Irmak Birey is a true painter. Surface is everything, whether it is worked in water or oil. If it is possible to have intricate delicacy in roughness and abyssal depth in a single plane of color, it is often present in her work. There is psycho-spiritual, literary reminiscence - not just in the occasional cryptic scrawl, but in the softened geometry of her subjects. The work exhales the most interior of thoughts. It is full of heart and gravity. It is modest and truly masterful. left image: 'Untitled' 2007 | pen+whiteout on paper right image: 'Untitled' 2007 | oil on rice paper

'Ikizler' 2009 | Chalk pastels on paper

'Ruya' 2009 | Chalk pastels on paper

'Tablet' 2009 | Oil pastels on paper