Mixed Media
Arkadaşlar İyidir (Friends are good)
Arkadaşlar İyidir confronts the paradox of presence without connection. Through negative space, the work renders the feeling of being cut out of life even while surrounded by others — a hollowness that social proximity cannot fill. The image... More
Mixed Media
Dursun Mahsun
In this work, I extend the cinematic frame through oil paint while confining the character within drawn lines, emphasizing drawing as a direct trace of the artist’s hand and emotional register. This contrast allows me to explore Mahsun’s... More
Installation
Duvardaki Yazılar (Writings on the Wall)
This piece is inspired by the traditional Turkish shadow puppet play Karagöz and Hacivat, an element of Turkey’s intangible cultural heritage. Encountering it through the UNESCO listings led me to explore how an immaterial tradition could be... More
Installation
Rakı Masası (Rakı Table)
Rakı Table as a Heterotopia. This installation of six wooden panels explores family as a site of absence, ritual, and fractured belonging. Each panel — titled as an "act" — functions as both painting and table surface, mimicking the furniture... More
Mixed Media