Pucker Gallery

Ipek Kotan

Represented by Pucker Gallery since 2018

BORN: 1977 in Istanbul, Turkey
RESIDES: Leiden, Netherlands

Ipek Kotan was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1977 and studied media arts with an emphasis on photography at Emerson College in Boston, MA. She later attended Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, RI and completed her foundation studies in which she explored drawing, painting, ceramics, and metalsmithing. In 2008, she moved to the UK and received her masters in ceramics from Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent. In 2010 she established her own studio practice.

Kotan’s work is represented in over 250 private and public collections and museums worldwide, including: the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Netherlands); Staatliche Kunstammlungen (Dresden); and Museen der Stadt Landshut (Germany). She has done commissions for Cartier, Barneys New York, Christian Liaigre, and the former first lady of Turkey, among many others. She is the only artist to complete a year-long residency at the European Ceramic Work Centre, also known as sundaymorning@ekwc, a residency whose past residents include artists such as Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, and Betty Woodman.

Her work has been reviewed by renowned ceramic art critic Walter Lokau, and former Christie’s senior director, interior designer Richard Rabel. She has been featured in art publications Ceramic Review, New Ceramics, Art Aurea, Klei, and popular magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Maison Française, and Elle Decor. She has lived in Turkey, the United States, Indonesia, England, Austria, and Switzerland and currently resides in Leiden, the Netherlands.

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