Cansu DİNÇ
Cansu Dinç was born in Amasya in 1991. In 2016, she graduated from Gazi University, Department of Architecture. After four years of architectural experience, in 2019, she started to art and illustration career with different projects and collaborations. In her productions, which have met with the audience in many solo and group exhibitions; she asks such as ways of relating in cities, issues such as home, migration, displacement, sound and images in the space through different methods of representation of art. Her illustrations generally focus on the state of being a woman in the world.
She has received awards from national and international competitions, collaborated with many brands, illustrated books and her personal works have been published in digital and printed media. Nowadays, she usualy creates in her atelier in İstanbul; she takes part in projects of different scales, participates in various exhibitions and dreams a lot.
(TR)Cansu Dinç 1991’de Amasya’da doğdu. 2016 yılında Gazi Üniversitesi Mimarlık Bölümünden mezun oldu. Dört yıllık mimarlık deneyimi sonrası, 2019 yılında farklı proje ve işbirlikleri ile sanat ve illüstrasyon pratiği üzerinden üretim yapmaya başladı. Cansu Dinç kişisel ve karma sergilerinde izleyici ile buluşan üretimlerinde; kentlerdeki ilişkilenme biçimleri, ev, göç, yersizlik gibi meseleleri ve kendilik mekanındaki ses ve görüntüleri sanatın farklı temsil yöntemleriyle sorgulamayı deniyor. Ulusal ve uluslararası yarışmalardan ödüller almış, birçok marka ile işbirliği yapmış, farklı yayınevlerinden çıkan kitapları resimlemiş, kişisel çalışmaları dijital ve basılı mecralarda yayınlanmıştır.Bugünlerde çoğunlukla İstanbul’daki atölyesinde üretiyor; farklı ölçeklerde projelerde yer alıyor, çeşitli sergilere katılıyor ve bol bol hayal kuruyor.
SELECTED Exhibitions
2026, GRAM SPACE, Cappadocia Biennial,
Cappadocia, Turkey
2026, VOL 1, group exhibition
Büyükdere35 x Magnet İstanbul, online, Turkey
2026, MÜNFERİT, group exhibition
Arca Art Space, İstanbul, Turkey
2026, TORTU, group exhibition
Platform A X Kavaklıdere, Ankara, Turkey
2026, OBJECTION to IMAGE, group exhibition
Gallery SO, İzmir, Turkey
2025, BASE, SÜTAŞ 50th Anniversary Edition, group exhibition
Galataport, İstanbul, Turkey
2025, 19. VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE, with Architecture for All, Venice, Italy
2025, FROM ATELIER TO GALERI BU, group exhibition,
Galeri Bu Galata, İstanbul, Turkey
2025, PAPİRÜS 2, group exhibition
Platform A, Ankara, Turkey
2025, BUZZING, pop up solo exhibition
Architects’ Association 1927, Ankara, Turkey
2025, METAMORPHOSE, group exhibition
8+1 Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey
2024, NON-CURRENT PROVISIONS ( KONUSU KALMAYAN KARŞILIKLAR),
duo exhibition with Barış Köksal, Futy Art Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey, curated by Koray Arman
2024, SEASONS, group exhibition,
8+1 Gallery x Dibeklihan, Bodrum, Turkey
2024, ON THE TABLE ( MASADA ), group exhibition and gastronomic art experience, Galeri Bu Galata, İstanbul, Turkey
2023, ‘YELLOW SUMMER’ ( SARIYAZ ), group exhibition
Platform A x Gallery Stone House, La Mer, Bodrum, Turkey
2023, WELCOME TO INSIDE MY HEAD (KAFAMIN İÇİNE HOŞGELDİNİZ), solo exhibition
Platform A, Ankara, Turkey
2022, TANTANA, duo performance & exhibition with Barış Köksal, 8+1 Gallery x Gallery Stone House, La Mer, Bodrum, Turkey
2022, ART ANKARA Contemporary Art Fair, group selection
8+1 Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2022, YOU ARE HERE NOW (ŞU ANDA BURADASINIZ), solo exhibition
