Nuray Çiçek
Nuray Çiçek was born in 2001 in Zonguldak, Turkey. In 2021, she participated in the BASE Young Perspective exhibition and in 2022, she was featured in the Fresh Ankara Contemporary Art Exhibition. In 2023, she was selected as one of the 20 finalists in the Open Space for Youth Painting Competition at Taksim Art, earning her a spot in the Memory and Moment Exhibition. She also participated in the BASE 2023 exhibition with her work titled "Packaging Memory." In the same year, she graduated with top honors from the Painting Department of the Faculty of Art, Design, and Architecture at Düzce University. In 2024, she was featured in the Identity Indicators exhibition curated by Beral Madra at Taksim Art.
Her works are often inspired by personal stories. She draws from family albums and the act of diary writing, using these narratives as a starting point. She also works on visualizing sound, depicting nature through auditory imagery. She is currently pursuing a master's degree at Düzce University's Graduate School of Fine Arts, majoring in Painting.