Cansu Sönmez

Cansu Sönmez (b. 1991, Istanbul) is an artist who constructs her multidisciplinary works with a critical and conceptual approach. Her works, which explore the relationships between power, the city, humans, and nature, draw significant attention. By examining the fluid transformation between dystopian and utopian concepts, she presents this dynamic to the audience through her art. Employing hybrid methods in her practice, Sönmez creates experimental contemporary works that span a wide range of mediums, including concrete, painting, kinetic art, artificial intelligence-generated works, sculpture, and installation. Through her artistic production, she builds speculative bridges between past experiences and future possibilities, imagining new universes.

She graduated from Marmara University’s Atatürk Faculty of Education, Department of Painting, in 2013. She later completed her master's degree in the Basic Art and Design Program at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Since 2020, she has been represented by Pg Art Gallery. Sönmez currently lives and works in Istanbul.