Jennifer İpekel was born in 1988 in Istanbul, where she also currently lives and works. She completed a BFA at Parsons School of Design majoring in Integrated Design. She also completed a MA Fine Arts at Chelsea School of Art London between 2014-2015.

“I am drawn into creating riotous narratives to build an individual mythology for the age that we live in where fact and fiction are uncertain. Notions of power, gender and color are re-imagined. Traveling to unknown territories and looking at inner landscapes, I depict paintings of heroes that remain incomprehensible and purposes unclear. In my narratives, I blend women heroes with cultural beliefs, my aim is to show the ever-changing womanhood, purifying her from materialism and hereby revealing the intellectual power.”

Öktem&Aykut is a contemporary art gallery based in Istanbul. The gallery represents Istanbul-based emerging and mid-career artists. Founded in 2014, the gallery aspires to lead a younger generation of artists and art appreciators and to enrich the inter-generational and inter-communal connections.