DEGER, MERAL

MERALDEĞER (Turkish 1960- )

Meral Deger studied at the Department of Graphical Design at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul and received her master’s degree in 1983. She continued her education in jewelry design and techniques between 1995-1999; glass design and techniques 2004-2009 at the Glass Furnace Foundation Istanbul. 2000- 2003, she lectured at Yildiz Technical University in İstanbul at the Department of Applied Arts. The Thrace Prize for Graphic Design (1996); Gold Jewelry Design Award of the World Gold Council (1997); Gold Jewelry Design Award of the World Gold Council (1998); ‘Camgeran’ glass design competition, in Turkey (2010). Her designs were selected and exhibited at the group exhibition of the World Crafts Council for the European Prize for Applied Arts, in Belgium (2009), at the SOFA International Exposition Chicago, in USA (2011) and at Abate Zanetti Murano Glass Design Competition-Venice Biennale, in Italy (2012).

2013  Group exhibition Art & Design Gallery, Armaggan, Nuruosmaniye, Istanbul, TR
«Tribute to Nature»
2012 ARMAGGAN ART & DESIGN GALLERY, Nuruosmaniye, TR     «States of Material Art & Design Exhibition »
2011    Sofa-Expo, The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functıonal Art, Chicago, USA
«Istanbul’s New Moon» &«The Collections of Istanbul’s Turtledoves»
2011 Group exhibition at the "Yıldız Palace Museum" in Istanbul, TR
                «Reflexions of Istanbul»
2011   Group exhibition at the Blackheads House in Riga, LT
                 «Impressions d’Istanbul»
2010   Group exhibition at Abbaye de Neumünster in LX
              «Impressions d’Istanbul»
2010   International Group exhibition at the "Glass Museum" of the Anatolia University of Eskişehir, TR
             «Camgeran Glass Design Exhibition»
2009   International group exhibition of World Crafts Council – Europe in Brussels/Mons, BE:
2009 International group exhibition at Castle Klaffenbach, Chemnitz, DE:
                      «Never Fading Tulips of Istanbul»
2009   International group exhibition in «Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus» in Hanau, Frankfurt am Main;
«Tradition und Moderne»
2009 Group exhibition at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts Istanbul (IDGSA):
                        «Istanbul Interpretation II»
2009   Group exhibition in the Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimaki, Helsinki, FI:
                        «Mediterranean Breezes - Turkish Glass»
2009 Group exhibition at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts Istanbul (IDGSA):
                        «Istanbul Interpretation I»
2007 Individual exhibition in «Kulturparkett», Rapperswil-Jona, CH:
                        «Nature»
2007   International group exhibition in «Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus»
                        75 Years «German Association of Jewellery Arts» in Hanau, Frankfurt am Main, DE:
«Stamps»
2006   International group exhibition in Worpswede, Bremen, DE:
                       «A Ladder to the Moon»
2004   Group exhibition «StaefART» in Staefa, CH
2000   Individual exhibition in Staefa, CH:
                      «Reflexions of Byzantine and Ottoman Heritages»

Inprint:
2011   Thinking jewellery
‘On the way towards a theory of jewellery’
(W.Lindemann & FH Trier / Idar – Oberstein-Arnold Art Publishers-DE)
2009    Contemporary Jewellery Makers
(Cologne&Newyork-Darling Publications-USA)
2007    Wertzeichen
(75.Jahre Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst-DE)
2007    SİMURGH Kulturzeitschrift
Zentrum Für Europaeische und Orientalische Kultur E.V.

PRESS:
2012 Südostschweiz am Sonntag (06.05.2012-CH)
2012 Zürichsee-Zeitung, (03.05.2012-CH)
2012 Zürichsee-Zeitung, (30.04.2012 CH) 2012 Akşam Gazetesi (04.05.2012-TR
2009                     GZ journal (Goldschmiede Zeitung August 2009-DE)
2009                     SCHMUCK Magazin (September-Oktober 2009-DE)
2009                     Hanauer Anzeiger (04.07.2009- DE)
2009                     FAZ-Rhein-Main (07.07.2009-DE)
2009                     Frankfurt Rundschau (07.07.2009-DE)
2009                     rma.de (Juli / August 2009-DE)
2009                     Espresso Zeit für mein Hanauer Stadtjournal (August 2009-DE)
2009                     Art Kaleidoscope Kunst Magazin für Frankfurt (Juli bis September 2009-DE)
2009                     Arredemento Mimarlık (Ekim 2009-TR)
2009                     Maison Fracaise (Ekim 2009-TR)
2009                     HaberTürk Gazetesi (25.9.2009-TR)
2009                     Taraf Gazetesi (8.9.2009-TR)
2007                     Lint-Zeitug (Montag 24 september 2007-CH)
2007                     Die Südostschweiz (30 September 2007-CH)
2007                     Obersee Nachrichten (20 September 2007-CH)
2007                     StadMagazin-Jona (September 2007-CH)
2007                     GZ journal (Goldschmiede Zeitung November2007-DE)
2002                     Mod (ocak 2002-TR)
2001                     Ad/Decor (aralık 2001-TR)
2000                     Maison Francaise (ağustos 2000-TR)
2000                     Zürichsee-Zeitung (8 May 2000-CH)
2000                     GZ journal/ (Goldschmiede Zeitung; Agust 2000-DE)
2000                     Sabah Gazetesi (24 mayıs 2000-CH)
2000                     Sabah Gazetesi (23 haziran 2000-TR)
2000                     Gold-Bazaar (January 1999-TR)
1998                     Vizyon (Temmus-ağustos 1998-TR)
1998                     Vizyon (eylül 1998-TR)
1998                     Vizyon (Kasım 1998-TR)
1998                     Milliyet Gazetesi (10 ekim 1998-TR)
1998                     Gold-Bazaar (January 1998-TR)