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Painter l Berlin
2026 Fellow @lababerlin @kuenstlerhaus.bethanien

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Thank you everyone who joined us last Friday for Open Studios during this year's @berlinartweek
And a huge thanks to @lababerlin and @kuenstlerhaus.bethanien

Photos by @matzeonfilm

#berlinartweek #openstudios #contemporaryart #artinberlin taken in Künstlerhaus Bethanien by @smykls

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16 days ago

Berlin art week is approaching. If you are in town come visit me and my @lababerlin fellows during open studios @kuenstlerhaus.bethanien

11.09.2026 between 18-22h
1st Floor, Room 101
Kottbusser Str. 10

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#artinberlin #contemporaryart #simaykeles #berlinartweek #painting taken in Künstlerhaus Bethanien by @smykls

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a month ago

We are a rubbernecker's dream
Acrylic, ink on mesh and canvas
50x40cm
2026
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#mixedmediapainting #contemporaryart #artinberlin #painting taken in Künstlerhaus Bethanien by @smykls

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2 months ago

The world won't see you tonight
Acylic, ink, collage on mesh (front) on canvas (back)
100x80cm
2026
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#mixedmediapainting #contemporaryart #artiststudio #berlinart #simaykeles taken in Berlin, Germany by @smykls

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3 months ago

MEET OUR FELLOW: Simay Keles ✨

Simay Keles lives and works as an artist in Berlin. Born in Izmir, Turkey, she moved to Germany at the age of
eighteen to study painting. Frequent relocations and travels across cultures have always been part of her life, and her practice similarly moves between the two worlds of abstraction and figuration, shifting from one series to the next. In her current body of work, Sunset Express Tours & Travels, she addresses those who have had to leave their birthplace, as well as those drawn toward distant places for many different reasons.

By shifting the painted canvas to the reverse side of the stretcher bars and stretching painted transparent fabrics across the front edge, she creates a sculptural spatiality within the works. What may initially appear visually disorienting becomes an exploration of the limits of pictorial space and the relationship between image, image surface, and support, an exploration that seems to unfold new dimensions not only on a second, but also on a third and fourth viewing. by @smykls

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4 months ago

The moon will never touch the sun
Acrylic, ink on screen printing mesh (front) and canvas(back)
40x30cm
2026

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#mixedmediapainting #contemporaryart #mixedmedia #abstractpainting #abstractlandscapepainting taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @smykls

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5 months ago

you are the first day of spring
acrylic, ink on screen print mesh (front) and canvas (back)
100x80cm
2026

#contemporaryart #mixedmedia #mixedmediapainting #artinberlin #abstractpainting taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @smykls

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6 months ago

March studio views

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#painting #artiststudio #artinberlin #simaykeles #contemporaryart taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @smykls

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6 months ago

On view @bode.gallery as part of the current group show.

Nothing to declare
Oil, acrylic, ink on washed linen mix
120x90cm
2025

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#simaykeles #painting #abstractlandscapepainting #artinberlin #delphianopencall taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @smykls

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6 months ago

Sunset Express Tours & Travels presents:

Last day of September
Oil, acrylic, pastels on linen in handpainted wooden frame, 70x50cm
2025
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#simaykeles #landscapepaintings #contemporaryart #artinberlin #berlinartist #arte #delphianopencall taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @smykls

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9 months ago

The curtains were drawn for the wonderful opening of (ZIEH MIR DEN) ZAHN DER ZEIT

On view until April 25 with works by Elias Binder, Isabelle Heske, Karim Hussein, Simay Keles, Kay Lotte Pommer, Anja Rausch, Pepi Schikowski, Tim Vormbäumen

SIMAY KELES

Simay Keles‘ work moves between figuration and abstraction, depending on the series she is working on. The exhibition features works from her recent series Sunset Express Tours & Travels, which comprises two-layered mixed media paintings that are dedicated to those who have left their places of birth or long to leave for various reasons. She applies a sculptural approach to the canvas, as the spatial displacements resulting from the two layers create visual confusion, optical illusions and an unconventional perception of spaces.

In a concept attempting to be as open as possible, we invited artists to show their work and present their practice without having set a curatorial framework, or requirements in terms of content, material or media. A snapshot of the present, mapping parallel paths and opposite outlooks, searching for uniting factors where none were prescribed.

Simay Keles
A coincidence, 2025
Acrylic, ink and pastels on raw linen
95 × 130 cm taken in Bode Projects by @smykls

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6 months ago

OPENING TODAY IN BERLIN, 6-9 PM

(ZIEH MIR DEN) ZAHN DER ZEIT with works by Elias Binder, Isabelle Heske, Karim Hussein, Simay Keles, Kay Lotte Pommer, Anja Rausch, Pepi Schikowski, and Tim Vormbäumen.

Opening: March 12, 2026, 6-9 pm
Exhibition: March 13 - April 25, 2026
Karl-Marx-Alle 82
10243 Berlin

@isabelle_heske @smykls @eliasbinder.jpg @karimhussein.gmx @a.b.rausch @valentingiuseppe @kaylottz @nosjours taken in Bode Projects by @smykls

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