Sebnem Duzgun

It should be definitively, irreversibly, and once-and-for-all acknowledged that sculpture is neither literature, symbolism, or psychological emotion. Sculpture is simply the shaping of form in space. […] Its language is form and space. […] Sculpture is a part of the space in which it is located. […] Sculpture enters space and s

pace enters the sculpture.

- Katarzyna Kobro

The Artist

Spending summers with my family in Fethiye, Turkey, I have always found solace and inspiration from the Mediterranean coast. The patterns and forms of my pieces reveal an intimacy I have developed with rocks, soils, and other earth materials that I have formed as an international mining engineer. Each element in my unique hand-built sculptures is a piece onto itself, assembled in designs and forms that belie few, if any, antecedents. I am fascinated by the ever-changing patterns within the earth and human systems, transforming these complex, dynamic relationships into abstract ceramic sculptures. This process is not just an act of creation but a form of narrative exploration, making the invisible visible and the inarticulate eloquently expressed.