Introduction
A few years ago, my mother found a painting folder (see left page) inside an old chest filled with my early works from the late 80’s and 90’s. They were totally forgotten for many years. I felt so happy to see them again, they really brought great memories back...
Recently, I had the challenge of publishing my first e-book (“CactuSueños” exhibition catalogue, free at lUlU.com) and I thought it would be nice to put together my early works in an e-book, too. There are so many pieces to choose from, but since there was no curator helping me for this project, I selected my favourite ones for you... Besides sharing these artworks with you, I went through my photo and film archives and most importantly, to my old diaries which I have been keeping since 1996, so you will have a brief idea of my early years as a young artist. Some artworks’ images have short audio clips with my voice which can be listened by clicking on the 
icon and selecting “Allow” on the pop-up window to visit SoundCloud.com
Maybe in the future you might have the chance to see the originals of my early works (from the 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s) in an exhibition near you. If you already have any of my early artworks and you wish yours to be added on to this e-book, please click on 
icon to contact with me.
Enjoy it...
Birsen Özbilge
Gran Canaria, Spain
June, 2014