Mîna Kocailik

Mîna Kocailik

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I am a multidisciplinary artist who produces painting, writing and performance. Art represents my search for meaning. When painting, I adopt a process-focused approach, and my main areas of interest consist of opening space for uncertainty, embracing improvisation and maintaining creative curiosity. I use acrylic and collage techniques; I shape my production with vibrant colors, detailed patterns, intuitive layers, abstractions and naive figures. Rather than recreating reality, I prioritize bringing imagination to the forefront and producing images that will activate the viewer's own imagination. I value words; I write poetry to describe my paintings, incorporate written expressions into my compositions, or make paintings inspired by poetry. I draw from transformation stories, psychology, mythology, esotericism, feminism and philosophical thought, and I aim to create experiences that will contribute to the viewer's personal search for meaning.
I was born in Istanbul in 1989. I started painting in 2014. I have been working as an independent artist since 2018. I continue my production first abroad on the street, then between Istanbul, Kayaköy and since 2026 in Istanbul. Personal Exhibition 2026 Bird Language, Caddebostan Cultural Center, Istanbul 2022 Naked, La Visione Art Gallery, Istanbul Group Exhibition 2025 Seed That Dreams, Art on Hemp, Barın Han, Istanbul 2025 Family Year: Are You Coming to Dinner?, Saye Collective, Istanbul, co-organizer of 18th Istanbul Biennial parallel event 2025 Censor Free Zone, Saye Collective, Istanbul 2024 Fethiye Art Collective and İnlice Art Initiative, Fethiye Cultural Center 2024 İzmir Art and Antique Fair, Galerim Art Gallery, IAAF İzmir 2023 Nature, International Mail Art Project, Bahariye Art Gallery, Istanbul 2022 Kalkan Color Revelry, Kalkan Culture House, Antalya 2022 With Brittany Lamers and Sevgi Cesur, Kalkan Culture House, Antalya 2021 Sunset, La Visione Art Gallery, Hakan Aykan Culture and Art Center, Bodrum 2021 Join Us, La Visione Art Gallery, Istanbul
Visual Publication 2026-2024 Image, Psikeart Magazine, Issue 93, 96, 98, 99, 103 2026-2024 Image, Kibele Culture Art Magazine, Issue 1, 2, 8, 9, 10; Photography, Issue 1, 2 Writing 2024 Poetry, Allah Büyük Canım, Kibele Culture Art Magazine, Issue 1; Story, Elveda Klitoris /\ Batı Afrika, Issue 2; Poetry, Yuvarlak Dünya, E-Magazine, Issue 1 2023 Essay, Yasak Ne Ayol?, Kibele Literature Anthology 1, Artshop Publishing 2020 Photo-story, Gerçekten Yalandan Sınırlar /\ Gambiya, Kirpi Literature and Thought E-Magazine, Issue 53 2020-2018 Photo-story, Jim Jam Jom Jili Jili Jom, Personal Blog Performance 2025-2024 Live painting performance, Hareler, Öyküm Elif Erdoğan concerts, Fethiye 2023 Multimedia poetry performance, Seviyeli Çığlıklar Durağı, Ayıp Festival, Saye Collective, Istanbul Workshop 2025- 2024 Intuitive Painting, Kayaköy Art Camp, Fethiye 2024 Collage, Private Küçük Orman Kindergarten, Istanbul 2024 Intuitive Painting, AquArt Festival, Fethiye 2024 Sansürünü Kap da Gel, with Helin Serindağ, Saye Collective, Istanbul 2024 Cadı Kazanı, creativity camp for women with İremnur Demir Esen, Arazi Seferihisar, İzmir 2022 Simurg'u Çizmek, with Brittany Lamers, Birds Conference Festival, Fethiye