blow new breathes to this deep and magic world – I’m waiting.

Associate Prof. Dr. Erhan Kurt Mental Health and Disease Specialist

Dear Sabriye Şeker - On the strength of our friendship as an illumination and miniature artist since 21 years beginning at BASAD - Your major efforts and diligence towards art - Your continuous search for combing modernism with conventionalism - Your exhibitions around social responsibilities I feel great happiness to see you raising up new artists in your atelier and wish you success in your new works.

Leman Dinçtürk Illumination and miniature artist

I got to know Sabriye Şeker since of the end of the 80’s. It is proven through a variety of seminars that she is a highly successful artist in the art of traditional illumination and miniature. However, she does not only focus her education on traditional art but also combines it with her rich and colorful internal beauty, enriched with her high potential of imagination, which occurs in her own unique style. This is evident in the success of her different works.

I am sure that she is an artist about the future will talk about. Together, we have put signatures to large scale projects, where she has made modern interpretation of miniature on my ‘Ebru’s.

I sincerely believe in the enhancement of her success.

Hikmet Barutçugil Marbling Artist

Sabriye Şeker, who participated in numerous social exhibitions, has successfully presented our traditional art of illumination not only in our country but also in foreign countries. She is still education students and sustains our country’s tradition in art, which exists over 9 centuries.

I wish her on the way of art great success.

Nilgün Gencer Miniature Artist

Sabriye Şeker These sentences become ‘simple’ because your surname is ‘Şeker’ (means sugar). Thus, I would like to describe the great artist of illumination and miniature, who is embedded in this ‘simple’ name.

It is just in front of my eyes how you showed with high mastery to your students the flowers and leaves drawing with pencils nearly 20 years ago.

Later, later and afterwards, the years stayed at ‘yesterday…’. Then the teacher’s – just you – yesterday’s evolved into your ‘today’s and ‘future’s’ success. You put the special pictures of Anatolia such as “iğne oyası” (art with needles), orange trees, brides of Anatolia and girls with ‘yazma’ (traditional style of scarf) into the art of traditional Turkish illumination and miniature. You have combined the traditional Turkish art with the folk art. Further, you have provided ‘modern’ views towards the traditional art.

We were in cooperation with Sabriye teacher and opened a variety of exhibitions. I sincerely congratulate Sabriye Şeker with her innovative and free style in art and wish her great success.

Etem Çalışkan Journalist, Painter, Calligrapher

Arayiş

Ataköy Beach 1950’s, 2000, cm 35x50, miniature, watercolor, shading, plotting

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Bakırköy Square 1920’s, 2000, cm 30 X 45, miniature, watercolor, shading, plotting

Migration Caravan, 2010, cm 50 x 70, miniature, shading

Migration Caravan (detail)

Hagia Sophia 2013, cm 40x50, photography, engilding.

Photo of Eyüp Şeker

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Hagia Sophia 2013, cm 50x50, photography, engilding.

Photo of Eyüp Şeker

Hagia Sophia 2013, cm 40x50, photography, engilding.

Photo of Eyüp Şeker

Stone School in Bakırköy 2000, cm 50x30, miniature, shading

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Bakırköy Train Station 1950’s 1999, cm 50x35, miniature, watercolor, shading

City of Bursa 2008, cm 110x80, miniature, watercolor, shading, plotting, engilding

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City of Bursa (detail)

Deer, 2007, cm 40x55, miniature, watercolor, shading, purling

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Büyükçekmece Bridge, 2009, cm 50x65, miniature, watercolor, shading

The Purled Swashbuckler, 2008, cm 40x55, miniature, watercolor, shading, purling

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Hammam, 2013, cm 51x62, miniature, shading, watercolor, plotting

Birth of Mevlana, 2006, cm 30x50, miniature, watercolor, shading

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The Sun, 2007, cm 50x70, miniature, watercolor, purling

Fountain of Ahmet III, 2012, cm 20x28, miniature, watercolor, shading

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The Purled Rug, 2008, cm 35x55, miniature, shading, purling

Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque, 2012, cm 20x35, miniature, shading

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The Story of Karacaahmet, 2012, cm 30x40, miniature, shading

