Ayse Sirin Budak

Ayse Şirin Budak (Shee-Reen) is a New York–based eco-artist originally from Istanbul, Türkiye. Şirin’s practice deeply rooted in gratitude for the natural world, sustainability, slowness, and material consciousness. Her work is rooted in the intersection of ancestral tradition and contemporary resistance. With formal training in Political Science and a minor in Art History, she approaches her practice through both a critical and historical lens.

Working from her home studio, Şirin’s process is intentionally slow and grounded in tactile relationships with environmental materials. She works with earth pigments, botanical inks made from food waste, hand-dyed cotton threads and recycled handmade papers as well as locally crafted textiles specifically handwoven by women artisans. She often incorporates motifs and tribal patterns which serve as quiet symbols of cultural continuity and rootedness passed down through generations.

Şirin’s work explores a unique intersection of ecofeminism, material minimalism, and quiet ritual. Her hand-stitched compositions, often dense with repetitive threadwork, are meditations on slowness, domesticity, and devotion. Her materials are not only chosen for their ecological footprint, but also for thei...

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & Art History Minor | 2010

EXHIBITIONS

Guild Hall 79th Clothesline Art Exhibition New York | 2025

Médecins Sans Frontières Doctors Without Borders Fundraising Art Auction London | 2024

Guild Hall Clothesline Art Exhibition New York | 2024

Guild Hall 84th Artist Members Exhibition New York | 2024

Artsy Turkey-Syria Earthquake Relief Benefit Auction | 2023

Long Island Museum 10th Anniversary Artist Members Exhibition New York | 2023

Paul Smith Bolder Solo Exhibition New York | 2021

Guild Hall Clothesline Art Exhibition New York | 2021

Trotter & Sholer Gallery Art She Says Exhibition New York | 2020

The Visionary Projects The Era of Seclusion Exhibition New York | 2020

Guild Hall Clothesline Art Exhibition New York | 2020

Ground Floor Gallery Gifts by Artists Group Exhibition New York | 2019

Guild Hall Clothesline Art Exhibition New York | 2018

B.J Spoke Gallery Harvest of Artists Group Exhibition New York | 2018

Long Island Photography Gallery Dreamscapes: Land & Water Group Exhibition New York | 2018

PRESS

Saatchi Art Holiday 2022 Catalog featuring artist | 2022

Saatchi Art Fall 2022 Catalog featuring artist | 2022

Elle Decoration Russia L’Esquisse Hotel & Spa works featured at | 2021

Frame Magazine L’Esquisse Hotel &am...