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Dünya Dural

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  • On 19 October 2025

Who is Dünya Dural? (1985-Istanbul)

Born in Istanbul in 1985, he graduated from the Department of International Relations at Kocaeli University. He has studied art history and Byzantine art. He worked as a gallery manager at Düş Yolcusu Sanat Durağı (Dream Traveler Art Stop). He worked with archaeologist Ufuk Baş Arığ on “Megalithic Cultures” in the Archaeology workshop. He served as an editor for Heyyamola Publications’ Roman Kahramanları magazine. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions and workshops. He continues to develop his work in his Maltepe studio.

Art Perspective:

I reinterpret the traces left by destruction and loss in social memory. I address the broader masses that society has experienced and is exposed to, with reference to the modernist tradition in art history. The sketches I create in my mind, combined with my knowledge and experience, distort and break them throughout the process, creating layers and layers of traces in my work.

I enjoy combining abstract and figurative elements in my paintings. Once abstraction begins, a work transforms into a space searching for its figure. These transitions are about making visible the negative spaces between memory and identity.

My production process and system operate within frameworks that are constantly reshaping each other; where I explore, confront, and redraw material possibilities. This framework shifts, sometimes with the focus of the self, sometimes with the focus of the viewer.

My technique, process, and approach combine the content of formlessness with the past and future possibilities inherent in the moment, offering the viewer a temporal visual experience.

Solo Exhibitions:
2023 “Asymmetric Dreams”, Evrim Art Gallery, Göztepe, Istanbul
2022 “Reflection”, TAKSAV, Kadıköy, Istanbul
2019 Kuytu Artline, Maltepe, Istanbul
2018 “Tragedy or Nothingness”, Galeria Mavist, Kadıköy, Istanbul

Group Exhibitions:
2025 “Patchwork VII,” Gala Art Gallery, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
2025 “Antandros Painting Workshop” Exhibition, Edremit, Balıkesir
2025 “Antalya II. Contemporary Art Fair,” Vis Art Gallery, Antalya
2024 Istanbul’s Polyphonic Neighborhood: Fener, Fener, Istanbul
2024 “From A New Beginning with Hope - II,” Maltepe Municipality Prof. Dr. Türkan Saylan Cultural Center, Maltepe, Istanbul
2023 “Art - Opening Exhibition,” Kadıköy, Istanbul
2023 İAAF İzmir Art and Antiques Fair, Signature Art Gallery, Izmir
2023 “Summer Group Painting Exhibition,” Evrim Art Gallery, Kadıköy, Istanbul
2023 “From A New Beginning with Hope,” Maltepe Municipality Prof. Dr. Türkan Saylan Cultural Center, Maltepe, Istanbul
2023 “Online Solidarity Painting Exhibition,” Evrim Art Gallery, Kadıköy, Istanbul
2023 “A Group of People, Thematic Group Exhibition,” Ankara Zafer Çarşısı, Ankara
2022 “Patchwork IV,” Gala Art Gallery, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
2022 “Patchwork III,” Gala Gallery, Bodrum Artfair, Bodrum, Muğla
2021 “Patchwork II,” Balaban Art Gallery, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
2021 “A Group of People Art Platform – Second Year Major Exhibition,” Türkan Saylan Cultural Center, Maltepe, Istanbul
2021 Trakya University Faculty of Fine Arts International “Return to Gaia” Virtual Group Exhibition
2021 “On the 100th Anniversary of the National Anthem – 100 Artists and Ex-libris” Exhibition, Küçükçekmece, Istanbul
2020 Port-Art “The Contagious One” "Kindness" Project, Online Group Exhibition
2020 "World of Paper", Kuytu Artline, Maltepe, Istanbul
2019 TÜYAP Artist 29th Art Fair, Kuytu Artline, Beylikdüzü, Istanbul
2019 "A Group of People Art Platform – Face to Face", Galeri Mod, Kadıköy, Istanbul
2018 "A Group of People Art Platform – First Year Grand Exhibition", Türkan Saylan Cultural Center, Maltepe
2018 "Young Impact", Pusula Art House, Harbiye, Istanbul
2018 "A Group of People Art Platform – Moda", Pasaj Gallery, Kadıköy, Istanbul
2018 "A Group of People Art Platform 3", Pusula Art House, Harbiye, Istanbul
2018 "Journey to the Blue 3", Galeria Mavist, Trafo – Bodrum, Muğla
Seminars Given: 2025 "The Body in Art and History" - Kaffa Miro, Fener, Istanbul
2025 "4-Week Art and History Seminar with Dünya Dural" - Evrim Art Gallery, Göztepe
2025 "6-Week Art History Seminar with Dünya Dural" - Maltepe Municipality Küçükyalı Neighborhood House, Maltepe
2025 "8-Week Art History Seminar with Dünya Dural" - Maltepe Municipality Neighborhood House, Maltepe
Workshops Participated:

2025 "Colors of September Art Workshop", Maltepe
2024 "Antandros Painting Workshop", Edremit
2018 "Culture and Art Events from Troy to Antandros" – Ida Art Terraces Workshop, Edremit
2017 "Ida Art Terraces Workshop", Altınoluk – Edremit
2017 29 October Workshop, Kartal
2017 "3rd Cappadocia Soldiers and Academicians Art Workshop", Karlık Evi, Uçhisar, Nevşehir

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