page_title: Sinem Banna
hierarchical_section_title: Sinem Banna
caption_attribution_description: English: Sinem Banna with a collection of images from her Fear Series (1989), which consists of ceramic, bronze, and mixed media sculptures. Photographed in the United States in 1990.
context_page_description: Sinem Banna is a Turkish-American artist currently living and working in both San Francisco, California, and her home town of Istanbul, Turkey and exhibits internationally.
  Banna works in several disciplines, mainly sculpture and assemblage/collage, site specific installations, and murals. Her work often consists of three-dimensional compositions. A number of her works incorporate objects such as toy parts, tea glasses, and coffee beans so as to capture cultural signs and symbols in her work. She works frequently with Plexiglas constructions as well as light boxes.
context_section_description: Sinem Banna (/bɑːnə/; born 1968) is a Turkish-American artist currently living and working in both San Francisco, California, and her home town of Istanbul, Turkey and exhibits internationally.
  Banna works in several disciplines, mainly sculpture and assemblage/collage, site specific installations, and murals. Her work often consists of three-dimensional compositions.  A number of her works incorporate objects such as toy parts, tea glasses, and coffee beans so as to capture cultural signs and symbols in her work. She works frequently with Plexiglas constructions as well as light boxes.
caption: Banna with a collection of images from her Fear Series, 1990
exif: {"Image Make": "Apple", "Image Model": "iPhone 3GS", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "4.3.3", "Image DateTime": "2011:07:15 23:35:48", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "206", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[37, 3357/100, 0]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "W", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[122, 1991/100, 0]", "GPS GPSTimeStamp": "[6, 35, 4605]", "GPS GPSImgDirectionRef": "T", "GPS GPSImgDirection": "100417/307", "Image GPSInfo": "596", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "860", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "14639", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/15", "EXIF FNumber": "14/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "200", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2011:07:15 23:35:48", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2011:07:15 23:35:48", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "3711/949", "EXIF ApertureValue": "4281/1441", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Average", "EXIF Flash": "No flash function", "EXIF FocalLength": "77/20", "EXIF SubjectArea": "[1023, 767, 614, 614]", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2048", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1536", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "63/37", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Sharpness": "Soft"}