Eytan Tiryaki
Hey everyone,
I feel so tired….and sleepy, not to mention hungry. Have I mentioned that I feel tired?
Okay for this week artist, I have chosen another Calligrapher. Since I haven’t highlighted enough female artists here, I thought I would change that.
So the Calligrapher I have chosen is Eytan Tiryaki.
Eytan Tiryaki was born in Ordu, Turkey, in 1961.She graduated from Ankara University’s Theology Faculty with a Masters degree in 1983.
She started her art studies in her school days, and pursued them in Istanbul. She started to take calligraphy lessons from master calligrapher Hasan Çelebi in 1983, and obtained her Ijaza- certificate which described her as “the first woman of calligraphy”.
She has participated in many exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. Eytan has studied English and Arabic. After working as a teacher in Qur’an courses under Üsküdar and Ümraniye Department of Religious Affairs, she retired in 2004.
She continues to teach calligraphy and illuniation courses, and has organised an exhibition with her students in Altunizade Cultural Centre in 2004.
Take time and look at her website. There is a lot of great stuff there.
Sep 12th, 2008 at 12:04 am
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