Kerime Elibuyuk

She is a contemporary painter whose work navigates the interplay between emotion, form, and memory. Across abstract, biomorphic, and expressive compositions, she explores how visual rhythm, layered surfaces, and color relationships evoke internal landscapes that are at once personal and universal.

Drawing from intuition and observation, her practice integrates diverse approaches — from gestural abstraction and organic patterns to reductive geometry and sensory suggestion. Whether deploying vibrant fields of color, subtle tonal shifts, or dynamic texture, she seeks to create paintings that resonate as living visual experiences, inviting viewers to slow down and engage on a sensory level.

Her process involves building depth through multiple translucent layers, allowing earlier marks and gestures to remain present in the surface. This layered methodology reflects her interest in continuity, transformation, and the way experiences accumulate and interact over time. She often works with mixed media, including acrylic, wax pastel, and spray paint, continually refining how materiality and meaning intersect.

Across figurative elements, symbolic gestures, and abstract currents, her work is united by a pursuit of clarity through complex...

- MSc in Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Management, Imperial College London
- BSc in Chemical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
- Independent training and continuous practice in contemporary painting and mixed media

To See or Not To See (1st Solo Exhibition) - December 2023, Caddebostan Culture Center - İstanbul.

Colors of Anatolia - July 2023, Çemberlitaş - İstanbul.

İstanbul Design Center - Students of Painter İlhami Atalay Exhibition - May 2023, İstanbul.

Freedom - Karl&Ein Gallery, 21 June - 1 July 2021, Istanbul.