8+1 Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey
2020, PAPİRÜS, group show, Platform A, Ankara, Turkey
2019, CONNECTED(!)CITIES, solo exhibition
Deppo29, Ankara, Turkey
SELECTED collabratıons & COMMISSIONS
2026, FINEACTS x ONE WORLD or NONE, Sprints Bootcamp: Reimagining Democracy, Postane Istanbul, Turkey
2026, FINEACTS, Sprints Bootcamp, Women x Climate, Postane Istanbul, Turkey
2023-2026, CLUB MARVY, illustration workshop, İzmir, Turkey
2023-2026, PALOMA FINESSE, illustration workshop, Antalya, Turkey
2026, MACRO CENTER, illustration workshop, İstanbul, Turkey
2025-2026, ANABABA GÜNÜ, Spring, Fall, Summer Pop-up Markets, İstanbul, Turkey
2026, AN. X MAGAFLORA, Harvest Glow, candle packaging illustration
2025, BASE & SÜTAŞ, Dikkat İnek Çıkabilir, 50th anniversary selection; site-specific painting on cow shaped sculpture
2025, SOSYAL BEN & MAVİ, children’s art workshop at Sakıp Sabancı Museum, İstanbul, Turkey
2025, PANDORA, Welcoming Summer Events, live performance drawing, İstanbul, Turkey
2025, KOMTAŞ, mural commission for social office, İstanbul, Turkey
2025, TEGV x ALLIANZ, Board game design and illustrations
2025, KAFA & KAFA DÜKKAN, Product design and merchandise illustrations
2025, ZSA ZSA ZSU, International Women’s Day campaign, commissioned illustration
2025, HİLTON DALAMAN, illustration workshop, Turkey
2025, AN., olive oil packaging illustrations
2024, BOYNER DYNAMIC FEST, illustration workshop
2024, BOYNER, mural commission, İstinye Park, İstanbul, Turkey
2024, MAVİ, International Women’s Day live performance drawing
2024, AKBANK SANAT, children’s illustration workshop
2024, GOLDEN KEY BOURDUBET, artist residency and illustrated map commission, Muğla, Turkey
2023-2025, QBICART, illustration workshops, online and museum-based programs
2023, YUVAM DÜNYA, conference drawings
2022, BETONART, magazine cover illustration
2022, ŞEHİR DEDEKTİFİ, illustrated children’s map of Ankara
Children books
Telaşlı Ayaklar, writer: Ayşe Ayaz, publisher: Pulsera, 2026
Dikkat İnsan Çıkabilir!, writer: Füsun Çetiner, publisher: Günışığı Kitaplığı, 2025
Küskünler, cover design, writer: Behçet Çelik, publisher: Günışığı Kitaplığı, 2025
Oradaydık, writer: Sinem İskender, publisher: Pötikare Yayıncılık, 2025
Ben Neredeyim, writer: Selçuk Şirin, publisher: Mundi Kitap, 2024
Sesin Resmi, writer: Işık Uzunsaraç, publisher: Fibula Yayıncılık, 2024
Haydi Üfle, writer: Melike Demir, publisher: Pötikare Yayıncılık, 2023
Bahara Merhaba, writer: Hafize Çınar Güner, publisher: Hep Kitap, 2023
Karınca Adası, writer: Sezin Mavioğlu, publisher: Dinozor Çocuk, 2023
Ayrık Otu, writer: Yeşim Alpaydın, publisher: Küçükbiryayınevi, 2023
Adanın Ardında Ne Var?, writer: Sedef Ayhan, publisher: Yastık Kitap, 2023
İlk Orman Maceram, writers: Sedef Ayhan & Bahar Taluer, publisher: Yastık Kitap, 2023
Yeniden Yeşerteceğiz, silent books, publisher: OMES Çocuk, 2022
Dudu’nun Elma Bahçesi, writer: Birim Mor, publisher: FAO
Gökyüzü ve Küçük Puf, writer: Ela Elçi Başgül, publisher: Pötikare Yayıncılık, 2022
Ceviz Oynama Zamanları Geçti, writer: Necdet Neydim, publisher: ABM Yayınları, 2021
Everest’e Nasıl Tırmanılır?, writer: Tuğba Can, publisher: Pötikare Yayıncılık, 2021
Kiraz Çekirdeği, writer: Mümine Yıldız, publisher: Tuti Çocuk, 2021
Mindfulness, writer: Zümra Atalay, publisher: Masalperest Yayıncılık, 2020
Galiba Hışırdıyorum, writer: Sema Aslan, publisher: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2020
Kuş Yuvası Saçlı Kız ve Huguftu, writer: Nalan Akduman, publisher: Nobel Yayıncılık, 2019


