Yasemin Sözer
1958 Born in Denizli-Turkey. 1977 Graduated from Institute of Education, Fine Arts Paintings Education Department, Izmir. 1994 Bachelor’s Degree in Art Department of Education Faculty - Eskişehir Anadolu University. 1998 MA (Master of Arts) Degree in Pamukkale University - The Institute of Social Sciences Art Subdivision and submitted her thesis on “Copper Mining Cups (Turk-Ottoman) Used as Utensils in Turkish Homes (Denizli) in the 18th-19th Century.” 2006 Ph.D. at 9 Eylül University, Institute of Education in Sciences, Fine Arts Subdivision and submitted her thesis on “The Humanist Approach To Fine Arts Education in Education Faculties of Reconstruction (in Fine Arts Departments)”
2010-2014 Arts educator in Volks Universiteit, Rotterdam
2010 Associate Prof.Dr.- IUE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2015 Prof.Dr.- IUE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ik The founding chairman of the Faculty of Fine Arts - Master of Traditional Eastern Arts -IUE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Dean of Fine Arts Faculty, European University of Benelux
The works of the artist, who has been continuing her art work in the Netherlands, where she settled since 2006, are included in national and international private and official collections. The artist is a member of the Dutch BOK/Beroep Kunstenaar Organisatie
Work images and detailed information for selected exhibitions;
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www.yaseminsozer.com
Motivation:
The basis of my recent works is the narratives in which I examine at a conceptual level the global issues that shake people, such as the problematic of human existence, connection with nature, climate, migration and war, with subjective classifications about myself, and by trying to overcome material hierarchies from all kinds of materials to digital production...
It was initially perceived as tainted within the theme of emptiness, but its references
While the textures created by textural touches clustered one after another or on top of each other, derived from subconscious arguments, structure semi-abstract and figurative forms on a deep platform in my works, all these dramatic and problematic analyzes are actually a confrontation with both myself and the viewer in my inner journey at this point...
In other words, it is a critical questioning of social belonging and roles that are defined or coded and distributed.