Melike KıLıÇ

I was born small vilage in Sebinkarahisar , lives and working İstanbul

Is it possible to find one's truth in the realm of dreams? I'm looking for the answer in my
work. First I create two sets of realities and then alternating reality which links them. Each
piece of my composition is reminiscent of a book made up of many interlocking
fragments.
Each piece of my composition is reminiscent of a book made up of many interlocking
fragments, a book that chronicles all the stories of the past and the future
The private world I created is a neverland that is shaped and enriched by my immigration
experience from my village to a metropolis. It can be observed that I describe that
neverland in all of my works using eartly notions.
I am trying to narrate my own reality with aestethics. I use shade, light and line. All of
them turns into stories. Trees, jungles, rivers, monsters and magical realism... Each of
them becomes a metamorphosis. Each story that I tell in my works keeps collective
memory alive.
Being on the road is the milestone of my life. I am a teller. I tell stroies, fairy tales and
legends. I need to be on the road like every teller. I kept my stories private until I
relocated to Wien and discovered on the roa...

2011-2012 Academie der Bildenden Künste wien

2010 Marmara University,İnstitute of Fine Arts (MA).

2008 Marmara University,Fine Art Faculty,“Mürteza Fidan” atelier(BA).

Painting, İnstallation art -Paper art

Solo Exhibitions

2019 - "Beyond the wall / Unknown territories "
Buyukdere 35 İstanbul
2017- "Terra Tenebris" Blok Art Space İstanbul
2009 "Absent Cauntry" Karga art İstanbul

Some group exhibition

2017, "On Botany," Blok Art Space, Istanbul
2015, "IndieLine," ArtSümer, Istanbul
2015, "Havada Asılı," Vogue Restaurant, Istanbul (Art50.net)
2015, "Çizgi," Mixer, Istanbul
2014, "Anlatılmayan Hikayeler," Art50 with TEB Etiler private bank, (Art50.net)
2013, "Dream Woven Within A Dream," Asfalt art gallery, Istanbul
2012, "Who Left What Behind," curated by Saliha Kasap, Çankaya Contemporary Art Gallery, Ankara
2012, "What a Wonderful World," curated by Marcus Graf, Plato Art, Istanbul
2011, "Rungang," Traditional Academy Winter Exhibition, Wien
2011, "The Human Condition," Hush Gallery, Istanbul
2011, "Young, New, Different 2," curated by Selin Turam, Cda Project, Istanbul
2011, "Return: innocent nostalgia," curated by Emre Zeytinoğlu, Mars, Istanbul
2011, "Despite the Public for the Public," curated by Firat Arapoglu, Kargaart, Istanbul
2010, "Sections - Exhibition of Korea" - TuM.K.M Gallery, Istanbul
2010, "Raw Cases," curated by Mürteza Fidan and Melih Görg