ALEV EBÜZZIYA SIESBYE (b. 1938)
Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye was born in Istanbul of Turkish parents. From 1956 to 1958 she studied sculpture at the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts, while also attending Füreya's Ceramic Workshop. She spent two years as a production worker in the ceramic factories at Höhr-Grenzhausen, returning to Istanbul in 1960 to work in the Art Workshop of the Eczacibasi Ceramic Factories. In 1963 she moved to Copenhagen, where she worked first for the Royal Copenhagen and, since, 1969, has had her won workshop. She has designed for both Rosenthal and Royal Copenhagen. She now lives and works in Paris.
Her distinctions include the Taega Brandts Legat (1982), the Eckersberg Medal (1983), the Atatürk Gold Medal and the Sanat Kurumu Ceramics Prize (1988) and the Louis Vuitton-Moet Hennesey ‘Science pour l’Art’ prize (1990). In 2000 she was awarded the prestigious Knight of Dannebrogordenen by The Royal Court, Copenhagen.
Above: Alev Siesbye in her studio
Photo © Jean Marie del Moral
Curriculum vitae
| Education: | |
| 1956-58 | Studies of Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
Fureya's Ceramic Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1958-60 | Production Worker in Ceramic Factories, Hohr-Grenzhausen |
| 1960-62 | Eczacibasi Ceramic Factories, Art Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1963-68 | Artist-in-Residence, Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1975 -1990 | Designer at Rosenthal, Selb, Germany |
| 1985 - 2000 | Designer at Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Awards and distinctions: | |
| 2006 | Anne-Marie Telmanyi-born Carl-Nielsen’s Legat |
| 2000 | Knight of Dannebrogordenen, The Royal Court, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1995 | Prins Eugen Medal, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1990 | Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton "Science for Art" |
| 1988 | Sanat Kurumu, Ceramics Prize, Turkey Ataturk Gold Medal, Turkey |
| 1983 | Eckersberg Medal |
| 1982 | Tagea Brandts Legat |
| Solo exhibitions since 1998: | |
| 2007 | Galerie Landrot, Paris |
| Galerie Puls, Bruxelles | |
| 2006 | Galerie Nev, Ankara |
| 2005 | Alev Ebuzziya Siesbye – A Necessidade de Nao Esquecer, Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Lisbon, Portugal Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2003 | Garth Clark Gallery, New York Galerie Besson, London |
| 2002 | Retrospective, The Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2001 | Garth Clark Gallery, New York Galeri Nev, Ankara, Turkey |
| 2000 | Galerie Elise Toft, Kolding Dialogue: Alev Siesbye, Jorn Larsen-Koniglich Danishe Botschaft, Berlin, Germany |
| 1999 | Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey Alev at Beymen, Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1998 | Galerie Terra, Delft, Netherlands Galerie Osiris, Brussels, Belgium Galerie Landrot, Paris, France |
| Group exhibitions since 1998: | |
| 2008 | Twenty Years, Twenty Pots, Galerie Besson, London Classic and Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London |
| 2007 | Gronningen, Copenhagen |
| 2006 | Alev Siesbye and Nil Yalter, Galeri Nev, Istanbul |
| 2005 | Dialog, Per Arnoldi (Paintings) and Alev Siesbye (Ceramics), Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen |
| Le Décor, de la couleur...au blanc, Le Musée Bernard Pallisy, Saint-Avit | |
| 2003 | From the Kilns of Denmark, Museum of Arts and Design, New York |
| 2002 | Postmodern Ceramics, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO |
| 2000 | Color and Fire – Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1999 | Cosmos/Caos, Transcendent/Immanent, Luminaire/Linear, Cover/Contour, Galeri Nev, Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey Commemorative Mugs for the Millennium, Galerie Besson, London Keramik aus Danemark, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany |
| 1998 | International Contemporary Ceramics from Igal and Diane Silber Collection, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA Amsterdam Art Fair, Galerie Terra, Amsterdam, Netherlands Herning Art Fair, Galerie Egelund, Herning |
Exhibitions at Galerie Besson
| Twenty Years - Twenty Pots | Sep - Oct 2008 |
| Contemporary Potters | Feb - Mar 2008 |
| Alev Ebuzziya Siesbye | Jun - Jul 2003 |
| Commemorative Mugs for the Millennium | Dec 1999 |
| Alev Ebuzziya Siesbye | Jun - Jul 1997 |
| Alev Ebuzziya Siesbye | May - Jun 1992 |
