Betül Arin holds a BFA from University of New York at Albany and an MS, in Art Education from College of St.Rose, NY. She is presently a faculty member of DeCordova Museum School of Art and the Director, Andover Studio of Visual Arts.
"My paintings are images of a remembered world as well as windows on my inner self. I am inspired by the present and by the past. To find my creative energy I look outwards and inwards to give life and truth to the images of the past. From the night I painted The Market, I was able to open the door of a Harem, I wander through this place-from another time-from a space within my-soul - long before now. I am here, standing beside this place. A blaze of glorious colors burst forth on the walls, floor, and furnishings - in the Interior of this place, as I did so many times before, from a life, a place, a time I now recall."
Her works are influenced by the details of classic Turkish miniatures and mosaics.