
ABOUT ME
SILA ÅžEHRAZAT YÜCEL
DESIGN + AI ART
BASED IN İSTANBUL
Hi, I’m Sıla. I was born in 1988 in Istanbul. I studied Landscape Architecture and later completed a master’s degree in Interior Architecture, focusing on design rhetoric.
My creative path has always moved across disciplines. I have worked in 3D modeling and computer-aided architectural visualization, and gained hands-on experience as an art director in several independent film and theater projects. These experiences shaped the way I understand space, atmosphere, and narrative, and they continue to influence how I approach visual storytelling today.
Over time, my practice expanded beyond architecture and design to include photography, Ottoman miniature painting, herbarium work, and jewelry-making. I now bring these different layers together with text-to-image AI, which I see as a tool for experimentation and collaboration.
ARTISTIC APPROACH
My practice is guided by curiosity about how images shape perception and how imagination can shift the way we experience the world. I am drawn to moments of ambiguity, when the familiar becomes strange and meaning remains fluid. My work often unfolds in the space where imagination quietly transforms reality, where what we see becomes a suggestion rather than a fact.
I approach creation as both a conceptual and a tactile process. Alongside my visual art practice, I design and handcraft jewelry and decorative objects, and I also use AI as a design tool to explore new forms beyond traditional art-making. Working with materials by hand keeps me grounded, while digital tools allow me to reimagine what those materials could become.
Playfulness and a sense of whimsy are central to my approach. Even when a darker tone emerges, it often reflects a desire to re-enchant the everyday and to imagine the world as a more magical and curious place.
EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS
2025 | Folia, Abdülmecid Efendi Pavillion, Istanbul, Turkey
2025 | Affordable Art Fair NYC Fall, New York, USA (represented by ArtStar)
2025 | Solo Exhibition, Park House Dallas, Texas, USA
2025 | Las Vidas Posibles, Banco Ciudad, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2025 | Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA (represented by ArtStar)
2024 | Boutique Design New York, New York, USA (represented by ArtStar)
2024 | LiquidExpo, São Paulo, Brasil
2024 | Domingo-ism, Milan, Italy
2024 | AI.ART - Symbiose oder Kontrast? , Atelierhaus Aachen, Aachen, Germany
2024 | Story Untold, FiÅŸekhane Hamam, Istanbul, Turkey
2024 | Hayalin Derinliklerinde IV, CKM, Istanbul, Turkey (Ottoman miniature painting)
2024 | Tulipomania, Istanbul Tulip Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
EDUCATION
2010 | B.A. in Landscape Architecture, Istanbul University
2019 | M.A. in Interior Architecture, Haliç University
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Polo Lifestyles Magazine (California / Haiti Edition) – interview and cover feature
Equestrian Time Magazine (Italy) – featured artist in the Masters of Photography section
Tartarus Magazine – Phantasmagoria - Inclusion in a themed art showcase focused on surreal and fantastical visual narratives
Wow World Magazine – Featured in a curated selection of contemporary AI art projects