April Deniz's portrait
April Deniz: " My purpose in life is to drag the people for peace with my paintings"
April Deniz while she is painting
BPP: Who are you? And who you really are?
April Deniz: I
am 13 years old child artist. I feel that I am from anywhere, everywhere and/or
elsewhere. I am a friend of the World. I am sometimes a butterfly, sometimes a drop of rain, sometimes a roaring
lion
and sometimes a paint brush
down there on earth. My purpose in life is to drag the people for peace with my paintings.
"Pala lady II" - when she was 11 years old
"Asil Soylardan Gelen GΒller Fareciπinin Bir TΒrΒ" - when she was 8 years old- when
BPP: If you could say something important to others who were listening, what would you tell them?
April Deniz: ACT LIKE THE
SUN
Act like the sun in love and compassion!
Act like a river in friendship and fraternity!
Act like the night in covering the faults of others!
Act like the soil in humility and selflessness
Act like dead one in anger and furry!
Act in accordence with the way you look!
Act in accordance with the way you act!
Mevlana
"Crazy"- when she was 10 years old
"Fire bird" - when she was 9 years old
BPP: What is your true dream, the one that keeps you up at night and if one day it were to come true you would feel peace and calmness in your heart?
Apri Deniz: I
want a world that everyone can create their own dream. No border, no rules, no
window, no door, no money, no cry... Full of love, …in all minds…J
Everyone
in the world can understand the feelings of animals, trees…everything and they
can understand the feelings of us.
I
would like to make a painting as
big as the
world. I will feel very happy.
Another
dream is my every drawing become alive
"Four eyes"- when she was 10 years old
"Noooo!!!" - when she was 9 years old
BPP: How is life currently for the people in your country and what would you wish for them and for the planet at large?
April Deniz: Life is hard not only for people but also for animals,…for living and nonliving things in my country and in the World. I wish freedom, peace, happiness, joy, love, respectful for themself and for planet to everyone and/or everything in the world and in the universe.
"Blossom time" - when she was 9 years old
"Dream & reality"- when she was 9 years old
"Picasso"- when she was 9 years old
BPP: If you had a chance to be a child again would you choose the same life?
April Deniz: A tree, a flower, an animal, a baby…
"Pinar"- when she was 9 years old
"Super magic portrait" - when she was 10 years pld
BPP: What was the exact moment that you realized what you wanted to do with your life? How did you feel at this very moment?
April Deniz: Although
I am a high honor student in my school, some of the courses were boring me.
Then, I decided to be free and creative.
I feel myself very happy.
"Rainbow"- when she was 7 years old
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"Dream & reality ( detail) " - when she was 9 years old
BPP: Would you like to tell us something we didn’t ask until now?
April Deniz: What I feel when painting? by April Deniz
Free, As
if I am flying,
I feel
that the paint is a part of my body,
When it
rains I feel like I am a raindrop,
The wind
blows me away from one direction to another, I am a leaf and the breeze flies
me away, It does not matter whether I am dry or wet. I am free at that moment.
Sometimes
I feel wild and jump from one tree to another, talk to animals and befriend
with them.
Sometimes
I feel like a pineapple falls on my head whilst sleeping.
Sometimes
I become a ladybird and sleep inside the red tulips. This makes me happy and
peaceful.
"Star in" - when she was 10 years old
Encrypted Angel Sun" - when she was 8 years old
"Caytea Cayir "- when she was 9 years old
April Deniz
April Deniz
April Deniz
April Deniz's painting for BPP
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Museum
of Painting and Sculpture, Sedat Simavi Art Gallery, Ankara - Turkey
2011 Historical Abdullah Efendi Konağı, Altınoluk, Balıkesir - Turkey
2009 Ankara Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara - Turkey
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Paintings & photos copyright by April Deniz. All rights reserved.
*Special thanks to April's mother for her help and her permission, without which it wouldn't be possible to conduct this interview.
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