Özer Toraman

Istanbul, Türkei

Frühling, 2024

Ludwig Uhlands Liebesbrief an den Frühling

Die linden Lüfte sind erwacht,

Sie säuseln und weben Tag und Nacht,

Sie schaffen an allen Enden.

O frischer Duft, o neuer Klang!

Nun, armes Herze, sei nicht bang!

Nun muss sich alles, alles wenden.

Die Welt wird schöner mit jedem Tag,

Man weiß nicht, was noch werden mag,

Das Blühen will nicht enden.

Es blüht das fernste, tiefste Tal:

Nun, armes Herz, vergiss der Qual!

Nun muss sich alles, alles wenden.

About

Özer Toraman, *1989, lives and works in Berlin and Istanbul.

He is known for his unique approach to landscape and portraiture, which sits between the figurative and the imaginary. Using photographs that he has taken while travelling the world as inspiration, Toraman creates works that are ‚windows‘ to another realm. The artist’s signature use of flat colour planes, combined with meticulously detailed features, shuns fixed meaning and invites viewers to impart personal significance onto each scene.

Solo Exhibitions

2024 The Ocean In My Heart, 39+plus Art Space Gallery, Singapore
2023 The Garden Of The Mind, Pi Artworks Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Mean While The World Goes On, Pi Artworks Gallery Istanbul, Turkey
2018 Anatomy of Passion, Pg Art Gallery Istanbul, Turkey
2017 The First Dream, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 You Lived Inside My World So Softly, artnivo, Istanbul, Turkey