. Lidya Duymuş' .
Artistic Statement
My artistic practice explores the body, its boundaries, and the fragile balance between inner realities and external appearances. Through sculpture, installation, and performance, I examine alienation, suppressed desires, and the tension between protection and exposure.
Recurring motifs such as nails, shells, and fragmented bodies act as metaphors for fragility, defense, and transformation. I often focus on figures considered strange or taboo, reflecting on how society defines and excludes otherness. Within this process, I seek to reveal the beauty hidden in what is perceived as abnormal.
Material and concept are inseparable in my work: stone and metal express solidity and resistance, while latex, fabric, and biomaterials emphasize vulnerability and change. I merge these contrasts into forms that are both unsettling and poetic.
Currently based in Berlin, I continue to explore cultural reflections of language and emotion, creating works that confront the viewer with the tension between discomfort and empathy.
Education
2014-2018
Eskişehir Atatürk Fine Arts Highschool
Painting Department
Educated at Eskişehir Atatürk Fine Arts High School, the artist built a foundation in printmaking, painting, and sculpture, forming the basis for later work in contemporary art.
2018-2024
Mimar Sinan Fine Art University
Sculpture Department
In 2018, enrollment in the Sculpture Department at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University provided a foundation in diverse materials—including stone, ceramics, wood, metal, plexiglass, epoxy, fabric, styrofoam, and latex—while supporting research into themes that continue to shape the artistic practice.
2022-2022
Kassel University
Visiul Arts Department
As part of the program, fundamentals of performance were studied through collaborations with performance classes from Universität der Künste (UdK) Berlin and Kassel University, alongside participation in Documenta 15’s OoK-Reinaart Collective Rug Project.
Exhibitions
2017 Atatürk Fine arts High School Composite Exhibition - Eskişehir State Fine Arts Gallery
2018 Workshop Karakalem Composite Exhibition - Keç? Geçti
2019 Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Sculpture Students “PatPat6” ComPosıte Exhibition
2021 Lidya Duymus Personal Exhibition - Çamurdam Art Gallery
2022 New Year Composite Exhibition - Çamurdam Art Gallerry
2022 Lions Club New Pursuits In Sculpture Contest (2nd place awarded ) Exhibition
2022 University Kassel Summer Semester Exhibition RUNDGang -Kassel Kunsthochschule
2023 15. Elgiz Terrace ScluptureExhibition - Elgiz Museum
2023 1st Young Talents Gomec Underwater Sculpture Exhibition
2023 Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Sculpture Students “PatPat7” ComPosıte Exhibition
2023 “BİRAZ” Composite Exhibition - Çamurdam Art Gallery
2024 “COLOUR SCALE” Composie Exhibition - Uğur Mumcu Art and Culture Center
2024 Upcyle Fest Exhibition - Gazhane Kadıköy
2024 16. Elgiz Terrace Sclupture Exhibition -Elgiz Museum
2024 Süreyya Ağaoğlu Art Awards - Merkür Gallery
2024 Personal Diploma Exhibition Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University - Osman Hamdi Bey Hall
2024 31ST SABANCI SUCCESS AWARDS EXHIBITION - SABANCI MUSEUM
2024 23-24 MSGSU Faculty of Fine Arts S Graduation Exhibition - Osman Hamdi Bey Hall
2024 süreyya ağaoğlu art awards - merkür gallery
2025 MSGSU AND Sainte Pulcherie Bronze Sculpture Exhibition - OUVROIR D’ART GALLERY
work experience
2019 Short term assistant for wood cravIng sculptor Kadir Ulus
2021 Petek Constructıon Co. two sculpture for order
Hatay Expo 2021 Grand Openıng Costume Design and Applİcatİons Assİstant
2022 Documenta15 OoK-Reinaart Collectıve Rug Project
2023 Costume applIicatIon assIstant at AzarbaIjan Haydar Aliev 100th year Celebrations
2023 Gömeç BalıkesIr 1st Young TallentMarble Sculpture Symposum/ResIdency Artist
2024 Costume Head Chef at ABU 13th Music Festival Opening Ceromony