Tuba Gecgel
fiber artist, textile designer

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Tuba Geçgel (1993) is a multidisciplinary artist born in Istanbul. Her artistic practice is shaped around and focuses on themes such as humans’ true self, communication with nature, genderlessness and love. Tuba adopts textile materials as basic elements in her works and expresses the fluidity, free formability and limitlessness of textiles by comparing them to human nature. She emphasizes limitlessness by creating fantastic environments with her figurative and colorful works, and makes viewers become a part of her works by interacting with them. Recently, she has started to transfer her drawings to tapestries using the hand tufting technique. Combining this traditional technique with the understanding of modern art, she feeds on the slowing down of time while wandering between the past and the future. Tuba Geçgel’s works are a reflection of her artistic vision and touch.

Education

2011-2016 Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Textiles and Fashion Design
2024- Current, University of Ostrava , Faculty of Fine Arts And Music, Department of Paint MALBA II – Master Program

Selected Group Shows

2019, Introvert A Magical Forest, Group Exhibiton, PG Art Gallery, Istanbul

2020, Variations On Beauty, Group Exhibition,Gallery Diani, Istanbul

2020, Born,Group Exhibition, PlanB Tophane, Istanbul

2020, Angel, Muse Contemporary Art Gallery, St. Antoine Church

2020, Kemiklerin Üzerine Şarkılar – Laloba, Group Exhibition, Eksibir, İstanbul

2021, Group Exhibition of Young Artists, BKM UNIQ Hall, Istanbul

2021, Karşı Pencere, Group Exhibition, Koli Art Space, Istanbul

2021, Synonyms Exhibition, The Marmara Bodrum Hotel, Mugla

2023, Without Boundaries, Group Exhibition, Muse Contemporary, Istanbul

2024, Katharsis – Sessizliğin Payı, Group Exhibition, Martch Art Project, Istanbul

2024, Artevolve, Group Exhibition, GDM Contemporary, Ostrava Czech Republic

2024, Dreamscape, Group Exhibition, The Holy Art Galery, London

2024, En Route, Group Exhibition, Büyükdere35, Muğla

2025, Pembe Bulutların Üstünde Group Exhibition, Chi Art Gallery, İstanbul

2025, Ayna Ayna Group Exhibition, Chi Art Gallery, Istanbul

2025, Inferno Group Exhibition, Alteos Gallery, Ostrava Czech Republic

2025, GVUO GEN* / COLLABORATORY, House of Art, Ostrava Czech Republic

2025, ODDSKOK Group Exhibition, Warsaw, Poland

Solo Shows:

2021, Gözlerimiz Yuvasından Çıkana Kadar, 1wall X ,Büyükdere35, İstanbul

2023, November, House of Observation, Buyukdere35 Gallery, Istanbul

Biennale:
2023, International Textile Biennale, Atlas Pavillion, İzmir 

 

Fairs:

2020, Step Istanbul, Pg Art Gallery, Istanbul

2021, Tomtom Designhood, Buyukdere35, Istanbul

2022, ArtAnkara Art Fair, Ankara

2022, ArtWeeks X Büyükdere35, İstanbul

2025, CI Bloom, Chi Art Gallery, İstanbul

2025, MoBu Art Fair, The Artsommelier Gallery, Bucharest

2025, Textile Recyling Expo, Fibraloop x Chi Art Gallery, Brussels

 

Events:

2020,Art Sunday, Tog X Pg Gallery, İstanbul

2020, Çesme Art Fest, İzmir

Speakers:
2024, 5th. International Handicrafts and Design Fair

Press:
StudioN2O’da Tuba Geçgel ile söyleşi
Studio Mercado röportajı
Calling Mag’da “House of Observation”
About of Textile Biennale
Kiminişi Podcast X Eymen Aktel