I am a multidisciplinary artist and urban designer. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, I immigrated to New York City at the age of three. Raised in Queens and Brooklyn and educated in the public school system, I went on to receive a Master's Degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute. My projects have been featured at the Venice Biennale, Buenos Aires International Biennial of Architecture, Aqua Art Fair (Miami), GLOBAL Design (London), Contemporary Art's Center New Orleans 40th Anniversary Show and Ephemera Obscura, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Governor’s Island Art Center (NYC), the New Institute in Rotterdam, the Onsite Gallery in Toronto, the Inaugural and second Bywater Biennial, and Masterpeace - a P.S. Satellite - A Project of Prospect New Orleans. I have been featured in Metropolis Magazine, Gambit's Top 40 under 40, was Interviewed on NPR and awarded the Architizer A+ Award. I am the Collectors Club artist for the Contemporary Arts Center, a member of The Front artist collective, and a participating artist in the Jazz and Heritage Festival. I also coordinated the first major Habitat for Humanity Buckminster Fuller Design Science Exhibition in Istanbul.

Now, I am a New Orleans artist living and working in the Bywater neighborhood. My watercolors are a visual summary of the city’s cultural character from iconic to obscure locations in the city.

Describe your art in three words. Instant, Immediate and Identifiable.

Describe yourself in one word. Curious.

What do you love the most about creating art in New Orleans? What particular part of your immediate environment, in your neighborhood specifically influences your work? Drawing extraordinary events in everyday affairs.

Describe your creative process. Are there any rituals or rites of passage you exercise before you begin a new piece? Breath. Breath. Breath.

Where do you draw inspiration? Anywhere I can.

Who are your artistic influences or gurus? Most of the people around me.

In New Orleans, art and music go hand in hand. What type of music, band or song lyric best describes your work? Lil Wayne singing "Let the good times roll" to the trumpet of Jeremy Davenport on the corner of Canal Street and St. Charles Avenue.

Where can we find you when you are not creating art? At the Palace Art Market or drinking coffee near my house in New Orleans or Brooklyn.

What is your favorite time of day/day of the week/month of the year? Anytime I can see the Sun the Moon or the Stars. LOL.

What is something people don’t know about you? A fun fact. As a teenager, I played roller hockey for Queen of Angels in New York.

All works listed online are available to be viewed at Where Y’Art Gallery by appointment.

My Studio in the Bywater

The Venice Biennale

The Inaugural Bywater Biennial

The Art Aqua Fair

The Contemporary Arts Center

Watercolor drawing and painting studios

Palmer Park

Jazz and Heritage Festival

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