Sadi Eliyesil

Sadi is a director, storyteller, and artist of Colombian and Turkish heritage. Raised in a family of artists, he has been drawn to art in its many forms from an early age.
His work is shaped by a fascination with history—how the past informs our identities, echoes through our lives, and offers glimpses of who we might become. While directing is his primary practice, painting offers another way to tell stories and explore the emotions that connect us across time.
Sadi is beginning a series of paintings that brings together fragility, power, strength, and exposure. Through expressive figures and historical symbolism, he explores the tension between how we present ourselves and what we carry beneath the surface.

Self-taught