Being Bamboo First

Curator: S. Çağatay Özkefeli

Artists: Göknil Sarıoğlan

Göknil Sarıoğlan creates a contemporary interpretation in her works by combining Western modernism with East Asian ink painting art through the use of different materials beyond the traditional. For the artist, painting is a kind of ritual based on the conveyance of emotions. In her paintings, brushstrokes that wander on the border between chaos and order freely express an exuberant state of mind. The artist, who received traditional workshop training based on the master-apprentice principle in Japanese ink painting (sumi-e), completed her training at the advanced level of the workshop. She currently continues online sumi-e workshop studies under the guidance of her master, a Japanese calligraphy and sumi-e artist certified by the Tokyo Bunka Calligraphy Association. She is also participating in the Shodo (Japanese calligraphy) training program of the Shodo master who is the founder of the "Japan Turkey Shodo Association," based in Japan. In her works, she creates a contemporary interpretation by combining Western modernism with East Asian ink painting art through the use of different materials beyond the traditional. The artist, who has participated in domestic and international exhibitions — four of which have been solo exhibitions — continues her work in her studio in Istanbul. Group & Mixed Exhibitions / Fairs: 2015 October Nittoten / Japan Consulate General Former Office Building / ISTANBUL 2016 May ArtTurkey JAPAN 2016 / Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts / TOKYO 2017 - 2019 Japanese Art Festival / Caddebostan Cultural Center, Maslak Uniq Hall 2020 March Artistic Approaches in the Anthropocene Age / Boris Georgiev Art Gallery, BULGARIA 2022 - 2024 ArtAnkara 8th, 9th, 10th Contemporary Art Fair 2023 April Galatasaray Sports Club Nevzat Özgörkey Equestrian Facilities Group Exhibition 2024 September Nagoya Group Exhibition by invitation of sumi-e and shodo artist Kawaguchi Kazuhiro 2024 December Group Exhibition (İ. İyem, B. Erkün, M. İlik, G. Sarıoğlan) / Zülfü Livaneli C.C. / ANKARA 2026 April Group Exhibition / "Sakura" Plastic Arts Exhibition / Kaman Kalehöyük Archaeology Museum Solo Exhibitions: 2019 October Five Colors of Ink (Painting), Projections (Photography) / Turgut Özakman Exhibition Hall / ESKİŞEHİR 2022 October Imaginary Beings / Fular't Art House / ISTANBUL 2025 February Dream Time / Fular't Art House / ISTANBUL 2026 April In the Trail of Ink / Turkish Japanese Foundation Cultural Center / ANKARA

• Bamboo Dream — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Sumi-e Flower — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Lotus — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Steppe — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• The Silence of Wabi-Sabi — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Untitled — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Perspective — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Rooster in the Bamboo Grove — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Lotus Diary — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Distant Mountains — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• A Pair of Fish — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Breathing — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Flowers in a Vase — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Still Life Abstraction — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• In the Depths — Göknil Sarıoğlan
• Waves — Göknil Sarıoğlan