Fatma Durmush

Fatma Durmush is a disabled artist, with a prolific practice mainly focussed on painting and sketching.

Born in cyprus in 1959 to turkish-cypriot parents, she moved to the uk as a baby and currently lives and works in London.

Her work is deeply personal – it is an outpouring, a way for fatma to free her thoughts and calm her over-crowded mind.

It is a fundamental reflection of her interior world, deeply rooted in images of childhood and dreams. Fatma has lived with physical and mental health conditions for many years, and at points in her life endured periods of violent physical and emotional abuse.

She first discovered painting through art therapy, and her practice remains a vital way for her to process feelings and experiences.

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2021 – London

Crowds are not us
2020 – Bethlem Gallery Studio, London

The Manchester Contemporary
2019

Two and a Half Women
2004 – St Martin-in-the-Fields Crypt Gallery, London

Makeshift
2004 – Hemel Hempstead