Alev Özas
IstanbulArtistic background
Painter Alev Özas was born in Istanbul in 1977. Her devotion to art has always been at the forefront, even during her primary and secondary school education.She completed her high school education in Applied Arts Anatolian High School Textile Department. She took an interest in performing arts in her high school education and after her education, she started at the Theater Department at the Private Istanbul Fine Arts Academy. Along with her theater education, which lasted for 2 years, she was also making charcoal sketches. In 1998, she decided to switch from collective art theater to individual art painting and applied for the aptitude tests. In the same year, she got in to the Arts Department of Marmara University.
She graduated from Marmara University, Atatürk Education Faculty, Fine Arts Department in 2002. While in Prof. Dr. Ramiz AYDIN's workshop, she focused on studies on color, harmony and tachism. After graduating in 2002, she worked as a mural painter for interior spaces in a company called Bukalemun Design. Simultaneously, she designed and applied stage decorations in several theater plays. After these studies, which lasted for 2 years, she worked as an arts teacher at a primary school for a year.
By 2005, she adopted the abstract expressive figurative style as her style. In the same year, she started to work as a chief assistant in Prof. Dr. Devrim ERBİL's private workshop and continued this duty for 8 years. After she had a child, she opened her own workshop and started to paint the expressive understanding she experienced on the Istanbul landscape. She portrayed Istanbul, a great metropolis, in different colors and harmonies, with an emotional and formal understanding that gives the impression of every hour of the day. In short, color plays a leading role in her paintings.
Painter Alev Özas participated in more than sixty exhibitions between 2002-2024. Having held 10 personal exhibitions, the artist has participated in various group exhibitions. The artist lives and works in Istanbul.
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2024-Art Contact İstanbul Contemporary Art Fair, İstanbul2024-IAAF Antiques and Art Fair, İzmir, Ece Sanat Art Gallery
2023-IAAF Antiques and Art Fair, İstanbul
2023-Giant Istanbul Painting, Watergarden, Ataşehir, İstanbul
2023-Turquoise Group Exhibition, Gallery Marquess, Artvizyon Gallery, London
2023-Short Trip Solo Exhibition, Ece Sanat Art Gallery, Karabatak Gallery, Anthaven, Aspat, Bodrum
2023-BAF Contemporary Art Fair, Gala Gallery, Bodrum
2023-Group Art Exhibition, Ece Sanat Art Gallery, Karabatak Gallery, Bodrum
2023-Art Contact İstanbul Contemporary Art Fair, Gala Gallery, İstanbul
2023-Phoenix Group Exhibition, The Old Street Gallery, London
2023-Art Ankara 9. Contemporary Art Fair, Ankara
2022-PATCHWORK New Year Exhibition, Gala Gallery, İstanbul
2022-PAN’ART X.25 New Year Exhibition, The Artcapsule, İstanbul
2022-NEW YEAR NEW WORLD Painting and Sculpture, Atölye Sanat Hayatı
2022-PAN’ART X.25 New Year Exhibition, The Artcapsule, İstanbul
2022-IAAF Antiques and Art Fair, Guga Gallery, İstanbul
2022-BAF Contemporary Art Fair, Gala Galeri, Bodrum
2022-II. Gala Group Art Exhibition, Gala Galeri, İstanbul
2022-Art Contact İstanbul Contemporary Art Fair, Gala Galeri, İstanbul
2022-Hopes Blossom, Welcome Spring Exhibition, Erkan Yücel KM, İstanbul
2022-From Another Hill, Solo Exhibition, SanatMezat Gallery, İstanbul
2021-PATCHWORK New Year Exhibition, Balaban Sanat Galerisi, İstanbul
2021-PAN’ART X.25 New Year Exhibition, The Artcapsule, İstanbul
2021-Balaban Artists İzmir Meeting, Karaca Culturel Center
2021-IAAF Antiques and Art Fair, Balaban Art Gallery, İstanbul
2021-BAF Contemporary Art Fair, Balaban Art Gallery, Bodrum
2021-ArtKaraca, Group Art Exhibition, İzmir
2021-Colors of Hope, Ekm, Group Art Exhibition, İstanbul
2021-Art Contact İstanbul Contemporary Art Fair, İstanbul
2021-Art Ankara Contemporary Art Fair, Ankara
2021-Bahara Doğru, Ekm, Group Art Exhibition, İstanbul
2020-Art Capsule, PanArt, Group Art Exhibition, İstanbul
2020-Balaban Sanat Galerisi, Group Art Exhibition, İstanbul
2020-Tam Sanat, Group Art Exhibition, İstanbul
2019-Respect to Ramiz Aydın Exhibition, İzmir
2019-Solo Exhibition, Karaca Culturel Center, İzmir
2019-INTERNATIONAL ART COLONY, Galeria a Arteve Tetove, N.Macedonia
2018-Republican Women's Association, Group Art Exhibition, Beykoz
2018-369 Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, “Istanbul breeze in Ankara”
2017-Abacı Art Gallery, Painted Fingers Exhibition, For the benefit of children with diabetes
2017-Art&Life Gallery Project Production, Tanzania National Museum
2017-Bir Şehir, NarArtiz Gallery, İzmir
2016-Ares Müzayede, Solo Exhibition
2016-Bahariye Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Kadıköy
2015-Antik Müzayede, Solo Exhibition
2014-Heart Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Kadıköy
2014-Bahariye Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Kadıköy
2014-Art Fair, Group Exhibition, Lütfi Kırdar-Harbiye
2013-Final Schools, Group Exhibition, Çekmeköy
2012-Çekmeköy Municipality, Group Exhibition, Çekmeköy
2010-Tophane-i Amire Culturel and Art Center, Redbud-themed Group Exhibition, Tophane
2009-Gallery Tüzün, Solo Exhibition, Caddebostan
2009-Tüze Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Suadiye
2008-Balikesir Museum Exhibition, Balıkesir
2008-‘Boz–Yap’ Solo Exhibition, Tüze Art Gallery, Suadiye
2008-21st Century 21 Artists Exhibition, Devrim Erbil Contemporary Arts Museum, Balıkesir
2007-Dunia, Group Exhibition, Kadıköy
2007-Tüze Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Suadiye
2007-İstanbul Modern Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Levent
2007-Ayşegül Bayrak Art Gallery, Group Exhibition ( with Devrim Erbil), Moda
2007-Star Test, Group Exhibition (with Devrim Erbil), Nişantaşı
2006-Antik Otel, Group Exhibition, Beyazıt
2006-Club Arora, Group Exhibition, Kadıköy
2006-Tüze Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Suadiye
2005-Dunia, Group Exhibition, Kadıköy
2005-Çekirdek Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Beyoğlu
2005-Tüze Art Gallery, “ Devrim Erbil and Its Young Friends”, Group Art Exhibition, Suadiye
2005-Engraving Exhibition, Group Art Exhibition, Bodrum
2005-Club Arora, Solo Exhibition, Altunizade
2004-Profilo Shopping Center, As part of the “Environmental Film Festival”, “Group 11”, Group Art Exhibition, Mecidiyeköy
2003-Café Pera, Solo Exhibition, Beyoğlu
2002-Marmara University, Alumni Group Exhibition, Göztepe