Country: Turkey
About me
Kadriye Ayla Yesilmen
A Self-taught Watercolor Artist
She completed primary and secondary school in Germany and high school education in Iskenderun. In 1987, she graduated from Akdeniz University, Burdur Vocational School, Mechanical-Painting-Construction and in 1992 from Gazi University, Gazi Education Faculty, English Language Teaching Department. During the first academic year, she continued Art History and Painting as an elective course under the presidency of Cengiz SAVAŞ , Faculty of Fine Arts lecturer. In 1997, she was influenced by the Watercolour Artist Sabri AKÇA and turned towards watercolor works.
During her teaching career she participated in many group exhibitions (in Ankara, Nevsehir, Iskenderun,Izmir,Izmit and Istanbul). Her works were exhibited in festivals and contests held by the International Watercolor Society (in Ukraine, Albania, England ,Türkiye, Poland and Switzerland). She joined in the Urbansketchers Symposium in Amsterdam in 2019.
She participated in 2 -days workshop in Paris in 2019.She was selected as Exhibition Catalogue Artist in Fabriano in Aquarrello Festival in 2020.During the pandemic period, she participated with her works in online group exhibitions, auctions and various social responsibility projects. She participated in 2021 ArtAnkara 7th Contemporary Art Fair in Ankara and 2021 ArtContact Contemporary Art Fair in Ä°stanbul .On 23rd January 2023 she participated in IWS Türkiye 11th Anniversary and held a workshop in Izmir.In August 2023 she took part in USK Poland Plein-Air Sketching Event in Swidnica.
She mainly likes to transfer ancient buildings, statues ,reliefs and any other objects made of stone from real life onto paper using special techniques of watercolor to give the feeling of stone in a realistic way.She is a member of IWS , NWWS , MIWAS and Urban Sketchers.
