Zeynep GuvencTextile & installation

Zeynep Guvenc / Selected work, 2026

Water.
Surface.
Space.

Ebru on silk.
An image that moves beyond its surface.

Explore the work Contemporary textile & installation
Cary, North Carolina
When the Water Left, green marbled silk on an open wooden frame
When the Water Left, 2026View work

The practice

I work with the impression
water leaves behind.

My practice begins with Ebru, the Turkish art of marbling on water. I transfer floating color onto silk, then work with folds, light, and gravity to bring the image into three-dimensional space.

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Selected works / 2026

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Ebru reproduced as an outdoor banner at Thomas Brooks Park, Cary

Public space / Cary, 2020

A small surface.
A public encounter.

Original Ebru presented at outdoor scale through the Town of Cary’s BIG PICTURES: Museum Without Walls.

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Zeynep Guvenc seated beside When the Water Left, looking toward the silk

The artist

Zeynep Guvenc

I am a textile and installation artist based in Cary, North Carolina. My work connects the movement of water with the physical presence of silk and the spaces we inhabit.

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Exhibition / November 2026

Behind the Studio

A Pullen Community Exhibition · Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh
Opened November 9, 2026

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