Melike is a rather exciting painter, a rather pro-active mixed media artist, born in Samsun, Turkey, in 1980, an artist now firmly based in Istanbul. We’ve been aware of Melike and her work since March 2021 when she first took part in one of our Cultivate online group shows (can’t recall if she contacted us first or if we found her, however it happened, since that first show,we’ve featured her painting, her photography, her drawing, performance or her mixed media composition in a number of group shows. Indeed we’ve invited Melike to take part in every single Cultivate group show since the first one she took part in some two years ago. We like the marks Melike makes, we like her commitment, the energy in her art, the way she makes her art, the mystery in her art, the movement, we like the sound we see in her bold marks, we like the space she occupies, the questions she throws out as an artist
Please click on an image to enlarge it and see each piece of art in full or to run the slide show and do please please please view it all on a decent sized monitor, something more respectful than just a damn phone for gawdsake, surely the art deserves more than just a tiny phone… Thank you
MELIKE – Black Comp – mixed media on canvas, 145x190cm (2023)MELIKE – Green – charcoal on raw canvas, 156x206cm, 2022MELIKE – Diptych – mixed media on canvas, 40x60cm, 2022MELIKE – Monochrome Series – charcoal on raw canvas, 120x145cm,2021MELIKE – Foruum – mixed media on raw canvas, 140x145cm, 2022MELIKE – Melody and sounds Series – charcoal on paper, 15x20cm, 2020 MELIKE – Melody and sounds Series – charcoal on paper, 15x20cm, 2020MELIKE – Melody and sounds Series – charcoal on paper, 15x20cm, 2020MELIKE – Melody and sounds Series – charcoal on paper, 15x20cm, 2020MELIKE – Melody and sounds Series – charcoal on paper, 15x20cm, 2020MELIKE – Melody and sounds Series – charcoal on paper, 15x20cm, 2020MELIKE – Crystal Trip Series – mixed media on raw canvas, 145x160cm, 2022MELIKE – Collage Series – mixed media on board 24x30cm, 2020MELIKE – Blue Comp 01 – mixed media on canvas, 35x50cm, 2023MELIKE – Blue Comp 02 – mixed media on canvas, 35x50cm, 2023MELIKE – Monochrome Composition – charcoal on raw canvas, 120x145cm, 2021MELIKE – Monochrome Series – mixed media on board, 35x50cm, 2022MELIKE – Monochrome Series – mixed media on board, 35x50cm, 2022MELIKE – Monochrome Series – mixed media on board, 35x40cm, 2022MELIKE – Monochrome Series – mixed media on board, 35x50cm, 2022MELIKE – Moonspot Series – mixed media on raw canvas, 120x145cm, 2023MELIKE – Moonspot Series – mixed media on raw canvas, 120x145cm, 2023MELIKE – Puzzle – mixed media on raw canvas, 130x142cm, 2022MELIKE – Roll Series – mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm, 2023MELIKE – Roll Series – mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm, 2023MELIKE – Roll Series – mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm, 2023MELIKE – Roll Series – mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm, 2023MELIKE – Roll Series – mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm, 2023MELIKE – Untitled – mixed media on raw canvas, 145x200cm, 2023MELIKE – Untitled – mixed media on raw canvas, 210x100cm, 2023MELIKE – Untitled – aerosol on raw canvas, 120x145cm, 2022MELIKE – StudioMELIKE – Untitled – mixed media on raw canvas, 120x145cm,2022MELIKE – Untitled – charcoal on canvas, 70x90cm, 2021MELIKE – Triptych – mixed media on canvas, 54x24cm, 2022MELIKE – Untitled – charcoal on canvas, 145x190cm, 2023MELIKE – Untitled – charcoal on raw canvas, 90x100cm, 2021MELIKE – Untitled – charcoal on raw canvas, 90x95cm, 2021MELIKE – Untitled – charcoal on raw canvas, 70x90cm, 2021MELIKE – Untitled – mixed media on canvas, 20x30cm, 2022MELIKE – Untitled – mixed media on raw canvas, 120x145cm, 2023MELIKE – Untitled – mixed media on raw canvas, 2021MELIKE – Untitled – mixed media on raw canvas, 2021MELIKE – Untitled – mixed media on raw canvas, 100x150cm, 2022MELIKE – Untitled – mixed media on canvas board, 30x40cm, 2023MELIKE – Untitled – mixed media on canvas board, 30x40cm, 2023MELIKE – Untitled – mixed media in epoxy resin, 20x30cm, 2022MELIKE – Untitled – mixed media in epoxy resin, 20x30cm, 2022MELIKEMELIKE – Untitled – mixed media on canvas board, 30x40cm, 2023MELIKEMELIKEMELIKE
And that was it, a 30th on-line exhibition and something like the 185th Cultivate show in all. A big big thanks to anyone and everyone who has visited the exhibition, a big big thanks to Melike.
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Coming next? Well we are in to a Spring season of on-line shows now so do stay tuned, there will be more very soon, an April Mixtape, Mixtape No.5, more Three x Three shows and….
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