Alev Demirkesen | |
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Alev Demirkesen | |
Born | 1964 (age 57–58) |
Education | Neşe Aybey (miniature), Tahsin Aykutalp (tezhip) |
Alma mater | Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University |
Movement | Traditional Turkish Arts |
Alev Demirkesen (born 1964 in Istanbul), is a Turkish artist who works in the field of Turkish decorative arts. Her works include ceramic decoration, miniature and illumination.
She believes that when something breaks it is no longer of the same value. [1]
Alev Demirkesen was born in 1964 in Istanbul. She attended the Mimar Sinan University, Department of Fine Arts and eventually graduated from there. [2] She did her masters in the same department at the same university. [3]
She was educated in the Turkish decorative arts of miniature, illumination (Tezhip), drawing and ceramic decorations. She received education of these arts inside and outside the university from Neşe Aybey, Tahsin Aykutalp, Emin Barın, Cahide Keskiner and Kerim Silivrli. [2]
In 2003, she started teaching at the Sakarya University, in the Traditional Turkish Arts Department. [3]
Demirkesen has participated in group exhibitions both in Turkey and internationally and has also held personal exhibitions. [2]
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