The Story of the Childhood of Piri Reis in Gallipoli, 2013, cm 35 x 50, miniature, shading, plotting

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Mimar Sinan and The Bridge, 2009, cm 45x60, miniature, shading, engilding

The Woman and Tulip 2012, cm 50x50, miniature, engilding, negative coloring

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The Woman and Tulips 2013, cm 50x50, miniature, shading

The Woman with Tulip 2013, cm 50x50, miniature, shading, engilding

PiyalepaĹ&#x;a Mosque, 2013, cm 30x50, miniature, shading, plotting

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PiyalepaĹ&#x;a Mosque (detail)

Selimiye Mosque, 2011, cm 25x55, miniature, shading, marbling

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Mimar Sinan Bridge in Silivri 2009, cm 25x40, miniature, shading, plotting (detail)

Poem “Han Duvarları”, 2008, cm 75x40, miniature, shading, watercolor

Poem “Han Duvarları” (detail)

Angel and the Child 2013, cm 35x50, miniature, degrated watercolor, shading, plotting

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Angel and the Child (detail)

Selimiye Mosque, 2011, cm 110x90, miniature, shading, watercolor, plotting

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Selimiye Mosque (detail)

The Story of Uhurat Baba, 1998, cm 35x50, miniature, shading

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S端leymaniye Mosque, 2009, cm 25x50, miniature, shading, watercolor

Hagia Sophia, 2010, cm 80x110, miniature, shading, watercolor, mosaic

Hagia Sophia (detail)

Turkey, 2013, cm 110x80, miniature, watercolor, shading, plotting, engilding

Turkey (detail)

S端leymaniye Mosque, 2009, cm 110x90, miniature, shading, watercolor, plotting

S端leymaniye Mosque (detail)

Minyat端r ve Tezhip

The Woman and Life, 2013, cm 50 x50, illumination, gold shading

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The Woman and Life (detail)

Besmele, 2012, script: Tolga Ayvazlar, cm 20x30, illumination, gold, gouache

Besmele and Nazar Ayeti, 2012, script: Kerk端kl端 Firaz, cm 50x50, illumination, gold, gouache

The Woman and Life, 2013, cm 50x50, illumination, gold shading

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The Woman and Life (detail)

Besmele, 2012, script: Kerk端kl端 Firaz, cm 17x3, illumination, gold, gouache

Besmele (detail)

Harmony, 2013, cm 50x65, miniature and illumination, watercolor, shading, gold

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Harmony (detail)

Ahmet Zeki YavaĹ&#x;, 2007, cm 100x80, illumination, Engilding, watercolor

The God and Mohammad, 2012, script: Tolga Ayvazlar, cm 45x45, illumination, gold, gouache

Besmele, 2012, script: Tolga Ayvazlar, cm 18x10, illumination, gold, gouache

Nihil, 2011, script: Kerk端kl端 Hasan, cm 40x36, illumination, gold, gouache

Hilye i Ĺžerif (Life of Hz. Mohammad) 2013, cm 40x60, classical illumination, gold, gouache

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Hilye i Ĺžerif (Life of Hz. Mohammad) (detail)

Nazar Verse from the Quran, 2008, script: Ali Hüsrevoğlu, cm 35x50, illumination, gold, gouache

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Hilye i Şerif (Life of Hz. Mohammad), 2009, script: Kerküklü Firaz, cm 40x60, baroque style illumination, gold, gouache

Besmele, 2011, script: Kerk端kl端 Firaz, cm 20x35, illumination, gold, gouache

Besmele, 2008, script: Tolga Ayvazlar, cm 35x50, illumination, gold, gouache

Hilye-i Ĺžerif, (Life of Hz. Mohammad), 2011, cm 40x65, illumination, gold, gouache

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Hilye-i Ĺžerif, Life of Hz. Mohammad (detail)

Breathing 2011, Script: Ali Hüsrevoğlu cm 25x35, illumination, gold, gouache

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Hz Ali 2009, cm 50x50, illumination, gold, gouache

SABRIYE ŞEKER Her warm affection towards arts began in her young ages.

