Born in Ankara in 1979, the artist graduated from Mimar Sinan University in 2002 with a degree in Fine Arts.

Burcu Perçin draws attention to social and environmental topics in her works, from abandoned warehouses to marble quarries, she emphasizes that it is not only nature that is lost but that it is also the future of humans that is lost. Perçin, who creates her visual narratives through a unique aesthetic language, sheds light on themes such as consumption and deprivation created by globalization within the industrial order, as well as more personal areas where the individual becomes lonely. One of her main brush topics is the artificial landscape created by humans, she brings together the old and new forms of man-made construction in nature in her works. Reminding us that past cultures and lives will bring light to our future, by blending the matters of our day with history and nature in her works. While integrating antique sculptures with nature, she uses abstract and real denotations together. Perçin's ancient figures examine the relationship between societies, cultures and the natural world on a human basis. She treats the relic as sublime and permanent from a new perspective.

The artist also expresses herself through sculpting and photography disciplines alongside painting. Her photo-collages, oil on photography, relief works composed of natural stones and sculptures that refer to antiquity show a strong parallel connection with her paintings.

Lives and works in Istanbul.

Solo Exhibitions

2021-22 Ascend to New, Merkur Gallery/İstanbul

2017 Fill in The Plant, x-ist Gallery/İstanbul

2014 Mountains Have No Owners, art ON/ İstanbul

2012 Under The Rose / Under The Wall, Galeri Nev/Ankara

2012 Mural Domination, art ON Istanbul/Istanbul

2010 The Lost Space, Gallery Nev/Ankara

2010 No Where, Operation Room/Istanbul

2009 Foto-Collage, C.A.M Gallery/Istanbul

2008 Function, C.A.M Gallery/Istanbul

2006 Pi Artworks Contemporary Art Center/Istanbul

2005 Pi Artworks Contemporary Art Center/Istanbull

Selected Group Exhibitions
 
2022 Art is The Highest Form of Hope, Evliyagil Museum / Ankara

2020 Crystal Dhateau, Evliyagil Museum / Ankara

2020 At the End of the Day, Odun Pazarı Modern Museum/ Eskişehir

2019 - 2020 Vuslat, Odun Pazarı Modern Museum / Eskisehir

2017 Urban Oscura, Siyah Beyaz Galeri/ Ankara

2016 Anakara, Evliyagil Museum/ Ankara

2015-2018 Artists in Their Time, İstanbul Modern/İstanbul

2012 Encounters: Turkish Contemporary Art in Korea/ Seoul

2012-2014 Past and Future, İstanbul Modern/ İstanbul

2009 In Search of Lost Realty, Gallery Nev/Ankara

2008 Gallery Hübner/Frankfurt

2007 İstanbul Now, Lukasfeichtner Gallery/Vienna

2005 Young Evolution, Pera Museum/Istanbul

As Curator

2023 Respect For Existence, Merkur Gallery/ İstanbul

2019 Meeting At The Same Scene, Artweeks Akaretler/ İstanbul

Artist Residency Programs

2024 Foundatioun House, Greenwich/ Connecticut/ NY/USA

2024 Soaring Gardens Artists Retreat, Laceyville/ PA/ USA

Awards

2024 Luxembourg Art Prize, Winner of 2nd Award

2024 The Homiens Art Prize, Winner

2005 Osman Hamdi Bey Painting Prize, Winner