Annie Zeybekoglu makes a conscious effort not to work from intent, but rather to invest herself completely in the materials and the emotional and physical response they elicit. She is fascinated by process and decay, the rearrangement or dissembling of patterns and the rhythms that occur when repetition is disrupted. Each of her pieces is unique, an expression of her response to the materials at hand. Found and repurposed materials prompt the viewer to see the familiar in a new or unexpected way.
Born in New York City, Annie earned a BA from Smith College and an MAT in Fine Arts from Harvard. She has taught drawing, painting, and book design in the Boston area, and has worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. She has been a mixed media painter, book artist, and jewelry designer for over 30 years. Her award-winning work is in collections in Boston, New York, Turin, Istanbul, Hungary, and Poland. She lives and works in Boston and in the Aegean costal village of Çeşme Dalyanköy in Turkey.
