Melike is, as we said last time, a rather exciting painter, a rather pro-active mixed media artist who’s work, especially her drawings, constantly challenge us.
Born in Samsun, Turkey, in 1980, she spent quite some time firmly based in Istanbul before spreading out to other parts of her homeland. 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, her thrilling 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 five years ago.
We have said all this before, but 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 intencity in the movement, the consideration, we like the sound we see in her bold marks, we like the space she occupies, we like the questions she throws out as an artist. Melike excites us…
Here then is an exhibition of recent work from Milike, all of it from 2026, some of it made for this show.
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 (sw)
Melike on Instagram / website / Linktree
And that was it, a 48th on-line exhibition and something like the 205th Cultivate show in all. A big big thanks to anyone and everyone who has visited the exhibition, and once again a big big thanks to Melike.
Previous Cultivate on-line exhibitions featuring Melike…
Cultivate presents Melike – an online art exhibition…
Cultivate presents Mixtape No.10 – an online art exhibition…
Cultivate presents Mixtape No.9 – an online art exhibition…
More Melike coverage via Organ
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Coming next? Well we are in to a Spring 2026 season of on-line shows now so do stay tuned, there will be more very soon, another Mixtape maybe? More Three x Three shows and….
Recently…
Cultivate Presents: Mark Burrell, Recent Work, an exhibition…
Cultivate presents: Edgington, Recent Work, an exhibition…
Cultivate presents Mixtape No.10 – an online art exhibition…
From March 2023 – Cultivate presents Melike – an online art exhibition…
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