Nefes (2022) Painting by Ülkü İSpirli

I was born in Ankara. I graduated from Çanakkale 18 Mart University, Business Administration. I have been involved in the sales industry professionally for many years. During that period, I received various training such as theater, management and psychology training. My job requires many people, many conversations, and many expectations. It gave me deep knowledge about seeing people's depths, analyzing them, perceiving what is not said rather than what is said, and paying attention to details. The next thing was to discover myself.. and I found a huge world inside me.. In that process, I left everything and started walking with art again.. My love for painting started when my art teacher in middle school discovered my talent.. I took private painting lessons during middle school and high school. And I never stopped painting whenever I had the opportunity. I believe that the expressionist art movement and a little bit of surrealism and spiritualism are generally influential in my works. I like to work on the expression of a person's inner world, spiritual analysis and the variability of energies.. such as the contradictions in the human soul.. Sometimes words, mythology and fairy tales inspire me when explaining this.. Art has existed in every period of my life. I was interested in ceramics for 3 years. Creating things from clay gave me a lot of peace.. healing pots.. oil lamps.. teapots.. shaping ceramics by hand was a very useful process to strengthen my hands. Glazing techniques... ceramics is an art that requires a lot of effort and patience, I loved it. I like to take long walks and make Landart with what I find in the places I pass by. The thought of someone passing by and coming across it makes me very happy. I love bringing nature to life with music and art. I have participated in group exhibitions and online exhibitions. I have had works sold domestically and internationally. I love doing themed works. It makes me happy that people who look at my paintings adapt the stories in them to their own lives. I love the comments made as if they were telling fortunes. Radio theater is one of my indispensable parts while working. I still listen to fairy tales. I have a limitless sea in music. However, I especially love rhythm. Cartoons, animations, movies and books are a part of my life..   I am more of a person who lives in a dream world. And I love transferring my inner journeys into art. Details are very important to me. I am one of those people who is curious about what is behind the mirror rather than what is in front of it. I am happy if I can reflect this in my works even a little bit.

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• Nationality: TÜRKIYE
• Date of birth : 1976
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Turkish Artists