Tuğba
Yüksel
About
Born in 1990 in Ankara and based in Istanbul, Tuğba Yüksel is an artist whose practice moves fluidly between stained glass, painting, assemblage, installation and string art. Her work emerges from an ongoing interest in how light engages with material, and how memory gathers within fragments that might otherwise be forgotten.
Working with recycled stained-glass pieces and production remnants, reshapes discarded materials into new visual vocabularies. Educated at Pera Fine Arts High School (Painting) and Yeditepe University’s Plastic Arts Department, she brings together colour, transparency and structure to explore the delicate threshold between fragility and resilience.
Her pieces invite viewers into a quiet space of interpretation—one where transformed materials become carriers of emotion, presence and possibility.
Exhibitions
-Amberfall, Karl&Ein Gallery, 2025
-Knot Just Glass , Vitruta, (5-21 May, 2023)
-Pis Hikaye (Dirty Story) / Suma Han /
Curator:Beral Madra2009
-God Save The Porn / Külah,KaraköyCurator :
Cagatay Dener
2014
Stained Glasses:
-Untitled, ⌀60cm, Istanbul, 2025
-Behind the Bar, Zihni Pub, Istanbul, 2025
-Untitled, Istanbul, 2025
-Windows, Syria Passage, Istanbul, 2025
-Kandinsky Based, Kemerburgaz, Istanbul, 2024
-Myhthologhy Concept Project, Karma Side, Antalya,2023
-Joseph Arizmendi Reproduction, Klein Harbiye, Istanbul, 2022
Installations:
-Ethereal Bloom, Unforbidden Festival, Istanbul,2024
-Statue Instalation / Kastel (Club) , Istanbul
- -String Art Instalation / Chitt Out Festival Istanbul / Smirnoff /
Limits Off Zone (2015)
-Unicorn Instalation / Suma Beach / Istanbul
-Nike / Flyknit 2015-Instalation / Nike (DDF Event Comp.)(2014)
-Instalation / Nike (Boogy Event Comp.)(2013)
-Tree Instalation, Root Beach / Bodrum
Murals:
-Mural / Cross Fingers (Burger) (2022)
-Mural / Bababudan Coffee Shop / Istanbul (2015)
-Mural/ Fosil Lounge Karaköy (2013)
-Mural / Po’Boy Gourmet Sandwich (2014)
Artist Assistant / Uğur Çakı (2012)
Contact Me
00905309439485