Dreama McFadyen is a Taiwanese-born artist from Aotearoa (New Zealand), now based in Istanbul since 2022. After seven years as an architectural designer, she transitioned into a full-time artistic journey, seeking to express spiritual truth and beauty through visual art and piano composition. Rooted in movement and guided by beauty, her work opens spaces for reflection and wonder, drawing inspiration from reading, nature, travel, music and faith.
Visual Portfolio
Award:
– The Honourable Prize Award of 7th Colour of 2024 International TERAVARNA Juried Art Competition.
– The Honorary Mention Award at the SwaKarya International Art Competition 2023
– 2016 New Zealand Estuary Art Awards finalists
– 1999 Taiwan Youth Finalists of art contests of Aboriginal culture.
Group Exhibition:
– 2025 09-17 September Emerging Voices, hosted by NIDRA ART project & Pinelo Art Gallery, Istanbul, Türkiye.
– 2025 Time and Memory virtual exhibition, hosted by Arts to Hearts project.
– 2025 07-11 May IAAF ( International art and antique fair), Signature gallery, Gazimir-Fuar, Izmir, Türkiye.
– 2025 14-19 April Cobalt, Güzel Sanatlar gallery, Eskişhir, Türkiye.
– 2024 1-7 August Project from East to West at Hermetism Art Gallery, Anita Galeri, Levent, Istanbul, Türkiye.
– 2024 6-12 April Chromatic Visions visual art exhibition at Luna Grande Gallery, Kadıköy, Istanbul, Türkiye.
– 2024 1-5 April Antalya Exhibition Council. Freestyle award-winning group exhibition, Aydın Kanza Park Külür Exhibition Hall.
– 2024 March 8-22 “ Happy Women’s Day “ online group exhibition, Signature Art Gallery.
– 2024 Feb 26 – March 17 – DINAMICA international virtual group exhibition, Art Expo.
– 2024, Make Art gallerly online.
– 2024 Feb 22 – March 22 – Pixel Virtual Exhibition, The Alchemical Art online gallery.
– 2024 January 18-20 – DOART gallery, Antalya Contemporary Art Fair.
– 2023 December – ArtAntAkyA 4th Virtual Contemporary Art Fair
– 2023 December – 30. Group online exhibition, Galeri Art’s & Avayenaghsh Art Group.
– 2023 May – Behind, Between, 6th Annual group exhibition. IUSD, Balat, Istanbul, Türkiye.
– 2016 July-Aug – Estuary Art Awards finalists exhibition. MALCOLM SMITH GALLERY, Auckland, New Zealand.
– 2011 March – West Artist Open studio weekend. PacknShed Cafe & Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
– 2004 June – Fine art exhibition. NTUST, Taipei, Taiwan.
– 1999 August – Youth Finalists of art contests of Aboriginal culture Taiwan Indigenous Culture Park Museum, Pingtong, Taiwan.
Inspiration
Colour is kept separate like building materials, but here is the twist with painting, there is no plan, which has to do with the creativity.
Dream while you paint, that’s what I try to do.
Anthony Clark
For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing before you, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Isaiah
I will meditate on the glorious splendour of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works.
King David
I love nature, and am inspired by God’s creation.
My passion is to make God known through my paintings, for I believe that an image lasts longer in the human mind than a written statement.
Hezron Maina
His Swallows 