BARIŞ ÇEKİN
[b. 1974, Istanbul] Graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in 1997. He completed his Master's Degree at Peter Drucker Graduate School of Management (Los Angeles) in 2001. After working in corporate life for a while, he founded the Chado Tea brand in 2007. Inspired by the traditionalism and minimalism of Japan, the Chado brand brings many teas from different countries, as well as accessories such as teapots and cups from different tea cultures to Turkey. The Chado brand collaborates with ceramic and porcelain artists and creates new and original designs.
Barış Çekin is interested in Japanese culture and Japanese ceramic art. He also enjoys spending his time doing nature sports and riding a motorcycle.
SEVİM ÇİZER
Founder, Lecturer and Head of the Department of Ceramics and Glass Design at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Izmir for 31 years, Prof. Sevim Çizer was born in Muğla in 1951.
She studied at the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts between 1969-74 and graduated with a Master's Degree from the Department of Ceramics. After approximately 10 years of industry experience, she started working at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts in 1984. She received her Proficiency in Arts diploma the same year. She became an Associate Professor in 1990 and a Professor in 1995.
Between 1997 and 2010, she organized the Izmir International Ceramics Sympoium and brought an invaluable collection of works to her university. She is also the founder of the Western Anatolia Research and Application Center.
She retired from Dokuz Eylül university in 2018, but continues teaching at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics. She continues to make presentations at scientific meetings, take part in juries and work on her art.
Sevim Çizer has continued her artistic production uninterruptedly since 1986 and has exhibited her works created with different techniques in personal and group exhibitions. Her works are in official and private collections. She has participated in workshops in many countries as an invited guest, produced works, and given conferences and lectures.
She has conducted research on “Production Technologies of Ancient Ceramics”. In this context, she has two books called Terra Sigillata and Luster, and articles on ceramic art, technology and education.
ANNE-MARIE JETTEN
Anne-Marie Jetten (b. 1973) graduated in 1998 at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, department 3D design. She completed her masters degree at the Sandberg Institute Amsterdam at the department Applied Arts in 2001.
She worked on several ceramic projects for her own collection. Assisted her teacher in the Ceramic Work Centre in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, worked at a ceramic studio and at an interior retail company. With a project done for Young Designers & Industry she was invited to travel to Japan in 2001 together with a group of Young Dutch Designers. There she experienced the cultural importance of a souvenir and the stereotype idea of cultural heritage. In 2003 her company Hollandsche Waaren (Dutch Goods) participated at the Design Fair ‘Rietveld naar de Beurs’ in Amsterdam. It was the kick start of the first series of cups and bowls with a modern twist to Delfts blue. The collection was presented on various (inter-)national fairs and exhibitions and displayed in several magazines. .
At the moment Hollandsche Waaren sells its own collection of ceramic and textile products throughout museum shops, concept stores and other shops. Anne-Marie also designs and produces custom made products and business gifts as well for a family based store, museums or corporate businesses. At the moment Hollandsche Waaren sells its own collection of ceramic and textile products throughout museum shops, concept stores and other shops. Anne-Marie also designs and produces custom made products and business gifts as well for a family based store, museums or corporate businesses.
TUBA ÖNDER DEMİRCİOĞLU
Completed her undergraduate studies in 1991 at the Artistic Ceramics Department of Faculty of Fine Arts, Ceramics and Glass Department at Anadolu University. Completed master's degree and proficiency in art at the Department of Ceramics and Glass at Marmara University Fine Arts Institute between 1993 and 1998.
While studying, she gained experience in the workshops of Atilla Galatalı and Filiz Özgüven Galatalı and the Gorbon Art Workshop, she designed fashion for leading brands in Turkey and was hosted as a guest artist at Eczacıbaşı Art Studio in 1998. Since 2001 she makes artistic ceramic and porcelain works and teaches in her workshop.
The artist, who is a member of the Turkish Ceramics Association and the Ceramics Art Education and Exchange Association, has her works in local and foreign collections and museums, participates in various social responsibility projects and has artistic collaborations with some municipalities and opened 13 solo exhibitions. She has participated in numerous national and international group exhibitions, competitions, fairs and won awards.
TEPPEI YAMASHITA 山下 鉄平
Born in 1977 in Imari, a city of Japan that is world famous for its ceramics and porcelain. He graduated from Arita College of Ceramics, which is considered an extraordinary center specializing in traditional Japanese porcelain and ceramic art education. He specialized in the reinterpretation of everyday objects with traditional roots with his original designs. Yamashita, who ended his studies in Japan in 2006, settled in Turkey, which he loved very much. The artist, whose works are in local and foreign collections, organized trainings and workshops introducing Japanese ceramic art upon the invitation of various municipalities and universities. Continuing his works in Turkey, the artist opened his first solo exhibition, 'Flower Birds', in Istanbul in 2010. The 'Flower Birds' exhibition was included in the events of "2010 Japan Year in Turkey". In 2012, he opened his second solo exhibition, 'Crossover', in New York, where traditional motifs of Turkey and Japan came together in his original works. In 2018, after his 3rd solo exhibition 'Hidden Traces of Istanbul', which was a farewell to Istanbul, he settled in Bodrum.
Yamashita, who interprets the traditional motifs of Japan, where he was born and raised, and Turkey, where he lives, in original patterns, contemporary and innovative forms, and establishes a connection between the traditional and the modern, has received full marks from art critics in various exhibitions held in Turkey, Japan, the USA and Italy, and has won the appreciation of collectors. In addition to his own works, Yamashita shares Japanese ceramic techniques, philosophies and knowledge with ceramic lovers, giving workshops and trainings.