“A Studio” is an exhibition of the works I produced in my studio where I spent most of my time during the 3-month quarantine from April through June. Along with traditional and digital works, sketches and sketchbooks are included as witnesses to the process. Quarantine was a time when I faced loneliness. Here I’m referring to physical loneliness. While mental loneliness can find companions in art, literature, and philosophy; physical loneliness seems much more incurable to me. It felt especially so in the context of this experience. I worked from home before the quarantine too. Being alone is both familiar to and standard for me. However, that was a solitude, which I had consciously chosen, and found necessary for my artistic work. Once the lock down started, the voices of the city coming from outside were cut off. Those were what made me feel the continuity of life, a life which I could be involved at any moment. Moreover, when I moved to my family’s house on the countryside for a while; even there it was quieter. It was as if there was a big blockage between where life would flow in from the outside and where life would flow out from the inside. As newsfeeds bred more uncertainty and as the inability to see, embrace and touch loved ones was made me despair, art was remained the only thing for me to hold on to. The healing power of art is not only for the artists, but also for those who experience and witness it. This is one of the main reasons I prepared this online exhibition. We are still experiencing this pandemic. The artworks in this exhibition focus on being alone. While they question the experiences in this state of loneliness, they are also searching for hope. There is hope. I can produce even in loneliness as I can continue to work from home; I am healthy. With what little I have, I can continue existing and expanding. I think the lucky ones better understood the extent of their luck during this time. As for me the first part of the lockdown; from March to July was very difficult. The first cases were seen here on March 10th and after a few weeks the restrictions and the lock down has started for the whole country. I spent the time in our summer house, away from the usual chaos of the city I was used to and which would feed my creative process. Also I was aware that I was one of the lucky ones to be able to do so. Along those 4 months I tried to hold on to making art and the creative process itself. Once again I witnessed the healing power of making art. At the end of this period I prepared an online show in our garden of the works I have created.