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Using a [[braille]] stylus to etch the outline of his drawing, Armağan requires total silence to create art. [[Oil paint]] is then applied with his fingers and left to dry fully before a new color is applied. This unique method is used so that colors do not smudge. The art pieces themselves are created without help from any individual. He is also able to create art that has [[Perspective (visual)|visual perspective]].
Using a [[braille]] stylus to etch the outline of his drawing, Armağan requires total silence to create art. [[Oil paint]] is then applied with his fingers and left to dry fully before a new color is applied. This unique method is used so that colors do not smudge. The art pieces themselves are created without help from any individual. He is also able to create art that has [[Perspective (visual)|visual perspective]].
In 2004, he was the subject of a study of human perception, conducted by the [[psychologist]] [[John Kennedy (psychologist)|John Kennedy]] of [[University of Toronto]] and proved that a person who is blind from birth can develop absolutely normally without visual contact with the outside world.

In 2008 two researchers from [[Harvard]], [[Amir Amedi]] and Alvaro Pascual-Leone, tried to find more about neural plasticity using Armağan as a study case.<ref>[http://brain.huji.ac.il/publications/Amedi_et_al_blind-painter_BRES08.pdf Neural and behavioral correlates of drawing in an early blind painter: A case study]</ref>
In 2008 two researchers from [[Harvard]], [[Amir Amedi]] and Alvaro Pascual-Leone, tried to find more about neural plasticity using Armağan as a study case.<ref>[http://brain.huji.ac.il/publications/Amedi_et_al_blind-painter_BRES08.pdf Neural and behavioral correlates of drawing in an early blind painter: A case study]</ref>
Both scientists had evidence that in cases of blindness, the "visual" [[Visual cortex|cortex]] acts differently from how it acts with the non-blind.
Both scientists had evidence that in cases of blindness, the "visual" [[Visual cortex|cortex]] acts differently from how it acts with the non-blind.
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Moreover, in scans that were held while Armağan drew, his visual cortex signals seemed as he was seeing to the extent that a naive viewer of his scan might assume Armağan really could see.
Moreover, in scans that were held while Armağan drew, his visual cortex signals seemed as he was seeing to the extent that a naive viewer of his scan might assume Armağan really could see.


Armağan is married and has two children. He has displayed his work at more than 20 exhibitions in [[Turkey]], [[Italy]], [[China]], the [[Netherlands]] and the Czech Republic. He has appeared several times on [[television]] and in the press in Turkey and has been on programs on [[BBC]] and ZD. In 2004, he was the subject of a study of human perception, conducted by the [[psychologist]] [[John Kennedy (psychologist)|John Kennedy]] of [[University of Toronto]].
Armağan is married and has two children. He has displayed his work at more than 20 exhibitions in [[Turkey]], [[Italy]], [[China]], the [[Netherlands]] and the Czech Republic. He has appeared several times on [[television]] and in the press in Turkey and has been on programs on [[BBC]] and ZD.


In 2009 Armağan was invited by [[Volvo]] to paint the new model S60 as part of a social media campaign. His work was documented in a series of videos posted on Volvo's Facebook page.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/Volvo?v=app_4949752878 Volvo Facebook fanpage with documentaries]</ref> The resulting painting of the S60 sold on [[eBay]] for US $3,050. The Canadian non-profit charity organization [[World Blind Union|World Blind Union (WBU)]] was the benefactor of the auction.<ref>[http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250540341841 Ebay auction of S60 painting]</ref>
In 2009 Armağan was invited by [[Volvo]] to paint the new model S60 as part of a social media campaign. His work was documented in a series of videos posted on Volvo's Facebook page.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/Volvo?v=app_4949752878 Volvo Facebook fanpage with documentaries]</ref> The resulting painting of the S60 sold on [[eBay]] for US $3,050. The Canadian non-profit charity organization [[World Blind Union|World Blind Union (WBU)]] was the benefactor of the auction.<ref>[http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250540341841 Ebay auction of S60 painting]</ref>

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Eşref Armağan
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Known forPainting

Eşref Armağan (born 1953) is a blind painter of Turkish origin. Born without sight to an impoverished family, he taught himself to write and print. He has painted using oil paints for roughly thirty-five years.

Using a braille stylus to etch the outline of his drawing, Armağan requires total silence to create art. Oil paint is then applied with his fingers and left to dry fully before a new color is applied. This unique method is used so that colors do not smudge. The art pieces themselves are created without help from any individual. He is also able to create art that has visual perspective. In 2004, he was the subject of a study of human perception, conducted by the psychologist John Kennedy of University of Toronto and proved that a person who is blind from birth can develop absolutely normally without visual contact with the outside world. In 2008 two researchers from Harvard, Amir Amedi and Alvaro Pascual-Leone, tried to find more about neural plasticity using Armağan as a study case.[1] Both scientists had evidence that in cases of blindness, the "visual" cortex acts differently from how it acts with the non-blind. Pascual-Leone has found that Braille readers use this very same area for touch. Amedi, together (with Ehud Zohary) at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, found that the area is also activated in verbal memory tasks. When Amedi analyzed the results, however, he found that Armağan's visual cortex lit up during the drawing task, but hardly at all for verbal recall, meaning that some unused visual areas might be used in collaboration with ones needs from the brain. Moreover, in scans that were held while Armağan drew, his visual cortex signals seemed as he was seeing to the extent that a naive viewer of his scan might assume Armağan really could see.

Armağan is married and has two children. He has displayed his work at more than 20 exhibitions in Turkey, Italy, China, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. He has appeared several times on television and in the press in Turkey and has been on programs on BBC and ZD.

In 2009 Armağan was invited by Volvo to paint the new model S60 as part of a social media campaign. His work was documented in a series of videos posted on Volvo's Facebook page.[2] The resulting painting of the S60 sold on eBay for US $3,050. The Canadian non-profit charity organization World Blind Union (WBU) was the benefactor of the auction.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Neural and behavioral correlates of drawing in an early blind painter: A case study
  2. ^ Volvo Facebook fanpage with documentaries
  3. ^ Ebay auction of S60 painting

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