Neslihan Demircioğlu
‘The Point: A Trace in the Universe’
January 20 – February 20, 2026

Point is the end of the beginning.
A threshold.
What binds the first to the last, the past to the future.
Infinite.

EKAV / Education, Culture and Research Foundation presents the solo exhibition titled ‘The Point: A Trace in the Universe’ by Architect-Sculptor Neslihan Demircioğlu, who explores the unknowns of different dimensions through spiritual, mythological, and ancient wisdom in her sculptures, to art enthusiasts at Ekavart Gallery between January 20 and February 20, 2026.

The exhibition, curated by Derin Demircioğlu, focuses on the “moment.” For the artist, the concept of the point signifies wholeness, the cosmos, nothingness and totality ; beyond past and future, pointing instead to the present moment we inhabit. At times, the point reveals itself as an expanding, growing, branching form; at others, it contracts, drawing inward and sinking toward its own center. It reveals itself, because Demircioğlu’s works never adhere to premeditated rules or preliminary sketches. They are created by remaining within the moment, by channeling knowledge beyond the earthly realm.

The point becomes a trace in the universe, a star in the imagination, the summit of a mountain, the tip of the heart, the center of a rose, the thorn of love. Frequently drawing on mythological, spiritual, and universal knowledge, Demircioğlu reintroduces the figure of the gazelle, encountered in her previous exhibitions. Sacred in many belief systems, the gazelle symbolizes purity and serves as a guide along the path of the heart.

Love is the form the point takes when felt within the human being. The source point, existing before and beyond all things, is experienced in the human heart as love. The point is the center where time stands still and moments accumulate; love is the gate that opens onto this center. Within this framework, the artist approaches the rose as the center itself, and the gazelle as the light moving toward it. In this exhibition, while the point stands at the core of existence, love is read as the force that draws the human being closer to that core.

Contrasts within the artist’s choice of materials also complete one another: iron and porcelain, white and black, old and new, dream and reality converge to form a single point, a single act of production, and this exhibition itself. These oppositions reinforce the shared ground upon which the point exists.

Through consciousness, the artist seeks to move beyond the point and to explore the knowledge of infinity inherent in existence.
The point is a source; it binds the first to the last, deepens through spiraling motion, and resides at the center of the heart. The point is seed, core, birth.

Curator: Derin Demircioğlu