BERNA AY

Berna Ay (b. 1992, Bursa) completed her education at the Painting Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Her works are included in the collection of the Odunpazarı Modern Art Museum. She continues her production in Bursa.

The artist focuses on the physical and psychological effects of climate and climate change on human health, such as allergic reactions caused by these changes. In her works, characters often appear with trees and plants emerging from their heads, eyes, or mouths while experiencing allergic conjunctivitis.

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Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2023 Inhale - Exhale, Pyke, Kosovo

Group Exhibitions
2024 Rome International Art Fair 2024, ISTLIQUID, Rome, Italy
2024 5-5 [Plug-In&Plug-Out]: Plugging an Art Collective, Subsqu, https://sub.hotglue.me/tak-cikar
2023 FOCUS Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
2022 “Gender-Free” Chain, Akaretler Row Houses 17, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Cure, https://www.cure.ist/cure-project
2020 Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 Step Istanbul, Taksim 360, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 Community, Production Plant, Istanbul, Turkey
2019 In Between Pilgrim, Space Debris Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 Mamut Art Project, Kucukciftlik Park, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 Base Istanbul, Galata Greek School, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 Painting Department Salon Exhibition, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSU), Istanbul, Turkey
2016 Atelier 4 Exhibition, Tophane-i Amire Culture And Art Center (MSGSU), Istanbul, Turkey
2015 Painting Department Salon Exhibition, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSU), Istanbul, Turkey

Film Festivals
2023 Clap - Athens International Montly Art Film Festival, Honorable Mention
2022 Clap - Lift Off Sessions