Esra Gezer (b. 1995, Istanbul) completed her education at Maçka Akif Tunçel Anatolian Vocational High School in the Plastic Arts Department and graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Ceramics and Glass in 2018. Seeking to deepen her artistic research, she was admitted to the Master’s Program in Ceramics at the Graduate School of Fine Arts at the same university in 2023.
Gezer’s contemporary art practice transcends the traditional boundaries of clay and ceramic mediums, exploring the layered relationships between memory, spaces, and objects. Combining various materials, primarily porcelain, she challenges the physical and perceptual limits of the medium, focusing on the projections of spaces and everyday objects within human psychology. While questioning the stances, impositions, and internal fractures that psychological and societal norms inflict upon the individual, she creates a powerful visual and conceptual tension that renders these normative pressures visible through her exploration of hybrid materials and practices of form deconstruction.
Gezer actively continues her artistic production in her Istanbul studio. She also organizes art training programs and creative workshops in various institutions as well as her own studio to pass on her experience in contemporary ceramics.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026- Affordable Art- Studio Karaköy - İstanbul
2026- Biçim Bozulduğunda- Creative Chaos Project - İzmir Resim ve Heykel Müzesi
2025 - Halının Altındakiler - Offgrid Art Project - İstanbul
2022 - Jumbo X Base Timeless Journey Exhibition - Bomontiada Gallery - Istanbul
2021 - Kale Group Take Care of Your World Exhibition - Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center - Istanbul
2020 - Devinim International Ceramics Exhibition - Istanbul
2019 - Siesta Exclusive x Base Collaboration Exhibition - Akaretler Sıraevler - Istanbul
2018 - Base'18 Exhibition - Galata Greek School - Istanbul
2018 - Marmara University Fine Arts Year-End Exhibition - Istanbul
2017 - 7th Triennial Marmara University Fine Arts Exhibition - Istanbul
2014 - 4th International Young Ceramists Tile Competition Exhibition - Uşak
PRACTICAL SYMPOSIUMS
2021: KTSM Open Studio Artist Program – Istanbul
2016: 10th International Fired Clay Symposium - Eskişehir Tepebaşı Municipality
Fuat Kökek Project - Eskişehir
2015: 9th International Fired Clay Symposium - Eskişehir Tepebaşı Municipality
Vilma Villaverde Project - Eskişehir
WORKSHOPS
''Antik Formlar'' KTSM Mahallende- İstanbul
Ceramic, print, watercolour - Tersane İstanbul - İstanbul
Kintsugi- İBB Deneyim Merkezi- İstanbul
COLLECTIONS
2025: Zehra Eyüpoğlu Koleksiyonu - İstanbul
2022:Jumbo Group Collection – Istanbul
2021: Kale Group KTSM Collection – Istanbul
2019: Mustafa Taviloğlu Private Collection MudoConcept – Istanbul
2018: Mustafa Taviloğlu Private Collection MudoConcept – Istanbul