Sevil Soyer


Sevil Soyer is a Turkish interdisciplinary artist. Soyer has had solo exhibitions and group exhibitions along with several installations in Turkey and the United States.

Early life

She was born in Turkey and graduated in 1979 from Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts.

Career

In 1993 Soyer and Onay Sozer, a philosophy professor in Istanbul University, worked together on the manifesto of “Inter-disciplinary-art”. In 1994 Soyer created the “Ah Guzel Istanbul” with 40 Turkish artists. This exhibition was supported by the Ministry of Culture of Turkey.
At the end of 1999, Sevil Soyer moved to Michigan in the United States. She continued her art work in Finlandia University with sculpture and fiber. In 2004 she founded an art gallery in Michigan and worked with the local artists.
In 2007, she set up an art and glass studio in Istanbul and has done flame work and painting there.
Soyer's contemporary figurative paintings make use of oil color and acrylic techniques. Her paintings are in private, national, and international collections.
She has been a member of the UNESCO Association Internationale des Arts Plastiques, since 2003.

Select exhibitions

Solo exhibitions