About | Pelin Bayçelebi

Born in Trabzon, Türkiye, in 1976, Pelin Bayçelebi pursued postgraduate studies in business and international marketing before turning her focus to art. She began her artistic training in 2013, studying painting and sculpture under Fatih Kızılcan, Azimet Karaman and Fatih Karakaş. Since 2017, she has maintained an independent studio practice in Ankara. Her works are held in private collections in Türkiye and internationally.

EXHIBITIONS

2015 – Azimet Karaman Students Exhibition – Mustafa Ayaz Museum – Ankara, Turkey
2018 – 44. Trabzon Traditional Plastic Arts Exhibition – Trabzon, Turkey
2019 – Trabzon Events Plastic Arts Exhibition – Doğan Taşdelen Contemporary Arts Center – Ankara, Turkey
2019 – 5th ArtAnkara Contemporary Art Fair – ATO Convention and Exhibition Center – Ankara, Turkey
2019 – New Space – Galeri Soyut – Ankara, Turkey
2019 – 45. Trabzon Traditional Plastic Arts Exhibition – Trabzon, Turkey
2020 – 6th ArtAnkara Contemporary Art Fair – ATO Convention and Exhibition Center – Ankara, Turkey
2121 – 46. Trabzon Traditional Plastic Arts Exhibition – Online
2021 – 7th ArtAnkara Contemporary Art Fair – ATO Convention and Exhibition Center – Ankara, Turkey
2021 – ArtContact İstanbul Contemporary Art Fair – Yenikapı Eurasia Show and Art Center – İstanbul, Turkey
2021 – The MANCHESTER 2020 VR Exhibition – Quay Street Gallery – Manchester, United Kingdom
2021 – IAAF İstanbul Art & Antique Fair – Lütfi Kırdar Congress Center – İstanbul, Turkey
2022 – 1. Painting and Sculpture Exhibition – Valör Art House – Ankara, Turkey
2022 – Promesse – Decollage Art Space – İstanbul, Turkey
2024 – Placebo – Solo Exhibition – Galeri Kambur Digital – İstanbul, Turkey
2024 – 10th ArtAnkara Contemporary Art Fair – ATO Convention and Exhibition Center – Ankara, Turkey

FUND-RAISING PROJECTS

2020 – “Bulaşıcı olan iyiliktir” Portakal Cicegi International Plastic Arts Colony & TEV – Online
2021 – “Deprem yıkımsa sanat umuttur” İzmir Metropolitan Municipality – İzmir, Turkey
2023 – “Gala Dayanışma Müzayedesi” Gala Art Gallery – İstanbul, Turkey

ARTIST STATEMENT

In my paintings, I explore the boundaries of perception and imagination. Moving beyond realist representation, I use light, shadow, colour and texture to reconstruct forms and identities, creating alternative worlds in which the rules of reality can shift and anything becomes possible.

I express emotions through perspectives that may belong to an adult or a child, freed from fixed ideas of time and gender. My work is inspired by the poetic relationships between the visible and invisible elements of the universe, as well as the delicate yet extraordinary balance found in nature.

By inviting viewers into my strange and surreal universe, I hope to encourage them to look beyond the familiar, question the limits of reality and reconnect with their own imagination.