Humanity art by Gizem Saka from Turkey

Born in Istanbul, painter Gizem Saka teaches Economics at Wharton & Art Markets at Harvard.

I studied drawing and sculptural form in Istanbul. I moved to the U.S for graduate school in economics at Cornell University, where I also continued painting at the Department of Art & Architecture. Having since combined my two interests in the arts and sciences, I now teach “Economics and Art” at University of Pennsylvania.

Artist Statement:

Method:

I paint reflections about my everyday life in compact and abstract form. I emphasize texture and use distorted shapes for dramatic impact. I feel close to the simplification Fauvists employed when it came to subject matter, as well as the intensity of their colors.

Philosophy:

I see art as an expression of feelings but more importantly as a domain for freedom. Painting has given me the flexibility to expand in all directions: expanding along the surface of the canvas vertically and horizontally and then going deep into the painting, which completes the idea of space and movement in that space.

"Art and Economics" Experimental Course Grant, Wellesley College, 2012.

Turkish Cultural Foundation Exhibition Grant, 2005 (Montreal Exhibit)

Turkish Cultural Foundation Exhibition Grant 2008 (New York City Art Expo).

Also included in the Who's Who in Turkish Art.

Exhibitions:

Boston University Thurmann Center, November 2013.

Berkshires Art Festival. Berkshires, MA. July 2013.

Wellesley Free Library, Wakelin Room. Solo Exhibit. February 2012

Paradise City Arts Festival, Marlborough, MA. November 2011.

Paradise City Arts Festival, Northampton, MA. October 2011.

Besiktas Belediyesi Sergi Salonu, Istanbul. July 9-17, 2011.

Cape Cod Arts Festival. Hyannis, MA. August 28-29, 2010.

New York International Art Expo. March 25-28. Pier 94 on the Hudson River. New York City.

Paradise City Arts Festival, Northampton, MA. May 22-25, 2009.

Lewiston Art Festival, New York. August 9-10, 2008.

Art for Autism, Pittsburgh, PA. May 31-June 1, 2008.

New York Art Expo, New York City. February 28- March 3 2008.

New York Art Expo, New York City. March 1-5, 2007.

Bella-Arte Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. December 2006.

Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL. October 2005.

Gallery Gora. Montreal, Canada. August 2005.

Print collection:

Urban Station Istanbul

Other venues my art has been shown:

Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, VT

Lance Armstrong Foundation (Livestrong) fundraising gala, Austin, TX. Chez-Zee Gallery, Austin, TX.

Art-pic, Hollywood, CA.

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA.

Benjamin Art Gallery, Hagerstown, MA.

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