Siesbye was born in
Istanbul on 30 August 1938. After studying sculpture at the
Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts from 1956-1958, she left for
Germany where she worked in ceramic factories in
Höhr-Grenzhausen. She returned two years later to Istanbul to work in the Art Workshop of the
Eczacibasi Ceramic Factories. In 1962, she left Istanbul for
Copenhagen and worked for the ceramic company
Royal Copenhagen as an artist. She opened her own workshop in 1969. She lived in Denmark until 1987, when she decided to go to Paris. From 1975 to 1990, she worked as a ceramic designer for
Rosenthal AG and from 1984-2000 for Royal Copenhagen. In 2007, she became a designer for Pasabahce Glass Factories in Turkey and resides in Paris.[1][2]
She has built an international reputation as a ceramist by modeling bowls. In 2002, "A ceramics Universe/1964-2002," a retrospective exhibition of her works, was exhibited in the
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in Istanbul and the
Danish Museum of Decorative Art in Copenhagen.[3]
She is in the collections of more than 34 major museums in the world.
^Kerr, Ann (1998). Rosenthal: Excellence for All Times: Dinnerware, Accessories, Cutlery, Glass. Atglen, Penn.: Schiffer Publishing. p. 19.
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