Illustrator • Turkish illustrators

Özge Ekmekçioğlu

She was born in Samsun in 1978. She studied architecture at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul. She completed an MBA in Strategic Marketing and Brand Management at Bahçeşehir University. Following her first solo exhibition “The Sky Swims, the Horizon Draws” in 2015, she held her second exhibition in 2018, featuring illustrations created for Alper Hasanoğlu’s book Life and Other Diseases (Hayat ve Diğer Hastalıklar). An architect and illustrator, she regularly creates monthly illustrations for Varlık magazine and continues to develop her personal project titled “Words and Drawings”. Beloved for her distinct linear style, Dream Girl (Hayal Kız, 2014) is the first book she illustrated for Günışığı Kitaplığı.