TO BE AN ARTIST - Fireside chat with Leyla Ustunkaya/Ley Loosh
Leyla Ustunkaya, also known as Ley LOOSH is a visual artist who observes and is inspired by the cycles of nature. She expresses this via mixing media; in painting, installation, performance and video art forms.
Loosh sees signs through characteristics and patterns of existence; the species she depicts including animals, plants, humans, fungi, crystals, minerals or micro organisms can be seen throughout her artworks. Repetitive patterns emerge, just like the behaviours and properties of these chosen species. Messages or signs are brought to life via understanding these organisms and unity within duality is conserved. Elements appear and journeys happen.
Loosh is able to welcome and share the divine wisdom of nature’s spirits. Awareness rises around the subjects of sustainability, wild life, ecology and support of local artists.
LOOSH'S BEGINNING
A Turkish born visual artist with Bosnian origins, raised in France and based in London, UK. Inspired by nature and exploring relations between the seen and the unseen; with an unlimited approach to mixing media Loosh began a multidisciplinary journey a decade ago. After studying art at university, she moved to New York, USA for a year and began creating her group exhibitions. Leading her back to London in 2014 to produce her first group exhibitions called Colour me stupid, Safe-house and Home-Warming. No time wasted the idea of Anima Mundi and Mineralia were conceived during collaborations with her colleague, founder of Birds and Dinosaurs Studio.
With ‘Mycelium Network’ series and ‘Animal Spirit Wisdom Channel’ Loosh has been showcasing her paintings at numerous exhibitions based in London and Istanbul. Her medicinal approach to botanics and animals have been guiding her in networking, similar to mycelium: a network of fungi under earth connecting a variety of plants to each other; she believes that art connects us to each other.
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“My job as a dancer is to have an impact on the world. Art can transform people’s lives. It reflects the times. It teaches you about morals, passion, discipline, spirituality, persistence. It teaches you how far you can dream. It teaches you that in madness you can find sanity. Art is activism. Dancing is my voice, my good fight!" - Petra Haller
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