Göknil Gümüş Sungurtekin

Conceptual Essence Narrative Expressionism (CENE) Pioneer Artist & Founder Co-Chairperson, Busan International Environmental Art Festival (BIEAF), 2026–2027 Contemporary Turkish Master Artist Award-Winning Artist • Grand Artist Award Winner • First Turkish Female Naval Artist MFA in Painting – Marmara University Internationally Exhibited • Works in Global Private Collections Göknil Gümüş Sungurtekin (b. 1977, Istanbul) is a contemporary Turkish artist and the founder of Conceptual Essence Narrative Expressionism (CENE), a research-driven artistic orientation integrating intuitive painting, conceptual inquiry, and personal narrative. CENE connects lived experience with psychological, philosophical, and collective dimensions through the language of painting. Her practice explores consciousness, memory, feminine energy, transformation, and the subconscious. Through vivid color, dynamic brushwork, and symbolic imagery, she creates layered visual narratives that move between abstraction and figuration. For Sungurtekin, painting is both an expressive and investigative process, where intuition, emotion, and lived experience become visual language. Sungurtekin has exhibited internationally in Istanbul, Berlin, Madrid, and Busan. She has been recognized through BIEAF’s World Artist selections and currently serves as Co-Chairperson of the BIEAF Steering Committee for 2026–2027. In 2004, Sungurtekin was selected by the Turkish Naval Forces as Turkey’s first female naval artist. Serving aboard the TCG Salih Reis frigate with the honorary rank of Major, she documented naval life and the Mediterranean during the Deniz Kurdu V voyage. Her naval works are held in Turkish Naval Forces and Naval Museum collections, and this experience became a foundation for her Wardroom and Rope series. Alongside her studio practice, Sungurtekin is the founder of Fogart Artist Studio, active since 2000, where she has mentored art students in painting and artistic development. She is also a co-founder of the Art For Good Project, connecting art with education, environmental awareness, and community-oriented initiatives. For Sungurtekin, art is both expression and discovery—a continuous journey of transformation and movement toward inner essence. “My art is the intuitive expression of that which comes from the essence and the journey that proceeds toward the essence.”

Göknil Gümüş Sungurtekin ARTWORKS

Göknil Gümüş Sungurtekin EXHIBITIONS

2026-BIEAF2026 Special Exhibition – Steering Committee Member – Busan Catholic Center: September 13–19, 2026, South Korea

2025 BIEAF 2025 Invited Artist Exhibition, Busan Catholic Center & Gwangbok Gallery, South Korea
2025 BIEAF2024 World Artist Exhibition, Sea Gallery, Busan/South Korea
2025 BIEAF2024 World Artist Exhibition, Gwanganri Gallery, Busan/South Korea
2024 BIEAF 21st Busan International Environmental Art Festival, Old Future, South Korea
2024 Thompson Hotels Gallery, By Hyatt, Palm Spirngs, USA
2023 BIEAF2023 – Collection of 10 -50 artists, Busan International Environmental Art Festival, South Korea
2023 BIEAF2023 World Artist 10 List – Goknil Gumus Sungurtekin Türkiye, Gallery Laham, Busan, South Korea
2023- 2024 Yunus Emre Institute, Madrid, Spain
2023 Private Museum, Online Gallery, Ordino,
2023 BIEAF 20 th Busan International Environmental Art Festival, Change To Eco South Korea
2023-2019 Singulart, Online Gallery, Paris, France,
2023-2016 Saatchiart, Online Gallery, New York, USA
2023 Art For Good Project, artforgoodproject, Turkey
2022 BIEAF 19 th Busan International Environmental Art Festival, New Wave Eco, South Korea
2022 Singulart, Online Gallery, Paris, France,
2022 Saatchiart, Online Gallery, New York, USA
2022 Art For Good Project, Turkey,
2021 OpenSea, Online Gallery, New York, USA
2021 Artmo Online Gallery, Germany,
2020 Singulart, Online Gallery, France
2020 Be Hope for Ada – Online Exhibition – Donation for gene therapy of baby Ada with SMA exhibition was held, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 SavingNil Online Exhibition
2020 – 2005 Art For Good Project, Turkey
2020 ‘Kindness is Contagious’ Project will save lives, especially healthcare workers, during the Covid period. Online donation exhibition for the children of the lost. Port Art International Plastic Arts Colony, Ankara, Turkey
2019 Singulart, Online Gallery, Paris, France
2017 Berliner Liste 2017 Contemporary Art Fair / Berlin, Germany
2017 Donesti Artean 2017 Kuursal, San Sebastian, Spain
2017 Galeri Gaudi , Madrid , Spain
2017 ”ENIGMA”, Nisart Gallery / Istanbul, Turkey,
2016-2025 Saatchiart, Online Gallery, NY, USA
2009 Şefik Bursalı Painting Competition, Exhibition Award, Ankara, Turkey,
2008 International Women’s Day Exhibition, Akmerkez./Istanbul.Turkey
2007 TÜYAP Art Fair, Collective Art Community – Istanbul.Turkey
2007 50th Anniversary Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Alumni Exhibition, Turkey
2006 Special Exhibition of Naval Painter Göknil Gümüş – Naval Museum Exhibition Sea Harbiye Military Museum, organize by the Turkish Armed Forces Command for the artist Istanbul,Turkey
2006 D.K.K 9th Traditional “Sea” Themed Exhibition, Exhibition Award, Harbiye Military Museum Gallery /Istanbul Turkey
2005 I. International Turkiye Grameen Microcredit Art Biennial (With Global Poverty Struggle) Tisva / Ankara, Turkey
2005 Gebze Municipality Painting Competition and Exhibition Themed “Gebze” in Memory of Osman Hamdi Award, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey
2004 D.K.K 8th Traditional “Sea” Themed – Naval Museum Harbiye / Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Strategies No:2 “Space and Form” Siemens Art Gallery / Istanbul, Turkey
2004-2003 Permanent Exhibition, Artshop / Istanbul, Turkey
2002 ‘Momentary’ Göknil Gümüş Sungurtekin Solo Exhibition, Galeri Artist, Istanbul, Turkey
2002 “Flavor Workshop”, İş Bankası Art Gallery / Istanbul, Turkey
2001 “New Suggestions, New Proposals, 7th Borusan Art Gallery / Istanbul, Turkey
2000 Tayfun Erdoğmuş Students 1st Studio Exhibition Albrecht Durer Art Gallery /Istanbul Turkey
2000 Mezzaluna Workshop, Mezzaluna Restaurant / Istanbul-Ankara, Turkey
2000 International Student Triennial-Toprakbank Art Gallery / Istanbul, Turkey
2000 Selected Work Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Private Gallery / Istanbul, Turkey
1999 Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Engraving Exhibition, Turkey
1999 Student Works Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Private Gallery /Istanbul Turkey
1999 Art Fair, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Private Gallery / Istanbul, Turkey
1998 Mezzaluna Workshop -1 Mezzaluna Restaurants / Istanbul – Ankara, Turkey
1998 M.Ü. 1st Culture-Art Meeting / Istanbul, Turkey