Kübra Su Yıldırım
About
Kübra Su Yıldırım (b. 1997, Istanbul) is an interdisciplinary artist whose hybrid practice brings together digital production and physical materials. She adopts a stream-of-consciousness methodology, examining the individual's experience of self through the body, representation, and normative structures, while engaging with the inherent tensions and contradictions of human nature.
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Her practice is shaped by ontological and epistemological inquiries into being, identity, perception, and time. Interweaving figurative and symbolic modes of expression, Yıldırım constructs multilayered fields of meaning through archetypal imagery, female and non-binary figures, and psycho-mythological strata.
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Her work has been exhibited at institutions and galleries in Turkey and internationally, including Akbank Sanat (Istanbul, TR), Mamut Art Project (Istanbul, TR), Evin Art Gallery (Istanbul, TR), and Asprey Gallery (London, UK). She has realized projects in collaboration with Odunpazarı Modern Museum and MUBI Türkiye, and has collaborated with musicians including Sertab Erener, Nova Norda, and Dilhan ÅžeÅŸen.
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An academic article examining the mind–body dualism in the context of Plato's Allegory of the Cave was published in the Journal of Cultural Studies, focusing on the artist's work The Cave of the Body.
Exhibitions
2019, FAM, Group Exhibition, Bomontiada, Istanbul
2019, Girl Power, Group Exhibition, Mecra, Istanbul
2019, Songs That Made Me, Group Exhibition, FAZ-Akasya Avm, Istanbul
2020, FAM, Pulse, Group Exhibition, The Circle, Istanbul
2020, FAM, Ozmoz, Group Exhibition, Exhibition Game
2020, Songs That Made Me, Group Exhibition, Hood Base, Istanbul
2021, Dreamscapes, Group Exhibition, ​Mamut Art Project, Istanbul
2021, Hayatta Kalanlar, Group Exhibition, Peep Art Space, Istanbul
2022, Now In Digital Art Alternate Realities+NFT, Group Exhibition, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul
2023, Hypnos, Group Exhibition, Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy
2023, Estasi, Group Exhibition, Ninfa Gallery, Milan, Italy
2023, The Last Gigs Illustrated, Group Exhibition, Müze Gazhane, Istanbul
2023, Disyon Seçki 0.2, Group Exhibition, Vitruta Space, Istanbul
2024, Mamut Art Project, Bomontiada, Istanbul
2024, NFT Revolution, Asprey Gallery, Group Exhibition, London, England
2025, Women’s Collective, Group Exhibition, PPR Editions, Istanbul
2025, New:Now, Group Exhibition, CerMordern, Ankara
2025, Yeniden Doğar Gibi, Group Exhibition, Yuvakimyon Rum Kız Lisesi, Istanbul
2025, What’s Inside?, Solo Show, Büyükdere35, Istanbul
2025, EVÄ°N’Salon II, Group Exhibition, Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul
2025, Possibility of Expections, Group Exhibition, EArt Galeri, Istanbul
2025, Cracks of Innocence, Group Exhibition, Chi Art Gallery, Istanbul
2026, An Meselesi, Duo Exhibition, Offgrid Art Project, Ä°stanbul
2026, Crossroads, Group Exhibition, Art on Ä°stanbul, Ä°stanbul
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Workshop
2019, ICAF, Alice in Wonderland
2025, OMM, Cadavre Exquis
Artist Talk
2022, Hayatta Kalanlar, Peep Art Space, Ä°stanbul
2026, An Meselesi, Offgrid Art Project, Ä°stanbul
2026, “BaÅŸka Bir Gözle: Kimliklerin Ardındakiler”, Feyz TopluluÄŸu, EskiÅŸehir
Press & Publications
2023, “SöyleÅŸi: Kübra Su Yıldırım’’ / YaÄŸmur Baki, Odunpazarı Modern Müze
2024, “Kübrasu Yıldırım’ın ‘Bedenin MaÄŸarası’ Eserinin Platon’un MaÄŸara Alegorisi Üzerinden Dualist Çözümlemesi” ÖÄŸr. Gör. Dr. Betül Yıldırım, Kültür AraÅŸtırmaları Dergisi
2024, “Tanı: Kübra Su Yıldırım’’ / StudioN2O
2025, “Kübra Su Yıldırım ile Sanatında Ä°fade Ettikleri Üzerine’’ / Enes Kudu, The Magger
2025, “Sana Hayranım #4 / Kübra Su Yıldırım’’ / Mörç
2025, “What’s Inside?: Kübra Su Yıldırım’dan Çok Katmanlı Bir Anlatı’’ / The Art News Paper
2025, “Kübra Su Yıldırım’ın “What’s Inside” Sergisi Büyükdere35’te’’ / Artfulliving
2025, “Kübra Su Yıldırım’dan What’s Inside?: Çok Tanıdık Bir BoÅŸluk’’ / StudioN2O
2026, Kübra Su Yıldırım: Artist | Art & Design Documentary / Nobody to Others
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