BIOGRAPHY

DILARA ASTAM (BORN FEBRUARY 3, 1997) IS A TURKISH-DUTCH FASHION DESIGNER, TEXTILE DESIGNER VISUAL ARTIST. ASTAM WAS BORN IN THE NETHERLANDS. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE ARTEZ UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS IN ARNHEM IN 2021 AND WORKED AT SEVERAL COMPANIES IN LONDON. AFTER SHE GAINED EXPERIENCE ASTAM DECIDED TO START HER OWN BRAND ‘DILARA ASTAM’ IN 2023. THE DUTCH DESIGNER DEBUTED HER FIRST SOLO SHOW IN PRAGUE.

THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST DILARA ASTAM DESERVES PARTICULAR ATTENTION. IN FACT, THE ARTIST WORKS IN DIFFERENT ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES: PAINTING, SCULPTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND FASHION. EVERYTHING IS ART. HER WORK IS CHARGED WITH A TIMELESS LYRICISM THANKS TO HIS ABILITY TO PASS FROM ONE DISCIPLINE TO ANOTHER IN A LIQUID WAY. THE ARTIST HAS AN UNLIMITED CURIOSITY ABOUT EVERY LAYER OF LIFE AND IS NOT SCARED TO MOVE FROM ONE DISCIPLE INTO ANOTHER. SHE NEVER LIMITS HERSELF BY DEFINING HERSELF.

ASTAM’S DESIGNS COME FROM GARMENTS THAT RIDE THE AGES PASSING FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE HER DESIGNS BECOME SOMETHING LIKE THE NEXT HAUTE COUTURE GARMENT OF THE FUTURE. IN HER PERCEPTION, IT’S A FORM OF ART. SHE THINKS COUTURE IS THE ART OF FASHION. IT’S INNOVATIVE AND IT’S COLLABORATIVE.

THE INCESSANT CURIOSITY OF THE ARTIST, HER ENERGY, ALLOW THE CREATION OF MASTERPIECES THAT ARISE FROM EXPERIMENTATION IN DIFFERENT SPHERES OF CREATION: ART, FASHION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. HERE THE RIPPLES OF COLOR ON THE CANVAS BECOME INSPIRATION FOR THE NEW TEXTURE OF FABRIC FOR A DESIGN. ALL THE DRAWINGS, THE PRINTS, ARE PART OF A PROCESS SHARED WITH THE VIEWER AND THAT REACHES THE FINAL WORK.

THE ARTIST TREATS THE CANVAS LIKE A FABRIC AND THE FRAME LIKE A HUMAN BODY. THE DRAPING’S AND FOLDING’S ARE COMING TO LIFE WITH HER OWN WAY OF USING ACRYLIC AND SPRAY PAINT ON THE CANVAS. THIS GIVES THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, SCULPTURAL FEELING. SIMILAR LIKE HOW SHE IS TREATING A PLANE FABRIC AND STARTS DRAPING WITH IT AND CREATES A SCULPTURAL DESIGN. DESIGNING DIRECTLY FROM THE MATERIAL AND BEING GUIDED BY THE DRAPE OF THE FABRIC AND HOW THE FABRIC MOVES WHEN YOU WALK IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE DESIGNER. THE SAME TECHNIC IS THE DESIGNER USING FOR HER PAINTINGS. EXCEPT FOR ONE DIFFERENCE SHE IS FREEZING THE MOVEMENTS AND SHAPES ETERNALLY INTO A PAINTING/PRINTS.