Derya Geylani Vuruşan

Turkey | Total Awards: 7 | Total Score: 21

Derya Geylani is a contemporary glass artist and a lecturer at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Glass. Her practice involves combining narrative elements with glass as a medium, often addressing environmental and socio-political themes. Through a process that merges conceptual storytelling and material exploration, they create works that aim to engage audiences and encourage awareness. Her approach reflects an ongoing investigation into the relationship between form, content, and context in contemporary glass art.

Derya Geylani Vuruşan Specializations and Capabilities

Category	Ranking	Awards	Score
Fine Arts and Art Installation Design	3	7	21

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Total Awards: 7
Total Score: 21
Average Score: 3.00
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- 7 awards in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Worldwide.

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Fountain of Life

Fountain of Life

Primary Function

Large Scale Public Artwork

Description

This sculptural piece, located at İstanbul Airport's Kaimakk Restaurant, combines traditional travertine stone with large scale glass splashes to represent the concept of time. The stone fountain symbolizes the past, while the glass splashes, appearing to emerge from the fountain, capture the present moment. The design stands out through its integration of contrasting materials and its symbolic representation of time, blending craftsmanship with a narrative that reflects both history and the present in a dynamic form.

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Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Fine Arts and Art Installation Design	Silver	2025

Night of Celebration

Night of Celebration

Primary Function

Artwork

Description

It is a contemporary glass art piece that seamlessly merges historical and innovative elements. Drawing inspiration from antique goblets and the natural form of clouds, the design embodies the fusion of past craftsmanship with modern glassblowing techniques. The molten glass, flowing from these historical objects, symbolizes the continuation of tradition while embracing transformation. Through precise control of temperature and mold shaping, the piece captures intricate imprints, resulting in a striking visual representation of time, memory, and innovation.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Fine Arts and Art Installation Design	Bronze	2025	Derya Geylani

Proof of Rain

Proof of Rain

Primary Function

Artwork

Description

This glass art piece combines glass blowing with symbolic representation. It features droplets, shaped by splashing effects, symbolizing raindrops. The blue blown form beneath them represents the accumulation of life experiences. The artwork captures the essence of rain through a blend of technical precision and emotional depth, creating a piece that reflects the relationship between nature and human.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Fine Arts and Art Installation Design	Iron	2025	Derya Geylani

Moment Series

Moment Series

Primary Function

Sculpture

Description

The heirloom porcelains that make up the work carry the traces of history to the present, while the sculpted glass represents a frozen moment and timelessness. The fact that the glass in antique cups is shaped like it is when a liquid splashes brings together a snapshot of the fluidity with the viewer. Colored glasses preferred as transparent and opaque were selected in accordance with the structure and concept of the cup.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Fine Arts and Art Installation Design	Silver	2021	Usta Design

Hunger Games

Hunger Games

Primary Function

Installation

Description

The Hunger Games installation project is inspired by the problems of today's society such as excessive consumption, food waste, thirst and hunger. The elements that make up the project are avant-garde porcelain plates, glasses and metal cutlery from various countries of the world, suspended from the ceiling and seemingly flying. In order to explain the relationship between existence and non-existence in an ironic language, forms such as spaghetti blown from transparent glass, vegetables and fruits are placed inside porcelain and cutlery.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Fine Arts and Art Installation Design	Bronze	2021	Usta Design

Commemorative Hands

Commemorative Hands

Primary Function

Sculpture

Description

Commemorative Hands is a series of contemporary glass sculptures. The works that make up this series reflect the different shapes of the hand figure, setting off from issues such as love, migration, longing and separation that leave significant marks in human life. The sculptures that make up the series are mostly semi-transparent colorless cast glasses. According to the difference of the story and the memory, it is completed with antique pieces such as metal and wood.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Fine Arts and Art Installation Design	Iron	2021	Usta Design

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