This is a miniature narrating many periods. During Byzantian times, in the psychiatric hospitals, priests cultivated legumes. This is shown in the groundwork of the miniature. During Ottoman times, it was used as Reşadiye military barrack and I tried to symbolise deers and peacocks from the Mazhar Osman's times (about 1950s) in the miniature. At the upper left, wards for women, men and ancient prisoners were shown. At the right side, there is a building used as a shelter for street children. In the lower middle part, is the Rodin's sculpture. Miniatures are different from paintings in showing several periods on the same page. Because of that, I painted several time periods together. Sabriye Şeker

SABRİYE ŞEKER

She first got acquainted with Turkish decorative arts in 1987, in the Ord. Prof. A. Süheyl Ünver's courses opened in the Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Deontology Department. She completed Turkish Decorative Arts course of the Ministry of Culture in the Topkapı Palace. She attended regularly for 2 years to the Sema Miniature painting house. The artist's miniatures and ornamentations, mainly with contemporary interpretations are found in several collections. Her Bakırköy and Yeşilköy miniatures with documentary characteristics were published in “From Hebdomon to Bakırköy”, in 2000 and in "Yeşilköy Ayastefanos" published in 2006. Also a book entitled “From Makrihori to Bakırköy and from Ayastefanos to Yeşilköy with Miniatures and Pictures,” containing these miniatures was published at the end of 2009. In 2008, she had a co-exhibition with Ethem Çalışkan, with one of her original works, “Pinked Ornaments” where traditional Anatolian pinkings were shown in a stylized form. Sabriye Şeker has had many exhibitions both in Turkey and in foreign countries, included among them UK, Hong Kong, Malta Island, Italy and USA (two times). In October 2010, the artist will have an exhibition in Kosova entitled “Art in Turkish now in Kosova” together with Şeker Art House group. Being an ornamentation teacher, Sabriye Şeker carries on her works at Şeker Art House.