Fatma Özçay
Fatma Özçay was born in Bolu in 1970 as the youngest child of her family. In 1986 she moved to Istanbul with her family. In 1987 she took illuminated manuscript lessons from Çiçek Derman at the Kubbealtı Academy Foundation for Culture and Arts.
She was Jury member at T.R. the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, State Turkish decorative arts competition, Konya Metropolitan Municipality International Islamic arts competition and Yeditepe international Istanbul classical arts competition. She worked as a teacher at the Turkish Islamic Arts Foundation between 2008 and 2012. The artist, adapted to the present day with her own interpretations, carries out her works together with his students under the name Salbek art.
Apart from the exhibitions she opened, her brothers, calligrapher Mehmed Özçay and Osman Özçay, have participated in many exhibitions both in Turkey and abroad since 1996.
The exhibitions she attended:
1996 “Özçaylar calligraphy and Ornamentation exhibition” IRCICA, Yıldız Palace fence Pavilion, Istanbul.
1996 " Islamic Cultural Festival Exhibition “Kuwait
1998 “Personal Exhibition”
1998 “Personal exhibition” Abu Dhabi, UAE.
1999 “7 Ottoman Art In Excess Of 700 Years” Yıldız Palace Armaments Building, Istanbul
2003 “Marad Özçay” Dubai, UAE.
2008 “3rd Kuwait International Islamic Arts Meeting” Kuwait
2010 " Qatar Pens Exhibition “.
2011 “the meeting of the Holy Quran” medina e printing house of the Holy Quran, Medina-Saudi Arabia.
2016 "Fatma Özçay and his students illuminated manuscript Exhibition" Kuwait Islamic Arts Center, Kuwait
2016 “calligraphy, illuminated manuscript and Prayer beads exhibition” IRCICA, Istanbul Congress Center, Istanbul
2017 “Zerenderzer illuminated manuscript Exhibition” Dolmabahçe Art Gallery, Istanbul
Fatma Özçay’s Student List:
1. Ayşe Emine Sultan Çelik
2. Firdevs Bakkal
3. Hale Nur Bakkal
4. Hatice Kırankaya
5. Haya Obaid Al Ketbi
6. Nurcan Toprak
7. Selcen Belgin Balıkçı
8. Sibel Ak
9. Sümeyye İpkırmaz
