
About
Kübra Su Yıldırım (b. 1997, Istanbul) is an interdisciplinary artist who works through a stream-of-consciousness method. Her practice, oriented toward the unconscious, traces a line from knowledge and existence toward the void and time, approaching the individual’s experience of selfhood together with the tensions and contradictions inherent in human nature. Through a figurative and symbolic mode of expression, she builds detailed, layered compositions; archetypal images, psycho-mythological elements, and female and non-binary figures form the shared language of her work. Rooted in painting, her hybrid practice expands through a range of materials and techniques, including wood, print and animation.
Her work has been exhibited at Akbank Sanat, Mamut Art Project, Asprey Gallery (London), Villa Borghese (Rome) and Ninfa Gallery (Milan). She has realised projects with Odunpazarı Modern Museum and MUBI Türkiye, and has collaborated with musicians including Sertab Erener, Nova Norda and Dilhan Şeşen. One of her works has been examined through Plato’s allegory of the cave in an article published in Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi (2024). She lives and works in Istanbul.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
2025, ‘What’s Inside?’, Büyükdere35, Istanbul
Duo Exhibitions:
2026, An Meselesi, Offgrid Art Project, Istanbul
Fairs:
2026, Contemporary Istanbul, Art On İstanbul, Istanbul
2024, Mamut Art Project, Bomontiada, Istanbul
Group Exhibitions:
2026, Crossroads, Art On İstanbul, Istanbul
2025, EVİN’Salon II, Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul
2025, Possibility of Expections, EArt Galeri, Istanbul
2025, Yeniden Doğar Gibi, Yuvakimyon Rum Kız Lisesi, Istanbul
2025, New:Now, CerMordern, Ankara
2025, Cracks of Innocence, Chi Art Gallery, Istanbul
2025, Women’s Collective, PPR Editions, Istanbul
2024, NFT Revolution, Asprey Gallery, London
2023, Disyon Seçki 0.2, Vitruta Space, Istanbul
2023, The Last Gigs Illustrated, Müze Gazhane, Istanbul
2023, Estasi, Ninfa Gallery, Milan
2023, Hypnos, Villa Borghese, Rome
2022, Now In Digital Art Alternate Realities+NFT, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul
2021, Hayatta Kalanlar, Peep Art Space, Istanbul
2021, Dreamscapes, Mamut Art Project, Istanbul
2020, Songs That Made Me, Hood Base, Istanbul
2020, Ozmoz, Dijital Sergi Oyunu, Istanbul
2020, Pulse, The Circle, Istanbul
2019, FAM, Bomontiada, Istanbul
Workshop
2019, ICAF, Alice in Wonderland
2025, OMM, Cadavre Exquis
Artist Talk
2022, Hayatta Kalanlar, Peep Art Space, Istanbul
2026, An Meselesi, Offgrid Art Project, Istanbul
2026, “Başka Bir Gözle: Kimliklerin Ardındakiler”, Feyz Topluluğu, Eskişehir
Press & Publications
Publications:
2026, “Görsel Anlatılarda Kültürel Belleğin Temsili: Çağdaş Örnekler Üzerine Bir Analiz”, Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Berna Kılıçoğlu, Görsel İletişimde Teorik ve Pratik Çalışmalar, ed. Doç. Dr. Aynur Karagöl, Eğitim Yayınevi, s. 44-46, (Link)
2024, “Kübrasu Yıldırım’ın ‘Bedenin Mağarası’ Eserinin Platon’un Mağara Alegorisi Üzerinden Dualist Çözümlemesi” Öğr. Gör. Dr. Betül Yıldırım, Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, (Link)
Video/Documentary:
2026, “Kübra Su Yıldırım: Artist | Art & Design Documentary” / Nobody to Others, (Link)
Interview:
2025, “Kübra Su Yıldırım ile Sanatında İfade Ettikleri Üzerine’’ / Enes Kudu, The Magger, (Link)
2025, “Sana Hayranım #4 / Kübra Su Yıldırım’’ / Mörç, (Link)
2024, “Çoklu Disiplinler” / Şevval Akyüz, NuLook Magazine, (Basılı)
2024, “Tanı: Kübra Su Yıldırım’’ / StudioN2O, (Link)
2023, “Söyleşi: Kübra Su Yıldırım’’ / Yağmur Baki, Odunpazarı Modern Müze, (Link)
