Tumay Gunaydin

          Tumay Gunaydin was born in Istanbul,Turkey. She graduated from Sculpture Dept. of Fine Arts Academy in Mimar Sinan University in 2001 where her exceptional abilities earned a place in the studios of world famous sculptors.
          She gained her first exhibit entry in 1997 with her abstract-figurative works where she was chosen one of only four sculptors for the entire year to further exhibit in the prestigeous Istanbul Art Exhibit at Borusan Arts and Culture Center.
              Tumay also has been honored with an invitation to the National Prokonnesos Marble Sculpture Symposium in 1999. She's been living in New York and performing high end custom stone,plaster works and repairs of all types for Gramercy Park Hotel (www.ianschragercompany.com) and select private clients including the custom redesign of fireplace in the newly built Julian Schnabel's Palazzo Chuppi.
               Tumay also works on all different kinds of stone from large scale monuments to marble fireplace mantels, fountains, benches, urns and statuary. She was called upon to succesfully repair and restore a late 18th century bust of Julius Caesar (see gallery) and has been commissioned to San Francisco for highly delicate custom fireplace mantel repair.

Her specialities include: patina, repair, restoration, grinding, polishing, honing.