Forest, Intertwined

Ayda Demirci

Ayda Demirci is a painter based in Istanbul. Her practice is shaped by her view of painting as a continuous process of research and discovery. She works to create abstract compositions in her paintings. Her focus is always on painting; she is interested in constructing images and expressions independent of an idea or narrative. Demirci’s paintings are exactly ‘what you see’. Ambidexter has presented her two solo exhibitions, 35 Paintings and Two.

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Chorus of Body

“Chorus of Body” is an Istanbul based artist known for their works depicting faceless figures. Some of their works were first exhibited in a group exhibition in the UK in 2019. In addition to his passion for painting, Chorus of Body also works in photography, video and digital art. Since 2018, he has been working on faceless figures, mixing brush strokes with oil paint to express emotions. He is inspired by photographs taken by himself and his close environment. The images they blur with brush strokes take on mysterious looks in the eyes of the viewer, adding a mysterious expression to their artworks. In addition to this style, by producing small paintings that can fit in the palm of the hand, he aims to dominate the entire design with a glance and reach the climax of this pleasure. In other words, the focus of their paintings is directly on bodies and the impressions they leave behind. The colours and pleasures behind all this diversity form the chorus of the body.

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Mark Hale

Mark Hale was born in Izmir in 1984, studied Printmaking and Graphic Design at Anadolu University, and participated in international exchange programs at Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo and San Diego State University. He completed his master’s in Animation and Illustration at Prague Academy of Architecture, Art & Design. He has been living in Istanbul since 2012.

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Murat Burhanoğlu

Murat Burhanoğlu, born in Istanbul and based in Amsterdam, is a painter whose practice revolves around monochromatic landscapes and the gestures of entities and animals that inhabit our world. His visual language draws on archaic rawness, ruins, and palaces. Artist’s first solo exhibition, Black Sun (2019), and his second, Order of the House (2023), were both within Ambidexter Gallery. His paintings are featured annually at major art fairs such as Contemporary Istanbul, and he has participated in group exhibitions in Istanbul, Izmir and Chios, Greece.

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Özge Çokgezen

Özge Çokgezen received education in art history and contemporary art practices in Florence, New York, and Istanbul. After completing art degrees at Pera Fine Arts High School, Istanbul Technical University, and Beykent University, they further focused on contemporary art practices.

They accepted the position of Art Director at bang. Art Innovation Prix, where they led the digital art and innovation program until 2018. They have published articles in both print and digital media. Their works have been commissioned by private collectors, including exhibitions and entire collections. In 2023, they held their first solo exhibition titled “Synthetic Identity” at Ambidexter Gallery.

Since 2023, they have continued their practice in Barcelona, exploring the concept of “post-truth” alongside the theme of “Identity,” while also experimenting with “non-space” concepts.

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Selver Yıldırım

Selver Yıldırım (1993) is an artist based in Istanbul. Her multi-layered practice spans painting, digital media, textiles, and found objects, rooted not merely in visual aesthetics but in a political question: What is reality, and for whom does it hold true?

Yıldırım’s work navigates themes such as simulation, memory, the politics of desire, and the representation of the body. She builds a language that oscillates between pop culture and critical theory, working both conceptually and intuitively. She distorts the familiar, rendering the everyday grotesque.
Her work is marked by inner contradictions: it is at once heavy and light, transparent and dense, personal and structural. Defining herself as a “painting laborer,” she approaches production as a form of embodied labor.
Technically, she primarily works with hyperrealistic acrylic painting, while also producing digital collages, video works, and airbrush pieces on textile surfaces. Her engagement with surfaces goes beyond traditional canvases, often incorporating industrial materials such as metal, fabric, and plastic.
Her interdisciplinary approach is shaped by a queer-feminist perspective; rather than aestheticizing images, she aims to expose them—less to narrate than to leak.

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Vincent Krüger

Vincent Krüger lives and works in Cologne (Germany). He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe. Krüger engages with different materials and pursues diverse interests that sometimes overlap and connect, but at other times are far removed from each other. The process of his own work is at the core of his practice and is continuously questioned.

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