The elegant figure of a long-haired woman dressed in a skirt and heels appears to
hang in mid-air, her slender waist tied to a large bouquet of blue balloons. Derya
Ozparlak’s series of metal sculptures uses the contrast between the weight of the
metal and the airiness of balloons to express the artist’s vision of modern-day life.
Everyday figures appear to float away but the slender rope of metal that binds
them to the balloons prevents their escape.

“For my sculpture, those figures symbolize how the modern city life exposes
citizens to a constant state of tension up to the point where the individuals are
never free of their daily thoughts and anxieties.” Derya Ozparlak

Since completing a BFA from the Anadolu University in Turkey, Ozparlak has
exhibited in group and solo shows in Canada and internationally in Italy, Spain,
Turkey, Lebanon and the US. She now lives and works in Toronto. Ozparlak’s
highly detailed sculptures are held in private and corporate collections in Canada
and internationally in Istanbul, Berlin and Capri.

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