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FATMA ÖZÇAY

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The youngest member of the Özçay family, she was born in 1970 in the town of Gerede, Bolu province. In 1986, she moved to İstanbul together with her family. In 1987, she was encouraged by her brothers to enroll in illumination classes at the Kubbealtı Culture and Art Foundation, where she became the student of Prof. Fatma Çiçek Derman. She advanced rapidly thanks to her native abilities as well as her brother Mehmed Özçay’s close attention and dedicated support. Her firm and precise control of the brush, as well as delicate and meticulous workmanship, brought her into prominence.

Fatma Özçay bases her work on classical styles of illumination practiced in the sixteenth century, reinterpreting them in a contemporary setting. Most of her work consists of the illumination of her brothers’ calligraphic panels. In addition to private shows together with her brothers Mehmed and Osman Özçay, she has participated in many exhibitions both within and outside of Turkey. Since 2008 she has been teaching at the Foundation for Turkish Classical Arts, working to share with her students the benefits of her own experience. Her works are in many private and public collections around the world.

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“Osman ÖZÇAY Artists from Turkey

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Calligrapher Osman Özçay was born in Çaykara, in the province of Trabzon in 1963. He attended the same school as his brother Mehmet in Gerede and finished high-school there. After studying at the Islamic Institute in Erzurum for two years, he transferred to the Islamic Studies Department of Marmara University in Istanbul. He graduated in 1986.

In 1982, even though he did not have a special interest in Islamic calligraphy, he joined his brother when he first visited calligrapher Fuat Başar. He was suddenly attracted to the art and he started lessons in the script Thuluth the same day. He later received his diploma in the scripts of thuluth and naskh from his teacher.

When he came to Istanbul, he met M.Uğur Derman from whom he has benefited greatly throughout the years. Mr. Derman gave him some copies of Sami Efendi`s Jali Thuluth writings which were written for a public water fountain behind `Yeni Cami` (New Mosque) in Istanbul. These sources served as the most important guide in learning the script of Jali Thuluth.

In the first (1986) and second (1989) international competitions organized by The Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) which serves as the secretaryship of The Commission for the Preservation of Islamic Cultural Heritage associated with the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, he received five awards, gaining second and third prizes in various scripts including Jali Thuluth and Thuluth. He won the first prize at the calligraphy competition organized by the Maktab al-Shahid Kuwaiti institute in 1997.

Osman Özçay has participated in personal exhibitions with his brother Mehmet Özçay in Istanbul (1996), Abu Dhabi (1998), Sharjah (1999), and Dubai (2003). He has also taken part in the exhibitions organized by IRCICA in association with the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai 2003, 2004 and 2005. In 2003, he participated in the calligraphy exhibition in Tokyo and joined some other calligraphers on The Days of Arabic Calligraphy in Tunisia in 1997 and 2006. He has also participated in various exhibitions in Turkey and abroad.

Osman Özçay is producing works in the styles of thuluth, jali thuluth, naskh and muhaqqaq according to the classical approach. Throughout the years his pieces of calligraphy have entered museums and special collections.

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Zabihollah loloee Mehr; Iranian calligraphy Artists

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Activities:

  • Teaching in Rasht calligraphists association (since 2002)
  • Teaching in Karaj calligraphists association (since 2013)
  • Calligraphy extracurricular courses teaching in Gilan University of Medical Sciences (2006)
  • Teaching in Sorosh art workshop (2007)
  • Director in charge of Mehr Poyane Toba cultural-artistic institution, 2007 (for 2 years)
  • In addition, over 12 years of teaching in standard artistic academies
  • Referring in Vaghf festival, 2011
  • Referring in Madar festival, 2012 (intrastate)
  • The National festival judgment of consecration

Teachers:

  • Amir Ahmad Falsaphi- Mohammad Haydari- Dr Hamid Reza Ghelichkhani- Iraj Fallah- Khalil Habibzadeh
  • Hold grade one artistic diploma (PhD of art)
  • Sessional instructor
  • Received professorship from calligraphist association

