Emine Bıyıklı

Emine Bıyıklı was born in Izmir in 1976. Bıyıklı’s artistic career began in 2000 with an exhibition at the Izmir Güzelyalı Cultural Center; since 2008, Bıyıklı has held solo exhibitions at venues such as the Izmir State Museum of Painting and Sculpture, the Prof. Dr. Yusuf Vardar MÖTBE Cultural Center, and the Turgut Pura Foundation Art Gallery. In 2025, Bıyıklı’s solo exhibition “Deformasyon” opened at Galeri Soyut in Ankara. Bıyıklı’s abstract figurative paintings combine different materials and techniques; memory, the past, and fantastical faces are among the main subjects. Since 2012, Bıyıklı has worked in a studio in Göztepe.