Statement
My artistic practice is guided by a continual exploration of the layered complexity of being human. Centered on identity, my work examines the tensions and contrasts between fragility and materiality, as well as between internal states and external pressures. At its core, I am committed to questioning duality, believing that opposites are simply two different forms of the same reality. Through processes of refinement and reorganization, my work ultimately seeks the possibility of restoration, illuminating the spaces where transformation can occur.
Biography
Tutu Tuğçe Sönmez is an artist and sculptor based in London and Istanbul, originally from Izmir, Turkey. She studied at Michigan State University, where she earned degrees in Studio Arts and Marketing.
Her practice explores identity and the human psyche, examining tensions between internal states and external pressures. Working across themes of duality and materiality, she uses material as a means of emotional inquiry, focusing on contrast, transformation, and the relationship between inner and outer experience.
Sönmez has exhibited internationally, with work shown and collected in London, Berlin, and Shanghai. She has also presented her research at conferences hosted by institutions including the University of Cambridge and Regent’s University London.
She is currently pursuing a Master’s programme with a London based independent art education collective, MYOM, where she continues to develop new bodies of work through research and material experimentation.