Derya Aysun Cancan

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• Derya Aysun Cancan

  Who is Derya Aysun Cancan? (1978-Sivas)Born in 1978 in the Suşehri district of Sivas, she completed her primary and secondary education there. After graduating from the Art Education Department at Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University, she began working as a teacher in Sivas. In 2004, she completed her master’s degree at the Institute of Social Sciences at Cumhuriyet University. In 2020, she graduated from the Fine Arts Education Department of the Graduate Education Institute at Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University. After working for many years at Sivas Muzaffer Sarısözen Fine Arts High School, she began teaching at Cumhuriyet University’s Faculty of Fine Arts in 2018. She currently serves as an assistant professor in the Art Education Department of Cumhuriyet University’s Faculty of Education. She has participated in group exhibitions both domestically and internationally and has held two solo exhibitions, “Drops” and “Locals.”Art Perspective: Derya Aysun Cancan explores themes of nature, living things, and climate change in her works. His art, in line with postmodernism, aims to draw attention to the extinction of species. His works range from hyper-realistic depictions of animal figures to abstract narratives lamenting the extinction of living things. The artist’s primary goal is to provoke viewers to reflect on the impact of ecological crises on biodiversity on both an emotional and intellectual level. These works question anthropocentric approaches and invite viewers to confront environmental destruction. Artistic Approach: • Themes: o Nature and human intervention o Ecological balance and crises o Climate change • Technique: o Traditional painting methods o Acrylic and watercolor are preferred His recent works focus on the visual depiction of natural destruction, bringing together the past and the future. Art, as both a stimulating and timeless narrative tool, opens up discussion about the role of nature-human relationships. Cancan’s works express the burden of human impacts on nature, both from the past to the present, and predictions about the future, in a way that the viewer can both be a part of and contribute to its solution.

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