Sinem Vardar

I am a self-taught artist, work with ink and acryl-ink on fabric, paint with my hands. The entire painting process, from selecting the ideal grey cotton fabric, ironing it, and feeling every single wrinkle, is important to me, and I see each act in this process as a kind of prayer, part of an existential ritual.
Over the last five years, I have developed a unique painting technique which I call abstract animistic expressionism.

I begin painting without a plan or predetermined forms. Shapes emerge naturally as I work, guided by instinct and in collaboration with the water, plants, and seashells that are the co-creators of the painting as I try not to force anything. The painting process becomes a ritual-like event in which the boundaries between my subconscious and superconscious, as well as between the unified field and my individual self, begin to blur.

My method echoes the tradition of abstract expressionism, recalling artists like Helen Frankenthaler who poured pigment freely and honored the medium’s natural flow. Yet, my approach encompasses eruptive and instinctive emotional expression, is influenced by movements from Aikido, and has animistic aspects.

Through dynamic throws of color and water, I create a controlled chaos...

2015–2018 Master of Arts in Arabic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

2017–2018 Erasmus Exchange, School of Oriental and African Studies University of London

2009–2014 Bachelor of Arts in Political Sciences and International Relations, İstanbul University

2012–2013 Modern Standard Arabic, Arab Academy Cairo and Cairo University

Languages: Turkish, German, English, Arabic

Live Performances:
2025 BETON, Art Up Now, Projektraum Bethanien, Berlin

2025 Staring at the satellites, Cank Berlin, 48h Neukölln, Berlin

2025 In wachsenden Ringen, Halit Art Gallery, Berlin

Exhibitions:

2025 Kiezwoche trifft Art Kreuzberg e.V., Galerie Halit Art, Berlin

2025 Art Kreuzberg - Festival der offenen Galerien, Kunstorte, Ateliers, Stadtwerkstatt, Berlin

2025 WandeluM, Projektraum Bethanien, Berlin

2025 Steps – in wachsenden Ringen, Galerie Halit Art, Berlin

2024 Future Stars, Holy Art Gallery, London

2024 Prague Open Art, Art Number 23, Prague

2024 Autonomy & Dignity, LiTE-HAUS Gallery, Berlin

2024 Káktos Botanical Society, Barcelona

2023 Black+White, LiTE-HAUS Gallery, Berlin

2023 Euphoria, Holy Art Gallery, London

2023 The New Now, Arteria Art Gallery, Barcelona

2023 The New Now Christmas Edition, Arteria Art Gallery, Barcelona

2023 Berlin Art WOW!, LiTE-HAUS Gallery, Berlin

2023 Coloriscious, LiTE-HAUS Gallery, Berlin

2022 Suwayda, OYA Bar collective, Berlin (solo)