Exhibitions:

  • Mashgh Khazan exhibition, 2004, Khatam-al-Anbia cultural-artistic complex, Rasht
  • Golestaneh exhibition, 2005, Artistic district, Gilan _Rasht
  • Tahrir-e-Khyal exhibition, 2006, Artistic district, Gilan _Rasht
  • Rozegar-e-Bigharari, 2007, Artistic academy, Gilan _Rasht
  • Nastalic eminent professors Collective exhibition, 1999, contemporary art museum
  • Collective exhibition of AKO, 2010, Tadzhikistan
  • Dar Asheghi Pichideam exhibition, 2011, Khatam-al-Anbia cultural-artistic complex, Rasht
  • Hamcho Khyal exhibition, 2012, with artwork of Prof. Kaboli and Prof. Haydari, calligraphy house, Karaj
  • Mohammad Rasol-al-Allah Collective exhibition, 2012, Saba cultural-artistic institution, Tehran
  • Collective exhibition, winter, 2013, Iran gallery, Tehran
  • Chelipa calligraphy collective exhibition, 2013, (Laly calligraphists association)
  • Lahze Didar exhibition, 2014, Tarane Baran gallery, Tehran
  • Halghe Vasl collective exhibition, 2014, Khatam-al-Anbia cultural-artistic complex, Rasht
  • Havaye Asheghi exhibition, 2014, Tehran
  • Contemporary masters exhibition, Niavaran gallery
  •  Aradat-e-Ghalam collective exhibition, 2016, Milad tower, Tehran
  • The collective exhibition of works by Mohammad Ali Bahmani
  • Rehearsal of Salavat collective exhibition (men’s section) imam Ali museum
  • Collective exibition of contemporary calligraphers .2017, Milad tower Tehran
  • Collective exibition of Mahfel Ons, (professors section), Lajevard Gallery, Tehran
  • Collective exibition of Samae Shekasta, (professors section), 2017, Milad tower Tehran
  • Hojre khorshid exhibition, 2017, Areej Art Gallery, Toronto

Written Works:

  • Nam Ashki album …., 2014
  • Sofi scrapbook (including 25 kind of Chalipa) (under publishing)
  • The creation of more than 100 artworks
  • Maranjan- o- Maranj book
  • Selected poems by Qaisar Aminpour
  • Short poems by Mahmoud Sadegh Mohammadi

Awards:

