about me

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i am a brooklyn-based artist from istanbul, turkey. i graduated from pratt institute, with an undergraduate degree in fine arts (emphasis on sculpture and integrated practices). i also minored in museum and gallery practices as well as art history. my work encompasses a variety of disciplines including sculpture, painting, and digital art. in terms of material, i mainly gravitate toward plastics and metal, but I am also proficient in wood, marble, plaster, oils, acrylics, and multiple digital software.

the overarching themes in my work are personal history, familial upbringing, and cultural roots, addressed through underpinnings of suppression and non-conformity. I often create topographical forms utilizing acrylic sheets repetitively, in reflection of the terrain of my memories, geography, and home. plastic with its paradoxical nature of perfection and artificiality serves as a metaphor for the constructs that have shaped my perception since childhood. my process is of healing and learning, where I can question societal commodification and repression, particularly regarding sexuality, in the safety of a non-verbal medium.