MERVE ARSLAN SILVEY
Artist Bio
Merve Arslan Silvey is an American glass mosaic artist born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1976. She was raised in a home where art was the center of
her upbringing and a form of love. Merve’s dad, Ozkan Arslan, was an interior designer and decorator who instilled a love of art in her since she was a little girl.
Merve has always been fascinated by the tremendous Byzantine mosaics in her hometown museums like Hagia Sophia and Chora Church that her father took her to visit. The interest, cultivated early in her childhood, turned into a full-blown artistic expression when she decided to study Glass and Ceramics at the Marmara University of Fine Arts in Istanbul, Turkey. In those years, Merve fell in love with the vibrant, fluid colors of stained glass, and she has been exploring glass mosaic as her medium since then. Merve’s passion is using the natural cadence of lines and shapes inside the glass sheets to create the most exciting and whimsical interpretations of nature and human life while filling the viewer with the joyful, positive energy she wants to convey through her art. Merve lives and creates with her son Isaac Murat in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Arist Statement
Merve Arslan Silvey, the Glass Mosaic Artist, considers being an artist the most sacred mission of her life. She approaches life with love, compassion, and kindness, manifesting these qualities in her artwork. Creating art is her means of connecting with the Universe and serving her community and humanity.
Silvey has chosen glass as her artistic medium because it allows her to infuse her work with a vibrant array of stained glass colors, evoking a whimsical sensation for those who view her pieces. She aims to share the positive energy from her creations and inspire others through her art.
Her artistic passion is harnessing the natural flow of lines and shapes within glass sheets to craft captivating and harmonious representations of nature and human life. Additionally, she enjoys incorporating mirrors into her pieces to introduce depth, and these mirrors create mesmerizing effects that vary depending on the viewer's perspective and the colors in their surroundings. Silvey aspires to astonish and delight viewers, drawing them into a realm of enchanting dreams through her artwork.
