Elif Gürbüz

Elif Gürbüz London-based independent abstract artist I’m an abstract artist working in visual media; specifically drawing, painting, collage and visual poetry.

My work tackles psychological, spiritual and esoteric subject matters and is, therefore, a documentation of the particulars of my inner world. Through art, I wish to serve as a mirror that reflects one’s own creativity and shadow selves — since “in the particular lies the universal”. Drawing like a child. Apart from being an artist, I’m also a designer and an art director, working with visual cult

ure a lot of the time. As a designer, I strongly rely on critical thinking; to strip down ideas to their core, edit, refine and do work that’s grounded. Paradoxically, this cognitive strength tames my creative instinct, and a violent inner war takes place between the constructive voice of my creativity and the destructive voice of my logic. Balance is ideal, but most days criticism wins over. And the remedy had to be amateurism. That’s the story of how I started making art, and I haven't drawn anything since when I was very little. That's probably why I still draw like a child. I embrace an innocent inability for perfection that’s offering me freedom and non-judgement. My process is very intuitive and improvised, like a performance. I draw automatically while playing with visual sensations and movement, which often leads to an abstract vocabulary and simple grammar. I nurture my child-like drawing skills and go inward for my subjects. I’m inspired by my inner world; my emotions, thoughts, shadow, dreams, obsessions and imagination. I’m truly committing to a radical subjectivity so that my art reflects pure intimacy and honesty into my ever-changing self. As an artist, drawing is an exciting tool for self-discovery, one which serves as a mirror to self. The more I practice, the more my inner child becomes freer, stronger and more resilient. And consequently, I’m becoming a stronger designer, thanks to my art.

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