SELECTED WORKS
Sibel Kirik
Sibel Kirik was born in 1979 in Turkey. Graduated from Yildiz Technical University at theDepartment of Gravure and Engraving (Istanbul, 2000). Received a master’s degree inPainting from the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (Istanbul, 2010). Participant ofManchester Art Fair 2023 (2023), Contemporary Istanbul (2023). Received an honorablemention in the Çukurova University Printmaking Competition (2006) and Ahmet Mereyachievement award in painting competition (2006).
About the artist
Sibel Kirik’s paintings are a metaphor for the state of struggle. The artist creates dystopian spaces in which figurative imagery is intertwined with abstract flashes of bright colours. Thus, she endeavours to depict the situations of conflict and change that inevitably occur in the conventional space and time – each image existing on the pictorial field inevitably experiences its own destruction. The artist emphasises this sense of conflict and chaos through the distortion of forms and uneven application of colours.
Education:
2010 – Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Painting
2000 – Yildiz Technical University, Department of Engraving and Engraving
Solo exhibition:
2022 “Construction of a New Extent: Brutal”. Simbart Projects, Istanbul
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 “Looking East”. SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2022 “Printed: İziziz”. Mixer Gallery, Istanbul
2018 “41 Artists 108 Gravures”. Modern Museum of Cyprus, Cyprus
2017 “BAHÇE”. A-Atelye, Istanbul
2016 “Gravure in Turkish Art”. Caddebostan Cultural Center, Istanbul
Art Fairs:
2024 Cosmoscow International Art Fair (SISTEMA GALLERY), Moscow
2023 Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul
2022 Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul
2023 Manchester Contemporary Art Fair, Manchester, United Kingdom
2023 Start Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London
2016 International Print Festival Life N Style, Tbilisi
2022 “Construction of a New Extent: Brutal”. Simbart Projects, Istanbul
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 “Looking East”. SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2022 “Printed: İziziz”. Mixer Gallery, Istanbul
2018 “41 Artists 108 Gravures”. Modern Museum of Cyprus, Cyprus
2017 “BAHÇE”. A-Atelye, Istanbul
2016 “Gravure in Turkish Art”. Caddebostan Cultural Center, Istanbul
Art Fairs:
2024 Cosmoscow International Art Fair (SISTEMA GALLERY), Moscow
2023 Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul
2022 Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul
2023 Manchester Contemporary Art Fair, Manchester, United Kingdom
2023 Start Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London
2016 International Print Festival Life N Style, Tbilisi
