ABOUT ME
I was born in Istanbul to an artist family. My father, mother, my grandfather also my mother’s grandfather were all artists. I studied painting at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul between 1982 and 1987. While realizing the costumes and stage settings for an amateur theater group, I started working in Metin Deniz atelier in 1987. Here I received training on practiced stage settings and costumes, sculpture, and art direction. Then I went on to work professionally in these fields.
I was involved in the establishment and activity planning of the 1st Istanbul Biennial in 1989.
I moved from Istanbul to Bodrum where I began tutoring and organizing workshops for children and adults in 1990.
In 1994 I went to Germany to make costumes for the Karlsruhe Museum. Since 1999 I have held many solo exhibitions in Istanbul, Bodrum, and the USA. I also participated in many group exhibitions. My two solo exhibitions in the USA were: in International Visions at the Gallery, Washington DC, in 2002, and in The Gallery at The Marmara, Manhattan in 2006. In 2006, I initiated the founding of a contemporary art group by the name” The Flying University” in Bodrum. I worked as a gallery director in 2007.
(The artist is listed in the database of “Artprice” also listed in the database RKD Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis (Netherlands Institute of Arthistory ) .Before I have known as Somnur Kurt
While I continue my artistic activities, I also deal with alternative therapies, healthy living, nutritional medicine, art therapy, and yoga philosophy. I started to work in personal development group practices and workshops in Istanbul in 2002 and in Bodrum. In 2002, I began to work in art therapy, in which I have been interested since 1985. I was working in art and at the same time, she was interested in alternative therapies, yoga philosophy, how to live without illness, and art therapy. I participated in workshops about that. I worked on art therapy at her personal atelier in Bodrum between 2004- 2010.
Since 1994 I have been writing articles for various publications.
In 2018, I started working online on life guidance, spiritual guidance, and guided meditations. You can still find relevant studies, meditations, and affirmations on the “MysiaLuna Light Sages” channel. Unfortunately, all of them are in Turkish.
Recently, I started working on digital graphics, as digital art studies have become an area of interest, and it is exciting to progress in this field.
DETAIL
in 1982-87 Istanbul -Mimar Sinan University , Faculty of Fine Arts, Dincer Erimez Atelier
1987-96 Decor & Costume for amateur theaters; training and professional work in
Metin Deniz Atelier (stage decor & costume, art direction, sculpture)
1990 Painting lessons and workshops for children and adults
1994 Costume design for Karlsruhe Museum, Germany
1994 Writing magazine articles about art, alternative therapies, personal
developments, and animals in the following newspapers: Yarımada, Bodrum
Postası, İskele Meydanı, Artist Modern, Womag Art, Bodrum Life.
1997-98 Wall paintings
1999 Paintings for Gallery Artist, Istanbul
2000 Hadigari Gallery, Bodrum, solo exhibition
2001 Halicarnassos Gallery, Bodrum, group exhibition
2001 Mask Gallery, Bodrum, solo exhibition
2001 Gallery Artist, Istanbul, solo exhibition
2002 International Visions, the Gallery, Washington D.C., U.S.A., solo exhibition
2002 Yaghane Gallery, Bodrum, solo exhibition
2003 Dam Art Gallery, Bilkent University, Ankara, group exhibition
2003 Atelier Orumcek, Istanbul, solo exhibition
2003 Atelier Orumcek, Istanbul, group exhibition
2003 Yedi Defne, Bodrum, group exhibition
2003 Gallery Artist, Istanbul, group exhibition
2003 Epsilon Art Gallery, Bodrum, group exhibition
2003 Eklisia, Bodrum, group exhibition
2003 Atatürk Cultural Center, Istanbul, solo exhibition
2003 Gallery Artist, Istanbul, solo exhibition
2003 Jazz Bar, Ciragan Palace, Istanbul, solo exhibition
2004 Gallery Artist-Defne, Bodrum, solo exhibition
2005 Works with ‘Flying University’ art group
2005 Halicarnassos Gallery, Bodrum, group exhibition
2005 The Marmara, Antalya, solo exhibition
2005 Art Therapy courses Bodrum
2006 ‘Flying University’-‘Exhibition Shop’ contemporary art activity, Bodrum
2006 Antiocha Contemporary Art Meeting, Antiocha
2006 The Gallery at The Marmara Manhattan, N Y, U.S.A , solo exhibition
2007 Aldimo Art Gallery, Bodrum and Izmir , Gallery Director
2007 U.P.S.D. Contemporary art exhibition, Istanbul, group exhibition
2007 Art Ist, Istanbul, group exhibition
2008 Gallery Artist Cukurcuma, solo exhibition
2010 Gallery Idart Bodrum, group exhibition
2014 She is a member of NABK.nl
2014 Nurol Gallery Bodrum, solo exhibition
2014 Sheli Art Project Istanbul, group exhibition
2015 NowArtFair, Eindhoven, Holland. 18-19 April, group exhibition
2015-2019 Worked with some European galleries and auctions
2018 Started working online on life guidance, spiritual guidance, and guided meditations.
2020 Establishment of the company named MysiaLuna
You can follow MysiaLuna Işık Bilgeleri (MysiaLuna Light Sages) on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook Page (It is only Turkish)
Living and working in home atelier in Oosterbeek- Holland