Hande Ugur

Hande Ugur, also known as Handy Queen, is an Istanbul-based artist who has gained international recognition for her vibrant street art and pop art style paintings. While she initially started her career as a jewellery designer, her practice has since expanded to include mixed media artworks and painting.

Handy Queen's artworks are known for their use of collages made with old newspapers, magazines, and found objects, creating a unique texture and depth to her pieces. Her work covers a range of themes, including social media, fashion, female identity, and popular culture.

One of Handy Queen's main beliefs is that art should be a storyteller and leave the audience with a sense of joy. Her aim is to create high-quality and distinctive art that can spark inspiration in her viewers. Her workshop is her creative haven, where she feels free to experiment and connect with her art.

Handy Queen has exhibited her works at prestigious international fairs such as Miami Art Week and Artexpo New York, where she has become a well-known artist in the global art scene. While her jewelry design background remains an important influence in her work, it is her innovative use of mixed media and pop art style paintings that have garnered her a dedicat...

Selected Exhibitions

2023
Art Miami, Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, December 6 - December 10

2023
ArtExpo New York, Pier 36, New York, March 30 - April 2
Art Santa Fe, NM, July 14 - July 16

2022
Art Miami, Spectrum Art Fair, Miami, November 28-December 4

Art weeks @Akaretler, 6th Edition, Carny, Istanbul

B for Goods, Carny x Boyner NFT Art Show, Istanbul

Nadas x Red Art, Canakkale

Solo Exhibitions

2017 I am not Interested in Pop Art , solo, Hudson Art Project, April 25- June 25,

2019 Oh franklin You are the One, Red Art Gallery, Istanbul, November 9 - December 9
2021

Contemporary Istanbul, 16th Edition, Art Fair, with Red Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, October 5-10

Tis’ the Season, Tis’ the Art, Red Art Gallery, Istanbul, November 18 - December 31

Breathe Arts, Arts Hotel, Bodrum
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Aid for Trees, Charity Organization, July 30


2020

Step Istanbul, Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey

Contemporary Istanbul, 15th Edition, Virtual Art Fair, with Red Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, December 19

Selected Press

Marie Claire Masion, Collector’s house, page 85, May 2022

Kolekta, Collector’s stories by Burcu Dimilli, September 12, 2021

Where You Art, September 5, 2021

Instyle Home, Collector’s house, page 70-71,...