At the age of 15, I began my painting education with Prof. Gökhan Anlağan and continued at Mimar Sinan University and the Royal College of Arts in London. In my design projects under the name “Therapy Room,” I incorporated the contrasts and challenges of life into my designs, representing a world of only black and white, without greys. I was invited to Vienna, Stuttgart, and Tokyo Design Weeks following my participation in Istanbul Design Week. I collaborated on projects with institutions such as Yapı Kredi Bank, WWF, and Sarıkız. Professionally, I worked as a home textile product design director and later founded my own brand under the name “HomeTherapy.” My video work, “Dereotu’nun Gösterisi,” representing life and death, was accepted into the Mamut Art Project.
Now, I present the “Self Therapy” sculpture exhibition as the artistic extension of my “Therapy” project.
My struggles with life’s difficulties and tensions did not diminish my anger; my questioning did not end. It transformed slightly. Grey tones were added to my sharp black-and-white perspective. My stubbornness encountered acceptance. My persistence taught me to step back when necessary. The works in this exhibition represent my ongoing process of resolving these tensions and knots. Like me, sometimes soft, sometimes firm, I chose to exist in the clay. I couldn’t always tell whether I was fighting stones or ninja weapons. Sometimes I tried to be as hard as a rock, sometimes as fierce as ninja weapons. At times, they demonstrated power—without a winner. Though I tried to be strong, I later realized the blows I had taken. On one side, the calm-seeking me; on the other, my inner anger—this was my battle with life. My emotions materialized through the clay I shaped with my hands and the sharp weapons I crafted. Each strike helped release anger, pain, inadequacy, restlessness, and anxiety.
These emotions, emerging from clay, dissipated through clay.
This is the most profound therapy… My own therapy.
Now, it’s time to experience “finding the balance of life”…
