Sila Candansayar
Villa Magdalena and Galerie Michel Rein
22 - 27 de septiembre, 2026
View of the presentation: Sila Candansayar, Villa Magdalena and Galerie Michel Rein, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
Sila Candansayar (b. Ankara, 1997), Paris-based Turkish artist, graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2025. She is the recipient of is the recipient of the Diptyque Grant (2025) and the Mennour Emergency Prize (2026). Working across sculpture, installation, and drawing, Sila Candansayar explores the complex relationships between the body, matter, and geometric structures. Drawing on references to anatomy, mathematics, she develops a distinctive formal language in which wood, blown glass, ceramics, and 3D-printing technologies interact within hybrid configurations. Her works examine the ways we perceive our bodies and propose a sensory experience of space situated at the intersection of the organic and the artificial.
Recent solo exhibitions feature: Liber Pulveris, with Charlotte Simonnet (Galerie du Crous de Paris, 2025); Tenders (Cabinet Studiolo, Milan, 2023). Recent group shows include: Memoria di Forma (Romero Paprocki, Milan, 2026), My Way: Sturtevant , Chris Burden, Sila Candansayar, Jimmie Durham, Latifa Echakhch, Michel Journiac, Jannis Kounellis, Philippe Meste, Gianni Motti, Cléo Perrin, Raymond Pettibon, Julien Previeux, Charlotte Simonnet, Internationale Situationniste, Lawrence Weiner (Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, 2026), Coller l’oreille aux colimacons (Les Réserves, Frac Ile-de-France, París, 2024); Sur le feu (Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 2023).
Her work was featured in a solo presentation at Contemporary Istanbul (24–27 September 2026), in a shared booth by Galerie Michel Rein (Paris, FR/Brussels, BE) and Villa Magdalena (Madrid-San Sebastian, ES).