Artists

Yonca Saraçoğlu

Born in Ankara. Graduated from St. Joseph High School, Istanbul. After graduating from State Academy of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department settled in Paris in 1988. Studied at Sorbonne French Language and Civilization Department. Began to study painting, made vocational made trips to various European countries. Returned to Turkey in May 1991. After a happy period of intensive photographing discovered Istanbul and decided to create her own artistic universe. Works in her own studio in Cihangir, Istanbul. Saraçoğlu sees art as an inner transformer, a way of loving life and beings, and a state of resistance.

Solo exhibitions

2018 - "Gaia’s Diary", MSGSÜ Tophane-i Amire Kültür Ve Sanat Merkezi, Istanbul, TR
2016 - "Can-ı Gönül", Karşı Sanat, Istanbul, TR
2009 - "The Memory of Secrets", Karşı Sanat, Istanbul, TR

Group Exhibitions

2023 - “Body and Soul”, Art Palm Beach, Miami, US
2023 - “Equinox”, Istanbul Concept Gallery, Istanbul, TR
2023 - “Freedom is Your Character”, Istanbul Concept Gallery / Pera Palace Hotel, International 360° Love Festival, Istanbul, TR
2022 - “Demokratik 100”, Istanbul Concept Studio, Istanbul, TR
2017 - "Borderless-Classless", Artist Art Fair, Istanbul, TR
2016 - "Unexpected Territories", Adasanat, Artist Art Fair, Istanbul, TR
2016 - "Exchange", Adasanat, Istanbul, TR
2016 - "On His Birthday: Nazım and the Artists", Beylikdüzü Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul, TR
2014 - Artist Art Fair, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul, TR
2014 - "Arayüzeyler", Kare Sanat, İstanbul, TR
2013 - "Hrant İçin Sergi - Milat", Getronagan High School Association, Istanbul, TR
2012 - "Zamanaşımı", Adasanat, Istanbul, TR
2011 - "Yavaşlık", Kolektif, 21. Artist Art Fair, Istanbul, TR
2011 - "Where Fire Has Struck", Tütün Deposu, Istanbul, TR
2011 - "A Thorough Peace", Adasanat, Istanbul, TR
2010 - "Meal", Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul, TR
2010 - Artist Art Fair, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul, TR
2009 - Artist Art Fair, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul, TR
2009 - "Nazım Hikmet", Karşı Sanat, Nazım Hikmet Cultural Foundation, Istanbul, TR
2009 - "My Name is Casper", Sümerbank, Istanbul, TR
2006 - "12 September", Tobacco Depot, Florida, US
1998 - "Hommage to Ruhi Su", AKM, Istanbul, TR

Personal Website:
https://yoncasaracoglu.com

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/yoncasaracoglu_/

Selected Works

Cruising, 2023
Oil on canvas, 69 x 90 cm.

Imago, 2017
Marble, 50 x 78 x 155 cm.

Light Fracture, 2017
Marble, 24 x 30 x 46 cm.

An Inside Voyager, 2015
Marble, 25 x 62 x 23 cm.

Body and Soul, 2015
Marble, 20 x 20 x 25

The Rainbowsmile of the Snail, 2008
Oil on canvas, 150 x 100 cm.

Nest, 2007
Oil on canvas, 120 x 193 cm.

Rendezvous, 2007
Oil on canvas, 130 x 212 cm.