Artist of the Day: Gizem Vural

Gizem Vural

LOCATION: Ithaca, New York
PRIMARY MEDIA: Pencil, digital [Photoshop]
EDUCATION: Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts [graphic design, 2006-2012 (dropped out)]
MAJOR PROJECTS:
Illustrations for Nautilus, The New York Times Book Review, and The New Yorker
Cover illustration for The Guardian about writers’ concept of cultural appropriation
WHAT IS THE MOST VALUABLE PIECE OF ARTISTIC ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED, AND FROM WHO?
“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” -Vincent Van Gogh
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