Ünsal Bahtiyar "What's Hidden Within Us" Online Solo Exhibition, September 20-30, 2025
As part of its first solo exhibition, the Marmara University Center for Traditional Handicrafts and Design Application and Research (GESTUAM) is presenting the works of Dr. Ünsal Bahtiyar, a faculty member of the Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, to art lovers.
This exhibition, titled "What's Hidden Within Us," presents original examples of the artist's inner world, interpreting his feelings and thoughts through visual language.
The online exhibition, running from September 20-30, 2025, offers the opportunity to reach a broad audience nationally and internationally.
WHAT DOES A HUMAN HIDE WITHIN?
Exhibition Project – I.I.N.S. 2011 - …
Life is the very essence of change. While every being, with all their cells, is a part of this transformation, humans also experience this process deeply, both physically and spiritually. The memories, feelings, and thoughts we accumulate throughout a lifetime, as if ingrained within us, transform into invisible layers that make us who we are.
However, even amidst this constant change, there are some things that remain constant, things we carefully preserve within ourselves. Perhaps thoughts, feelings, and values that we never change, or even allow to be changed… It is precisely in this aspect of ourselves that "I" and "you" differ. Our differences are shaped by what we hide within ourselves. This difference gives meaning to the way we perceive the world, our relationships, and the connection we form with life.
This exhibition invites you to explore the world of meaning that human beings carry within themselves. Each work on display is a reflection of an inner journey; it bears the traces of the connection an individual forms with themselves, their past, and their curiosity. As a viewer, your role in this exhibition is not merely as an observer, but as someone who dares to embark on your own inner journey. Everything you see can trigger a hidden emotion, a memory, or an unnamed thought.
The question, "What does a person carry within?" is an invitation to those who seek the answer not outside, but within. This exhibition offers an open space for anyone who wishes to question themselves, others, and the meanings of life.
Ünsal BAHTİYAR
Poster and Catalog Design: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cem KARA (Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Graphics)
Exhibition Poster.pdf (2.60 MB)
Exhibition Poster.pdf (2.60 MB)
Ünsal Bahtiyar_Exhibition Catalog.pdf (18.54 MB)
