About

Serkan Bayer develops a practice centered on the relationship between form and line within 21st-century visual arts. His work brings together the rhythmic memory of the Anatolian landscape and the breaking points of contemporary visual culture.

Core approach: Geometry is as organic a language as nature itself. For this reason, sharp linear structures on canvas exist in constant tension with fluid forms. Color is the voice of that tension — not a decorative tool, but the carrier of the narrative.

The production process is studio-based. Concept sketching, compositional experimentation, and final execution are all carried out under the artist's direct control. Physical printing and distribution are handled through Printify POD and similar infrastructure. This method preserves the authenticity of the work while expanding its geographic reach. There is no mass production — each print is an original variant approved by the artist, accompanied by a hand-signed certificate.

On the function of art: These are not decorative objects. They are works that carry collector value and accumulate layers of meaning over time. For the collector, this is not merely a purchase — it is a share in the production process and in the artist's time.


I'm not writing this so you buy. I'm writing so you read.

My art life started in 1990. 35 years in. What happened in all this time? Nothing, really. Or so I thought.
Years passed and the works became fully mature.
They hung on walls in collections around the world. 33 exhibitions. A record.

Then what? I made a lot of enemies in the art world.
They wanted to break me. They couldn't.
I was exposed to every kind of vandalism.
But I won, because they were fake. Fakes always keep the original alive.

As an artist I made a decision:
Let these works be on everyone's wall. Let what deserves it, the original, live.

Everything you see here was made on canvas or handmade, special large-format paper. Oil paint, acrylic, and gold leaf were used.

I'll present most of my works from 35 years, 6 periods, right here.
Appreciation and judgment are yours.

Every wall deserves a real artwork for its viewer.

Serkan BAYER


Exhibitions

  • 2005 Artist Studio İzmir / Turkey
  • 2006 ODTÜ Art Gallery Ankara - Turkey
  • 2008 Asma Art Gallery / İstanbul
  • 2009 Art House Gallery / İstanbul
  • 2010 Ritzke Workshop - Berlin (Popart Exhibition)
  • 2011 Windowist Art Gallery / İstanbul
  • 2012 Gallery Artist / İstanbul
  • 2013 Mine Art Gallery / İstanbul
  • 2014 Mine Art Gallery (Anthology From the 1940-1975 Generation Exhibition)
  • 2015 Mine Art Gallery (Contemporary Art 1985)
  • 2016 Solo Exhibition of Mine Art Gallery / İstanbul
  • 2018 Solo Exhibition of Turna Art Gallery / Antakya
  • 2018 Solo Exhibition of Proud Art Gallery / Ankara
  • 2019 Exhibition Carcinodes, Kalamış / İstanbul
  • 2019 Sadan Hanım ve Diğer Hikayeler, Capitol Center / İstanbul
  • 2019 Cumhuriyet Özel Sergisi, MKM Center / İstanbul
  • 2019 Turkish Contemporary Artist, Literature Museum / Georgia
  • 2020 Pandemic Exhibition, Pendik Pandemi Hospital / İstanbul
  • 2020 Exhibition of my censored works / Corpus Art Gallery İstanbul
  • 2021 Anatolian Contemporary Exhibition / In his own Workshop İstanbul
  • 2022 Anatolian Contemporary Exhibition / Maarif Art Gallery Ankara
  • 2023 Anatolian Contemporary Exhibition / Asmalımescit Art Gallery İstanbul
  • 2024 Anatolian Contemporary Exhibition / Asmalımescit Art Gallery İstanbul