![Nilbar Güreş, Untitled, 2025, Pencil and lipstick on paper]( "Nilbar Güreş, Untitled, 2025, Pencil and lipstick on paper")
![Nilbar Güreş, MAYZU: A Tree with Coconuts and Bananas, 2022, Photo Kayhan Kaygusuz]( "Nilbar Güreş, MAYZU: A Tree with Coconuts and Bananas, 2022, Photo Kayhan Kaygusuz")
![Başak Doğa Temür, Nilbar Güreş – Portrait]( "Başak Doğa Temür, Nilbar Güreş – Portrait")
Curator Başak Doğa Temür and artist Nilbar Güreş – Portrait![Nilbar Güreş, Türkiye Pavilion, Biennale Venezia 2026]( "Nilbar Güreş, Türkiye Pavilion, Biennale Venezia 2026")
'A Kiss on the Eyes' is the title of Nilbar Güreş’s exhibition, curated by Başak Doğa Temür, to be presented at the Türkiye Pavilion of the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
For the Türkiye Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, Nilbar Güreş presents a series of large-scale sculptures and installations produced between December 2025 and March 2026 through an intensive, collaborative process in Istanbul with sculptors, metalworkers, tailors, and craftspeople. Treating material not only as formal element but as carrier of memory and labour, these new works are presented alongside selected pieces from earlier periods of her practice.
Taking its title from the Turkish phrase Gözlerinizden öperim — a traditional closing remark used at the end of a letter or conversation — the exhibition brings together existing works and new productions spanning sculpture, installation, painting, and mixed-media works on paper and fabric.
