Fatma Ciftci

In 2007, she received her degree in glass from Marmara University's Faculty of Fine Arts. She completed a double major program at the same university and graduated from the Graphics Department in 2009. She completed her MFA at the Glass Department of Anadolu University Fine Arts Institute. The extended edition of her master's thesis, which was funded by Anadolu University Scientific Research Projects, was released as an e-book in 2020.

She was awarded a merit scholarship by Urban Glass New York in 2016. She won the Merit Award in the TR Ministry of Culture's Fourth Contemporary Art Project Competition in 2017. She was awarded the Takako Sana Scholarship, GAS, in 2018. She received the James Whitney Scholarship from the American Glass Guild and the Corning Museum of Glass Studio Scholarship in 2022. She obtained hands-on instruction in sustainable glass molds, neon and plasma, kiln-formed glass, stained glass (painting), glass restoration, and conservation techniques during her scholarships. She has taken training courses at the Glass Furnace Foundation taught by seven distinctive foreign artists as a student and teaching assistant since 2004. Those practical training are Glass Fusion, Glass Molds, Frit de Verre, Neon&Plasma, Glass Blowing, Flame-working (boro&effetre) and Sand-Casting Techniques.

She performed her solo exhibition in 2017 at the Contemporary Glass Arts Museum. She took part in various international group exhibitions and contemporary art galleries with her glass works. Her work has appeared in both national and international collections. She worked as a designer, trainer, translator, and studio manager. She worked as a research associate at B.S.E. University, Anadolu University, and Dokuz Eylul University.

The artist, who was born in 1984, is a Proficiency in Art student at Dokuz Eylül University's Fine Arts Institute. Both of her theses have been granted / were granted  under the sponsorship of Scientific Research Projects Unit. She is currently pursuing her academic career at Bilecik eyh Edebali University's Department of Ceramics and Glass Design.