While working on all experiences related to real life such as wars, riots, happiness and sadness, depressions, births and deaths and presenting art to the audience in this way are artistic manners, idea that it is unnecessary of transferring subject and ideas in an emotional and narrative theme is also an artistic manner. Op Art (1965, America) which results from this idea is response to narrative expressions, emotional manifestations and searching for subject. Trend which has a base in which optical effects, named as visual illusion, form main theme aims to create emotional changes with illusions in well-established works which are formed by striking aesthetic elements, to form illusions in perception, to show non-existing forms as if existing and so to impress audience in terms of vision. The subject of this work is to transfer development process in its relationship with other artistic trends and practicing samples from past to present belonging to Op-Art Trend with theme of visual illusion which emerges in America and Europe in 1960s as being one of forms of expressing emotion and ideas by status of the world and artists at the end of two great world wars in responding to this situation and to present practicing samples with personal ceramic works in contemporary ceramic art. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Ayse Cakir Ilhan