Bozlu Art Makes its United States Art Fair Debut atPalm Beach Modern + Contemporary
Palm Beach, Florida (March 16, 2026) — Bozlu Art Project announces its United States art fair debut at the 2026 edition of Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, taking place March 19–22 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The gallery brings esteemed artists, Ali Kazma, Nadide Akdeniz, and Ali Alışır, as well as emerging talents Mär Martinez, and Merve Zeybek to its inaugural presentation, rounding out an internationally acclaimed booth.
Recognized as South Florida’s premier seasonal art fair, the event brings together an international roster of galleries, presenting works from the modern, post-war, and contemporary eras to a global audience of collectors, curators, and cultural leaders. Marking the gallery’s first presentation at the fair, Bozlu Art introduces a dynamic perspective from Türkiye’s contemporary art landscape to one of the most active collecting environments in the United States.
Founded in 2013, the gallery has built its program around fostering critical dialogue, supporting artists’ international visibility, and contributing to the documentation and development of contemporary art discourse through its art book publishing program. Through exhibitions, publications, and archival initiatives, Bozlu Art has positioned itself as a platform for expanding the global understanding of artistic production emerging from Türkiye and its broader cultural context.
Bozlu Art’s participation reflects the growing internationalization of the Palm Beach art ecosystem, where global galleries converge each season to engage a rapidly expanding base of collectors and institutions. Within this context, the presentation of Turkish contemporary art carries resonance. Bridging histories that span Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia, Türkiye’s artistic production offers a layered dialogue between tradition and experimentation — an intersection increasingly relevant to conversations shaping contemporary art today.
By bringing this perspective to Palm Beach, Bozlu Art Project underscores the fair’s role as a meeting point for diverse artistic narratives and reinforces the city’s emergence as a significant platform for international cultural exchange. As a regular exhibitor across Türkiye, the Palm Beach exhibition represents an important step in Bozlu Art’s international expansion. By introducing a selection of artists whose practices span conceptual photography, lens-based media, sculptural painting, and contemporary interpretations of traditional forms, the gallery seeks to foster new dialogue between Turkish contemporary art and the dynamic collector community of South Florida.
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About the Booth Presentation
Ali Alışır (b. 1978, Istanbul) Ali Alışır’s practice examines the psychological and social effects of life in an increasingly digital and image-saturated world. Educated in graphic arts at Yeditepe University in Istanbul and later completing a master’s degree in photography at Accademia Italiana in Florence, the artist developed a distinctive visual language rooted in conceptual photography and digital manipulation. Across series including Virtual Bodies, Virtual Places, Virtual Wars, and Virtual Landscapes, Alışır explores how rapidly evolving technologies reshape perception, identity, and the environments we inhabit.
His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in numerous public and private collections, including Istanbul Modern and Odunpazarı Modern Museum (OMM). Writing on Alışır’s exploration of virtual space and technological transformation, Elephant Journal observes that his work reflects a moment when “reality is not something as clear and explicit as we thought,” pointing to the increasingly synthetic nature of digitally mediated images.
Ali Kazma (b. 1971, Istanbul) Working primarily with lens-based media, Ali Kazma investigates the structures and systems that shape human activity across contemporary society. After earning his M.A. from The New School in New York, Kazma developed a practice centered on observing the processes through which people produce, build, and transform the world. His videos closely document spaces of labor – from industrial sites and scientific laboratories to artistic studios – creating an evolving visual archive of gestures, routines, and technologies that define modern life. Through these meticulous studies of work, time, and material processes, Kazma reveals the often unseen infrastructures underlying cultural and economic production.
Kazma represented Türkiye at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013 and has presented major solo exhibitions at institutions including the Jeu de Paume, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco. His works are held in major institutional collections such as Museum of Modern Art in New York and Tate Modern. Writing on Kazma’s practice, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain notes that his work “highlights the relationship between the visible and invisible aspects of reality,” examining how systems of labor, time, and production shape the contemporary human condition.
Mär Martinez (b. 1996, United States) Mär Martinez is an artist working in sculptural painting, using layered surfaces and tactile materials to examine systems of dominance, aggression, and power embedded within culturally enforced binaries. Drawing from both studio practice and art historical research, Martinez creates materially complex works that challenge traditional hierarchies within painting while interrogating the social structures that shape identity and control. She holds a BFA in Studio Art and a BA in Art History from the University of Central Florida and is currently pursuing an MFA in Painting at Hunter College in New York.
Martinez was the 2024–2025 recipient of the Fulbright Program Creative Arts Research Award, during which she conducted research in Istanbul on handweaving and natural dye processes in collaboration with the Sadberk Hanım Museum and Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. The resulting body of work reflects an ongoing interest in textile traditions, labor, and material histories. As noted by the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, which awarded Martinez its 2026 grant, her work “demonstrates a compelling commitment to technical mastery and the continued evolution of painting as a contemporary medium.”
Merve Zeybek (b. 1991, Adapazarı, Türkiye) Merve Zeybek’s practice draws from the visual traditions of Turkish illumination and miniature painting, translating these historical forms into a contemporary language of abstraction and organic pattern. A graduate of the Department of Traditional Turkish Arts at Marmara University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, Zeybek examines relationships between form and ground through compositions inspired by botanical structures and natural systems. Her work reinterprets traditional visual perspectives while exploring themes of birth, transformation, and the cyclical rhythms of life.
Alongside her studio practice, Zeybek has worked since 2013 as a paper conservator at Enderun Art Gallery, a role that informs her deep engagement with historical materials and techniques. Her work has been featured in major emerging artist platforms including BASE and Mamut Art Project, both recognized for introducing new voices in the Turkish contemporary art scene.
Nadide Akdeniz (b. 1945, Niğde, Türkiye) For more than five decades, Nadide Akdeniz has developed a distinctive painterly language rooted in the observation of nature and its symbolic resonance within contemporary life. Educated at Gazi Education Institute and later at Dokuz Eylül University, Akdeniz began her career in the late 1960s and has exhibited extensively since 1969. While her early works explored urban life with a critical and occasionally ironic lens, her practice evolved in the 1990s toward richly detailed landscapes in which plants, trees, and organic forms dominate the pictorial space. Characterized by meticulous technique and vibrant green and blue palettes, her compositions merge realism with imaginative narrative, creating environments where nature becomes both subject and metaphor.
Akdeniz’s paintings often construct dense, fantastical ecosystems in which everyday objects and symbolic forms emerge within lush botanical worlds, reflecting social, ecological, and cultural narratives. Describing her unique visual universe, curator Marianne Pitzen referred to the artist as the “green sorcerer of the great green world,” a phrase that has become closely associated with Akdeniz’s work and its immersive natural imagery.
Visitor & Contact Information
For collectors and curators interested in available works from the gallery’s Palm Beach presentation, a complete price list and artwork details can be accessed at [this link].
For ticket purchases and more information on Visitor information and ticket access for Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, please visit: https://www.artpbfair.com/
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