Sabine Buchmann

I was born in Strasbourg, in the heart of Alsace, and it was there that my eyes first settled on colors, shapes, and the silences that speak. Since 1986, I have lived and worked in Istanbul, a city of resonance and adoption, where I pursue an artistic journey nourished by Ottoman miniature, the memory of places, and the vibrations of the present.

My art is rooted in the tradition of miniature painting, yet I interpret it with a contemporary sensibility: I use gouache, gold leaf, and broken perspective, but also acrylic on canvas for larger formats, exploring themes that are current, intimate, or poetic.

I exhibit regularly in Turkey and France. Through my work, I seek to connect eras, cultures, and imaginations. It is a way of weaving bridges between worlds, of letting history and breath, detail and infinity, converse.

1999, Saint Sophia Istanbul
1999 Cem Sultan ODA Gallery
1999 The Greatness of the Ottomans Yantra Gallery
2000 Turquie aux portes de l’orient Strasbourg La laiterie
2001 , Anatolia Cultural Center, Paris
2002, French Cultural Center, Izmir




2003 Water Gallery ODA
2004 My Ships Gallery ODA
2005 Nina's Istanbul Sainte Pulchérie High School
2006 “40” Union Française Istanbul
2007 Istanbul Oasis Artemis Gallery
2008 Circus Sainte Pulchérie ODA Art Gallery
2008 Kalkan . Allegra Art Gallery Kalkan
2008 Etching Bakraç Art Gallery
2008 Cirque Sainte Pulchérie ODA Art Gallery
2008 Kalkan Allegra Hotel Kalkan
2009 Ex-Libris Istanbul Press Museum
2010 EX-libris Ordu Fine Arts High School
2010 Kalkan Strasbourg-Istanbul – Kalkan

2014 L'arche de Nina Saint Joseph High School Art Gallery
2020 Union française Istanbul