Exhibitions
International Main Exhibition
QUO VADIS?
Pancar Deposu
The works to be shown in the international main exhibition titled “Quo Vadis/ Where Are You Going?” will focus on the questions like How does today's humanity shape the world? Can humans turn the future into an utopia by using their ability to find the truth? Is it possible to make life better for all humans - and even other living creatures - to live well here and now, and to concentrate on leaving a better world for the future? The works to be accepted to the exhibition, which is open to the participation of Turkish and foreign artists, will be evaluated digitally by the members of the International Selection Committee. The jury consists of Beril Anilanmert, Fatma Batukan Belge, Guangzhen Zhou, Ilhan Marasali, Mutlu Baskaya, Sayumporn Kasornsuwan, Vilma Villaverde, Xavier Monsalvatje and Zehra Cobanli.
Guests of Honor’s Exhibition
GUNGOR GUNER & M. TUZUM KIZILCAN
Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center Underground Gallery
Guests of Honor of the 2nd International Ceramics Biennial Bursa, are two important names of contemporary Turkish ceramic art, Gungor Guner and M. Tuzum Kizilcan, and Polish artist Arek Szwed. Art lovers will have the opportunity to watch the works of these artists and meet them at the Biennial.
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY MACSABAL SCULPTURES
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TERRACOTTA SCULPTURES FROM TEPEBASI - ESKISEHIR
TOFAŞ Museum of Cars and Anatollian Carriages
The exhibition to be opened at TOFAS Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages will include a selection of collection works produced by Turkish and foreign artists at Turkey's two important ceramic symposiums, Hacettepe University Macsabal Symposium and Eskisehir Odunpazari Terracotta Symposium.
From Turkish Ceramics Federation’s Collection
FANTASTIC TEAPOTS
Hilton Bursa Convention Center & SPA
A selection from TSF's collection of works by Turkish and foreign artists will be exhibited in the foyer of Hilton Bursa Convention Center. The collection consists of teapots that are non-functional and focus on purely artistic forms.
From the Works of Curators
MUTLU BASKAYA & FATMA BATUKAN BELGE & ILHAN MARASALI
Hilton Bursa Convention Center & SPA
The works of three curators, ceramic artists and academicians, members of the art wing of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Ceramics Association, reflecting their understanding of art, will be exhibited in the foyer of Hilton Bursa Convention Center.
Biennial Award Statuette Competition Exhibition
CHILDREN OF ATES
UNICERA (Istanbul)- Akeramos Gallery (Bursa)
The winning design in the competition organized in memory of Ates Arcasoy, one of the most important educators in Turkey on Ceramic Technology, will be produced and used as the award statuette of the Biennial. The winners of the competition and the works deemed worthy of exhibition will be shown first at the UNICERA Istanbul Fair and then at Akeramos Gallery in Bursa.
TILES EXHIBITION
Iznik Museum
Iznik, with its thousand-year ceramic history, will be included in the Biennial this year and an exhibition consisting of the works of tile artists will be opened at the Iznik Museum. Traditional works that keep Iznik tiles alive with their forms, patterns, colors and glazes, and contemporary interpretations on Iznik tiles will come together in this exhibition.
Exhibition of Student Works
HERITAGE
Bursa Uludag University Cengiz Gallery
Bursa Uludag University, as the host university, will open its hall for the Student Works Exhibition titled "Heritage". In this exhibition, the works of students of the first and most important Ceramics departments in Turkey (Anadolu, Dokuz Eylul, Hacettepe, Marmara and Mimar Sinan Fine Arts universities) and Uludag University students will be exhibited. From each section, works inspired by a cultural heritage site in its own region will be selected. Through this exhibition, the quality of ceramics education given in the Fine Arts faculties of universities can be seen.
3D Ceramic Exhibition
DATAISM
Bursa Uludag University’s Gallery & Metaverse
Ceramic works produced with 3D ceramic printers will reveal how digitalization affects life and art. True to its name, the exhibition will be shown in Metaverse and in the physical environment of Uludag University.
Ceramic Sculptures Exhibition
IN MEMORY OF AYFER KARAMANI
Bursa Archeology Museum
The exhibition, which will be held in the garden of the Bursa Archeology Museum in memory of the ceramic artist Ayfer Karamani, who we lost this year, will be a smaller-scale reflection of the exhibition the artist previously opened in the garden of the Istanbul Archeology Museum.