She met with Traditional Turkish Decoration (Emblazonment) Art in 1987, when she attended to Distinguished Proffesor A. Suheyl UNVER courses which was opened in Deontology Proffessorip of Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty. In 1991, She successfully completed the ‘’Turkish Emblazonment arts’’ course, which was opened by Ministry of Culture in Topkapı Palace Museum after 3 years of education. She continued to ‘’Firmament Embroidry House (Sema Nakishanesi)’’ for two years. In otder to contribute more to her art, she recevied private lessons from teachers on the subjects of pattern miniature charcoal and drawing. The artist, who thinks that the point of origin for art is ‘’Anatolian Culture’’, has created many artistic pieces that reveals the culture we own, with the help of her substantial designs and comments. She take encouragement from the great teachers and masters, who always supported her, and by adding knowledge, researches and handcraft to his courage, she presents designs in the light of tradionalism.

Some of the unique artistic piecesof the artist garnish the pages of private calendars, some of thes are; in 2006, ‘’Eskisehir Metropolitan Municipality – Traces of Turkish Way of Thinking from Yunus Emre to Ataturk (Eskisehir B.Sehir Bel. Yunus Emre’den Ataturk’e Türklerin Düşünce İzleri)’’ in 2008, ‘’Ilksav – Oil Lamps of Anatolia (İlksav_Anadolu’nun Kandilleri)’’, in 2009 ‘’Tarsus Municipality – Karacaoglan, Pinked Decorations and Kerchiefs (Tarsus BelediyesiKaracaoğlan , Oyalı Süslemeler ve Yemeniler)’’. The artist made cooperation with prized master, journalist painter and calligraphy artist Etem ÇALİSKAN, who enables her to have a different approach to traditional art forms; they actualized exhibitions such as ‘’Ataturk’’, ‘’Mevlana’’, ‘’Karacaoglan and pinked Decorations (Karacaoğlen ve Oyalı Süslemeler)’’ and ‘’In Wals and Pinked Folk Songs fromUlukisla Road to Anatolia (Ulukışla Yolundan Anadolu’ya Han Duvarları ve Oyalı Türküler)’’ with her felling honored to do so. In the eshibition of ‘’Karacaoglan and Pinked Decorations’’, she broke new grounds by stylizing laces on the kerchiefs with her unique remark and carried these on her own creations. The artist took part in Istanbul 2010 – Cultural Capital City of Europe (İstanbul 2010-Avrupa Kültür Başkenti) with theproject of ‘’İstanbul from a Child’s Perspective (Çocuk Bakışlı İstanbul)’’, she took part in expotions both in the country and abroad with the same team.

Sabriye SEKERfound the chance to present her art in Kosovo and Montenegro, by creating very special exhibitions with her atelier team, after receiving private invitaions from ambassadors of these countries. Likewise, she organized another exhibition Project in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus with the contribution and support of Turkish Embassy.

The artis has organized ezhibitions projects with her atelier on a topic, theme or corporation chosen every year since 2008.

Sabriye Seker, broke another new ground in the years of 2011 by creating a mutual Project with Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Facility (Ruh ve Sinir Hastaliklari Hastanesi) and by doing so, she made the psychiatry and traditional arts come together. The works, that took place in this project called “Psychiatry on Miniature, Calligraphy and Illumination from Ottoman Empire to Today’s World; (Minyatür, Hat ve Tezhip Sanatından, Osmanlı’dan Günümüz’e Psikiyatri: Usul-i Kadim ile Akliyye)”, also took part in the book with the same name, in which the artist worked as an art director.

The artist, whose “Bakirkoy During Byzantine Era (Bizans Döneminde Bakırköy)” reproduction/replica took part in the “Istanbul Archeological Museum (Istanbul Arkeoloji Muzesi), has also won the 3rd place with her work in the ‘’PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERİA MINISTERY OF CULTURE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MINIATIRE AND ILLUMINATION’’ festival which washeld in Algeria in 2013.

The artist win recognition at Italy- Roma exhibitions during 2013, in wich she has attendedwith her Works that combine traditional lines with modern momments, she is stil in touch with the galleries located in there and she is preparing for upcoming exhibitions.

