Kıymet
Dirican – Atelier Kıymet Dirican / Institute for Aesthetic Justice Reimagining
Justice Through Aesthetics
As
an artist, academic, and visionary thinker, my creative practice explores the
profound relationship between aesthetics, justice, and existence. Through
painting, conceptual art, and interdisciplinary research, I aim to awaken
collective responsibility, poetic sensitivity, and ontological awareness.
My
artistic language emerges from silence, takes form through color, and is
devoted to the unseen and unheard voices of the world. Each work is an act of
care, resistance, and reimagination.
Atelier
Kıymet Dirican is more than a studio—it is a space of thought: The Institute
for Aesthetic Justice. With this vision, Iustitia per Artem—Justice Through
Art—is not merely a metaphor but a method. My art does not seek to illustrate
the world but to transform our relationship with it—inviting a new ethical and
sensorial way of being.
Education
Ph.D.
in Fine Arts Education (in progress)
Dokuz
Eylül University, Institute of Educational Sciences, İzmir, Turkey
Expected
Graduation: June 2026
M.A. in
Fine Arts Education – Painting
Dokuz
Eylül University, Graduate School of Educational Sciences, İzmir, Turkey
B.A. in
Fine Arts Education – Painting
Dokuz
Eylül University, Faculty of Education, İzmir, Turkey
Solo Exhibitions
(Selected)
18 Solo
Exhibitions in total across Turkey and Europe
1997 –
Fatih Koleji Sanat Galerisi
Fatih
College Art Gallery
1999 –
Engin Özer Sanat Galerisi
Engin
Özer Art Gallery
2000 –
EÜ Atatürk Kültür Merkezi
Ege
University Atatürk Cultural Center
2002 –
Çetin Emeç Sanat Galerisi
Çetin
Emeç Art Gallery
2003 –
Begüm Sanat Galerisi
Begüm Art Gallery
2004 –
Çetin Emeç Sanat Galerisi
Çetin Emeç Art Gallery
2006 –
Çeşme Kilise Sanat Galerisi
Çeşme Church Art Gallery
2006 –
Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Galerisi
National Gallery of Fıne Arts Turkey
2008 –
Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Galerisi
Ministry of Culture and Tourism State
Fine Arts Gallery /
2009 –
Foça Belediyesi Reha Midilli Sanat Galerisi
Reha Midilli Art Gallery, Municipality
of Foça
2011 –
Milli Piyango Talih Kuşu Sanat Galerisi (Ankara)
Milli Piyango Talih Kuşu Art Gallery
(Ankara)
Group
Exhibitions & International Art Projects
·
Rerum Natura 2025 –
Quiliano, Italy
Numerous
group shows in Ankara, İzmir,
1997 –
Devlet Resim ve Heykel Müzesi Karma Resim Sergisi
1997 – Group Exhibition at the State
Museum of Painting and Sculpture (Turkey)
1998 –
Turgut Pura Resim Yarışması Karma Sergisi
1998 – Turgut Pura Painting Competition
Group Exhibition
International Exhibitions
Canvas Art Fair London 2025
Dirican, K. (2025). Canvas Art Fair
London 2025. Group exhibition. London, United Kingdom. Painting section.
Rerum Natura 2025 – International Digital and Postal Art Project
Dirican, K. (2025). Vita Arboris.
Digital artwork exhibited at Rerum Natura 2025, curated by S.A.C.S. (Spazio
Arte Contemporanea Sperimentale), Quiliano, Italy.
These exhibitions were held in
prestigious state-sponsored art institutions in Turkey and formed the foundation
of my early artistic career.
Academic
Publications
National and International Scientific Events (with Full-Text Papers)
Dirican, K. (April 14, 2021). The Healing Power of Painting and Sculpture
Arts of Aegean and Ancient Greek Civilizations in Human History.
International Art – Design Conference, Performance and Exhibition.
Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Education, Buca, İzmir, Turkey.
Dirican, K. (December 15–17, 2023). Hittites and Assyrians in Anatolian
Civilization.
2nd International Symposium on Culture, Art and Communication (UKSANİL).
In collaboration with Bayburt University & Hatay Mustafa Kemal
University.
Dirican, K. (January 13–15, 2023). 19th Century American Art and the Hudson
River School. III. International Liberty Interdisciplinary Studies Conference. Miami,
USA / Online.
Dirican, K. (January 16–18, 2023). In Context of Marshall McLuhan’s
Theories of Media, Information and Communication Sciences: Analysis of the
“Manifesto” Movie Directed by Julian Rosefeldt.
2nd International Capital Conference on Multidisciplinary Scientific
Research. Havana, Cuba.
Dirican, K. (2025, June 13). Analysis of the Work “Please Draw Freely” by
Yoshihara Jirō in the Context of John Dewey and Charles Sanders Peirce’s
Theories. DergiPark Journal of Academic Research, Year: 2025, Vol. 1, Issue: 2,
pp. 26–53.d
Dirican, K. (May 20–22, 2021). Challenges in the Concept of Globalization
are a Cultural Gateway. International Migration Researches Congress (ICOMIR
2021), Ankara University, Turkey. ISBN: 978-605-06728-7-9.
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation (Online)
Published in: International Migration Researches Congress Text Proceedings
Book, pp. 147–148. Dirican, K. (20.–22. Mai 2021).
Dirican, K. (2024, April 3–5). Cosmopolitanism in Analytic Philosophy
Through Willard Van Orman Quine’s Theories. Dokuz Eylül University,
International Symposium on Migration: The Current State of Migration, Izmir,
Turkey. Published in the full conference proceedings (pp. 115–116).
Over 10
full-text conference papers (peer-reviewed)
1
published book chapter (Art and Law)
1
article in layout for a national indexed journal
25
unpublished academic articles (in-progress)
Institutions
& Memberships
·
Member of Turkish
Contemporary Arts Association
·
Member of Visual Arts
Educators Platform
·
Teilnahme an
internationalen Kunstplattformen & Residency-Calls
