A Stitch in Time: Interview with Gözde İlkin
By Paul Laster
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Gözde İlkin has been a wanderer all her life. The artist is best known for creating painted and embroidered mixed-media pieces, as well as drawings and artists’ books about imaginary places inhabited by nomadic beings. Born in an agricultural area of Turkey in 1981, İlkin’s family moved from city to city while she was young. She continued to travel after completing her undergraduate studies in painting in 2004, and later, as she pursued educational programs and artist residencies in Europe.
