Merve Gurlek

My passion for the natural world has inspired my art since I first put pencil to paper as child. I grew up on forests and our home’s lil garden. It was there that my love for nature and wilderness flourished. As I have grown I have combined my love for animals with my interest in both wildlife biology and mythology to create artwork that speaks to the current biological mythos that constructs the barrier between what is considered Human, and what is considered Animal.

I hope to remind those who view my artwork that we too are animals, embedded in this fragile world even as we poison it.

My art-works alludes to the boundaries that separate humans from animals both physically and metaphysically, and the way in which these boundaries are warped by science, mythology, and religion alike..

Anatolian Fine Arts High School / Music & Art

Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty / Industrial Product Design

2014 – Bilinçdışı Sayıklamalar: “Rüyamda Gördüm Seni…” – Galeri Bu

2016 – ”Alamet-i Farika” – Galeri Eksen

2021 – ”10X10 We Have a Message!” – İstanbul Creative Gallery

2022 – International Art Fair – Grand Palais Paris