Miami, İstanbul
About
Can Bayraktar works between Miami and İstanbul, across two bodies of work.
The Lifeline Series is a group of four abstract paintings that follow one line through a life — the invisible currents beneath it, the fragments it is made of, its turning points, and the emotional waves that leave their mark.
The sculptural works are thirteen titled round panels. Their medium is recorded on every certificate as “Mixed media on wood, epoxy resin, sculptural elements” — balloons and clouds set into the surface, so each panel reads as an object as much as an image.
Every work is catalogued and issued with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity, so that a work and its record stay together.
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Invisible Currents
Lifeline Series
We rarely see what truly shapes us. Invisible currents move beneath the surface of our days, guiding, pulling, and sometimes redirecting our path without us even knowing.
Fragments of the Journey
Lifeline Series
Our lifeline isn’t a straight line. It’s made of fragments — beautiful, painful, confusing, joyful — all part of the journey.
Turning Points
Lifeline Series
Life changes direction in unexpected ways. A single choice, a single moment, can create a new path we never imagined we could take.
Emotional Waves
Lifeline Series
Feelings rise and fall like waves. Some are intense, some are quiet, but all of them leave a mark and shape who we become.
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Biography
Ayşe Can Bayraktar is a multidisciplinary artist based in İstanbul and Florida. Her practice deals with emotion, memory, and interior states that stay unspoken. She studied photography, mixed media, and visual arts through institutions, courses, and individual artists, developing a multifaceted practice over the same period.
Bayraktar spent many years as an entrepreneur before moving fully to art. She founded a company in fiber-optic technologies and worked in international markets, with further ventures in tourism, insurance, and the distribution of technology and lifestyle brands in Türkiye. She later built a plant and landscape business working on sustainable approaches to living and working environments, including a programme introducing children to growing plants. She began exhibiting internationally in 2026, with presentations in İstanbul, Miami and Seoul.
- Based in
- Miami, İstanbul
- Series
- Lifeline Series, Hopes and Dreams
- @canbayraktar.art
Upcoming
Parallel Exhibition — AP Gallery, Seoul
September 2, 2026, 4–7 PM · Insadong 22-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Works from both series travel to Seoul; the opening is announced on Instagram first.