Sabriye Seker continues her work in her atelier ‘’ SEKER ART HOUSE (SEKER SANATEVI)’ in Istanbul, and she shares her knowledge and experience with her student in there.

Group and personal exhibitions that the artist attended in the country and abroad: 1994 Fun Ping Shon Museum (Hong Kong) 1995 The Marmara Hotel (Istanbul) 1996 Ali Toy Sanat Galerisi (Art Gallery) (Istanbul) 1996 Ace Sanat Galerisi (Art Gallery) (Istanbul) 1996 Habitat ( Istanbul) 1997 Cemal Resit Rey (Istanbul) 1997 Turk Haftasi Etkinlikleri (Turkish Week Activities) (MaltaIsland) 2000 Ticaret Odası ( Commerce Room) – BASAD (Urfa)

2000 Turkcell Sanat Etkinlikleri (Turkcell Art Activities) (New York) 2001 Tarık Zafer Tunaya Sanat Galerisi (Art Gallery) (Istanbul) 2002 Yıldız Sarayi (Yildiz Palace) (Istanbul) 2002 Askeri Muze (Military Museum) – BASAD (Istanbul) 2002 Resim Heykel Muzesi )Drawing and Sculpture Museum) BASAD (Izmir) 2003 Ansan – BASAD (Antalya) 2003 Yesilyurt Spor Kulubu (Sports Club) (Istanbul) 2004 Crown Plaza (Istanbul) 2005 Taksim Sanat Galerisi (Art Gallery) (Istanbul) 2005 Ressam Sefik Bursali Sanat Galerisi (Art Gallery) (Bursa) 2005 Antalya Muzesi (Museum) (Antalya) 2007 Bahcesehir Beledyesi Sergi Salonu (Exhibition Hall) (Istanbul) 2007 Pasha Turkish Restaurant (New York) 2008 Modena Kultur Merkezi (Cultural Center) (Italy) 2008 BASAD (Istanbul) 2009 Kultur Universitesi (University) (Istanbul) 2010 Kadir Has Universitesi (University) (Istanbul) 2012 “Usul-i Kadim ile Akliye; Minyatur, Hat ve Tezhiple Psikiyatri” Hastaneler ve Sağlık Merkezleri Fuarı (Hospitals and Health Centers Fair= Exspomed 2012 (Istanbul) 2013 ‘A LA SALIDA (Italy) 2013 “PUZZLE’’ (Italy) These exhibitions; 2008 “MOTHERS OF CHILDHOOD (COCUK ANNELER)’’ Exhibition Fort the benefit of mohers who became mothers in their young ages and needs help Yesilkoy 2001 College Art Gallery (Yeşilköy 2001 Koleji Sanat Galerisi)-İstanbul 2008 “ORNOMANTATION AND MINIATURE IN THE LIGHT OF TRADITIONALISM (GELENEKSELİN IŞIĞINDA TEZHİP VE MİNYATÜR)’’ Exhibitin Fort he benefit of school Council for Mentally Cahllenged Students in Ruveyde Dortcelik Primary School and Business School (İlkogretim ve is okulu).

Bursa Tayyare Cultural Center (Bursa Tayyare Kültür merkezi)-Bursa 2009 ‘’WE GARNISH THE FUTURE WITH TRADITION (GELECEGİ GELENEKLE SUSLEDİK)’’ Exhibition Together with children who suffer from down syndrome Yesilkoy 2001 Kolege Art Gallery (Yesilkoy 2001 Koleji

