Yasemin Kackar-Demirel 'Residue #18'
Drawer 3- Residue #18, 14 x11 inches, ink residues, colored pencil, graphite, archival pen, acrylic pen, spray paint on tinted paper, 2019
Artist Statement
In my works, I contemplate on feelings of belonging and adaptability in indoor and outdoor spaces. I am inspired by the organic gestural formations in nature, as well as the structural certainties in built environments. My works are grouped into series based on the techniques I use to start the process, as well as on their thematic focus. In this ongoing series of drawings titled Residue (reminiscent of the sediments left on the bottom for cup-reading after Turkish coffee) I begin by pressing the sediments left at the bottom of the vat onto paper after a marbling process from a different series of work. I then gather images from my archive, including some of their components in this new incarnation. I weave the markings together using various media including ink pen, graphite, gouache, colored pencil and spray paint. I let the materials merge spontaneously until the composition is intuitively balanced.
Artist Bio
Born in 1978, in Istanbul, Turkey. Yasemin Kackar-Demirel holds an MFA and a Museum Studies Certificate from Northern Illinois University (2004), and a BFA from Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey (2001). Her solo exhibitions include The Yard: City Hall Park, New York (2019), Mooney Center Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY (2011), C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2010, 2008), Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY (2008), and McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL (2007), among other venues. Group exhibitions have taken place across the United States as well as internationally in Israel, Italy, and Turkey. She has attended the residency programs at the SVA in New York and AreaOdeon in Monza, Italy. Select press and publications include: The Riverdale Press, The Woven Tale Press (Digital), Fresh Paint, INPA 2 by Manifest Gallery, New American Paintings, Milliyet Sanat and Artist Actual. She lives in Cortlandt Manor, New York.
Drawer 3- Residue #18, 14 x11 inches, ink residues, colored pencil, graphite, archival pen, acrylic pen, spray paint on tinted paper, 2019
Artist Statement
In my works, I contemplate on feelings of belonging and adaptability in indoor and outdoor spaces. I am inspired by the organic gestural formations in nature, as well as the structural certainties in built environments. My works are grouped into series based on the techniques I use to start the process, as well as on their thematic focus. In this ongoing series of drawings titled Residue (reminiscent of the sediments left on the bottom for cup-reading after Turkish coffee) I begin by pressing the sediments left at the bottom of the vat onto paper after a marbling process from a different series of work. I then gather images from my archive, including some of their components in this new incarnation. I weave the markings together using various media including ink pen, graphite, gouache, colored pencil and spray paint. I let the materials merge spontaneously until the composition is intuitively balanced.
Artist Bio
Born in 1978, in Istanbul, Turkey. Yasemin Kackar-Demirel holds an MFA and a Museum Studies Certificate from Northern Illinois University (2004), and a BFA from Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey (2001). Her solo exhibitions include The Yard: City Hall Park, New York (2019), Mooney Center Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY (2011), C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2010, 2008), Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY (2008), and McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL (2007), among other venues. Group exhibitions have taken place across the United States as well as internationally in Israel, Italy, and Turkey. She has attended the residency programs at the SVA in New York and AreaOdeon in Monza, Italy. Select press and publications include: The Riverdale Press, The Woven Tale Press (Digital), Fresh Paint, INPA 2 by Manifest Gallery, New American Paintings, Milliyet Sanat and Artist Actual. She lives in Cortlandt Manor, New York.
Drawer 3- Residue #18, 14 x11 inches, ink residues, colored pencil, graphite, archival pen, acrylic pen, spray paint on tinted paper, 2019
Artist Statement
In my works, I contemplate on feelings of belonging and adaptability in indoor and outdoor spaces. I am inspired by the organic gestural formations in nature, as well as the structural certainties in built environments. My works are grouped into series based on the techniques I use to start the process, as well as on their thematic focus. In this ongoing series of drawings titled Residue (reminiscent of the sediments left on the bottom for cup-reading after Turkish coffee) I begin by pressing the sediments left at the bottom of the vat onto paper after a marbling process from a different series of work. I then gather images from my archive, including some of their components in this new incarnation. I weave the markings together using various media including ink pen, graphite, gouache, colored pencil and spray paint. I let the materials merge spontaneously until the composition is intuitively balanced.
Artist Bio
Born in 1978, in Istanbul, Turkey. Yasemin Kackar-Demirel holds an MFA and a Museum Studies Certificate from Northern Illinois University (2004), and a BFA from Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey (2001). Her solo exhibitions include The Yard: City Hall Park, New York (2019), Mooney Center Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY (2011), C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2010, 2008), Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY (2008), and McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL (2007), among other venues. Group exhibitions have taken place across the United States as well as internationally in Israel, Italy, and Turkey. She has attended the residency programs at the SVA in New York and AreaOdeon in Monza, Italy. Select press and publications include: The Riverdale Press, The Woven Tale Press (Digital), Fresh Paint, INPA 2 by Manifest Gallery, New American Paintings, Milliyet Sanat and Artist Actual. She lives in Cortlandt Manor, New York.