Turkish Glass Artists

CEMİL ERTE
Erte was born at 1952 in Ankara. He entered State Fine Arts Academy in 1971. After 1973, he took the first prize and mansions in various art competitions. In 1976, he graduated from the Decorative Arts Textile Department. The same year he became an assistant Applied Industrial Arts Department. In 1981, he started to work individually. He is married and has two children.









CENAN UYANUSTA
Uyanusta was born in Istanbul at 1953. She graduated from the ceramic and glass department of Fine Arts Faculty at Mimar Sinan University in 1988. She worked with Therman Statom at the Pilchuck Glass School. In 1997 she worked again with Therman Statom and Henry Halem at the Kent State University.

Awarded 3. Prize from: "The Serpo-Cam 88"

Exhibitions:

• 1988 Kamakura JAPAN
• 1991 Ville de Malakoff FRANCE
• 1992 - 1997 Çırağan Palas Otel Kempinsky İstanbul
• 1995 Çırağan Palas İstanbul

Uyanusta is continuing her work with glass art, mixed media, cutting and melting technics.








FAHRİ KAPLAN
He started his studies in London, 1974 at Royal College of Arts and then he went on with one of the pioneers of studio-glass; Sam Herman. He returned to Turkey and founded Telos Cam Workshop. He formed the Telos Cam Collection while training the new masters of Turkish Glassware.







ALİ İSMAİL TÜREMEN
Ali Ismail Türemen who is actually a painter says that he wants to stress mass. "There are transparent and massive forms in my paintings. As I wanted to reach perfection in my paintings, during the progress I wanted to capture the third dimension. In this way, I headed towards natural material. I concentrated especially on glass. The difficulties and complications of the material attracted me very much. For an artist, trying to control a mysterious material that is fluid and full of surprises meeting with fire is a significant challenge." says Türemen.

Ali Ismail Türemen, one of the founders of the Eskişehir Anadolu University, Fine Arts Faculty, continues his work in his atelier and Istanbul Marmara University.







LALE ANDİÇ
My works symbolically represent the banners traditionally used by various Islamic denominations on occasions such as celebrations, marches, demonstrations and meetings, which are known as Alem. The dimensions and appearance of my work derive from those pole- mounted percussion instruments used by the Mehter Takımı - Janissary Band of the Ottoman court, a musical institution with a pedigree dating back to the late 13th Century. I have attempted here to give contemporary expression to an historical visual theme, taking the form and image out of their traditional - cultural roles. The works were created in 1998 and 1999, using casting, lampworking and blowing techniques.










OYA ŞENOCAK AKMAN
Oya Şenocak graduated from the Industrial Design Department of Mimar Sinan University in 1977 with a master's degree. She received her Ph.D. degree on Industrial Design from the same university in 1992. In the same year she participated in courses on handmade glass techniques at "Espace Verre" in Montréal, Canada. She worked as a designer in ceramic, plastic and textile industries between 1977 - 1983. Since 1983 she has been working as a designer at Paşabahçe (Şişe Cam). She is an expert in all automated and hand techniques used in the manufacturing of glass. Since 1993, she has been a Professor at Istanbul Technical University, Department of Industrial Product Design. She has participated in many international fairs, seminars, conferences and workshops.

Awards

• ETMK (Industrial Designers Society of Turkey) Design Award, 1994.
• De Beers Award in 1997, Third Prize.
• The Corning Museum of Glass, New York Archive, 1997.
• ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design) Roster of Experts - 1999. Design Production, Design Education.