Cem Sonel Turkey

Born in Ankara in 1985, Sonel completed his undergraduate education at Hacettepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Graphic Design Department with an honorary degree. In 2009, he succeeded in bringing to life his childhood interest in street art, by co-founding the street art collective (KÜF Project). The guerrilla street art actions they carried out with the collective between 2009 and 2014 were the subject of many news bulletins in the mainstream media. In 2014, he was accepted to the Sculpture Master’s Program at Hacettepe University Fine Arts Institute. Moving his workshop to Izmir-Darağaç in 2017, he continued to work both individually and with the neighborhood art collective.

Sonel's works have been exhibited in many national and international organizations such as Berlin Art Week, Contemporary Istanbul, Sónar Festival, 48 Stunden Neukölln. He organized workshops on street art in many universities of Turkey, was invited to panels as a speaker, and directed sessions.

He introduced the first semi-digital Mural works in Turkey to the public audience at the mural festivals held in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. He still continues his research on the meeting of new media art with street art.

In 2022, he held his first solo exhibition titled "One and Zero Makes Two" at the Anna Laudel gallery in Istanbul.

Since 2020, he has been continuing his art and design productions in his workshop in Ankara.