Yaş:

41

City/ District:

İstanbul / Eyüp

Address:

Karanlık İşler Minyatür Atölyesi - Caferpaşa Medresesi - Eyüp - İstanbul

Phone:

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E-mail:

karaleyl@gmail.com

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Leyla Kara was born in Istanbul in 1983. She is a graduate of Istanbul University Philosophy Department. Kara has been working as a philosophy group teacher at various institutions since 2005. She started working on the art of illumination in 2001, took illumination classes at Bakırköy Caferağa Madrassah between 2004-2005, at Topkapı Palace from Semih İrteş, Mamure Öz, Sevim Kayaoğlu, Recep Cengiz and Serap Bostancı between 2007-2009, at Caferpaşa Madrassah from Serap Bostancı between 2009-2011. She started taking miniature classes from Taner Alakuş in 2011 at the Classical Turkish Arts Center at Yıldız Palace Şale Kiosk, completed her training and started working as an instructor at the institution. She gives miniature classes at Eyüp Sertarikzade Cultural Center, Sakarya Specialization Center and Turkish-Islamic Arts Center Üsküdar. Kara continues her artistic works at Karanlık İşler Minaiture Workshop she founded at Eyüp Caferpaşa Madrassah in 2016.