  • First grade, diploma of honor, Golden Toba statuette in Sixth international festival of Fajr
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Tenth national festival of Razavi (Yazd)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Kateban Vahy national festival (Shiraz)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Ayat national festival (Qazvin)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Persian Gulf festival (Bandar Abas)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Al Qadir sermon national festival (Qazvin)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Quran national festival (Tehran)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Hafiz Quran national festival (Shiraz)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Baran national festival (Tehran)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Kosar-e-Hasti national festival (Tehran)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Tali-e-Zohor national festival (Qom)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Mehr-e-Mobin national festival (Arak)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Ayene-e-Motahar national festival (Tehran)
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Quran international festival (Tehran)
  • First grade, diploma of honor in Ghatre Aftab national festival (Hormozgan)
  • High grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Third biennial calligraphy festival of Iran (Qazvin)
  • First grade, diploma of honor in Sixth Quranic festival of applied science and technology students (Tehran)
  • First grade, diploma of honor in Kalema Tohid festival dedicated for northwest of Iran
  • First grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Eethar provincial festival (Gilan)
  • First grade, diploma of honor in Ahadis Nabavi provincial festival (Gilan)
  • First grade, diploma of honor in Vaghf Cheshme Hamishe Jari provincial festival (Gilan)
  • Selectman from the top group, diploma of honor in Yassin international festival (Iran-Turkey)
  • Second grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Besme Alla garden national festival (Tehran)
  • Second grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Ninth national festival of Razavi Yazd
  • Second grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Karimeh Cultural-artistic national festival (Qom) second grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Hal Ata festival (Kashan)
  • Second grade, diploma of honor in Ketab Dar Ayene national festival
  • Second grade diploma of honor in second biennial international festival of Iran (Qazvin)
  • Second grade, certificate of appreciation in Ketab Dar Ayene national festival
  • Second grade diploma of honor in Literary-artistic national festival of Iranian students (Tehran)
  • Second grade diploma of honor in Quran Seventeenth international festival (Tehran)
  • Second grade diploma of honor in Nabavi calligraphy Regional festival
  • Second grade, diploma of honor in Tajali-e-Aftab Provincial festival (Gilan)
  • Third grade diploma of honor in Fourth international festival of Fajr (Tehran)
  • Third grade, diploma of honor in Javan-e-Irani national festival (Tehran)
  • Third grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Naynava national festival (Ilam)
  • Third grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Vahdat national festival
  • Third grade, diploma of honor in Plastic arts national festival (Tehran)
  • Third grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Razavi Eleventh national festival (Mashhad)
  • Third grade, diploma of honor in Persian Gulf national festival (Qazvin)
  • Third grade, diploma of honor, festival statuette in Razavi Twelfth national festival (Mashhad)
  • Selectman, diploma of honor in first biennial international festival of Iran (Qazvin)
  • Third grade, certificate of appreciation, festival statuette in Ghalam calligraphy festival (Tehran)
  • Third grade, certificate of appreciation in Moin provincial calligraphy festival
  • Certificate of appreciation in First international festival of Fajr
  • Selectman, diploma of honor in Eighth national festival of Razavi (Yazd)
  • Selectman, diploma of honor in Karimeh Cultural-artistic festival
  • Received diploma of honor and statuette from the Minister of culture and Islamic Guidance in artists homage ceremony (Tehran)
  • Received diploma of honor from governor of Gilan in Gilan artists homage ceremony
  • Received certificate of appreciation in great masters of nastalic ceremony, Tehran

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Yousef Al Habshi; an Emirati photographer specializing inphotography

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Yousef Al-Habshi is an Emirati photographer specializing in “macro” and “micro” photography. He procured his first camera in 2010 and since that time gravitated toward macro photography.

Al-Habshi won numerous local and international awards, including many international gold medals. Most notably, he won first place for two consecutive years (2012 & 2013) at the Emirates International Photography Contest. His recent achievements include first place and a gold medal at the Sharjah Arabian Photo, macro division, and being honored by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah.

At the international level, Al-Habshi was able to win the first place in the scientific competition and specialized in micro-photography “Nikon Small Worlds” as the first Arab and Emirati to win this prestigious competition since its inception in 1975.

In the exhibition, Al-Habshi organized a series of individual and joint exhibitions, the most important of which was his first scientific photographic exhibition, in cooperation with the University of New York Abu Dhabi 2016, in the presence of Professor Claude, who covered the scientific part of the composition and characteristics of the composite eyes.

Al-Habshi also participated in two international exhibitions in China, the last of which was the “Three Shadows” exhibition held in Datong City, China, as part of the joint cooperation between the festival administration and the Hamdan Bin Mohammed International Photography Award (HIPA). He Also Participated in the International Festival of Photography (Xposure) in 2018 in Sharjah.

The latest exhibition in which Al Habshi participated was for “The Unseen”, which was held at the Manarat Al Saadiyat in Sep 2019 in Abu Dhabi.

From the scientific side, Al-Habshi has made available some of his images of insects and their parts to several foreign universities for the purpose of performing new scientific projects and specialized studies. He has also provided specialized studies students with a set of these works for the purpose of academic research and graduation projects.

National Geographic Al Arabiya Magazine, a major media platform, has continuously cooperated with Al-Habshi since 2016. Following their publication, the magazine used his photographs as the main content for their 2016 calendar.

His photographs have been featured in several local newspapers, as well as specialized photography magazines around the world. Additionally, they’ve been published in magazines focused on spreading awareness about agricultural pests and their negative impact.

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