CULTURE ROUTE FESTIVAL 2025
BURSA CULTURE ROUTE FESTIVAL
JUNE 28 - JULY 6, 2025
Beste Alperat Exhibition
The Beste Alperat Sculpture Exhibition, presented as part of the Bursa Culture Route Festival, brought the city’s historical legacy to the present through a contemporary lens. Brought to life in the Orangery (Limonluk) section of the Atatürk House Museum, this installation created a striking harmony between the museum’s classical atmosphere and the artist’s unique, modern forms.
Taking place between June 28 and July 6, 2025, this special encounter breathed new life into the deep-rooted history of Bursa through the innovative language of art.
Ozan Oganer Exhibition
The Ozan Oganer Sculpture Exhibition, opening its doors as part of the Bursa Culture Route Festival, brought the city's historical atmosphere together with the artist’s unique aesthetic language. This curated selection, showcased in the Orangery (Limonluk) section of the Atatürk House Museum and featuring lace-textured purple bear figures, established a mesmerizing dialogue between the museum’s classical architecture and the playful, original forms of modern art.
Taking place between June 28 and July 6, 2025, this encounter offered festival visitors a striking visual representation of how traditional motifs can be seamlessly blended with contemporary sculpture.
Quasimotho Exhibition
The Quasimotho Exhibition, curated by Esra Dora as part of the Bursa Culture Route Festival, created an artistic depth that resonated with the city’s deep-rooted industrial and cultural heritage. Bringing together the magnificent structure of the Merinos Atatürk Congress and Culture Center with the artist’s vibrant and layered works, this selection established a contemporary narrative within the historical atmosphere of the Migration History Museum.
Taking place between June 28 and July 6, 2024, this encounter made an unforgettable contribution to the festival’s artistic atmosphere by reinterpreting the collective memory of the past through the unique language of modern art.
MARDİN CULTURE ROUTE FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 18 – 26, 2025
Cengiz Yatağan Exhibition
The Cengiz Yatağan Exhibition, curated by Esra Dora as part of the Mardin Culture Route Festival, created an artistic depth that resonated within the city’s mystical and fairytale-like texture. Bringing together the historical architecture of the Sakıp Sabancı Mardin City Museum with the artist’s textured and layered works, this selection established a contemporary narrative upon the stone heritage of Mesopotamia.
Taking place between October 18 and 26, 2025, this encounter made an unforgettable contribution to the festival’s artistic atmosphere by reinterpreting the ancient wisdom of the past through the unique language of modern art.
Quasimotho Exhibition
The Quasimotho exhibition, curated by Esra Dora as part of the Mardin Culture Route Festival, blends the energy of colors and the dynamism of form with the city’s mystical atmosphere. Presented at the Dilek Sabancı Art Gallery within the Sakıp Sabancı Mardin City Museum, this selection adds a vibrant and modern rhythm to the city’s static stone texture through its abstract expressionist style.
Taking place between October 18 and 26, 2025, this exhibition offers art enthusiasts a mesmerizing visual feast by reinterpreting Mesopotamia’s polyphonic cultural heritage with a contemporary vision, through its geometric depths and multi-layered color palette.
Beste Alperat Exhibition
The Beste Alperat exhibition, curated by Esra Dora as part of the Mardin Culture Route Festival, brought the movement of form and the interaction of material with light to the historical courtyards of Mardin. Situated in the garden of the Sakıp Sabancı Mardin City Museum, at the point where sky and stone meet, the sculptures established an elegant dialogue with the city’s ancient architecture.
Held between October 18 and 26, 2025, this open-air installation created a unique atmosphere by integrating the artist’s fluid forms with the timeless spirit of Mesopotamia, harmonizing the historical depth of the region with a contemporary aesthetic and structural balance.