Statement
My practice examines the layered nature of human experience, identity, and our relationship with the environment. I work with states of being and non-being, creation and dissolution, and the transitions that shape cultural and personal identity.
As a material-based artist, I view the medium as a direct extension of inner states. It becomes a way to understand how internal conditions and external pressures shape each other. This focus emerges from living between cultures and systems, and from paying attention to the tensions, contrasts, and dualities that form in those spaces.
Aesthetics function as a navigational tool for structuring these experiences. Fragility, transformation, and shifting states are central to my approach. Through them, my work reflects processes of rupture, adaptation, and the possibility of restoration.
Biography
Tutu Tuğçe Sönmez is a London based artist and sculptor. She is originally from Izmir, Turkey, and completed her studies at Michigan State University, earning degrees in Studio Arts and Marketing.
Her practice is rooted in exploring the relationship between cultural identity, the human psyche, and environmental awareness. She approaches the medium not merely as form, but as a space for emotional liberation.
Her work has been included in exhibitions and collections in cities such as London, Berlin, and Shanghai. She has presented her research at conferences hosted by institutions such as Cambridge and Regents University.
She is currently a participant in an independent art education collective (known as MYOM) that she joined through an open call. This intensive advanced research and development program supports her ongoing experimentation and the development of new bodies of work.