Banu Birecikligil (b. 1970, Istanbul) graduated from the studio of Professor Özer Kabaş at the Department of Painting at Mimar Sinan University in 1995. She completed her studies at the Berlin University of the Arts (Universitat der Künste, UdK) in 2000. In 2002, she received her graduate degree in “Art in Context”.
Banu Birecikligil depicts fantastic beasts and mythological landscapes by combining reality and imagination as she explores themes of alienation, melancholia, and the power of nature. The artist synthesizes mythology with speculative futures, and her work reflects on the disconnect between humans and their environments.
