Painting
Elif Demir
Biography
Practice & Background
Based in Istanbul, Demir's luminous canvases trace the meeting point of memory and landscape — where Aegean light dissolves into abstract atmosphere.
Artist Statement
In Their Own Words
I am interested in the moment when a place becomes a feeling — when horizon and memory collapse into a single field of colour. My work asks the viewer to dwell in that threshold, unhurried.
Selected Works
From the Catalogue
Exhibitions
Recent & Upcoming
Horizons of Memory
Aegean Light
Collections
Curated Groupings
Coastal Abstractions
A curated selection of paintings exploring light, atmosphere, and the Turkish coastline.
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