Kübra Su Yıldırım
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
2019, FAM, Group Exhibition, Bomontiada, Istanbul
2019, Girl Power, Group Exhibition, Mecra, Istanbul
2019, Songs That Made Me, Group Exhibition, FAZ-Akasya Avm, Istanbul
2020, FAM, Pulse, Group Exhibition, The Circle, Istanbul
2020, FAM, Ozmoz, Group Exhibition, Exhibition Game
2020, Songs That Made Me, Group Exhibition, Hood Base, Istanbul
2021, Dreamscapes, Group Exhibition, Mamut Art Project, Istanbul
2021, Hayatta Kalanlar, Group Exhibition, Peep Art Space, Istanbul
2022, Now In Digital Art Alternate Realities+NFT, Group Exhibition, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul
2023, Hypnos, Group Exhibition, Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy
2023, Estasi, Group Exhibition, Ninfa Gallery, Milan, Italy
2023, The Last Gigs Illustrated, Group Exhibition, Müze Gazhane, Istanbul
2023, Disyon Seçki 0.2, Group Exhibition, Vitruta Space, Istanbul
2024, Mamut Art Project, Bomontiada, Istanbul
2024, NFT Revolution, Asprey Gallery, Group Exhibition, London, England
2025, Women’s Collective, Group Exhibition, PPR Editions, Istanbul
2025, New:Now, Group Exhibition, CerMordern, Ankara
2025, Yeniden Doğar Gibi, Group Exhibition, Yuvakimyon Rum Kız Lisesi, Istanbul
2025, What’s Inside?, Solo Show, Büyükdere35, Istanbul
2025, EVİN’Salon II, Group Exhibition, Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul
2025, Possibility of Expections, Group Exhibition, EArt Galeri, Istanbul
2025, Cracks of Innocence, Group Exhibition, Chi Art Gallery, Istanbul
2026, An Meselesi, Duo Exhibition, Offgrid Art Project, Istanbul
2026, Crossroads, Group Exhibition, Art on İstanbul, Istanbul
Workshop
2019, ICAF, Alice in Wonderland
2025, OMM, Cadavre Exquis
Artist Talk
2022, Hayatta Kalanlar, Peep Art Space, İstanbul
2026, An Meselesi, Offgrid Art Project, İstanbul
2026, “Başka Bir Gözle: Kimliklerin Ardındakiler”, Feyz Topluluğu, Eskişehir
Press & Publications
2023, “Söyleşi: Kübra Su Yıldırım’’ / Yağmur Baki, Odunpazarı Modern Müze
2024, “Kübrasu Yıldırım’ın ‘Bedenin Mağarası’ Eserinin Platon’un Mağara Alegorisi Üzerinden Dualist Çözümlemesi” Öğr. Gör. Dr. Betül Yıldırım, Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi
2024, “Tanı: Kübra Su Yıldırım’’ / StudioN2O
2025, “Kübra Su Yıldırım ile Sanatında İfade Ettikleri Üzerine’’ / Enes Kudu, The Magger
2025, “Sana Hayranım #4 / Kübra Su Yıldırım’’ / Mörç
2025, “What’s Inside?: Kübra Su Yıldırım’dan Çok Katmanlı Bir Anlatı’’ / The Art News Paper
2025, “Kübra Su Yıldırım’ın “What’s Inside” Sergisi Büyükdere35’te’’ / Artfulliving
2025, “Kübra Su Yıldırım’dan What’s Inside?: Çok Tanıdık Bir Boşluk’’ / StudioN2O
2026, Kübra Su Yıldırım: Artist | Art & Design Documentary / Nobody to Others
