Born in Denizli in 1990, the artist studied Painting at Pamukkale University, continued her education as a special student at Yıldız Technical University, and completed her master’s degree at Trakya University, Faculty of Fine Arts. She currently works as an art teacher while sustaining her artistic practice with dedication and emotional depth in Istanbul.
In addition to participating in exhibitions such as Contemporary Istanbul and the TT Biennial, her works have become part of private institutions such as the Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum. She has also taken part in projects and workshops in Germany, Romania, Russia, Singapore, and USA.
The artist explores the concept of reality. For her, the variability of perception and the relativity of truth create an illusion that persists throughout life. She examines whether the foundation of one’s lived reality is an objective truth or merely the product of perception. She pursues this inquiry through a multidisciplinary
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I continue to use the sieve as a foundation to explore the filters of human perception. A sieve is traditionally a tool of separation, a domestic object used to decide what is kept and what is discarded. In our social landscape, we often use similar invisible filters—language, geography, and culture—to categorize and separate ourselves from one another.
By painting these interlocking hands on the mesh, I am seeking to disrupt that process of division. The translucency of the medium allows the hands to appear as fleeting, ethereal forms that overlap and merge, suggesting that the core of our humanity is constant and unfilterable. The gesture of a hand reaching out or cradling another is a universal expression of support and connection that bypasses the need for spoken words. For me, this work is about finding the essential truth that remains when all other filters are stripped away: the simple, profound reality of our shared empathy