DERYA YILDIZ

Who is Derya Yıldız?

Derya Yıldız, who highlights contemporary women in her works, defines painting as a form of love.
Derya Yıldız, who started painting in childhood, was born in Ankara in 1972. She graduated from Gazi Faculty of Education, Department of Art Teaching with honors. In addition to his art work, the artist, who works as a visual arts instructor, has opened seventeen personal exhibitions and participated in art fairs, international art workshops and many group exhibitions at home and abroad.
In her recent works, she mainly focuses on contemporary women, whom she depicts with various instruments. It emphasizes the ability of women to harmoniously blend contemporary life, which they build on the foundations of their own existence. In accordance with this background of ideas, a solid brush pattern next to the stains shapes the search for feminine harmony in the artist’s imagination on the canvas.
In his own words, “Woman; it is color, light and sound.”
Yıldız defines herself by saying, “Painting is a form of love.”
Derya Yıldız, who has many works in domestic and international private collections, continues her works in her workshop in Ankara.