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DESTRUCTION / RESILIENCE, 2025 -

 

Series of plaster mural sculptures on canvas, mixed media

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Marked by memory and transformation, the body lies at the heart of this series. Fragmented, it appears in each work in pieces — partial presences that nevertheless recompose a sense of unity. This fragmentation of the female body becomes both a trace of violence and an attempt at reconstruction.

By approaching destruction as a process of creation, the works question the violence inflicted upon women’s bodies as well as the forms of resilience that emerge from it. The fragmented body, the burnt and slashed canvas, and the words of real victims coexist within the same space, weaving a narrative that is both intimate and collective.

On raw linen canvases, plaster takes on bodily form; it brings to the surface the traces of stories buried within them. The testimonies of women who have survived sexual and domestic violence rise to the surface — always legible, assertive, impossible to erase.

The writing, inscribed in red, acts as a central element: it evokes blood and suffering, but also a vital force. This red becomes a sign of resistance and revolt, an affirmation that refuses silence and erasure.

The alteration of materials echoes invisible wounds, revealing what persists after violence. From this destruction emerges a form of resilience: a presence that endures, a voice that remains, and that, despite everything, continues to rise.

 

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Boşanmak (To Divorce), 2025

Plaster mural sculpture on canvas, mixed media

“Destruction / Resilience” series
55 x 38 cm

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"I told him I didn't trust anyone, that I trusted myself. He thought it was a conversation between us. The next day I went to see my father and told him that I had decided to divorce him, not that I wanted a divorce, and that they should know."

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“Ben yapabilirim.” (“I can do it.”), 2025
Plaster mural sculpture on canvas, mixed media

“Destruction / Resilience” series
100 x 200 cm

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 "I wanted to defend myself. I had some knowledge of justice. I knew the law and the constitution. I wanted to justify myself. I said, ‘I can do it,’ and I did."

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