Levent Semerci

Levent Semerci (*June 30, 1973, Istanbul) is a multifaceted Turkish artist: film director, producer, author—and, for several years, an experimental visual artist in the field of abstract art. Based in Cologne, he combines his cinematic aesthetic with expressive painting, whose works he frames himself in rough wooden frames. This artistic series, titled "Faces," deliberately plays with the tension between delicate inner structure and rough outer form.

As a filmmaker, Semerci became known primarily for the war film "Nefes: Vatan Sağolsun" (2009), for which he received numerous awards, including the Best Director Award at the Adana Altın Koza Film Festival. His second feature film, "Ayhan Hanım" (2011), also cemented his role as a concise chronicler of personal and social histories.

Semerci's artistic universe blends cinematic narrative and abstract imagery: His "Faces" works, with their rough framing, appear like fragments of human presence—at the same time open enough to allow the viewer's interpretations, emotions, and memories to unfold. This creates a creative dialogue between structure and intuition, surface and depth—in keeping with the spirit of modern, transmedia-inspired abstraction.