Mert has an unconventional path, but through each chapter, she gained the skills needed to land her dream job at the Light Factory. In addition to this, she has been able to find her love of teaching but educating the youth on art over the years. Quite a story if you ask me.
Mert is a teaching artist, artist, and professional photographer who has been working and showing art in her native city of Charlotte for the past two decades. Mert received her Associate of Fine Arts from Central Piedmont Community College in 2005. She then studied at UNCC in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program. She is continuing her artistic journey through grant and residency program applications.
Her current art focuses on alternative photography methods, particularly with wet cyanotypes. She is experimenting with themes of self-discovery and creating order in chaos. Mert is a 2020 Community Supported Artist through the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte.
Mert is a teaching artist at Arts+ and Director of Education at The Light Factory.
She has an unconventional studio housed in a 1978 Apache Camper.
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