I studied interior architecture at the Department of Fine Arts and Architecture at Bilkent University, Ankara. As a second major I attended and got my undergraduate diploma from Cinema and Television Department at Anadolu University where I studied especially in visual design and video art.

My painting practice is grounded in abstract oil painting, with color functioning as my primary language.

Rather than working through narrative or representation, I use color, texture and layered surfaces to articulate memory, contrast and lived experience.

My compositions are conceived as parts of a larger whole. Each canvas functions as a fragment within an ongoing body of work, where individual paintings relate to one another through rhythm, repetition and variation. The work unfolds over time, allowing meaning to accumulate across multiple surfaces rather than within a single image.

Living and working between İstanbul and Oslo, my practice engages with the tension between different spatial, social and sensory environments. These contrasts are not approached as subjects to be illustrated, but as internalized experiences that shape the physical structure of the paintings. Density and calm, intensity and restraint, unpredictability and order coexist within the layered surfaces.

Coming from a Mediterranean context, light and color are central to my way of seeing and understanding the world. The strong presence of sunlight and chromatic intensity informs my relationship to color, which I experience as both physical and emotional. In my work, color operates as a carrier of memory and sensation, embedded within thick impasto and textured layers. Through accumulation, erasure and repetition, the surface becomes a site where time and experience are materially registered.

The studio plays a crucial role in this process. It functions as a space for sustained observation and slow negotiation between contrasting rhythms. Through a long-term, studio-based practice, I continue to develop a body of work where color, layers and texture form a coherent system, allowing each painting to remain open while contributing to a larger, evolving whole.