Seçil

Seçil is an Istanbul born, London-based Turkish and British independent contemporary woman artist, working across various disciplines with a primary focus on painting. She graduated from the painting department at Mimar Sinan Fine Art University with undergraduate and master’s degrees. Over two decades, she has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, as well as art fairs, starting in Turkey and expanding into Europe, the United States, and most recently in the United Kingdom .

Throughout her career, she has lectured at universities, participated in specialist conferences, and attended artist residencies. To date, she has published an artist book with the publisher Istanbul Graphic Museum of Arts and exhibition monographs on the occasion of her solo shows at Gallery Zilberman, Gallery Milli Reasurans, and Adas, all in Istanbul.

Seçil’s objective as an artist is to reach the pure source beyond time and space, free from all identities, and to bring her paintings to life by adding a unifying spirit. She uses her senses, feelings, and observations, merging them with concepts to paint emotions on her canvases.

She considers herself a dreamer who gets excited by the unknown future. For her, the idea of the future represents newness in ideas and conversations, where she anchors herself with a new breath of air and a sense of presence.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2024 Being – Adas, Istanbul – Turkey

2019 A Separate Reality – Gallery Milli Reasurans, Istanbul – Turkey

2017 Possibilities – Work at the Yard, New York- United States of America

2016 Bird’s Eye View – Siyah Beyaz Gallery, Ankara – Turkey

2016 As Is – Gallery Merkur, Istanbul – Turkey

2014 Territory – Gallery Zilberman, İstanbul – Turkey

2012 The Initial Home – Leia” AlanIstanbul, Istanbul – Turkey

2011 Simple Present Tense -CDA Projects, Istanbul – Turkey

2009 Lonely Moment – Mithatpaşa Art Gallery, Ziraat Bank, Ankara – Turkey

2001 The End – Personal Studio Space, İstanbul – Turkey