ŞEYMA TÜRK
2DSeyma Turk (Kayseri, 1990) completed her bachelor's degree in Urban and Regional Planning and Architecture at Selçuk University and started her master's degree in Urban Design at Istanbul Technical University Department of Architecture.Since 2015, she has been working professionally in different techniques (oil painting, acrylic, ink, digital, ceramic and mixed media). In addition to the exhibitions she participated in; her illustrations have been featured in different philosophy, culture and literature magazines such as Kafkaokur, Edebiyatist and Mikrop. She has also prepared cover art designs to be published in digital music channels in Turkey and abroad. She still continues her artistic productions in her home-workshop in Moda.
In my series focusing on the "Anthropocene," I attempt to critically visualize the sociological, physical, capitalist, authoritarian, and other factors that are steering this great, aging ship towards its inevitable demise into dangerous unknown territories, unguided and uncontrollable.The Anthropocene is the geological epoch resulting from humanity's irreversible and massively transformative impact on the planet, reaching its peak with the Industrial Revolution and continuing to the present day. In the vast history of the Earth, measured in millions of years, the dominance of humans in the Anthropocene corresponds to just three centuries, demonstrating a remarkable shift. While humanity was initially influenced by the Earth, this interaction has now become dominant over the planet.
Several factors contribute to humanity's transformation into a force more destructive than a meteorite on Earth: the increasing population exceeding the planet's carrying capacity, the proliferation of human-made objects such as plastic, brick, and concrete surpassing the weight of all plants and animals combined, rapid deforestation to make way for agricultural land, the use of fossil fuels for industry, energy production, and transportation, the filling of oceans and soil with plastic, cement, and metals, the rapid depletion of Earth's resources and continuously rising temperatures, the unsustainable pressure of technology on nature's resources to the point where they become irreversibly depleted, and humanity's desire to escape the hellish environment it has created by turning its gaze towards wild natural areas amidst intensifying urbanization and urban environments.With many more reasons to be listed, humanity has become a force on Earth more destructive than a meteorite, leading to a fracture and the irreversible beginning of a new era, potentially marking the end of humanity.
In a world where 8 billion people are governed by capital, many inequalities in human development persist and even worsen. Social mobility is decreasing, while social instability is increasing. Alarming signs of the decline of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism are concerning. Climate change, along with other dangerous planetary changes, will exacerbate these issues. Worst of all, because we do not fully understand the internal dynamics of the ecosystems we intervene in, we cannot predict the consequences of these interventions. However, it is quite clear that the melting of glaciers, rising sea levels, flooding, and various disasters such as droughts and rural fires due to rising temperatures will occur
Kafkaokur Magazine Drawing 2017-2018
Mixer Arts Gallery 2021-2022-2023 Online Exhibition
Mixer Arts Gallery 2023- Printed'23 Group Exhibition
Büyükdere35 Art Gallery-2021-2022-2023-2024 Pop-up Group Exhibition
Büyükdere35 Art Gallery & Shopi go ART 2024- BALANCED Group Exhibition
Seyma Turk (Kayseri, 1990) completed her bachelor's degree in Urban and Regional Planning and Architecture at Selçuk University and started her master's degree in Urban Design at Istanbul Technical University Department of Architecture.Since 2015, she has been working professionally in different techniques (oil painting, acrylic, ink, digital, ceramic and mixed media). In addition to the exhibitions she participated in; her illustrations have been featured in different philosophy, culture and literature magazines such as Kafkaokur, Edebiyatist and Mikrop. She has also prepared cover art designs to be published in digital music channels in Turkey and abroad. She still continues her artistic productions in her home-workshop in Moda.
In my series focusing on the "Anthropocene," I attempt to critically visualize the sociological, physical, capitalist, authoritarian, and other factors that are steering this great, aging ship towards its inevitable demise into dangerous unknown territories, unguided and uncontrollable.The Anthropocene is the geological epoch resulting from humanity's irreversible and massively transformative impact on the planet, reaching its peak with the Industrial Revolution and continuing to the present day. In the vast history of the Earth, measured in millions of years, the dominance of humans in the Anthropocene corresponds to just three centuries, demonstrating a remarkable shift. While humanity was initially influenced by the Earth, this interaction has now become dominant over the planet.
Several factors contribute to humanity's transformation into a force more destructive than a meteorite on Earth: the increasing population exceeding the planet's carrying capacity, the proliferation of human-made objects such as plastic, brick, and concrete surpassing the weight of all plants and animals combined, rapid deforestation to make way for agricultural land, the use of fossil fuels for industry, energy production, and transportation, the filling of oceans and soil with plastic, cement, and metals, the rapid depletion of Earth's resources and continuously rising temperatures, the unsustainable pressure of technology on nature's resources to the point where they become irreversibly depleted, and humanity's desire to escape the hellish environment it has created by turning its gaze towards wild natural areas amidst intensifying urbanization and urban environments.With many more reasons to be listed, humanity has become a force on Earth more destructive than a meteorite, leading to a fracture and the irreversible beginning of a new era, potentially marking the end of humanity.
In a world where 8 billion people are governed by capital, many inequalities in human development persist and even worsen. Social mobility is decreasing, while social instability is increasing. Alarming signs of the decline of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism are concerning. Climate change, along with other dangerous planetary changes, will exacerbate these issues. Worst of all, because we do not fully understand the internal dynamics of the ecosystems we intervene in, we cannot predict the consequences of these interventions. However, it is quite clear that the melting of glaciers, rising sea levels, flooding, and various disasters such as droughts and rural fires due to rising temperatures will occur
Kafkaokur Magazine Drawing 2017-2018
Mixer Arts Gallery 2021-2022-2023 Online Exhibition
Mixer Arts Gallery 2023- Printed'23 Group Exhibition
Büyükdere35 Art Gallery-2021-2022-2023-2024 Pop-up Group Exhibition
Büyükdere35 Art Gallery & Shopi go ART 2024- BALANCED Group Exhibition
