About

Tuğçe Diri was born in Eskişehir in 1984. She graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2010, with a degree from Applied Lithography Atelier and Painting. Diri’s first solo exhibition entitled “Loop” took place at Anna Laudel in 2016. Diri’s works were included in group shows in different art spaces such as Akademililer Art Center, Contemporary Istanbul, Artist 2010, Galeri Selvin. Tuğçe Diri’s works, which consist from different series with diverse mediums such as drawing on paper, canvas and lace, acrylic on canvas, all nourish each other and evolve into a whole body of work in an organic way. The artist describes her work as an effort to place her vital reality plastically, which is based on her experience and geography that she lives in. Traditional arts that embody certain cultural infrastructures and always require meticulousness, patience and attention to detail, are the starting point of the artist who moves towards contemporary forms of expression. She lives and works in Istanbul.