Merve İşeri

Merve İşeri’s (b. 1992, Istanbul) work is centred on the context of communication and inner landscapes that explore the modes of language through the communication between nature, human and culture. In her painting practice sound and movement are at interplay to propose new languages for the viewer, an invitation to step into inner landscapes in
the hope of merging personal and communal. There is specific intent to each mark, symbol, and pattern on the canvas, yet together in concert, they seem to dance and talk their own language. Meaning is simultaneously subverted and created as the lines and shapes converge and disperse in a symphony of sound and sight.

Merve İşeri received her B.A. in Design of Communication from Politecnico di Milano in 2014. Her recent group exhibitions include; ‘Between Earthly Beings and the Unknown Cosmic World: The Continent’at Julius Koller Society Bratislava, ‘Time is a Child’ in Leros organised by Galerist in collaboration with Perasma, ‘Search Party’ at Tatjana Pieters Gallery in Gent and ‘Conversations with Memory’ at Cedric Bardawil Gallery in London. Her recent solo exhibition ‘Passage’ took place at Lamb Gallery, London in 2023, and her previous exhibition ‘Hear to See’ was curated by Canan Batur at Pablo’s Birthday Gallery in New York. Her work has been published in Frieze Magazine, Financial Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Harper’s Bazaar Turkey among others. İşeri currently lives and works in London, UK.