Merve İşeri

Merve İşeri (b. 1992, Istanbul) creates work centred on communication and inner landscapes, exploring the interdependence between human and non-human relations. Her practice moves through modes of language formed in the dialogue between nature, the human, and the psyche. In her painting, sound and movement are held in interplay to propose new languages for the viewer — an invitation to find a merging point between the personal and the communal. Each mark, symbol, and pattern on the canvas carries specific intent, yet together they seem to dance and speak in a language of their own. Meaning is simultaneously subverted and created as lines and shapes converge and disperse in a symphony of sound and sight.

Merve İşeri received her B.A. in Design of Communication from Politecnico di Milano in 2014. Her recent group exhibitions include; ‘Between Earthly Beings and the Unknown Cosmic World: The Continent’at Julius Koller Society Bratislava, ‘Time is a Child’ in Leros organised by Galerist in collaboration with Perasma, ‘Search Party’ at Tatjana Pieters Gallery in Gent and ‘Conversations with Memory’ at Cedric Bardawil Gallery in London. Her recent solo exhibition ‘Passage’ took place at Lamb Gallery, London in 2023, and her previous exhibition ‘Hear to See’ was curated by Canan Batur at Pablo’s Birthday Gallery in New York. Her work has been published in Frieze Magazine, Financial Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Harper’s Bazaar Turkey among others.

İşeri currently lives and works in Cornwall, UK.