Aslı EREL / Painter / Turkey

She was born in 1980 in Istanbul. She studied modern binding and printmaking in high school. In the same period, she started to work as an assistant in the workshop of Architect Nakkaş Semih İrteş. She completed her wood-based pencil work and illumination training at the Topkapı Palace Classical Arts education program. She first graduated from Yıldız Technical University Photography Department and then Anadolu University Cultural Heritage and Tourism Department. She worked on restoration and pattern design for a long time in the Architectural Restoration sector. In the same period, she focused on her personal painting works. She participated in exhibitions at home and abroad. She received training in icon and painting conservation, as she cared about different disciplines in the field of restoration and conservation in terms of painting. She still continues to work in the field of art restoration in addition to her personal painting works.

Exhibitions;
2005 “Made in Turkey” Fair / Dubai / U.A.E
2005 Wood Fair – Lutfi Kirdar Congress and Exhibition Palace / Istanbul / Turkey
2006 “Made in Turkey” Fair / Dubai / U.A.E
2009 Solo Exhibition – Taksim Art Gallery Istanbul / Turkey
2010 Solo Exhibition – Taksim Ataturk Library / Istanbul / Turkey
2011 Group Exhibition – Painters Association Art Gallery / Istanbul / Turkey
2011 Group Exhibition – Akdeniz University / Antalya / Turkey
2013 Solo Exhibition – Lahd Gallery / London / England
2015 October Group Exhibition – Lahd Gallery / London / England

Art is the state of not knowing why you do what you do. It does not contain a title. It's like a sense of duty that comes from the depths of the soul. But the mission doesn't have a name. There is a state of being in life that everyone has. Some people mirror this situation with art. Just as people did not make cave paintings to make art in the early ages, perhaps many works today are the most naive way chosen to reflect and approve our own existence. The way the soul manifests itself. It doesn't matter if your name is art or something else. It is the most spiritual expression of a person's joy, curiosity, pain, love, appreciation, anger, and of course, rebellion. The work that emerges by getting rid of all the worries and pressures is the human being's own state...