Ceylan Hulya

Working Artist Statement: Ceylan Hulya M.A.

My paintings recently have been wanderings into time, place, and gathering with people of the unknown world. The more I trust the unknown, the more I experience an alignment with my being. I see my daily art-making practices as an answer to my soul?s call. I see my paintings meditation in motion. I work on large canvas mainly with acrylic paint, and mixed media. I feel the freedom, joy, and playfulness while I am in the moment-to-moment action with my whole body applying the paint over and over in a daydream state.

I believe in the power of objects. I intuitively collect objects until the object tells me what to do next. I listen to the story embedded in each object as I put an installation together. I work with memory, remembrance, my relationship with my mother, focusing mainly on my matrilineage for the sourcing of my core being, my message. I like to create solitary spaces through my on-going altars in memory of loved ones. I mean to create a balance between my inner knowing self and my outer self. My artwork is all about the process, the links, the connections, and our collective knowledge. I tap the larger reality through my personal discoveries while art making informs me about myself.

I make art because I have to. Art making keeps me aligned and balanced. Art making is my breathing space. Art is my way to balance the inner needs with the outer needs. My art is personal, my inward eye in constant search of the unknown. I work from within with belongings, hair, leaves, stones, dirt, sand, shells and beads in my

Ceylan Huyla is an award wining Artist and Educator. She co-founded a new paradigm Arts & Consciousness Center in Malibu, Art 4 All People LLC in 2012. She is a Turkish entrepreneur and an international transformative artist whose works include installation, painting, performance, and video-art.