(b. 1980, Istanbul, Turkey)
1998–2002 Bachelor of Arts, Sculpture Department, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul
2003–2006 Master of Arts, Sculpture Department, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul
2008–2013 Ph.D. / Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Exercises on a Thorn, Maçka Art Gallery, Istanbul
2018 Nothing Unchanged but the Clouds, Adahan Hotel, -1 Gallery, Istanbul
2014 Noxious Garden, Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery, Istanbul
2010 Nocturnal Visitors, Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery, Istanbul
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Fruit of the Forbidden Tree, Maçka Art Gallery, Istanbul
2023 Where Are We?, Erimtan Museum, Ankara
2023 Where Are We?, Maçka Art Gallery, Istanbul
2022 One, Akaretler, Istanbul
2021 Mecmu, Barın Han, Istanbul
2018 Stories from Yeldeğirmeni, CKM, Istanbul
2017 Scope New York Art Fair, New York
2016 Scope Miami Art Fair, Miami
2016 Contemporary Stories II, 42 Maslak, Istanbul
2016 Contemporary Stories I, Art Bornova, Izmir
2015 Grace of Another World, Art Sümer, Istanbul
2014 Red, Çağla Cabaoğlu Art Gallery, Istanbul
2013 Free and 90, Embassy of Turkey, Berlin, Germany
2013 Marma, Residency, Berlin, Germany
2012 The Solo Project Art Fair, Karma Exhibition, Basel, Switzerland
2011 Kein Eintritt (No Entrance), Salzburg Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria
2011 Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, group exhibition, Istanbul
2010 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, group exhibition, Shanghai, China
2009 Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, group exhibition, Istanbul
2008 Art is My Playground, Tersane Collective, group exhibition, Istanbul
Güneş Çınar earned her BA and MA degrees from the Sculpture Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University between 1998 and 2006. She completed her Ph.D. / Master of Fine Arts program at the same department between 2008 and 2013. She held her first solo exhibition in 2010 and her second in 2014 at Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery.
She has participated in exhibitions, fairs, symposiums, and workshops in cities including Istanbul, Izmir, New York, Miami, Berlin, Basel, Beijing, Paris, and Salzburg. Her article entitled “Cabinets of Curiosity as a Source of Inspiration in Artworks” was published in 2016 in the Journal of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Hacettepe University.
Dreams, nightmares, fairy tales, and fragments of the city form the starting point of Çınar’s work. The artist examines the concepts of the city and urban life through the fears, concerns, and dilemmas of urban individuals, as well as the ambiguous, hierarchical, and complex structures inherent in metropolitan environments.
