Fulya Asyali

 

BIOGRAPHY / ISTANBUL, 1981

Fulya Asyalı was graduated from Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture in 2004. She completed her graduate studies in 2008, and her doctorate degree in 2016. At present, she is working as a research associate at the same institution. Besides opening personal exhibitions, Fulya Asyalı also took part in both national as well as international art shows.

Asyalı’s art is recognized by her surrealist approach to figurative sculptures. In her works, she creates metamorphic objects expressing melancholic feelings upon combining miniscule remnants of the town with parts of the human body. In her sculptures where contrasting concepts like living/non-living, new/old, past/future and interior/exterior are used, she enables us to question the bipolar make-up of existence. By means of bringing together contrary elements, she reinforces the inquiries made over dualities. Her merging of the fragments of the acquainted is, besides a confrontation of the alienation we are experiencing, also a call to look athwart at the recognized. Her sculptures invite the audience to “Look Awry” as worded by Zizek. Because alteration of the perspective in fact means re-clarification of our minds polluted for a long time.

2016Untitled

2016
Untitled

sculpture - metal, mixed media
Ø 80 cm
2016
2013Ballerina

2013
Ballerina

sculpture - metal, mixed media
145 x 70 x 70 cm
2013
2013Hobo

2013
Hobo

sculpture - metal, mixed media
110 x 100 x 70 cm
2013
2013Prostitute

2013
Prostitute

sculpture - metal, mixed media
155 x 45 x 43 cm
2013
2013With Spinning Top

2013
With Spinning Top

sculpture - metal, mixed media
85 x 30 x 26 cm
2013
2013Bride

2013
Bride

sculpture - metal, mixed media
110 x 100 x 65 cm
2013
2013Bride (Detail)

2013
Bride (Detail)

sculpture - metal, mixed media
110 x 100 x 65 cm
2013
2013Mirror

2013
Mirror

sculpture - metal, mixed media
90 x 50 x 5 cm
2013
2012Today is Holiday

2012
Today is Holiday

sculpture - mixed media
95 x 30 x 26 cm
2012
2012Scout

2012
Scout

sculpture - metal, mixed media
114 x 45 x 40 cm
2012
2012Students

2012
Students

sculpture - metal, mixed media
113 x 18 x 18 cm / 95 x 17 x 16 cm
2012
2010Working Hours

2010
Working Hours

sculpture - mixed media
8 x 7 x 5 cm
2010