Sanat Galerisi)-Istanbul 2010 ‘’CONSTANTINOS BENNIS ISKECE (XANTHI) MUNICIPALTY MUSİC GROUP’’ Concert Turkısh – Greek Artist Friend Union (Turk-Yunan Sanatci Dostlari İsbirligi) Atakoy Yunus Emre Cultutal Center – Istanbul (Atakoy Yunus Emre Kültür Merkezi – İstanbul) 2010 ‘’WOMEN ARE THE WINGS OF HUMANITY (KADIN İNSANLIĞIN KANATLARIDIR)’’ Exhibition and Panel For benafit of Mor Cati Palace of Refuge for Women (Mor Cati Kadin Siginagi Vakfi) Atakoy Yunus Emre Cultural Center –Istanbul (Atakoy Yunus Emre Kültür Merkezi-İstanbul) 2011 ‘’SECRET (SIR)’’ Exhibition For benefit of abandoned children, İspirtohane Kültür Merkezi-İstanbul (Ispirtohane Cultural Center-Istanbul) 2012 ‘’TRACES OF THE PAST IN OUR FUTURE (GELECEGIMIZDE GECMISIN IZLERI)’’ Exhibition To provide scholarship for universty students on behalf of Turkish Women Council Association bakirkoy Branch (Turk Kadinlar Konseyi Dernegi Bakirkoy Subesi) Bakirkoy Art House and City Museum (Bakirkoy Sanatevi ve Kent Muzesi)-Istanbul Sabriye SEKER has attended two private exhibitions, which have great importance for history of Bakirkoy, to gether with researcher, author Turgay TUNA: * “from Hebdomon to Bakirkoy (Hebdomon’dan Bakırkoy’e)” and ** “From Ayastefanos to yesilkoy (Ayeestefanos’dan Yesilköy’e)”.

Miniatures of the artist took place in the books of Turgay TUNA that share the same name with the exhibitions. The book, *** “From Makri Hori to Bakirkoy, From Ayastefanos to Yesilkoy (Makri Hori’den Bakırköy’e, Ayastefanos’dan Yeşilköy’e)” which was published in 2009, has unique miniature Works of SEKER on its pages. Other miniatures of her Works took place in books such as, her “Suleymaniye Mosque – Interior” in the book ****Bugunun Ustaları 2009 (Masters of Today 2009)”, which was released by “Istanbul 2010 Cultural Capital of Europe (Avrupa Kultur Baskenti)” agency, her work “Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya)”, which can be found in the book ***** “Masters of Today 2010 (Bugunun Ustaları 2010)” and her work named Piri Reis- Gallipoli Peninsula (Gelibolu Yarimadasi), which can be found in the book “PIRI REIS on his 500th Year (500. Yılında PIRI REIS) 2013” that was released by Dokuz Eylul University Publications (Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Yayinlari).

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SABRİYE ŞEKER She met with Traditional Turkish Decoration (Emblazonment) Arts in 1987, when she attended to Distinguished Professor A. Suhely Unver courses, which was opened in Deontology Professorship of Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty in 1991. She successfully completed the “Turkish Emblazonment Arts” course, which was opened by Ministry of Culture in Topkapı Palace Museum, after 3 years of education. She continued to “Firmament Embroidery House (Sema Nakishanesi)” for two years. She take encouragement from the great teachers and masters, who always supported her, and by adding knowledge, researches and handcraft to this courage, she presents modern designs in the light of traditionalism.

The artist made cooperation with prized master, journalist, painter and calligraphy artist Etem CALISKAN, who enables her to have a different approach to traditional art forms. The artist took part in Istanbul 2010 – Cultural Capital City of Europe (İstanbul 2010-Avrupa Kültür Başkenti) with the Project of İstanbul from a Child’s Perspective (Çocuk Bakışlı İstanbul), she took part in

expositions both in the country and abroad with the same team.

Sabriye SEKER found the chance to present her art in Kosova and Montenegro, by creating very special exhibitions with her atelier team, after receiving private invitations from ambassadors of these countries.

Likewise, she organized another exibition Project in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus with the contribution and support of Turkish Embassy. The artist has organized exhibitions projects with her atelier team on a topic, theme or corporation chosen every year since 2008.

Sabriye SEKER, broke another new ground in the year of 2011 by creating a mutual Project with Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Facility (Ruh ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi) and by doing so, she made the psychiatry and traditional arts come together.

The Works, that took place in this Project called “Psychiatry on Miniature, Calligraphy and Illumination from Ottoman Empire to Today’s Qorld”.

Sabriye Seker continues her work in her atelier “SEKER ART HOUSE” in Istanbul, and she shares her knowledge and experience with her students in there.

Sabriye

Ĺžeker